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(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–24 August 2025
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Official website
	European Aquatics

The 2025 Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship is the 23rd edition of the Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship. The tournament is being 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 are the defending champions.

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 off the results of the previous edition.^[4]^[5]

Subdivision 1

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

Subdivision 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).

Subdivision 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
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–0, 5–6, 3–4

20 August 2025 20:30	Report	Hungary	12–11	Italy	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–2, 3–5, 2–0

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

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 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
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 4–3, 2–3

Subdivision 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]	Classification round
4	Türkiye	3	1	2	33	36	−3	3^[a]	Classification round

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.
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–0, 5–2, 3–3

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	Classification round
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	0	3	22	60	−38	0	Classification round

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 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

Knockout stage

Bracket

Crossovers

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

22 August

B1

Montenegro

21 August

A4

Netherlands

23 August

C1

France

22 August

A2

Italy

21 August

B3

Spain

24 August

D2

Germany

22 August

B2

Croatia

21 August

A3

Greece

23 August

C2

Poland

Third place

22 August

24 August

A1

Hungary

21 August

B4

Serbia

D1

Malta

Crossovers

21 August 2025 16:00	Report	Netherlands	–	France	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

21 August 2025 17:30	Report	Greece	–	Poland	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

21 August 2025 19:00	Report	Serbia	–	Malta	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

21 August 2025 20:30	Report	Spain	–	Germany	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

13–16th place bracket

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place game

	21 August

	D3 Georgia
					22 August
	C4 Turkey

	21 August

	D4 Ukraine

	C3 Romania
					15th place game

					22 August

13–16th place semifinals

21 August 2025 9:00	Report	Georgia	–	Turkey	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

21 August 2025 10:30	Report	Ukraine	–	Romania	“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

15th place game

22 August 2025 9:00	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

13th place game

22 August 2025 10:30	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

9–12th place bracket

	9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place

	22 August


					23 August


	22 August




					Eleventh place

					23 August

9–12th place semifinals

22 August 2025 12:00	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

22 August 2025 13:30	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Eleventh place game

23 August 2025 9:00	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Ninth place game

23 August 2025 10:30	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Quarterfinals

22 August 2025 16:00	[ Report]	Montenegro	–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

22 August 2025 17:30	[ Report]	Croatia	–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

22 August 2025 19:00	[ Report]	Hungary	–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

22 August 2025 20:30	[ Report]	Italy	–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place

	23 August


					24 August


	23 August




					Seventh place

					24 August

5–8th place semifinals

23 August 2025 16:00	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

23 August 2025 17:30	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Seventh place game

24 August 2025 15:00	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Fifth place game

24 August 2025 16:30	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Semifinals

23 August 2025 19:00	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

23 August 2025 20:30	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Third place game

24 August 2025 18:00	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Final

24 August 2025 19:30	[ Report]		–		“Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Final standings

Rank	Team



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

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

References

^ ^a ^b LEN, Juliana (November 13, 2024). "European Aquatics Announces Dates and Locations for 2025 Men's and Women's U16 and U18 European Water Polo Championships - European Aquatics®".
^ "Changes in European age group competitions an 'exciting opportunity'". Swim England Water Polo Hub. May 17, 2024.
^ "Full line-ups for 2025 Men's and Women's U16 and U18 European Water Polo Championships confirmed - European Aquatics®". January 22, 2025.
^ "U16 & U18 European Championships draws set up thrilling summer - European Aquatics®". February 7, 2025.
^ Curcic, Ivan (February 7, 2025). "New format of European cadet and youth Championships; groups determined".
^ https://europeanaquatics.org/mens-u18-water-polo-championships-schedules-for-oradea-and-rio-maior/

External links

Official website

[table_hth_POL0.57321263457332-7] HTH: Poland 1–1, +2 GD; Romania 1–1, ±0 GD; Turkey 1–1, −2 GD.

[auto-1] LEN, Juliana (November 13, 2024). "European Aquatics Announces Dates and Locations for 2025 Men's and Women's U16 and U18 European Water Polo Championships - European Aquatics®".

[2] "Changes in European age group competitions an 'exciting opportunity'". Swim England Water Polo Hub. May 17, 2024.

[3] "Full line-ups for 2025 Men's and Women's U16 and U18 European Water Polo Championships confirmed - European Aquatics®". January 22, 2025.

[4] "U16 & U18 European Championships draws set up thrilling summer - European Aquatics®". February 7, 2025.

[5] Curcic, Ivan (February 7, 2025). "New format of European cadet and youth Championships; groups determined".

[6] ttps://europeanaquatics.org/mens-u18-water-polo-championships-schedules-for-oradea-and-rio-maior/

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Host selection

Participating teams

Venue

Draw

Preliminary round

Subdivision 1

Group A

Group B

Subdivision 2

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Crossovers

13–16th place bracket

13–16th place semifinals

15th place game

13th place game

9–12th place bracket

9–12th place semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Quarterfinals

5–8th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standings

See also

References

External links