Water Polo, Men

Competition 1966 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Utrecht NED
Held 20 – 27 August 1966
Status Medal
Competitors 180
Countries 17
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Soviet Union URS 5 2 0 *
Aleksandr Dolgushin / Igor Grabovsky / Boris Grishin / Vadim Gulyayev / Vladimir Kuznetsov / Leonid Osipov / Boris Popov / Valery Pushkaryov / Vladimir Semyonov / Vladimir Zhmudsky / Iosif Zemtsov
🥈 East Germany GDR 5 1 1 *
Siegfried Ballerstedt / Hans-Georg Fehn / Jürgen Kluge / Hans Lange / Peter Rund / Erich Ruschke / Klaus Schlenkrich / Peter Schmidt / Jürgen Thiel / Heinz Wittig / Wolfgang Zein
🥉 Yugoslavia YUG 5 1 1 *
Ozren Bonačić / Zoran Janković / Ronald Lopatny / Gyorgye Perišić / Miroslav Poljak / Đuro Radan / Vinko Rosić / Zlatko Šimenc / Mirko Sandić / Karlo Stipanić / Ivo Trumbić
4 Italy ITA 4 1 2
Enzo Barlocco / Alberto Spinola / Eraldo Pizzo / Franco Lavoratori / Eugenio Merello / Mario Cevasco / Gianni Lonzi / Giancarlo Guerrini / Guglielmo Marsili / Alessandro Ghibellini / Alberto Alberani Samaritani
5 Hungary HUN 6 1 1
Ferenc Konrád / László Felkai / Zoltán Dömötör / Miklós Ambrus / András Bodnár / György Kárpáti / János Konrád / Endre Molnár / Dénes Pócsik / Péter Rusorán / István Szívós, Jr.
6 Romania ROU 4 0 3
Aurel Zahan / Traian Fleşeriu / Anatol Grințescu / Mircea Ștefănescu / Cornel Frățilă / Gruia Novac / Gheorghe Zamfirescu / Ion Popa / Nicolae Firoiu / Ștefan Kroner / Cornel Mărculescu
7 Germany GER 2 1 4 *
Lajos Nagy / Bernd Noack / Hermann Haverkamp / Peter Teicher / Wolf-Rüdiger Schulz / Bernd Strasser / Ingulf Nossek / Ludwig Ott
8 Netherlands NED 3 0 5
Nico van der Voet / Fred van Dorp / Hans van Ommen / Hans Wouda / Hans Aalbers / Gerrit van der Kolk / Hans Hoogveld / Feike de Vries / Lou Geutjes / Joop Schmidt / Gerrit Wormgoor
9 Sweden SWE 5 1 2
Runar Svensson / Bert Svensson / Rune Johansson / Lars Fjärrstad / Thomas Fjärrstad / Tommy Sjöstrand / Sten Ekman / Jan-Olof Fahlen / Sten Jansson / Stig Sjögren / Ronnie Karlsson
10 Belgium BEL 4 1 2 *
Nicolas Dumont / André Laurent / Frank D'Osterlinck / Karel De Vis / Jacques Caufrier / Roger De Wilde / Bruno De Hesselle / Léon Pickers
11 Bulgaria BUL 3 1 3
Zlatev / Andrey Konstantinov / Popov / Handiev / Eksezov / Chkalov / Sotirov / Ivan Ikonopisov
12 Spain ESP 2 1 5 *
Jorge Casas / Fermín Mas / Jerónimo Moner / Santiago Moliné / Jorge Borell / Luis Bestit / Leopoldo Rodés / Lolo Ibern / Santiago Zubicoa / Agustín Codera / Luis García
13 France FRA 3 0 4
Armand Mikaelian / Jean-Pierre David / Daniel Grimaldi / Jean-Pierre Rousseau / Serge Cuvelier / Jean-Yves Moine / Daniel Maginot / Jacques Mareel / Jean-Pierre Moine / Henri Vidil / Jean-Pierre Matteoni / Alain Flouret
14 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 0 5
Ladislav Bačík / Karol Schmuck / Juraj Reinovský / Konštantín Čop / Ján Schmuck / Alexander Čop / Ladislav Kládek / Ladislav Bottlik / Juriga / Sokol / Ionds
15 Ireland IRL 0 1 6 *
Jim Hurson / Ronnie Jones / Charlie Hurson / Aidan McCorry / Robbie Morrison / Willie Hanna / Kevin Page / Barney McGrogan / Tony Clery / Colm O'Brien / Dermot Kelleher
16 Turkey TUR 0 1 6 *
Mithat Hantal / Ümit Oğuzoğlu / Ünsal Fikirci / Orhan Vefa / Semih Haznedaroğlu / Iziko lldir / Tuncay Şenyüz / Mustafa Acet / Gündüz Gökca / Ahmet Özuzun / Engin Ünal / Behçet Kurtiç
17 Great Britain GBR 0 1 3 *
Harry Fogg / David Wright / John Towers / Murray Anderson / Jim Shekhdar / Jim Tancock / Roger Bayliff / Michael Hands / Chris Dickenson / Brian Flook / Tony Whittingon

