2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship

The 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the eleventh edition of the now tri-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Banjica Sports Center in Belgrade, Serbia from September 2 to September 9, 2006.

There were two qualification tournaments ahead of the event, held from April 7 to April 9, 2006 in Nancy, France (with France, Germany, Great Britain and the Netherlands competing) and in Madrid, Spain (Czech Republic, Greece, Spain and Ukraine).

Qualification

Teams

GROUP A
GROUP B

Squads

 Germany
  • Monika Kruszona
  • Nadine Kunz
  • Theresa Klein
  • Nina Wengst
  • Sabrina Blattau
  • Mandy Zöllner
  • Claudia Schönitz

Head Coach:

  • Bernd Seidensticher

 Greece

Head Coach:

  • Kyriakos Iosifidis

 Hungary

  • Ágnes Valkai
  • Krisztina Zantleitner

Head Coach:

  • Peter Lajos Szilagyi

 Italy

Head Coach:

  • Mauro Maugeri

 Netherlands

Head Coach:

  • Robin van Galen

 Russia

  • Aleksandra Vorobeva
  • Alena Vylegzhanina
  • Anastasia Zubkova

Head Coach:

  • Alexander Kleymenov

 Serbia
  • Nastasja Knežević
  • Aleksandra Lazarević
  • Izolda Mašic
  • Milica Perovski
  • Sonja Stanković
  • Natasa Vezilić
  • Dejana Vukadinov
  • Jovana Zlokolica
  • Bojana Zrnić

Head Coach:

  • Petar Kovačević

 Spain

  • Clara Aller
  • Olga Domenech
  • Elisabet Gazulla
  • Blanca Gil
  • Irene Hagen
  • Carol Lopez

Head Coach:

  • Mar Sanroma

Preliminary round

GROUP A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 732104118+23
2.  Spain 732103723+14
3.  Netherlands 331023329+4
4.  Serbia 030031455–41
Serbia  4 – 17  Spain
Netherlands  6 – 11  Hungary
Serbia  6 – 16  Netherlands
Spain  8 – 8  Hungary
Netherlands  11 – 12  Spain
Serbia  4 – 22  Hungary

GROUP B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Italy 933003927+12
2.  Russia 632014531+14
3.  Greece 331022632–6
4.  Germany 030032848–20
Russia  15 – 6  Greece
Italy  17 – 8  Germany
Greece  13 – 9  Germany
Russia  12 – 14  Italy
Germany  11 – 18  Russia
Italy  8 – 7  Greece

Quarterfinals

Russia  17 – 11  Netherlands
Spain  10 – 9  Greece

Semifinals

Italy  15 – 10  Spain
Russia  12 – 11  Hungary

Finals

Serbia  6 – 15  Germany
Greece  11 – 12 [aet]  Netherlands
Hungary  12 – 11  Spain
Russia  12 – 10  Italy


Final ranking

RANK TEAM
 Russia
 Italy
 Hungary
4.  Spain
5.  Netherlands
6.  Greece
7.  Germany
8.  Serbia
 2006 Women's European Champion 

Russia
First title

Individual awards

References



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