2025 Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship

2025 Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Romania
City	Oradea
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–24 August 2025
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Montenegro (3rd title)
Runners-up	Serbia
Third place	Greece
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	1,197 (24.94 per match)
Awards
Best player	Strahinja Gojković
Best goalkeeper	Marko Pejović
Official website
European Aquatics

The 2025 Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship was the 23rd edition of the Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship, organized by the European Aquatics. The tournament was played in Oradea, Romania from 18 to 24 August 2025.^[1] Starting this edition, the age level has changed from U17 to U18.^[2] Greece were the defending champions; Montenegro became the European champions for the third time.

Host selection

Oradea was given the hosting rights on 13 November 2024.^[1]

Participating teams

No qualification round took place; the sixteen teams that took part in the 2023 edition automatically qualified for the championship while the remaining registered teams compete in the newly formed Division I.^[3]

Teams
Greece (1st)
Serbia (2nd)
Spain (3rd)
Hungary (4th)
Montenegro (5th)
Italy (6th)
Croatia (7th)
Netherlands (8th)
Türkiye (9th)
Germany (10th)
Malta (11th)
France (12th)
Romania (13th)
Georgia (14th)
Ukraine (15th)
Poland (16th)

Venue

Oradea		Oradea
		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool
		Capacity: 850

Draw

The draw was held on 7 February 2025 at 10:30 CET in Zagreb, Croatia. The seeding was based on the results of the previous edition.^[4]^[5]

Sub-division 1

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Greece Serbia	Spain Hungary	Montenegro Italy	Croatia Netherlands

Sub-division 2

Pot 5	Pot 6	Pot 7	Pot 8
Türkiye Germany	Malta France	Romania Georgia	Ukraine Poland

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 6 August 2025.^[6]

All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time; UTC+3).

Sub-division 1

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	46	35	+11	9	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	41	32	+9	6	Quarterfinals
3	Greece	3	1	2	38	46	−8	3	Crossovers
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	35	47	−12	0	Crossovers

Source: Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship
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.

18 August 2025 13:30	Report	Greece	9–14	Italy	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Jakov Blaskovic (CRO), Pau Segurana (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 4–3, 2–3
		Chatzis 5	Goals	Chianese 4

18 August 2025 16:00	Report	Hungary	15–11	Netherlands	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Mihnea Ioan Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–2, 2–2, 5–4
		Benedek 4	Goals	Jukic 4

19 August 2025 17:30	Report	Netherlands	11–16	Italy	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–1, 3–4, 3–7
		Jukic 4	Goals	Costanzo 4

19 August 2025 20:30	Report	Greece	13–19	Hungary	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Lazar Andjelic (SRB), Ralf Mueller (GER)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–6, 3–5, 1–5
		Chatzis 4	Goals	Benedek 6

20 August 2025 17:30	Report	Greece	16–13	Netherlands	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Pau Segurana (ESP), George Makharadze (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–0, 5–6, 3–4
		Angelopoulos 6	Goals	Jukic 6

20 August 2025 20:30	Report	Hungary	12–11	Italy	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE), Jakov Blaskovic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–2, 3–5, 2–0
		Benedek, Cseh 3	Goals	Costanzo, Tresa 4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	3	3	0	0	0	35	28	+7	9	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	3	1	1	0	1	31	32	−1	5	Quarterfinals
3	Spain	3	1	0	1	1	37	32	+5	4	Crossovers
4	Serbia	3	0	0	0	3	24	35	−11	0	Crossovers

18 August 2025 17:30	Report	Serbia	8–9	Montenegro	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Ralf Mueller (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–3, 1–3, 3–1
		Canepa, Neskovic 2	Goals	Moracanin 3

18 August 2025 20:30	Report	Spain	14–16 (PSO)	Croatia	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), Norbert Ercse (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 2–1, 3–3 PSO: 3–5
		Solar Roizarena 3	Goals	Jerkovic 4

19 August 2025 13:30	Report	Croatia	7–12	Montenegro	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Kukasz Krol (POL)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–2, 1–2, 2–4
		Dujmic 3	Goals	Stupar 3

19 August 2025 16:00	Report	Serbia	7–13	Spain	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Bruno Navarra (ITA), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–4, 1–5
		Conkic, Urosevic 2	Goals	Comabella Cives 4

20 August 2025 13:30	Report	Serbia	9–13	Croatia	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–4, 1–3, 3–1
		Lazic, Zelic 3	Goals	Susic 6

20 August 2025 16:00	Report	Spain	13–14	Montenegro	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Bruno Navarra (ITA), Mihnea Ioan Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 4–3, 2–3
		Millan Martin 3	Goals	Gojković 4

Sub-division 2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	51	27	+24	9	Crossovers
2	Poland	3	1	2	34	49	−15	3^[a]	Crossovers
3	Romania (H)	3	1	2	31	37	−6	3^[a]	13th–16th place semifinals
4	Türkiye	3	1	2	33	36	−3	3^[a]	13th–16th place semifinals

HTH: Poland 1–1, +2 GD; Romania 1–1, ±0 GD; Turkey 1–1, −2 GD.

