2025 Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship Division I

2025 Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
City	Rio Maior
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–24 August 2025
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Official website
	European Aquatics

The 2025 Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championship Division I is the inaugural edition of the second tier of the Men's European U-18 Water Polo Championships. The tournament is being played in Rio Maior, Portugal from 18 to 24 August 2025.^[1]^[2]

Host selection

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

Participating teams

Teams that have registered their U18 national team but didn't compete in the 2023 U17 European Championship take part in the tournament.^[3] After the draw, Finland withdrew.

Teams
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czechia
Denmark
~~Finland~~
Great Britain
Ireland
Israel
Lithuania
Moldova
Portugal
Slovakia
Switzerland

Venue

The venue is the Rio Maior Sports Centre in Rio Maior.

Rio Maior		Rio Maior
		Rio Maior Sports Centre
		Capacity:

Draw

The draw was held on 7 February 2025 at 10:30 CET in Zagreb, Croatia. The seeding was based off the European rankings.^[4]^[5]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Slovakia Israel Bulgaria Lithuania	Switzerland Great Britain Czechia Portugal	~~Finland~~ Ireland Moldova Belgium	Austria Denmark

Preliminary round

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

All times are local (Western European Summer Time; UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Moldova	1	1	0	15	11	+4	3	Quarterfinals
2	Czechia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Crossovers
3	Slovakia	1	0	1	11	15	−4	0	Crossovers

Source: European U-18 Water Polo Division I
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 12:30	Report	Slovakia	11–15	Moldova	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior Referees: Georg Schoen (AUT), Eurico Silva (POR)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–4, 0–4, 5–4
		Velsic, Luc 3	Goals	Mihaila 5

19 August 2025 10:45	Report	Moldova	–	Czechia	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

20 August 2025 19:00	Report	Czechia	–	Slovakia	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	1	1	0	28	8	+20	3	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Crossovers
3	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Crossovers
4	Ireland	1	0	1	8	28	−20	0	9–13th place bracket

Source: European U-18 Water Polo Division I
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 17:15	Report	Bulgaria	28–8	Ireland	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior Referees: Robert Prelovsky (SVK), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
		Score by quarters: 9–1, 9–1, 4–3, 6–3
		Ganchev 8	Goals	Byrne 3

19 August 2025 9:00	Report	Switzerland	–	Denmark	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

19 August 2025 15:30	Report	Denmark	–	Ireland	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

19 August 2025 17:15	Report	Bulgaria	–	Switzerland	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

20 August 2025 09:00	Report	Bulgaria	–	Denmark	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

20 August 2025 10:45	Report	Switzerland	–	Ireland	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	1	1	0	20	12	+8	3	Quarterfinals
2	Israel	1	1	0	14	12	+2	3	Quarterfinals
3	Belgium	1	0	1	12	14	−2	0	Crossovers
4	Austria	1	0	1	12	20	−8	0	9–13th place bracket

Source: European U-18 Water Polo Division I
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 09:00	Report	Israel	14–12	Belgium	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior Referees: Declan McKerr (IRL), Martin Sand Kristensen (DEN)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 5–3, 3–3, 3–6
		Dercksen, Gal-on 3	Goals	Sergeant 4

18 August 2025 10:45	Report	Great Britain	20–12	Austria	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior Referees: Ruben Garcia (SUI), Alexandru-Andrei Mustata (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–3, 6–5, 5–2
		Mathieson 6	Goals	Hagljan, Pourazim 3

19 August 2025 12:30	Report	Austria	–	Belgium	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

19 August 2025 14:00	Report	Israel	–	Great Britain	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

20 August 2025 12:30	Report	Israel	–	Austria	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

20 August 2025 17:15	Report	Great Britain	–	Belgium	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Group D

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Lithuania	Quarterfinals
2	Portugal (H)	Crossovers
3	Finland	Withdrew

Source: European U-18 Water Polo Division I
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

19 August 2025 19:00	Report	Portugal	–	Lithuania	Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Knockout stage

Bracket

Crossovers

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

22 August

A1

C2

23 August

22 August

B1

21 August

D2

24 August

C3

22 August

C1

21 August

A2

23 August

B3

Third place

22 August

24 August

D1

21 August

B2

A3

Crossovers

21 August 2025 10:45	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

21 August 2025 12:30	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

21 August 2025 17:15	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

9–13th place bracket

9–13 place quarterfinal	9–12 place semifinals	9th place




















		11th place

9–13 place quarterfinal

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

9–12th place semifinals

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Eleventh place game

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Ninth place game

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Quarterfinals

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place












					Seventh place

5–8th place semifinals

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Seventh place game

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Fifth place game

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Semifinals

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Third place game

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Final

	[ Report]		–		Rio Maior Sports Centre, Rio Maior
		Score by quarters: –, –, –, –

Final standings

Rank	Team



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
WD	Finland

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

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

[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

Seeding

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Crossovers

9–13th place bracket

9–13 place quarterfinal

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