# 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 35th running of the tournament. It was held in the Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia from 29 August to 10 September 2022.
Croatia won their second title by defeating Hungary in the final, meanwhile Spain beat Italy to secure the bronze medal.

## Venues

LEN announced on 28 August 2020 that Split, Croatia would host the 2022 edition of the competition. All games will be played at the Spaladium Arena.
| Split | Split2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship (Europe) |
| Spaladium Arena | Split2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship (Europe) |
| Capacity: 9,000 | Split2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship (Europe) |

## Qualification

Sixteen teams were able to compete at the main event. They are broken up as follows:
* The host nation
* The top seven teams from the 2020 European Championship not already qualified as host nation
* Final eight from the qualifiers.
| Event | Date | Location | Quotas | Nation(s) |
| Host | 28 August 2020 | – | 1 | Croatia |
| 2020 European Championship | 14–26 January 2020 | Budapest | 6 | Greece Hungary Italy Montenegro Russia Serbia Spain |
| Qualifiers | 17–20 February 2022 | Various | 8 | France Georgia Germany Israel Malta Netherlands Romania Slovakia |
| Wild card | 10 April 2022 | | 1 | Slovenia |
Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

## Format

The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. From there on, a knockout system was used. The first classified team of each group directly qualified for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals.

## Draw

The draw was held in Budapest on 23 April 2022.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Hungary Spain Montenegro Croatia | Serbia Italy Greece | France Georgia Romania Netherlands | Germany Slovakia Malta Israel Slovenia |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Georgia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 0 | 13th place classification |
| 29 August 2022 10:30 | Report | Georgia | 11–14 | Montenegro | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Tamás Kovács (HUN) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Tamás Kovács (HUN) |||
| 29 August 2022 10:30 | Report | Jelaca 5 | Goals | Averka 4 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Tamás Kovács (HUN) |
| 29 August 2022 15:30 | Report | Italy | 21–9 | Slovakia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Peter Balzan (MLT) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Peter Balzan (MLT) |||
| 29 August 2022 15:30 | Report | Di Somma 5 | Goals | Čaraj 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Peter Balzan (MLT) |
| 31 August 2022 14:00 | Report | Montenegro | 18–10 | Slovakia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Peter Balzan (MLT) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Peter Balzan (MLT) |||
| 31 August 2022 14:00 | Report | Averka 5 | Goals | Seman 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Peter Balzan (MLT) |
| 31 August 2022 17:00 | Report | Italy | 18–8 | Georgia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Tamás Kovács (HUN), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Tamás Kovács (HUN), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |||
| 31 August 2022 17:00 | Report | Alesiani 4 | Goals | Saric, Vapenski 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Tamás Kovács (HUN), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |
| 2 September 2022 10:30 | Report | Georgia | 16–11 | Slovakia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwart (NED) |||
| 2 September 2022 10:30 | Report | Vasic 4 | Goals | four players 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| 2 September 2022 19:00 | Report | Italy | 13–8 | Montenegro | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Tamás Kovács (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Tamás Kovács (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 2 September 2022 19:00 | Report | Cannella, Dolce 3 | Goals | Đurđić, Radović 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Tamás Kovács (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 59 | −40 | 0 | 13th place classification |
| 29 August 2022 19:00 | Report | Greece | 12–12 | France | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |||
| 29 August 2022 19:00 | Report | four players 2 | Goals | Crousillat, Vernoux 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| 29 August 2022 21:00 | Report | Malta | 5–19 | Croatia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |||
| 29 August 2022 21:00 | Report | M. Zammit 3 | Goals | Fatović 5 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |
| 31 August 2022 10:30 | Report | Greece | 25–6 | Malta | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Robert Horváth (SVK) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Robert Horváth (SVK) |||
| 31 August 2022 10:30 | Report | Argyropoulos 7 | Goals | M. Zammit 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Robert Horváth (SVK) |
| 31 August 2022 20:30 | Report | Croatia | 13–7 | France | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |||
| 31 August 2022 20:30 | Report | Bukic 3 | Goals | Bouet, Crousillat 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| 2 September 2022 15:30 | Report | Malta | 8–15 | France | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nora Debreceni (HUN), Robert Horváth (SVK) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nora Debreceni (HUN), Robert Horváth (SVK) |||
| 2 September 2022 15:30 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Marion-Vernoux 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nora Debreceni (HUN), Robert Horváth (SVK) |
| 2 September 2022 20:30 | Report | Greece | 5–5 | Croatia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |||
| 2 September 2022 20:30 | Report | Papanastasiou, Vlachopoulos 2 | Goals | five players 1 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 41 | −25 | 0 | 13th place classification |
| 29 August 2022 09:00 | Report | Romania | 9–16 | Spain | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |||
| 29 August 2022 09:00 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Granados 5 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| 29 August 2022 17:00 | Report | Germany | 6–13 | Netherlands | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 29 August 2022 17:00 | Report | Bozic, Strelezkij 2 | Goals | Koopman, Te Riele 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| 31 August 2022 12:00 | Report | Netherlands | 10–11 | Spain | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |||
| 31 August 2022 12:00 | Report | Gielen 3 | Goals | Perrone 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
| 31 August 2022 15:30 | Report | Romania | 11–4 | Germany | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |||
| 31 August 2022 15:30 | Report | Fulea 5 | Goals | Ćuk 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| 2 September 2022 14:00 | Report | Germany | 6–17 | Spain | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 2 September 2022 14:00 | Report | Stamm 2 | Goals | Tahull 4 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| 2 September 2022 17:00 | Report | Romania | 12–12 | Netherlands | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL) |||
| 2 September 2022 17:00 | Report | Fulea 6 | Goals | Janssen 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL) |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 18 | +44 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 46 | −30 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 49 | −31 | 0 | 13th place classification |
| 29 August 2022 12:00 | Report | Serbia | 18–3 | Israel | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Irakli Sanadze (GEO) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Irakli Sanadze (GEO) |||
| 29 August 2022 12:00 | Report | Drašović, Radulović 4 | Goals | three players 1 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Irakli Sanadze (GEO) |
| 29 August 2022 14:00 | Report | Hungary | 23–7 | Slovenia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Robert Horváth (SVK) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Robert Horváth (SVK) |||
| 29 August 2022 14:00 | Report | Zalánki 4 | Goals | Popovič 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Robert Horváth (SVK) |
| 31 August 2022 09:00 | Report | Slovenia | 5–9 | Israel | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 31 August 2022 09:00 | Report | five players 1 | Goals | Gros 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| 31 August 2022 19:00 | Report | Serbia | 7–16 | Hungary | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |||
| 31 August 2022 19:00 | Report | Drašović, S. Rašović 2 | Goals | Manhercz 4 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| 2 September 2022 09:00 | Report | Hungary | 23–4 | Israel | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |||
| 2 September 2022 09:00 | Report | Manhercz 6 | Goals | Gros 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |
| 2 September 2022 12:00 | Report | Serbia | 17–6 | Slovenia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Stanko Ivanovksi (MNE) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Stanko Ivanovksi (MNE) |||
| 2 September 2022 12:00 | Report | S. Rašović 4 | Goals | Popovič 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Stanko Ivanovksi (MNE) |

