2026 Women's European Water Polo Championship

2026 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Serbia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2026 Women's European Water Polo Championship will be the 21st running of the tournament. It will be held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]

Host selection

Belgrade was given the hosting rights on 13 May 2022.[1]

Potential hosting change

On 6 June at a press conference in Valletta, Malta, It was briefly mentioned that the bidding process had reopened for this competition. Although, no official statement has been released regarding this.

Qualification

16 teams will be able to compete at the main event. They are broken up as follows:

  • The host nation
  • The top seven or eight teams from the 2024 European Championship not already qualified as host nation
  • Final seven or eight from the qualifiers.
Event Date Location Quotas Nation(s)
Host 13 May 2022 1  Serbia
2024 European Championship 29 August – 10 September Netherlands Eindhoven 8  Netherlands
 Spain
 Greece
 Italy
 Hungary
 France
 Great Britain
 Croatia
Qualifiers 2025 Various 7

Venue

Similar to 2016, the Štark Arena will be used for the entire competition.[2]

Belgrade
Štark Arena
Capacity: 18,386
Venue for the 2026 Men's European Water Polo Championships

References

  1. ^ a b "Tel Aviv, Belgrade To Host Next Two European Water Polo Championships". swimswam.com. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ^ https://www.rts.rs/sport/vaterpolo/4812827/beograd-domacin-evropskog-prvenstva-u-vaterpolu-2026-godine.html
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