18 August 2025 09:00	Report	France	26–9	Poland	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Massimo Angileri (ITA), George Makharadze (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 8–2, 8–3, 5–1
		Novecek 5	Goals	Greif 3

18 August 2025 19:00	Report	Türkiye	12–11	Romania	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Lazar Andjelic (SRB), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 3–5, 4–2
		Gulsoy 4	Goals	Feke 5

19 August 2025 12:00	Report	Türkiye	10–11	France	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Jakov Blaskovic (CRO), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–3, 2–3, 2–1
		Yildaz 5	Goals	Braise Fernandez 5

19 August 2025 19:00	Report	Poland	11–12	Romania	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Pau Segurana (ESP), George Makharadze (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–3, 2–3, 3–3
		Greif, Janicki 3	Goals	Cojocariu, Rosan 3

20 August 2025 09:00	Report	Türkiye	11–14	Poland	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–5, 2–3, 4–5
		three players 2	Goals	Janicki 3

20 August 2025 19:00	Report	France	14–8	Romania	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Ralf Mueller (GER), Lazar Andjelic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–0, 5–2, 3–3
		Agrefilo 5	Goals	eight players 1

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malta	3	2	1	0	0	48	25	+23	8	Crossovers
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	0	44	27	+17	7	Crossovers
3	Georgia	3	1	0	0	2	33	35	−2	3	13th–16th place semifinals
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	0	3	22	60	−38	0	13th–16th place semifinals

18 August 2025 10:30	Report	Germany	14–8	Georgia	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Bruno Navarra (ITA), Lukasz Krol (POL)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–2, 3–0, 1–5
		Hofmann 5	Goals	Avesadze 3

18 August 2025 12:00	Report	Malta	24–6	Ukraine	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE), Berk Gunkut (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 6–4, 4–1, 8–0
		Chircop, Cutajar 5	Goals	Yarema 2

19 August 2025 09:00	Report	Ukraine	8–17	Georgia	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Norbert Ercse (HUN), Berk Gunkut (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–5, 1–6, 3–3
		Rudnyk 2	Goals	Mchedlishvili 5

19 August 2025 10:30	Report	Germany	20–21 (PSO)	Malta	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), Mihnea Ioan Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–2, 4–4, 2–3 PSO: 9–10
		Mityska 3	Goals	Chircop, Cutajar 4

20 August 2025 10:30	Report	Germany	19–8	Ukraine	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Berk Gunkut (TUR), Kukasz Krol (POL)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 6–4, 4–1, 4–3
		Kugler 5	Goals	Tischenko 2

20 August 2025 12:00	Report	Malta	13–8	Georgia	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Norbert Ercse (HUN), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–0, 3–3
		four players 2	Goals	Veshaguri 4

Brackets

Main bracket

22 August

B1
Montenegro

21 August

France

Netherlands

23 August

C1
France

B1
Montenegro

Italy

22 August

A2
Italy

21 August

Spain

B3
Spain

24 August

Germany

B1
Montenegro

Serbia

22 August

Croatia

21 August

A3
Greece

23 August

Poland

Greece

B4
Serbia

Third place game

22 August

24 August

Hungary

Italy

21 August

B4
Serbia

A3
Greece

B4
Serbia

Malta

5th place bracket

5th–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

23 August

C1 France	11
		24 August
B3 Spain	16
		B3 Spain	10
23 August
		A1 Hungary	7
B2 Croatia	14

A1 Hungary	18
		Seventh place game

		24 August

		C1 France	7

		B2 Croatia	16

9th place bracket

9th–12th place semifinals		Ninth place game

22 August

A4 Netherlands	8
		23 August
D2 Germany	13
		D2 Germany	16
22 August
		D1 Malta	17
C2 Poland	14

D1 Malta	15
		Eleventh place game

		23 August

		A4 Netherlands	18

		C2 Poland	7

13th place bracket

13th–16th place semifinals		Thirteenth place game

21 August

D3 Georgia	8
		22 August
C4 Turkey	11
		C4 Turkey	9
21 August
		C3 Romania	8
D4 Ukraine	12

C3 Romania	16
		Fifteenth place game

		22 August

		D3 Georgia	17

		D4 Ukraine	14

Knockout stage

13th–16th place semifinals

21 August 2025 9:00	Report	Georgia	8–11	Turkey	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 2–3, 2–3
		Mchedlishvili, Veshaguri 2	Goals	Caliskan 5

21 August 2025 10:30	Report	Ukraine	12–16	Romania	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Norbert Ercse (HUN), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–6, 6–4, 5–3
		Zinkevych 4	Goals	Feke, Paladiciuc 4

Fifteenth place game

22 August 2025 9:00	Report	Georgia	17–14	Ukraine	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Lukasz Krol (POL), Mihnea Ioan Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–4, 3–4, 6–5
		Khurtsilava 8	Goals	Zinkevych 5

Thirteenth place game

22 August 2025 10:30	Report	Turkey	9–8	Romania	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Bruno Navarra (ITA), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–4, 5–2, 1–2
		Caliskan 3	Goals	three players 2

