2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	5–13 January
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (6th title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Greece
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	1,091 (22.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rita Keszthelyi Alina-Ioana Olteanu Belen Vosseberg (21 goals each)
Best player	Beatriz Ortiz
Best goalkeeper	Laura Aarts

The 2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament. It was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands from 5 to 13 January 2024.[1] It was scheduled to be held in Netanya, Israel, But the competition was taken away from Israel for security reasons after the 2023 Israel–Hamas war commenced.[2][3][4][5][6] This edition was the first one to be played by 16 teams.[7]

The Netherlands won their sixth title, after a finals win over Spain, while Greece captured the bronze medal and qualified for the 2024 Olympics.[8]

Host selection

The championship was originally going to be held in Tel Aviv, Israel between 7 and 21 October 2023 (although it would still be called the 2024 European Championship).[5][9] But on 31 March 2023, it was moved to the Israeli city of Netanya and rescheduled for 3 to 16 January 2024 at the Wingate Institute Olympic swimming pool.[10][7] This decision was made to reduce the travel costs for the participating teams and make sure there was only one stoppage during the season instead of two (due to the 2024 World Aquatics Championships being held in February 2024).

However, after the 2023 Israel–Hamas war broke out, LEN said they would monitor the situation on 12 October.[11] But on 2 November, LEN announced that the tournament would not be hosted in Israel.[3][12]

After that announcement, Budapest, Eindhoven and Zagreb were reported as possibly interested in hosting the championships.[13][14][15][16][17]

On 17 November, Eindhoven was announced as the host city for the tournament.[1] The last time Eindhoven hosted the event was in 2012.

Expansion

During the 2022 European Championships, Israeli media said that the 2024 edition would expand to 16 teams.[18] On 31 March 2023, LEN officially announced the expansion to 16 teams, alongside the format change.[19][7][20][21]

Format

This was the first edition where the teams were sorted into two Divisions, based on the last edition and the qualifiers. The top eight teams made Division 1 and the other eight teams Division 2. Both divisions were split into two groups of four teams. The top-two teams from each group of Division 1 advanced to the quarterfinals, while the other teams met the top-two sides from each group of Division 2 in a play-off round. After that, a knock-out system was used.[22][23]

Qualification

Main article: 2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

16 teams were able to compete at the main event. They were broken up as follows:

• The host nation
• The top seven teams from the 2022 European Championship not already qualified as host nation
• Final eight from the qualifiers.[24]

All 12 that participated in 2022 qualified. Of the beneficiaries of the expansion, Bulgaria made their debut. Of the returnees, Czech Republic, Great Britain and Turkey returned after last qualifying in 1997, 2014 and 2018 respectively.

Event	Date	Location	Quotas	Nation(s)
Host	13 May 2022	–	1	Israel
2022 European Championship	29 August – 10 September	Split	7	Spain  Greece  Italy  Netherlands  Hungary  France  Croatia
Qualifiers	23–25 June 2023	Various	8	Slovakia  Romania  Serbia  Great Britain  Bulgaria  Turkey  Czech Republic  Germany

Venue

Similar to 2012, the Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion was used for the entire competition.[25]

Eindhoven		Eindhoven
		Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion
		Capacity: 2,065[26]

Draw

The draw was held on 12 September 2023 in Netanya, Israel.[22][27]

Division 1

The pots for Division 1 were decided by the rankings of the 2022 European Championship

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Spain  Greece	Italy  Netherlands	Hungary  Israel	France  Croatia

Division 2

The seeding for Division 2 was decided by who finished first and second in the qualifiers.