## Placement games
### 13–16th place bracket

| 13–16th place semifinals | 13–16th place semifinals | 13th place | 13th place |
| 4 September | 4 September |
| Slovakia | 7 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 6 September | 6 September |
| Germany | 18 | 6 September | 6 September |
| Germany | 18 | Germany | 14 |
| 4 September | 4 September | | Germany | 14 |
| 4 September | 4 September | Malta | 11 |
| Malta | 13 | Malta | 11 |
| Slovenia | 9 | | |
| Slovenia | 9 | 15th place | 15th place |
| | | 6 September | 6 September |
| | | Slovakia | 11 |
| | | Slovenia | 5 |

#### 13–16th place semifinals

| 4 September 2022 10:00 | Report | Slovakia | 7–18 | Germany | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |||
| 4 September 2022 10:00 | Report | Čaraj 3 | Goals | three players 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| 4 September 2022 11:30 | Report | Malta | 13–9 | Slovenia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |||
| 4 September 2022 11:30 | Report | D. Zammit 3 | Goals | Justin, Kadivec 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |

#### 15th place game

| 6 September 2022 09:00 | Report | Slovakia | 11–5 | Slovenia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Irakli Sanadze (GEO), Peter Balzan (MLT) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Irakli Sanadze (GEO), Peter Balzan (MLT) |||
| 6 September 2022 09:00 | Report | Baláž 6 | Goals | Stele 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Irakli Sanadze (GEO), Peter Balzan (MLT) |

