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January 25, 2020

Spanish ladies are new European champions

Spain is the new European water polo champion for ladies. The Spaniards defeated Russia 13:12 in the final game of the 34th European Championships in Budapest. […]
January 25, 2020

Hungary edges out Netherlands and clinches bronze medal

Hungary won the bronze medal at the European Championships for women. The Hungarian ladies edged out the 2018 champion Netherlands – 9:8 in the bronze-medal match. […]
January 25, 2020

Italy defeats Greece to take 5th place

The last day of the female tournament at the 34th European Championships was opened by the games for 5th and 7th place. Italy finished in 5th […]
January 25, 2020

Gergely Kiss: “One big question remains”

Leading up to the final days of the competition, we saw some thrilling games as well as real surprises. In the women’s tournament, I really expected […]
January 25, 2020

A Gold medal match that brings real joy to water polo fans

The last competition day of the female tournament at the Europeans is about to start. Find out what our blogger Marton Benczur expects. France  – Slovakia […]
January 23, 2020

Spain edges out Hungary and reaches gold medal match

Spain is in the final of the women’s tournament at the 34th European Championships. The Spaniards edged out host Hungary in the thrilling second semifinal match […]
January 23, 2020

Russia dethrones Netherlands after shootout

Russia defeated the Netherlands in the first semifinal of the female tournament at the 2020 European Championships. A dramatic match was decided after a penalty shootout. […]
January 23, 2020

Greece and Italy battle for 5th place

There were no surprises in the semifinals for places 5th-8th of the women’s tournament at the 34th European Championships in Budapest. Greece and Italy proved too […]
January 23, 2020

The best defense tests the best attack

On the eve of the semifinal games at the female tournament, Marton Benczur continues his series of blogs for Total Waterpolo Netherlands – Russia The best […]
January 21, 2020

Russia and Hungary continue to hunt for Olympic berth

Spain, Russia, Hungary and the Netherlands advanced to the semifinals of the women’s European Championships in Budapest. In the evening session of the quarterfinal day, the […]
January 21, 2020

Titleholder secures semifinals with convincing win

The Netherlands became the first team that secured its spot in the semifinals at the female tournament of the 34th European Championships in Budapest. The titleholder […]
January 21, 2020

Russia and Italy in the spotlight of the quarterfinals

Our blogger Marton Benczur in today’s article writes about his predictions before the women’s quarterfinals. Netherlands – Slovakia The Slovak team has a significant result in […]
January 19, 2020

Netherlands beats Spain for top spot in Group B, Hungary wins 27:0

The highlight of the last competition day in the group stage at the female European Championships was a clash of the Netherlands and Spain. The Netherlands, […]
January 19, 2020

Slovakian ladies join circle of top 8 European teams

The most exciting match of the morning/afternoon session of the female tournament at the 34th European Championships was an encounter between Slovakia and Croatia. The Slovaks […]
January 17, 2020

Hungary cements first place, Slovakia makes history

Host Hungary secured the 1st place in Group A of the female tournament at the 34th European Championships. The Hungarians defeated Greece 13:10 in the most […]
January 17, 2020

Spain and Netherlands  warm up for crucial match, Russia scores 34 goals

The fourth day of the women’s tournament at the Europeans has started in the same manner as the previous three. Favorites have no problems in beating […]
January 16, 2020

Big gap between elite teams and the rest of Europe

After the first four days of the European Championships, we have to say that these were a kind of warm-up matches. It is very clear that […]
January 15, 2020

Evening of big games: Hungary defeats Russia, Netherlands downs Italy

Three derby games were played this evening, on Day 3 of the women’s European Championships in Budapest. Host Hungary defeated Russia in a fierce battle 9:8 […]
January 15, 2020

French ladies secure quarterfinals

The morning/afternoon session of the third day at the women’s European Championships in Budapest saw three high-scoring matches, in which favorites left no chance their opponents. […]
January 13, 2020

Spain beats Italy with ease

The first derby at the 34th European Championships in Budapest – the encounter between Spain and Italy- was the highlight of Day 2 of the female […]
January 13, 2020

Netherlands, Russia, Greece march on

Medal contenders recorded easy wins in the first three matches of the second day of the women’s tournament at the 34th European Championships in Budapest. The […]
January 12, 2020

Favorites have no mercy on opening day

Favorites were merciless on the opening day of the female tournament at the 34th European Championships in Budapest. The teams which arrived in the capital of […]