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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| “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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Sub-division 2
| Pot 5 | Pot 6 | Pot 7 | Pot 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ukraine |
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 | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 6 | |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 3 | Crossovers |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 0 |
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 | |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 4 | Crossovers |
| 4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 0 |
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 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 | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 9 | Crossovers |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 3[a] | |
| 3 | Romania (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 3[a] | 13th–16th place semifinals |
| 4 | Türkiye | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 3[a] |
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:
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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 | |||
Brackets
Main bracket
| Crossovers | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 22 August | ||||||||||||||
B1 Montenegro | 21 | |||||||||||||
| 21 August | ||||||||||||||
C1 France | 11 | |||||||||||||
A4 Netherlands | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 23 August | ||||||||||||||
C1 France | 12 | |||||||||||||
B1 Montenegro | 10 | |||||||||||||
A2 Italy | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 22 August | ||||||||||||||
A2 Italy | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 21 August | ||||||||||||||
B3 Spain | 6 | |||||||||||||
B3 Spain | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 24 August | ||||||||||||||
D2 Germany | 7 | |||||||||||||
B1 Montenegro | 13 | |||||||||||||
B4 Serbia | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 22 August | ||||||||||||||
B2 Croatia | 16 | |||||||||||||
| 21 August | ||||||||||||||
A3 Greece | 17 | |||||||||||||
A3 Greece | 21 | |||||||||||||
| 23 August | ||||||||||||||
C2 Poland | 12 | |||||||||||||
A3 Greece | 14 | |||||||||||||
B4 Serbia | 20 | Third place game | ||||||||||||
| 22 August | 24 August | |||||||||||||
A1 Hungary | 13 | A2 Italy | 11 | |||||||||||
| 21 August | ||||||||||||||
B4 Serbia | 14 | A3 Greece | 12 | |||||||||||
B4 Serbia | 18 | |||||||||||||
D1 Malta | 13 | |||||||||||||
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 |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 7–2, 3–2, 6–2 | |||||
Ninth place game
| 23 August 2025 10:30 |
Report | Germany | 16–17 (PSO) | Malta | “Ioan Alexandrescu” Swimming Pool, Oradea |
| Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–2, 4–3, 5–4 PSO: 4–5 | |||||
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 | |||||
| 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 |
See also
- 2025 Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship Division I
- 2025 Women's European U-18 Water Polo Championship
- 2025 Men's European U-16 Water Polo Championship
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