title: 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship
text: # 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship
  
  The 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held from 14 to 27 July 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.
  
  The Netherlands won their fifth title by defeating Greece 6-4 in the final. Spain captured the bronze medal after a 12-6 win over Hungary.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  Twelve teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:
  
  * The host nation
  * The best five teams from the 2016 European Championships
  * Six teams from the qualifiers
  
  | Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Host nation | – | – | 1 | Spain |
  | 2016 European Championships | 10–22 January 2016 | Belgrade | 5 | Hungary Netherlands Italy Greece Russia |
  | Qualifiers | 4 October 2017 – 3 March 2018 | – | 6 | Turkey Croatia Israel Serbia Germany France |
  
  ## Format
  
  The twelve teams were split in two groups with six teams each. The first four teams of each group played each other in the quarterfinals in cross group format, the remaining teams played for places nine to twelve.
  
  ## Draw
  
  The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona. The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the 2016 European Championship, the second batch those placed 3rd and 4th, the third batch those placed 5th and 6th. The six remaining teams were placed into the fourth batch.
  
  | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Hungary Netherlands | Italy Spain | Greece Russia | Turkey Israel  Germany Croatia  Serbia France |
  
  ## Preliminary round
  
  All times are CEST (UTC+2).
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 20 | +55 | 13 | Quarterfinals |
  | 2 | Greece | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 23 | +40 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
  | 3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 21 | +47 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
  | 4 | France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
  | 5 | Israel | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 73 | −55 | 1 | 9th place match |
  | 6 | Croatia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 90 | −71 | 1 | 11th place match |
  | 14 July 2018 14:00 | Report | Netherlands | 21–1 | Croatia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |||
  | 14 July 2018 14:00 | Report | Van der Sloot 5 | Goals | Butić 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |
  | 14 July 2018 15:30 | Report | Israel | 2–21 | Italy | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |||
  | 14 July 2018 15:30 | Report | Noy, Strugo 1 | Goals | Garibotti 6 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
  | 14 July 2018 20:30 | Report | France | 5–12 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Haldun Toygarli (TUR) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Haldun Toygarli (TUR) |||
  | 14 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Daule 2 | Goals | three players 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Haldun Toygarli (TUR) |
  | 15 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Israel | 2–20 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |||
  | 15 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Futorian, Tal 1 | Goals | four players 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |
  | 15 July 2018 18:30 | Report | Croatia | 6–17 | France | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Luis Santos (POR), Marcela Mauss (GER) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Luis Santos (POR), Marcela Mauss (GER) |||
  | 15 July 2018 18:30 | Report | Bukić 2 | Goals | Millot 7 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Luis Santos (POR), Marcela Mauss (GER) |
  | 15 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Italy | 6–7 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Xavier Buch (ESP), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Xavier Buch (ESP), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |||
  | 15 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Bianconi, Queirolo 2 | Goals | Asimaki 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Xavier Buch (ESP), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
  | 17 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Greece | 21–2 | Croatia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Haldun Toygarli (TUR) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Haldun Toygarli (TUR) |||
  | 17 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Asimaki 6 | Goals | D. Butić, Lordan 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Haldun Toygarli (TUR) |
  | 17 July 2018 18:30 | Report | France | 9–5 | Israel | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Marcela Mauss (GER) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Marcela Mauss (GER) |||
  | 17 July 2018 18:30 | Report | Valverde 3 | Goals | Futorian 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Marcela Mauss (GER) |
  | 17 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Netherlands | 6–6 | Italy | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
  | 17 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Van der Sloot 2 | Goals | six players 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
  | 19 July 2018 14:00 | Report | Israel | 2–16 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Haldun Toygarli (TUR) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Haldun Toygarli (TUR) |||
  | 19 July 2018 14:00 | Report | Bogachenko, Futorian 1 | Goals | Asimaki 6 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Haldun Toygarli (TUR) |
  | 19 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Italy | 24–3 | Croatia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Martina Kuníková (SVK) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Martina Kuníková (SVK) |||
  | 19 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Emmolo, Palmieri 4 | Goals | three players 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Martina Kuníková (SVK) |
  | 19 July 2018 18:30 | Report | Netherlands | 20–4 | France | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Ivan Raković (SRB) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Ivan Raković (SRB) |||
  | 19 July 2018 18:30 | Report | Van der Sloot 4 | Goals | Paillat 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Ivan Raković (SRB) |
  | 21 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Israel | 7–7 | Croatia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Xavier Buch (ESP) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Xavier Buch (ESP) |||
  | 21 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Noy 3 | Goals | Bukić, Miljković 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Xavier Buch (ESP) |
  | 21 July 2018 18:30 | Report | France | 3–11 | Italy | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Haldun Toygarli (TUR), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Haldun Toygarli (TUR), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |||
  | 21 July 2018 18:30 | Report | three players 1 | Goals | Garibotti 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Haldun Toygarli (TUR), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |
  | 21 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Greece | 7–8 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO) |||
  | 21 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Avramidou, Tsoukala 2 | Goals | Koolhaas 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Spain (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 26 | +84 | 15 | Quarterfinals |
  | 2 | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 32 | +66 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
  | 3 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 31 | +76 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
  | 4 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 97 | −68 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
  | 5 | Serbia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 91 | −64 | 3 | 9th place match |
  | 6 | Turkey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 120 | −94 | 0 | 11th place match |
  | 14 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Russia | 35–4 | Turkey | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Luis Santos (POR) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Luis Santos (POR) |||
  | 14 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Prokofyeva 7 | Goals | Kuş 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Luis Santos (POR) |
  | 14 July 2018 18:30 | Report | Serbia | 8–9 | Germany | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) |||
  | 14 July 2018 18:30 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Fry 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) |
  | 14 July 2018 22:15 | Report | Hungary | 9–13 | Spain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Attilio Paoletti (ITA) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Attilio Paoletti (ITA) |||
  | 14 July 2018 22:15 | Report | Szilágyi 4 | Goals | B. Ortiz 6 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Attilio Paoletti (ITA) |
  | 15 July 2018 14:00 | Report | Turkey | 5–32 | Hungary | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Martina Kuníková (SVK) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Martina Kuníková (SVK) |||
  | 15 July 2018 14:00 | Report | Buralı, Kuş 2 | Goals | Parkes 6 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Martina Kuníková (SVK) |
  | 15 July 2018 15:30 | Report | Serbia | 2–27 | Russia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |||
  | 15 July 2018 15:30 | Report | Novaković, Pantović 1 | Goals | Simanovich 7 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |
  | 15 July 2018 22:00 | Report | Germany | 2–27 | Spain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |||
  | 15 July 2018 22:00 | Report | Eggert, Vosseberg 1 | Goals | three players 5 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |
  | 17 July 2018 14:00 | Report | Russia | 27–5 | Germany | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Luis Santos (POR) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Luis Santos (POR) |||
  | 17 July 2018 14:00 | Report | three players 4 | Goals | five players 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Luis Santos (POR) |
  | 17 July 2018 15:30 | Report | Hungary | 23–6 | Serbia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |||
  | 17 July 2018 15:30 | Report | Keszthelyi 7 | Goals | Jakovljević 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
  | 17 July 2018 22:00 | Report | Spain | 32–2 | Turkey | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |||
  | 17 July 2018 22:00 | Report | Forca 7 | Goals | Kuş 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |
  | 19 July 2018 15:30 | Report | Germany | 12–9 | Turkey | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |||
  | 19 July 2018 15:30 | Report | Stiefel 5 | Goals | Kuş 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
  | 19 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Russia | 7–8 | Hungary | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Attilio Paoletti (ITA) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Attilio Paoletti (ITA) |||
  | 19 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Ivanova 2 | Goals | Gyöngyösi 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Attilio Paoletti (ITA) |
  | 19 July 2018 22:00 | Report | Serbia | 2–26 | Spain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Luis Santos (POR) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Luis Santos (POR) |||
  | 19 July 2018 22:00 | Report | Luka 2 | Goals | Leitón 5 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Luis Santos (POR) |
  | 21 July 2018 14:00 | Report | Serbia | 9–6 | Turkey | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |||
  | 21 July 2018 14:00 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Kuş 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |
  | 21 July 2018 15:30 | Report | Hungary | 26–1 | Germany | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |||
  | 21 July 2018 15:30 | Report | Gurisatti 5 | Goals | Deike 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |
  | 21 July 2018 22:00 | Report | Spain | 12–11 | Russia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) |||
  | 21 July 2018 22:00 | Report | García, B. Ortiz 3 | Goals | Gorbunova, Serzhantova 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) |
  
