Host country Serbia Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Runner-up Montenegro | Dates 10–23 January Champions Serbia (7th title) | |
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation) | ||
The 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Serbia won their seventh, and third straight, title by defeating the Montenegro 10–8 in the final. Hungary captured the bronze medal after a 13–10 win over Greece.
Qualification
For the first time, the tournament will be contested by 16 countries (12 previously). The 16 teams qualified as follows:
Format
The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. All teams advance to the knockout stage, from which on a knockout-system will be used to determine the final positions..
Draw
The draw was held on 4 October 2015.
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).
Knockout stage
Top goalscorers
Source: wpbelgrade2016.microplustiming.com
References
2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA