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2026 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Sports tournament held in Belgrade, Serbia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2026 Men's European Water Polo Championship will be the 37th running of the tournament. It will be held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]
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Format
A new system will be used for this tournament. The 16 teams will be split into four groups of four teams. In each group there will be two teams from the last tournament and two teams from the qualifiers. They will play a round-robin in their groups. The top three teams of each group will advance to the second group stage (Groups A&C in Group E and Groups B&D in Group F) with all results are carried over. The teams will play the opponents from the other group. The four-bottom ranked-teams will play in placement games. From the second group stage, the top-two ranked teams of each group advance to the semifinals, all other teams will play in placement games.[2]
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Qualification
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Team qualified for 2026 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Team failed to qualify
Team banned from competition
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Sixteen teams will be able to compete at the main event. They are broken up as follows:
- The host nation
- The top seven teams from the 2024 European Championship not already qualified as host nation
- Final eight from the qualifiers.
Regarding the teams, there is one change to the line-up, with Türkiye returning after a six year drought. The Turks replaced two-time champions, Germany, who missed out for the first time since 1962 and failed to qualify for the first time ever.[3]
Summary of qualified teams
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Venue
Similar to 2016, the Štark Arena will be used for the entire competition.[5]
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