1999 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 1999 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 24th edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in Florence, Italy from September 2 to September 11, 1999.

Contents

Teams

GROUP A
GROUP B

Preliminary round

GROUP A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 9 5 4 1 0 46 25 +21
2.  Croatia 8 5 4 0 1 40 30 +10
3.  Italy 7 5 3 1 1 35 22 +13
4.  Greece 4 5 2 0 3 32 32 0
5.  Slovakia 2 5 1 0 4 29 43 –14
6.  Slovenia 0 5 0 0 5 26 46 –20
Greece  9 – 5  Slovenia
Slovakia  7 – 9  Croatia
Italy  7 – 7  Hungary
Greece  8 – 3  Slovakia
Slovenia  3 – 11  Hungary
Croatia  7 – 6  Italy
Slovakia  8 – 7  Slovenia
Hungary  7 – 6  Croatia
Italy  7 – 6  Greece
Slovenia  4 – 9  Croatia
Greece  3 – 8  Hungary
Slovakia  5 – 6  Italy
Hungary  13 – 6  Slovakia
Croatia  9 – 6  Greece
Italy  9 – 7  Slovenia

GROUP B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 8 5 4 0 1 44 33 +11
2.  Russia 6 5 3 0 2 39 33 +6
3.  Yugoslavia 5 5 2 1 2 36 33 +3
4.  Germany 5 5 2 1 2 26 29 –3
5.  Romania 3 5 1 1 3 29 32 –3
6.  Netherlands 3 5 1 1 3 25 32 –7
Germany  4 – 9  Spain
Netherlands  7 – 10  Russia
Romania  5 – 7  Yugoslavia
Romania  3 – 5  Germany
Yugoslavia  8 – 9  Russia
Spain  11 – 8  Netherlands
Netherlands  4 – 4  Romania
Russia  4 – 6  Spain
Germany  3 – 3  Yugoslavia
Germany  7 – 8  Netherlands
Romania  7 – 8  Russia
Yugoslavia  7 – 10  Spain
Netherlands  6 – 11  Yugoslavia
Spain  8 – 10  Romania
Russia  6 – 7  Germany

Quarterfinals

Russia  6 – 7  Italy
Croatia  9 – 7 [aet]  Yugoslavia
Spain  6 – 7  Greece
Hungary  15 – 4  Germany

Semifinals

Greece  7 – 10  Croatia
Hungary  7 – 5  Italy
Germany  7 – 8  Russia
Yugoslavia  5 – 8  Spain

Finals

Netherlands  7 – 8  Slovenia
Romania  9 – 8 [aet]  Slovakia
Germany  5 – 8  Yugoslavia
Russia  14 – 12  Spain
Italy  7 – 6  Greece
Hungary  15 – 12  Croatia

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
 Hungary
 Croatia
 Italy
4.  Greece
5.  Russia
6.  Spain
7.  Yugoslavia
8.  Germany
9.  Romania
10.  Slovakia
11.  Slovenia
12.  Netherlands
 1999 Men's European Champion 

Hungary
Twelfth title

Individual awards


RANK TOPSCORERS GOALS
1.  Salvador Gómez (ESP) 16
2.  Manuel Estiarte (ESP) 14
 Tamás Kásás (HUN)
 Revaz Tchomakhidze (RUS)
5.  Alexander Yerishev (RUS) 13
 Sven Reinhardt (GER)
7.  Georgios Afroudakis (GRE) 12
 Géza Gyurcsi (SVK)
 Juan Perez (ESP)
 Carlo Silipo (ITA)
 Irek Zinnourov (RUS)

References