Pot 1	Pot 2
Slovakia  Romania  Serbia  Great Britain	Bulgaria  Turkey  Czech Republic  Germany

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 24 November 2023.[28]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Division 1

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	0	53	27	+26	9	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	0	1	49	35	+14	6
3	Hungary	3	1	0	0	2	40	30	+10	3	Playoffs
4	Croatia	3	0	0	0	3	16	66	−50	0

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

5 January 2024 19:00	Report	Netherlands	24–6	Croatia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Ivanka Raković Krstonošić (SRB), Anne Grandin (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 6–2, 7–1, 6–1
		Keuning, Rogge 4	Goals	Brnetić, J. Butić 2

5 January 2024 20:30	Report	Hungary	12–14	Greece	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Juan Carlos Colominas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–2, 4–3, 2–5
		three players 3	Goals	Giannopoulou 4

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6 January 2024 16:00	Report	Greece	25–8	Croatia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 7–1, 6–1, 7–2
		Elliniadi, Xenaki 5	Goals	Glas, Janković 2

6 January 2024 19:00	Report	Netherlands	14–11	Hungary	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Philip Uhlig (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–3, 5–4, 4–3
		Rogge 4	Goals	Garda, Keszthelyi 3

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7 January 2024 18:30	Report	Netherlands	15–10	Greece	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–1, 2–3, 4–3
		Van de Kraats 5	Goals	three players 2

7 January 2024 20:00	Report	Hungary	17–2	Croatia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Ivo Mareš (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–0, 3–1, 3–0
		Garda, Leimeter 4	Goals	Janković, Rozić 1

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	53	23	+30	9	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	0	0	1	40	31	+9	6
3	France	3	1	0	0	2	30	37	−7	3	Playoffs
4	Israel	3	0	0	0	3	26	58	−32	0

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

5 January 2024 15:00	Report	Israel	11–20	Italy	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Ivo Mareš (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–7, 2–4, 5–3
		Yaacobi 4	Goals	Palmieri 4

5 January 2024 16:30	Report	Spain	17–8	France	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Philip Uhlig (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 4–3, 5–2
		Crespí 3	Goals	Hertzka 3

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6 January 2024 17:30	Report	Italy	12–6	France	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 2–3, 4–1, 2–2
		Bianconi 3	Goals	Bouloukbachi 3

6 January 2024 20:30	Report	Spain	22–7	Israel	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Ivanka Raković Krstonošić (SRB), Sara Kontek (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–3, 8–2, 4–0
		Ortiz 5	Goals	Yaacobi 5

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7 January 2024 15:30	Report	Israel	8–16	France	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Juan Carlos Colominas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–5, 1–3, 2–4
		Yaacobi 2	Goals	three players 3

7 January 2024 17:00	Report	Spain	14–8	Italy	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–3, 3–2, 3–2
		Forca 5	Goals	Giustini 3

Division 2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	0	43	14	+29	9	Playoffs
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	27	36	−9	6
3	Romania	3	1	0	0	2	25	35	−10	3	Classification round
4	Turkey	3	0	0	0	3	22	32	−10	0

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

5 January 2024 09:00	Report	Romania	12–13	Czech Republic	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 3–6, 4–5
		Olteanu 7	Goals	Holá 4

5 January 2024 10:30	Report	Serbia	13–6	Turkey	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 5–0, 4–3
		Milićević 5	Goals	Buralı 2

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6 January 2024 12:00	Report	Turkey	9–10	Czech Republic	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Juan Carlos Colominas (ESP), Aleksandar Nestorov (BUL)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 1–2, 4–1
		Kuş 5	Goals	Holá 3

6 January 2024 13:30	Report	Romania	4–15	Serbia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Anne Grandin (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–4, 2–4, 0–3
		Melnychuk 3	Goals	Milićević 3

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7 January 2024 09:00	Report	Romania	9–7	Turkey	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Sara Kontek (CRO), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–3, 3–2, 0–0
		Olteanu 4	Goals	Kuş 5

7 January 2024 10:30	Report	Serbia	15–4	Czech Republic	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ioana Feica-Prodan (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–0, 4–1, 4–2
		Milićević 4	Goals	Hlavatá 3

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	0	0	43	19	+24	9	Playoffs
2	Germany	3	2	0	0	1	47	31	+16	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	40	32	+8	3	Classification round
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	0	3	23	71	−48	0

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

5 January 2024 12:00	Report	Slovakia	7–12	Great Britain	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Sara Kontek (CRO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–3, 3–2, 3–2
		Mešterová 2	Goals	Rogers 3

