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Gold at the European Water Polo Championship is always treasured, but in this Olympic year, there\u2019s an added prize: a berth in the 2020 Tokyo Games is available to the tournament winner.<\/p>\n

\"2020_european_champ_logo\"It’s an added incentive, bit only for some. Spain, Italy and Serbia have already qualified, so it\u2019s up to the other European powers to fight their way to the top at the 34th LEN European Championship.<\/p>\n

On Sunday at Budapest’s Duna Ar\u00e9na, teams booked their quarterfinal match-ups on Wednesday, making the path to a final appearance clear but also treacherous; win and get in. Lose and you’re out\u2014and travel to Rotterdam in March for the 2020 World\u00a0 Qualification Tournament. This incentivize<\/span>s Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro and Russia\u2014contenders for Tokyo\u2014to push for a Euro final and perhaps end up with an Olympic berth as well.<\/p>\n

Montenegro (3-1) has the first\u2014and perhaps most difficult\u2014hurdle on Wednesday. They play Italy (3-0; Group D winner), which sailed unopposed to gold last summer\u00a0 at the 18th FINA World Championships\u00a0 and has remained unscathed through group play in Budapest. With the luxury of an off-day, courtesy of winning their group, the pressure on the Italians is different; they play for gold but know that a Tokyo berth is already in their pocket.<\/p>\n

Spain (3-0-1), was a runner-up to Italy at the FINA World Championships in Gwungju, South Korea. Now, they will match up with a Serbian side (3-0; Group B winner) prepping to defend the Olympic title they won in 2016 at the Rio Games. Led by Dusan Mandic\u2019s<\/strong> nine goals in three games, all the top Serbs are in Budapest\u2014meaning that the Spaniards, led by 14 goals apiece from Alvaro Granados<\/strong> and Alberto Munarriz<\/strong>, will be hard pressed to beat the defending European Champions.<\/p>\n

[Serbian Men Open 2020 European Water Polo Championship with Win Over Russia<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hungary (3-0; Group C winner) and Russia (2-2) are in the next quarterfinal match-up. On Monday, the Russians barely slipped past Georgia 14-13 to advance; this does not argue well for a squad that again looks to be on the outside looking in when it comes to the Olympics. Russia, led by Konstantin Kharokov’s<\/strong> 13 scores, has missed out on the last three Games.<\/p>\n

With the home team on their feet the entire time, it seems implausible that Hungary and\u00a0 Gergo Zalanki<\/strong> (10 goals) would stumble on Wednesday\u2014especially with either Italy or Montenegro as possible semifinal opponents. This means they wouldn\u2019t have to face Serbia until the finals.<\/p>\n

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Greece’s Konstantinos Genidounias. Photo Courtesy: FINA<\/p><\/div>\n

Greece dominated Romania on Monday, with Konstantinos Genidounias<\/strong> torching goalie Florian Tic<\/strong> for six goals on seven attempts as the Greeks (3-1) won 14-7. Facing the Croatians (3-0 Group D winner) on Wednesday will be a whole different ballgame. Luka Bukic<\/strong>, Andro Buslje<\/strong>, Loren Fatovic<\/strong>, Luka Loncar<\/strong> and with the ageless Javier Garcia<\/strong> are poised for one more run to an Olympic gold\u2014and winning a Tokyo berth in Budapest is now the most efficient means to get there.<\/p>\n

The problem for Croatia is they\u2019ll have to get past Serbia to make the final; the last time that happened was in 2017 when Sandro Sukno<\/strong> led his countrymen to an epic semifinal win<\/a> on the way to gold in the 17th FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n

Sukno retired with a heart condition two years ago\u2014and the Croatians have not won a major tournament since. Now would be an excellent moment for Head Coach Ivica Tukac\u2019s<\/strong> team to step up again and get Olympic qualification over with\u2014and not have to wait until March in Rotterdam for one final shot at Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Pairings for 9th, 11th, 13th and 15th place now set<\/h3>\n

Slovakia (1-3) and France (1-3) won their matches on Monday to advance to a 13th place match-up on Wednesday. The Slovaks kept Malta (0-4) winless by virtue of an 8-4 win. The French (1-3) slipped by the Netherlands (1-3) 9-8 as Mehdi Marzouki<\/strong> scored four times\u2014giving him eight goals in the tournament.<\/p>\n

Malta, led by Steven Camilleri’s<\/strong> seven scores, will look to escape last in Budapest against a Dutch squad that finished 10th in 2018.<\/p>\n

Georgia, Germany, Romania and Turkey\u2014losers on Monday\u2014will battle it out Wednesday for places 9th through 12th, with Turkey facing Georgia and Germany tipping off against Romania. The Turks, who finished 15th in Barcelona two years ago, have already leaped over their most recent results and are poised for their best finish ever, exceeding a 10th place result in 2010.<\/p>\n

For live streaming and all scoring sheets, visit the 2020 Budapest website here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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