Crossovers

21 August 2025 16:00	Report	Netherlands	11–12	France	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Bruno Navarra (ITA), Lukasz Krol (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 3–5, 5–3
		De Zwart 3	Goals	Agrefilo 4

21 August 2025 17:30	Report	Greece	21–12	Poland	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE), Mihnea Ioan Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 5–3, 8–5
		Angelopoulos 6	Goals	Greif 4

21 August 2025 19:00	Report	Serbia	18–13	Malta	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Pau Segurana (ESP), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 7–2, 4–2, 4–7
		Canepa 4	Goals	Dimech 5

21 August 2025 20:30	Report	Spain	14–7	Germany	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), Jakov Blaskovic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 4–0, 4–4
		Comabella Cives, Solar Roizarena 3	Goals	Scherrieble 2

9th–12th place semifinals

22 August 2025 12:00	Report	Netherlands	8–13	Germany	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Massimo Angileri (ITA), Berk Gunkut (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–4, 2–3, 2–5
		Hageman, Jukic 3	Goals	Hofmann 5

22 August 2025 13:30	Report	Poland	14–15 (PSO)	Malta	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Ralf Mueller (GER), George Makharadze (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–3, 2–2 PSO: 5–6
		Janicki 3	Goals	Chircop 4

Eleventh place game

23 August 2025 9:00	Report	Netherlands	18–7	Poland	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Pau Segurana (ESP), Berk Gunkut (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 7–2, 3–2, 6–2
		Jukic 4	Goals	three players 2

Ninth place game

23 August 2025 10:30	Report	Germany	16–17 (PSO)	Malta	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Bruno Navarra (ITA), Lazar Andjelic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–2, 4–3, 5–4 PSO: 4–5
		De Marco 5	Goals	Cutajar 4

Quarterfinals

22 August 2025 16:00	Report	Montenegro	21–11	France	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Jakov Blaskovic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 8–4, 7–1, 3–5
		Gojković 5	Goals	Novacek 5

22 August 2025 17:30	Report	Croatia	16–17	Greece	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Pau Segurana (ESP), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–5, 4–4, 3–4
		Jerkovic 7	Goals	Chatzis 4

22 August 2025 19:00	Report	Hungary	13–14	Serbia	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–4, 2–3, 4–4
		Benedek 7	Goals	Vojinovic 4

22 August 2025 20:30	Report	Italy	11–6	Spain	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Norbert Ercse (HUN), Lazar Andjelic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 3–2, 3–1
		Alessandrini 3	Goals	six players 1

5th–8th place semifinals

23 August 2025 16:00	Report	France	11–16	Spain	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Ralf Mueller (GER), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–1, 4–3, 4–7
			Goals	Fernandez Perrier, Sordo Santaolalla 4

23 August 2025 17:30	Report	Croatia	14–18	Hungary	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 6–6, 5–3, 0–4, 3–5
		Dragas, Dujmic 4	Goals	Benedek, Cseh 6

Seventh place game

24 August 2025 15:00	Report	France	7–16	Croatia	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), Mihnea Ioan Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–4, 0–5, 2–2
		Barnat 3	Goals	Susic 5

Fifth place game

24 August 2025 16:30	Report	Spain	10–7	Hungary	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Jakov Blašković (CRO), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 3–3, 3–2
		Comabella Cives 4	Goals	Rabb 3

Semifinals

23 August 2025 19:00	Report	Montenegro	10–6	Italy	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Jakov Blaskovic (CRO), Norbert Ercse (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 5–5, 3–0, 0–1
		Stupar 3	Goals	Chianese 3

23 August 2025 20:30	Report	Greece	14–20	Serbia	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–5, 5–5, 5–5
		Chatzis 8	Goals	Conkic, Lazic 4

Third place game

24 August 2025 18:00	Report	Italy	11–12	Greece	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Lazar Anđelić (SRB), Siniša Matijašević (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 2–4, 2–2
		Alessandrini 3	Goals	Angelopoulos 6

Final

24 August 2025 19:30	Report	Montenegro	13–9	Serbia	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea Referees: Pau Segurana (ESP), Levan Bereshvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 5–2, 1–3
		Stupar, Bošković, Gojković 3	Goals	Canepa 6

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Montenegro (3rd title)
	Serbia
	Greece
4	Italy
5	Spain
6	Hungary
7	Croatia
8	France
9	Malta
10	Germany
11	Netherlands
12	Poland
13	Turkey
14	Romania
15	Georgia
16	Ukraine

	Relegated to the 2027 Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship Division I

References

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https://europeanaquatics.org/mens-u18-water-polo-championships-schedules-for-oradea-and-rio-maior/

External links

Official website

2025 Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship

Host selection

Participating teams

Venue

Draw

Preliminary round

Sub-division 1

Group A

Group B

Sub-division 2

Group C

Group D

Brackets

Main bracket

5th place bracket

9th place bracket

13th place bracket

Knockout stage

13th–16th place semifinals

Fifteenth place game

Thirteenth place game

Crossovers

9th–12th place semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Quarterfinals

5th–8th place semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standings

See also

References

External links