2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship' was the 27th exhibition of the event organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, Serbia, from 1 to 10 September 2006.

There were three qualification tournaments ahead of the event, held from 7 to 9 April 2006 in Kranj, Slovenia (with France, Slovenia, Slovakia and Malta competing), in Eindhoven, Netherlands (Greece, Netherlands, Poland and Moldova), and in Imperia, Italy (Belarus, Italy, Romania and Turkey).

Teams

 * GROUP A


 * GROUP B

Group A
September 1, 2006

September 2, 2006

September 3, 2006

September 4, 2006

September 5, 2006

Group B
September 1, 2006

September 2, 2006

September 3, 2006

September 4, 2006

September 5, 2006

Places 7/12
September 7, 2006

September 8, 2006

Places 11 / 12
September 8, 2006

Places 9 / 10
September 9, 2006

Places 7 / 8
September 9, 2006

Quarterfinals
September 7, 2006

Semifinals
September 8, 2006

Places 5 / 6
September 9, 2006

Bronze medal
September 10, 2006

Gold medal
September 10, 2006

Final ranking
Denis Šefik, Petar Trbojević, Živko Gocić, Vanja Udovičić, Dejan Savić, Danilo Ikodinović, Slobodan Nikić, Filip Filipović, Aleksandar Ćirić, Aleksandar Šapić, Vladimir Vujasinović, Branko Peković, Slobodan Soro, Duško Pijetlović, and Andrija Prlainović
 * Team roster:

Head coach: Dejan Udovičić

Individual awards

 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇭🇺 Tamás Kásás (HUN)


 * Best Goalkeeper
 * 🇷🇸 Denis Šefik (SRB)


 * Topscorer
 * 🇷🇸 Aleksandar Šapić (SRB)— 33 goals