  ## Final Round
  
  ### Championship bracket
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 23 July | 23 July | | | |
  | Netherlands | 22 | | | |
  | Netherlands | 22 | 25 July | 25 July | | |
  | Germany | 2 | 25 July | 25 July | |
  | Germany | 2 | Netherlands | 8 | |
  | 23 July | 23 July | | Netherlands | 8 | |
  | 23 July | 23 July | Hungary | 7 | |
  | Italy | 9 | Hungary | 7 | |
  | Italy | 9 | | | | 27 July | 27 July |
  | Hungary | 10 | | | | 27 July | 27 July |
  | Hungary | 10 | | | | Netherlands | 6 |
  | 23 July | 23 July | | | | | Netherlands | 6 |
  | 23 July | 23 July | | | | Greece | 4 |
  | Greece (PSO) | 11 | | | | Greece | 4 |
  | Greece (PSO) | 11 | 25 July | 25 July | | | |
  | Russia | 10 | 25 July | 25 July | | | |
  | Russia | 10 | Greece | 11 | | | |
  | 23 July | 23 July | | Greece | 11 | | | |
  | 23 July | 23 July | Spain | 9 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
  | France | 5 | Spain | 9 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
  | France | 5 | | | | 27 July | 27 July |
  | Spain | 14 | | | | 27 July | 27 July |
  | Spain | 14 | | | | Hungary | 6 |
  | | | | | | Spain | 12 |
  