Round 1

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 4 0 0 8
2 Netherlands NED 3 0 1 6
3 Sweden SWE 2 0 2 4
4 Spain ESP 0 1 3 1
5 Great Britain GBR 0 1 3 1

Matches

Hungary HUN 5-3 Netherlands NED
Sweden SWE 4-3 Spain ESP
Netherlands NED 4-1 Spain ESP
Sweden SWE 3-2 Great Britain GBR
Netherlands NED 7-4 Great Britain GBR
Hungary HUN 3-1 Sweden SWE
Spain ESP 3-3 Great Britain GBR
Hungary HUN 6-1 Spain ESP
Hungary HUN 7-0 Great Britain GBR
Netherlands NED 2-1 Sweden SWE

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 East Germany GDR 3 0 0 6
2 Yugoslavia YUG 2 0 1 4
3 France FRA 1 0 2 2
4 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 3 0

Matches

France FRA 2-1 Czechoslovakia TCH
East Germany GDR 8-3 France FRA
Yugoslavia YUG 5-1 Czechoslovakia TCH
East Germany GDR 9-3 Czechoslovakia TCH
Yugoslavia YUG 6-1 France FRA
East Germany GDR 2-1 Yugoslavia YUG

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 3 0 0 6
2 Romania ROU 2 0 1 4
3 Bulgaria BUL 1 0 2 2
4 Turkey TUR 0 0 3 0

Matches

Soviet Union URS 12-0 Turkey TUR
Romania ROU 4-0 Bulgaria BUL
Soviet Union URS 8-0 Bulgaria BUL
Romania ROU 13-0 Turkey TUR
Soviet Union URS 3-2 Romania ROU
Bulgaria BUL 14-2 Turkey TUR

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Italy ITA 3 0 0 6
2 Germany GER 1 1 1 3
3 Belgium BEL 1 1 1 3
4 Ireland IRL 0 0 3 0

Matches

Belgium BEL 8-3 Ireland IRL
Italy ITA 6-5 Germany GER
Italy ITA 2-1 Belgium BEL
Germany GER 7-1 Ireland IRL
Italy ITA 12-3 Ireland IRL
Germany GER 6-6 Belgium BEL

Semi-Finals

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 East Germany GDR 2 1 0 5
2 Yugoslavia YUG 2 0 1 4
3 Hungary HUN 1 1 1 3
4 Netherlands NED 0 0 3 0

Matches

East Germany GDR 4-2 Netherlands NED
Yugoslavia YUG 3-2 Hungary HUN
East Germany GDR 4-4 Hungary HUN
Yugoslavia YUG 3-1 Netherlands NED

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 2 1 0 5
2 Italy ITA 2 1 0 5
3 Romania ROU 1 0 2 2
4 Germany GER 0 0 3 0

Matches

Soviet Union URS 4-2 Germany GER
Italy ITA 2-1 Romania ROU
Soviet Union URS 3-3 Italy ITA
Romania ROU 5-0 Germany GER

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Sweden SWE 3 0 0 6
2 Spain ESP 2 0 1 4
3 France FRA 1 0 2 2
4 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 3 0

Matches

Sweden SWE 3-1 Czechoslovakia TCH
Spain ESP 4-1 France FRA
Sweden SWE 4-1 France FRA
Spain ESP 4-3 Czechoslovakia TCH

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Belgium BEL 3 0 0 6
2 Bulgaria BUL 2 0 1 4
3 Ireland IRL 0 1 2 1
4 Turkey TUR 0 1 2 1

Matches

Belgium BEL 11-0 Turkey TUR
Bulgaria BUL 6-2 Ireland IRL
Belgium BEL 5-3 Bulgaria BUL
Ireland IRL 2-2 Turkey TUR

Final

Group 1

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 1 2 0 4
2 East Germany GDR 2 0 1 4
3 Yugoslavia YUG 1 1 1 3
4 Italy ITA 0 1 2 1

Matches

Soviet Union URS 1-1 Yugoslavia YUG
East Germany GDR 2-1 Italy ITA
Soviet Union URS 1-0 East Germany GDR
Yugoslavia YUG 2-1 Italy ITA

Group 2

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
5 Hungary HUN 2 0 0 6
6 Romania ROU 2 0 1 4
7 Germany GER 1 0 2 2
8 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 6-4 Germany GER
Romania ROU 3-2 Netherlands NED
Hungary HUN 3-2 Romania ROU
Germany GER 4-3 Netherlands NED

Group 3

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
9 Sweden SWE 1 1 0 5
10 Belgium BEL 2 0 1 4
11 Bulgaria BUL 1 1 1 3
12 Spain ESP 0 0 2 0

Matches

Sweden SWE 2-2 Bulgaria BUL
Belgium BEL 5-0 Spain ESP
Sweden SWE 4-1 Belgium BEL
Bulgaria BUL 5-2 Spain ESP

Group 4

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
13 France FRA 2 0 0 6
14 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 0 0 4
15 Ireland IRL 0 1 2 1
16 Turkey TUR 0 1 2 1

Matches

France FRA 7-1 Turkey TUR
Czechoslovakia TCH 9-3 Ireland IRL
France FRA 5-4 Ireland IRL
Czechoslovakia TCH 10-1 Turkey TUR