#### 13th place game

| 6 September 2022 10:30 | Report | Germany | 14–11 | Malta | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Eurico Silva (POR), Robert Horváth (SVK) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Eurico Silva (POR), Robert Horváth (SVK) |||
| 6 September 2022 10:30 | Report | Küppers, Schütze 3 | Goals | D. Zammit 5 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Eurico Silva (POR), Robert Horváth (SVK) |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Play-offs | Play-offs | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | 6 September | 6 September | | | | |
| | | Hungary | 11 | | | |
| 4 September | 4 September | | Hungary | 11 | | | |
| 4 September | 4 September | Montenegro | 8 | | | |
| Montenegro | 13 | Montenegro | 8 | | | |
| Montenegro | 13 | | | | 8 September | 8 September | |
| Romania | 8 | | | | 8 September | 8 September |
| Romania | 8 | | | | Hungary | 10 |
| | | | | | Spain | 8 |
| | | 6 September | 6 September | | | | |
| | | Spain | 9 | | | |
| 4 September | 4 September | | Spain | 9 | | | |
| 4 September | 4 September | Greece | 5 | | | |
| Greece | 22 | Greece | 5 | | | |
| Greece | 22 | | | | | | 10 September | 10 September |
| Israel | 9 | | | | | | 10 September | 10 September |
| Israel | 9 | | | | | | Hungary | 9 |
| | | | | | | | Croatia | 10 |
| | | 6 September | 6 September | | | | | |
| | | Italy | 16 | | | | | |
| 4 September | 4 September | | Italy | 16 | | | | | |
| 4 September | 4 September | France | 8 | | | | | |
| France | 10 | France | 8 | | | | | |
| France | 10 | | | | 8 September | 8 September | | | |
| Serbia | 9 | | | | 8 September | 8 September | | |
| Serbia | 9 | | | | Italy | 10 | | |
| | | | | | Croatia | 11 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 6 September | 6 September | | | | 10 September | 10 September |
| | | Croatia | 15 | | | | Spain | 7 |
| 4 September | 4 September | | Croatia | 15 | | | | Spain | 7 |
| 4 September | 4 September | Georgia | 5 | | | | Italy | 6 |
| Georgia | 12 | Georgia | 5 | | | | Italy | 6 |
| Netherlands | 8 | | | | | | | |

### Playoffs

| 4 September 2022 15:00 | Report | Montenegro | 13–8 | Romania | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA) |||
| 4 September 2022 15:00 | Report | Đurđić, Petković 3 | Goals | Neamtu 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA) |
| 4 September 2022 16:30 | Report | Georgia | 12–8 | Netherlands | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |||
| 4 September 2022 16:30 | Report | Jelaca 3 | Goals | Van Ijperen, Winkelhorst 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
| 4 September 2022 19:00 | Report | Greece | 22–9 | Israel | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL) |||
| 4 September 2022 19:00 | Report | five players 3 | Goals | four players 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL) |
| 4 September 2022 20:30 | Report | France | 10–9 | Serbia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 4 September 2022 20:30 | Report | Crousillat 4 | Goals | Mandić, S. Rašović 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |

### 9–12th place bracket

| 9–12th place semifinals | 9–12th place semifinals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 6 September | 6 September |
| Romania (PSO) | 8 (3) |
| Romania (PSO) | 8 (3) | 8 September | 8 September |
| Israel | 8 (2) | 8 September | 8 September |
| Israel | 8 (2) | Romania | 1 |
| 6 September | 6 September | | Romania | 1 |
| 6 September | 6 September | Serbia | 17 |
| Netherlands | 6 (5) | Serbia | 17 |
| Serbia (PSO) | 6 (6) | | |
| Serbia (PSO) | 6 (6) | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 8 September | 8 September |
| | | Israel | 7 |
| | | Netherlands | 17 |

#### 9–12th place semifinals

| 6 September 2022 12:00 | Report | Romania | 11–10 | Israel | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |||
| 6 September 2022 12:00 | Report | Fulea 5 | Goals | Gros 5 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |
| 6 September 2022 13:30 | Report | Netherlands | 11–12 | Serbia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |||
| 6 September 2022 13:30 | Report | Gielen 3 | Goals | Drašović, Stojanović 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |

#### Eleventh place game

| 8 September 2022 10:00 | Report | Israel | 7–17 | Netherlands | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |||
| 8 September 2022 10:00 | Report | Frid, Goldschmidt 2 | Goals | three players 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |

