Water Polo, Men

Competition 1997 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Sevilla ESP
Held 13 – 23 August 1997
Status Medal
Competitors 145
Countries 12
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Hungary HUN 6 2 0
Tibor Benedek / Rajmund Fodor / Tamás Kásás / Gergő Kiss / Zoltán Kósz / Zoltán Kovács / Tamás Märcz / Tamás Molnár / Zsolt Németh / Barnabás Steinmetz / Bulcsú Székely / Frank Tóth / Zsolt Varga / Attila Vári / Balázs Vincze
🥈 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 6 1 1
Dragan Jovanović / Dejan Savić / Danilo Ikodinović / Veljko Uskoković / Aleksandar Ćirić / Aleksandar Šapić / Vlada Vujasinović / Petar Trbojević / Aleksandar Nikolić / Risto Maliković / Siniša Matijašević / Nenad Vukanić / Nikola Kuljača / Željko Vičević / Branko Peković
🥉 Russia RUS 6 1 1
Nikolay Maksimov / Dmitry Dugin / Sergey Yevstigneyev / Maksim Apanasenko / Sergey Rodionov / Aleksandr Yeryshov / Dmitry Gorshkov / Ilya Konstantinov / Dmitry Stratan / Yury Smolovoy / Irek Zinnurov / Konstantin Kravchenko / Revaz Chomakhidze / Aleksey Panfili / Denis Zhivchikov
4 Croatia CRO 5 1 2
Siniša Školneković / Frano Vićan / Alen Bošković / Ognjen Kržić / Hrvoje Herceg / Dario Kobešćak / Vjekoslav Kobešćak / Zdeslav Vrdoljak / Damir Glavan / Ratko Štritof / Renato Vrbičić / Igor Hinić / Samir Barać / Ivo Ivaniš / Mile Smodlaka
5 Spain ESP 5 1 2
Jesús Miguel Rollán / Miguel González / Sergio Pedrerol / Gustavo Marcos / Manuel Estiarte / Daniel Ballart / Gabriel Hernández / Iván Moro / Jordi Sans / Salvador Gómez / Miki Oca / Carles Sanz / Pedro García / Rubén Michavila / Daniel Cercols
6 Italy ITA 4 0 4
Francesco Attolico / Francesco Postiglione / Alessandro Bovo / Fabio Bencivenga / Angelo Temellini / Roberto Calcaterra / Luca Giustolisi / Alberto Angelini / Amedeo Pomilio / Leonardo Binchi / Leonardo Sottani / Carlo Silipo / Alessandro Calcaterra / Alberto Ghibellini / Marco Gerini
7 Greece GRE 2 1 5
Gerasimos Voltyrakis / Vangelis Patras / Georgios Mavrotas / Filippos Kaiafas / Anastasios Papanastasiou / Konstantinos Loudis / Theodoros Lorantos / Theodoros Kalakonas / Makis Lykoudis / Georgios Afroudakis / Georgios Psychos / Dimitrios Mazis / Kourtidis / Ioannis Thomakos
8 Slovakia SVK 2 0 6
Štefan Gergely / Peter Nižný / Gejza Gyurcsi / Roman Poláčik / Karol Bačo / Milan Cipov / Gejza Gyurcsi / Tomáš Tóth / Radovan Lukáč / Alexander Nagy / Karol Schmuck / Róbert Káid / Miroslav Jančich
9 Netherlands NED 2 0 4
Arie van de Bunt / Gert de Groot / Harry van der Meer / Arno Havenga / Hans Nieuwenburg / Bas de Jong / Gert de Groot / Wim Vermeulen / Niels Zuidweg / Marco Booij / Eelco Uri / Gerben Silvis / Bjørn Boom
10 Germany GER 1 1 4
Patrick Weissinger / Steffen Dierolf / Uwe Sterzik / Davor Erjavec / Schmidt
11 Ukraine UKR 1 0 5
Denys Volonchuk / Dmitry Irishichev / Kostiantyn Salnikov / Hrachev / Vadym Kebalo / Dmytro Lavrishinets / Ihor Horbach / Zhuprik / Nedostup / Ishuun / Shevchenko / Vitaliy Denisenko
12 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 6

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Russia RUS 4 1 0 9
2 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 4 1 0 9
3 Italy ITA 3 0 2 6
4 Greece GRE 1 1 3 3
5 Germany GER 1 1 3 3
6 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 5 0

Matches

Serbia and Montenegro SCG 10-5 Germany GER
Russia RUS 13-4 Bulgaria BUL
Italy ITA 7-2 Greece GRE
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 9-4 Bulgaria BUL
Russia RUS 7-6 Greece GRE
Italy ITA 8-4 Germany GER
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 4-3 Italy ITA
Russia RUS 8-6 Germany GER
Greece GRE 8-4 Bulgaria BUL
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 3-3 Russia RUS
Italy ITA 16-5 Bulgaria BUL
Greece GRE 6-6 Germany GER
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 6-5 Greece GRE
Russia RUS 5-4 Italy ITA
Germany GER 13-6 Bulgaria BUL

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Croatia CRO 4 1 0 9
2 Hungary HUN 3 2 0 8
3 Spain ESP 3 1 1 7
4 Slovakia SVK 2 0 3 4
5 Netherlands NED 1 0 4 2
6 Ukraine UKR 0 0 5 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 13-3 Ukraine UKR
Croatia CRO 8-7 Spain ESP
Slovakia SVK 6-4 Netherlands NED
Hungary HUN 7-7 Croatia CRO
Spain ESP 9-5 Slovakia SVK
Netherlands NED 10-4 Ukraine UKR
Hungary HUN 12-6 Slovakia SVK
Croatia CRO 7-3 Ukraine UKR
Spain ESP 7-3 Netherlands NED
Hungary HUN 7-7 Spain ESP
Croatia CRO 9-3 Netherlands NED
Slovakia SVK 8-5 Ukraine UKR
Hungary HUN 13-8 Netherlands NED
Croatia CRO 9-3 Slovakia SVK
Spain ESP 10-2 Ukraine UKR

Quarter-Finals

Hungary HUN 9-8 Italy ITA
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 10-9
After Extra Time
Spain ESP
Russia RUS 11-6 Slovakia SVK
Croatia CRO 5-4 Greece GRE

Semi-Finals

Hungary HUN 10-7 Russia RUS
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 8-7 Croatia CRO
Spain ESP 7-3 Greece GRE
Italy ITA 12-9 Slovakia SVK

Finals

Hungary HUN 3-2 Serbia and Montenegro SCG
Russia RUS 8-7
After Extra Time
Croatia CRO
Spain ESP 8-6 Italy ITA
Greece GRE 13-9 Slovakia SVK
Netherlands NED 10-7 Germany GER
Ukraine UKR 10-8 Bulgaria BUL