5 January 2024 13:30	Report	Germany	29–9	Bulgaria	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE), İlkin Çakmakoğlu (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 10–2, 9–1, 5–3, 5–3
		Vosseberg 6	Goals	Gesheva 4

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6 January 2024 09:00	Report	Bulgaria	6–19	Great Britain	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Ioana Feica-Prodan (ROU), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–6, 2–4, 2–4
		Dimitrova 3	Goals	Falvey 5

6 January 2024 10:30	Report	Slovakia	10–12	Germany	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), İlkin Çakmakoğlu (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–4, 1–4, 2–2
		Sedlaková 4	Goals	Vosseberg 4

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7 January 2024 12:00	Report	Slovakia	23–8	Bulgaria	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Philip Uhlig (GER), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 4–2, 6–2, 7–2
		Mešterová, Sedláková 5	Goals	four players 2

7 January 2024 13:30	Report	Germany	6–12	Great Britain	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Ivanka Raković Krstonošić (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–3, 3–5, 2–1
		Vosseberg 2	Goals	Falvey, Turner 4

Knockout stage

Bracket

Play-offs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

9 January

Spain

17

8 January

Croatia

6

Croatia

11

11 January

Serbia

8

Spain

13

Greece

5

9 January

Greece

15

8 January

France

7

France

14

13 January

Germany

6

Spain

7

Netherlands

8

9 January

Netherlands

25

8 January

Great Britain

6

Israel

9 (4)

11 January

Great Britain (PSO)

9 (5)

Netherlands

7

Italy

6

Third place

9 January

13 January

Italy

12

Greece

7

8 January

Hungary

11

Italy

6

Hungary

27

Czech Republic

4

Playoffs

8 January 2024 16:00	Report	Croatia	11–8	Serbia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 2–1, 5–1
		J. Butić 4	Goals	Milićević 4

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8 January 2024 17:30	Report	Israel	13–14	Great Britain	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Philip Uhlig (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 3–3, 1–1  PSO: 4–5
		Kordonskaia, Sasover 2	Goals	Falvey 3

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8 January 2024 19:00	Report	France	14–6	Germany	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Martina Kuníková (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–2, 4–2, 1–1
		Bouloukbachi 5	Goals	Rieck 3

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8 January 2024 20:30	Report	Hungary	27–4	Czech Republic	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), İlkin Çakmakoğlu (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 7–2, 6–2, 8–0, 6–0
		three players 4	Goals	Hlavatá 2

13–16th place bracket

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place
	8 January
	Slovakia	10
					9 January
	Turkey	13
					Turkey	7
	8 January
					Romania	3
	Bulgaria	6
	Romania	18
					15th place
					9 January
					Slovakia	18
					Bulgaria	10

13–16th place semifinals

8 January 2024 12:00	Report	Slovakia	10–13	Turkey	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–4, 2–3, 2–4
		Mešterová 3	Goals	Kuş 6

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8 January 2024 13:30	Report	Bulgaria	6–18	Romania	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Ivanka Raković Krstonošić (SRB), Ivo Mareš (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–7, 2–3, 1–2
		Gesheva, Rumenova 2	Goals	Olteanu 7

15th place game

9 January 2024 09:00	Report	Slovakia	18–10	Bulgaria	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Ioana Feica-Prodan (ROU), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–1, 5–3, 4–3
		Kačková, Sedláková 4	Goals	Dimitrova 4

13th place game

9 January 2024 10:30	Report	Turkey	7–3	Romania	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ivo Mareš (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–0, 2–0, 2–3
		Kuş 3	Goals	Olteanu 2

9–12th place bracket

	9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place
	9 January
	Serbia	12
					11 January
	Germany	11
					Serbia	12
	9 January
					Israel	13
	Israel	18
	Czech Republic	5
					Eleventh place
					11 January
					Germany	15
					Czech Republic	12

9–12th place semifinals

9 January 2024 12:00	Report	Serbia	12–11	Germany	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE), İlkin Çakmakoğlu (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–4, 3–5, 2–1
		five players 2	Goals	Plotz 4

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9 January 2024 13:30	Report	Israel	18–5	Czech Republic	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Aleksandar Nestorov (BUL)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–0, 4–1, 7–1
		Bogachenko 7	Goals	Holá 2

