Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Dates	14–26 January
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

Qualification

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	9 July 2016	–	1	Hungary
2018 European Championships	16–28 July 2018	Barcelona	7	Serbia Spain Croatia Italy Greece Montenegro Russia
Qualifiers	11–13 October 2019	Various	8	Georgia Germany Slovakia France Romania Malta Turkey Netherlands

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts.	Qualification
Croatia	3	3	0	0	44-23	9	Quarterfinals
Montonegro	3	2	0	1	35-18	6	Play-offs
Germany	3	1	0	2	20-32	3	Play-offs
Slovakia	3	0	0	3	13-39	0	13th place classification

14-01-2020	Slovakia	4-15	Montonegro
14-01-2020	Germany	9-17	Croatia
16-01-2020	Germany	8-5	Slovakia
16-01-2020	Montonegro	10-11	Croatia
18-01-2020	Slovakia	4-16	Croatia
18-01-2020	Germany	3-10	Montonegro

Group B

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts.	Qualification
Serbia	3	3	0	0	39-20	9	Quarterfinals
Russia	3	1	0	2	34-33	3	Play-offs
Romania	3	1	0	2	26-34	3	Play-offs
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	22-34	3	13th place classification

14-01-2020	Romania	8-9	Netherlands
14-01-2020	Serbia	13-9	Russia
16-01-2020	Romania	7-15	Serbia
16-01-2020	Russia	15-9	Netherlands
18-01-2020	Romania	11-10	Russia
18-01-2020	Serbia	11-4	Netherlands

Group C

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts.	Qualification
Hungary	3	2	1	0	56-16	7	Quarterfinals
Spain	3	2	1	0	58-25	7	Play-offs
Turkey	3	1	0	2	25-53	3	Play-offs
Malta	3	0	0	3	17-62	0	13th place classification

14-01-2020	Malta	7-23	Spain
14-01-2020	Turkey	5-19	Hungary
16-01-2020	Malta	10-13	Turkey
16-01-2020	Hungary	11-11	Spain
18-01-2020	Turkey	7-24	Spain
18-01-2020	Malta	0-26	Hungary

Group D

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts.	Qualification
İtaly	3	3	0	0	38-19	9	Quarterfinals
Greece	3	2	0	1	35-30	6	Play-offs
Georgia	3	1	0	2	25-42	3	Play-offs
France	3	0	0	3	24-31	0	13th place classification

14-01-2020	France	7-9	Georgia
14-01-2020	İtaly	10-6	Greece
16-01-2020	Greece	17-10	Georgia
16-01-2020	France	7-10	İtaly
18-01-2020	France	10-12	Greece
18-01-2020	İtaly	18-6	Georgia

Play-offs

20-01-2020	Montonegro	17-6	Turkey
20-01-2020	Russia	14-13	Georgia
20-01-2020	Germany	6-12	Spain
20-01-2020	Romania	7-14	Greece

13th-16th places

Date	Event	Team 1	Score	Team 2
20-01-2020	13th-16th places	Slovakia	8-4	Malta
20-01-2020	13th-16th places	Netherlands	8-9	France
22-01-2020	15th place	Netherlands	19-9	Malta
22-01-2020	13th place	France	9-6	Slovakia

09th-12th places

Date	Event	Team 1	Score	Team 2
22-01-2020	9th-12th places	Turkey	6-12	Georgia
22-01-2020	9th-12th places	Germany	15-10	Romania
24-01-2020	11th place	Turkey	3-20	Romania
24-01-2020	9th place	Georgia	8-9	Germany

Quarters Finals

22-01-2020	İtaly	8-10	Montonegro
22-01-2020	Hungary	14-10	Russia
22-01-2020	Serbia	9-10	Spain
22-01-2020	Croatia	14-11	Greece

5th-8th places

Date	Event	Team 1	Score	Team 2
24-01-2020	05th-08th places	Serbia	12-9	Greece
24-01-2020	05th-08th places	İtaly	14-12	Russia
26-01-2020	07th place	Russia		Greece
26-01-2020	05th place	Serbia		İtaly

Semis Finals

24-01-2020	Montonegro	8-10	Hungary
24-01-2020	Spain	9-8	Croatia

Third place

26-01-2020

Montonegro

10-9

Croatia

Final

26-01-2020

Hungary

14-13

Spain

Final Standing

Rank	Team	Qualification
1	Hungary	Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
2	Spain
3	Montenegro
4	Croatia
5	Serbia
6	Italy
7	Greece
8	Russia
9	Germany
10	Georgia
11	Romania
12	Turkey
13	France
14	Slovakia
15	Netherlands
16	Malta

2018

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European Water Polo Championship