#### Ninth place game

| 8 September 2022 11:30 | Report | Romania | 1–17 | Serbia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Tamás Kovács (HUN) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Tamás Kovács (HUN) |||
| 8 September 2022 11:30 | Report | Colodrovschi 1 | Goals | Drašović, Martinović 4 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Tamás Kovács (HUN) |

### Quarterfinals

| 6 September 2022 15:00 | Report | Hungary | 11–8 | Montenegro | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |||
| 6 September 2022 15:00 | Report | Jansik 5 | Goals | three players 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| 6 September 2022 16:30 | Report | Italy | 16–8 | France | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács (HUN) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács (HUN) |||
| 6 September 2022 16:30 | Report | Di Fulvio 4 | Goals | Vernoux 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács (HUN) |
| 6 September 2022 19:00 | Report | Spain | 9–5 | Greece | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |||
| 6 September 2022 19:00 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Vlachopoulos 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| 6 September 2022 20:30 | Report | Croatia | 15–5 | Georgia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 6 September 2022 20:30 | Report | Bukić 4 | Goals | Shushiashvili 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER) |

### 5–8th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 8 September | 8 September |
| Montenegro | 12 |
| Montenegro | 12 | 10 September | 10 September |
| Greece | 14 | 10 September | 10 September |
| Greece | 14 | Greece | 10 |
| 8 September | 8 September | | Greece | 10 |
| 8 September | 8 September | France | 8 |
| France | 7 | France | 8 |
| Georgia | 5 | | |
| Georgia | 5 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 10 September | 10 September |
| | | Montenegro | 14 |
| | | Georgia | 11 |

#### 5–8th place semifinals

| 8 September 2022 14:00 | Report | Montenegro | 12–14 | Greece | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 8 September 2022 14:00 | Report | Petković 3 | Goals | Genidounias 5 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| 8 September 2022 15:30 | Report | Georgia | 5–7 | France | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |||
| 8 September 2022 15:30 | Report | Shushiashvili 3 | Goals | Khasz 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |

#### Seventh place game

| 10 September 2022 14:00 | Report | Montenegro | 14–11 | Georgia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |||
| 10 September 2022 14:00 | Report | Averka, Petković 3 | Goals | three players 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |

#### Fifth place game

| 10 September 2022 15:30 | Report | Greece | 10–8 | France | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |||
| 10 September 2022 15:30 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Khasz 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |

### Semifinals

| 8 September 2022 18:00 | Report | Hungary | 10–8 | Spain | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |||
| 8 September 2022 18:00 | Report | Nagy 3 | Goals | Granados 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| 8 September 2022 20:30 | Report | Italy | 10–11 | Croatia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |||
| 8 September 2022 20:30 | Report | Di Fulvio 3 | Goals | Marinić Kragić 4 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |

### Third place game

| 10 September 2022 18:00 | Report | Spain | 7–6 | Italy | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |||
| 10 September 2022 18:00 | Report | seven players 1 | Goals | Damonte 2 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED) |

### Final

| 10 September 2022 20:30 | Report | Hungary | 9–10 | Croatia | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |||
| 10 September 2022 20:30 | Report | Jansik, Molnár 2 | Goals | Burić, Kharkov 3 | Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Croatia |
| | Hungary |
| | Spain |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Greece |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Montenegro |
| 8 | Georgia |
| 9 | Serbia |
| 10 | Romania |
| 11 | Netherlands |
| 12 | Israel |
| 13 | Germany |
| 14 | Malta |
| 15 | Slovakia |
| 16 | Slovenia |
* Qualified for the 2023 World Championships

## Awards and statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
| 1 | Tudor Fulea | 19 | 40 | 48 |
| 2 | Kanstantsin Averka | 18 | 37 | 49 |
| 3 | Krisztián Manhercz | 17 | 26 | 65 |
| 4 | Álvaro Granados | 16 | 39 | 41 |
| 5 | Stylianos Argyropoulos | 15 | 31 | 48 |
| 5 | Francesco Di Fulvio | 15 | 37 | 41 |
| 5 | Radomir Drašović | 15 | 26 | 58 |
| 8 | Jerko Marinić Kragić | 14 | 32 | 44 |
| 8 | Ugo Crousillat | 14 | 36 | 36 |
| 8 | Ronen Gros | 14 | 33 | 42 |

### Awards

The awards were announced on 9 September 2022.
| Position | Player |
| Best goalkeeper | Marko Bijač |
| Most Valuable Player | Szilárd Jansik |