Eleventh place game

11 January 2024 12:00	Report	Germany	15–12	Czech Republic	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Sara Kontek (CRO), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–4, 3–3, 6–1
		G. Deike, Vosseberg 5	Goals	four players 2

Ninth place game

11 January 2024 13:30	Report	Serbia	12–13	Israel	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Anne Grandin (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–1, 2–4, 3–5
		five players 2	Goals	Bogachenko 4

Quarterfinals

9 January 2024 16:00	Report	Spain	17–6	Croatia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Philip Uhlig (GER)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–3, 3–0, 5–1
		Camus, Peña 4	Goals	Rozić 2

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9 January 2024 17:30	Report	Netherlands	25–6	Great Britain	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Ivanka Raković Krstonošić (SRB), Sara Kontek (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 8–2, 3–1, 7–2
		Rogge 5	Goals	Perkins, Turner 2

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9 January 2024 19:00	Report	Greece	15–7	France	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Martina Kuníková (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 4–1, 5–1
		Ninou 4	Goals	Daulé 2

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9 January 2024 20:30	Report	Italy	12–11	Hungary	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Juan Carlos Colominas (ESP), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–3, 4–4, 1–2
		Bianconi 4	Goals	Garda 4

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	11 January
	Croatia	10
					13 January
	France	12
					France	3
	11 January
					Hungary	14
	Great Britain	5
	Hungary	21
					Seventh place
					13 January
					Croatia	9
					Great Britain	11

5–8th place semifinals

11 January 2024 16:00	Report	Croatia	10–12	France	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Juan Carlos Colominas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 2–4, 3–2
		J. Butić 4	Goals	Hertzka, Vernoux 3

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11 January 2024 17:30	Report	Great Britain	5–21	Hungary	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Ivo Mareš (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 1–4, 1–4, 2–6
		Rogers 2	Goals	Keszthelyi 5

Seventh place game

13 January 2024 16:00	Report	Croatia	9–11	Great Britain	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 4–5, 1–4
		J. Butić 3	Goals	Turner 4

Fifth place game

13 January 2024 17:30	Report	France	3–14	Hungary	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Ivanka Raković Krstonošić (SRB), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–4, 0–2, 2–3
		three players 1	Goals	Keszthelyi 6

Semifinals

11 January 2024 19:00	Report	Spain	13–5	Greece	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–1, 4–1, 4–2
		Forca 3	Goals	Xenaki 3

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11 January 2024 20:30	Report	Netherlands	7–6	Italy	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Philip Uhlig (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	six players 1

Third place game

13 January 2024 19:00	Report	Greece	7–6	Italy	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Juan Carlos Colominas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–0, 1–1, 2–4
		Asimaki 2	Goals	Bianconi 2

Final

13 January 2024 20:30	Report	Spain	7–8	Netherlands	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–4, 2–1, 2–2
		Ortiz 2	Goals	Joustra, Van der Sloot 2

Final standings

Greece qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics as the highest ranked team not yet qualified for the event. Greece, France and Great Britain secured the three remaining European tickets to the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.

Rank Team  Netherlands  Spain  Greece 4  Italy 5  Hungary 6  France 7  Great Britain 8  Croatia 9  Israel 10  Serbia 11  Germany 12  Czech Republic 13  Turkey 14  Romania 15  Slovakia 16  Bulgaria Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 World Aquatics Championships Qualified for the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship Netherlands Sixth title

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank[29]	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Rita Keszthelyi	21	44	48
	Alina-Ioana Olteanu		48	44
	Belen Vosseberg		37	57
4	Kübra Kuş	20	46	43
	Ana Milićević		39	51
6	Maria Bogachenko	16	35	46
	Toula Falvey		28	57
	Krisztina Garda		27	59
	Monika Sedlaková		28	57
10	Jelena Butić	15	50	30

Awards

The awards were announced on 13 January 2024.[30]

Position	Player
Best goalkeeper	Laura Aarts
Most Valuable Player	Beatriz Ortiz

References

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External links

• Official website
• Dutch official website