2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Barcelona, Spain from 16 to 28 July 2018.

Serbia won their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title by defeating Spain in the final.

Qualification
Sixteen teams will be allowed to the tournament. The qualification is as follows:
 * The host nation
 * The best seven teams from the 2016 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation
 * Eight teams from the qualifiers

Format
The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. The first classified team of each group qualified directly for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Draw
The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona. The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st to 4th in the 2016 European Championships, the second batch consisted of the teams ranked 5th to eight. The third batch was filled with teams that qualified in the qualifiers.

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).

Knockout stage

 * 5th place bracket


 * 9th place bracket


 * 13th place bracket

Top goalscorers
Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com

Top goalkeepers
Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com