2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship

The 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held from 14 to 27 July 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.

The Netherlands won their fifth title by defeating Greece 6-4 in the final. Spain captured the bronze medal after a 12-6 win over Hungary.

Qualification
Twelve teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:
 * The host nation
 * The best five teams from the 2016 European Championships
 * Six teams from the qualifiers

Format
The twelve teams were split in two groups with six teams each. The first four teams of each group played each other in the quarterfinals in cross group format, the remaining teams played for places nine to twelve.

Draw
The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona. The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the 2016 European Championship, the second batch those placed 3rd and 4th, the third batch those placed 5th and 6th. The six remaining teams were placed into the fourth batch.

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

Final Round

 * Championship bracket


 * 5th place bracket

Quarterfinals
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

5th–8th place classification
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Semifinals
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

11th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

9th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

7th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

5th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Bronze medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Gold medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Final ranking
Laura Aarts, Maud Megens, Dagmar Genee (C), Sabrina van der Sloot, Iris Wolves, Nomi Stomphorst, Bente Rogge, Vivian Sevenich, Kitty-Lynn Joustra, Ilse Koolhaas, Rozanne Voorvelt, Brigitte Sleeking, Debby Willemsz. Head coach: Arno Havenga
 * Team roster

Top goalscorers
Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com

Top goalkeepers
Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com

Individual awards

 * Most Valuable Player
 * Sabrina van der Sloot
 * Best Goalkeeper
 * Laura Aarts
 * Top Scorer
 * 🇪🇸 Beatriz Ortiz (ESP) &mdash; 25 goals