  ### 5th place bracket
  
  | 5th–8th place classification | 5th–8th place classification | 5th place match | 5th place match |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 25 July | 25 July |
  | Germany | 2 |
  | Germany | 2 | 27 July | 27 July |
  | Italy | 17 | 27 July | 27 July |
  | Italy | 17 | Italy | 8 |
  | 25 July | 25 July | | Italy | 8 |
  | 25 July | 25 July | Russia | 14 |
  | Russia | 13 | Russia | 14 |
  | France | 10 | | |
  | France | 10 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
  | | | 27 July | 27 July |
  | | | Germany | 5 |
  | | | France | 13 |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  All times are CEST (UTC+2).
  
  | 23 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Greece | 11–10 | Russia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Boris Margeta (SLO) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Boris Margeta (SLO) |||
  | 23 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Eleftheriadou 3 | Goals | Prokofyeva 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Boris Margeta (SLO) |
  | 23 July 2018 18:30 | Report | Italy | 9–10 | Hungary | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |||
  | 23 July 2018 18:30 | Report | Garibotti 4 | Goals | Keszthelyi 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
  | 23 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Netherlands | 22–2 | Germany | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Xavier Buch (ESP) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Xavier Buch (ESP) |||
  | 23 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Megens 6 | Goals | Eggert 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Xavier Buch (ESP) |
  | 23 July 2018 22:00 | Report | France | 5–14 | Spain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Nenad Periš (CRO) |||
  | 23 July 2018 22:00 | Report | Daule 2 | Goals | B. Ortiz 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
  
  ### 5th–8th place classification
  
  All times are CEST (UTC+2).
  
  | 25 July 2018 13:15 | Report | Germany | 2–17 | Italy | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |||
  | 25 July 2018 13:15 | Report | Gelse, Stiefel 1 | Goals | Picozzi 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |
  | 25 July 2018 14:45 | Report | Russia | 13–10 | France | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |||
  | 25 July 2018 14:45 | Report | Prokofyeva 3 | Goals | Bachelier, Daule 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  All times are CEST (UTC+2).
  
  | 25 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Netherlands | 8–7 | Hungary | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Nenad Periš (CRO) |||
  | 25 July 2018 17:00 | Report | Megens, Van der Sloot 2 | Goals | Illés 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
  | 25 July 2018 18:30 | Report | Greece | 11–9 | Spain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |||
  | 25 July 2018 18:30 | Report | E. Plevritou 3 | Goals | B. Ortiz 5 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
  
  ### 11th place match
  
  All times are CEST (UTC+2).
  
  | 23 July 2018 13:30 | Report | Croatia | 11–6 | Turkey | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |||
  | 23 July 2018 13:30 | Report | Lordan 4 | Goals | Kuş 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |
  
  ### 9th place match
  
  All times are CEST (UTC+2).
  
  | 23 July 2018 15:00 | Report | Israel | 5–6 | Serbia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |||
  | 23 July 2018 15:00 | Report | Strugo 2 | Goals | Vuković 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) |
  
  ### 7th place match
  
  All times are CEST (UTC+2).
  
  | 27 July 2018 16:45 | Report | Germany | 5–13 | France | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |||
  | 27 July 2018 16:45 | Report | Vosseberg 3 | Goals | Millot 5 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
  
  ### 5th place match
  
  All times are CEST (UTC+2).
  
  | 27 July 2018 18:15 | Report | Italy | 8–14 | Russia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Luis Santos (POR) |
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  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Luis Santos (POR) |||
  | 27 July 2018 18:15 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Simanovich 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Luis Santos (POR) |
  
  ### Bronze medal match
  
  All times are CEST (UTC+2).
  
  | 27 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Hungary | 6–12 | Spain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
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  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
  | 27 July 2018 20:30 | Report | Keszthelyi, Szilágyi 2 Illés, Garda 1 | Goals | Gual 3 A. Espar 2 Bach, B. Ortiz, M.Ortiz, C. Espar, Peña, García, Leitón 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
  
  ### Gold medal match
  
  All times are CEST (UTC+2).
  
  | 27 July 2018 22:15 | Report | Netherlands | 6–4 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
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  | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO) |||
  | 27 July 2018 22:15 | Report | Megens, van der Sloot 2 Genee, Stomphorst 1 | Goals | Eleftheriadou, Tsoukala 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
  
  ## Final ranking
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | Netherlands |
  | | Greece |
  | | Spain |
  | 4 | Hungary |
  | 5 | Russia |
  | 6 | Italy |
  | 7 | France |
  | 8 | Germany |
  | 9 | Serbia |
  | 10 | Israel |
  | 11 | Croatia |
  | 12 | Turkey |
  
  * 2018 Women's European Water Polo champion
  * Netherlands Fifth title
  
  ## Individual awards
  
  * Most Valuable Player
     * Sabrina van der Sloot (NED)
  * Best Goalkeeper
     * Laura Aarts (NED)
  * Top Scorer
     * Beatriz Ortiz (ESP) — 25 goals
  