2001 Women's European Water Polo Championship

The 2001 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the ninth edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in Budapest, Hungary from June 16 to June 23, 2001.

Teams

GROUP A  Germany  Greece  Italy  Russia

GROUP B  France  Hungary  Netherlands  Spain

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	6	3	3	0	0	21	16	+5
2.	Russia	4	3	2	0	1	27	18	+9
3.	Greece	2	3	1	0	2	17	19	–2
4.	Germany	0	3	0	0	3	19	31	–12

• June 16, 2001

Russia	7 – 6	Greece
Germany	7 – 9	Italy

• June 17, 2001

Greece	3 – 5	Italy
Russia	14 – 5	Germany

• June 18, 2001

Greece	8 – 7	Germany
Italy	7 – 6	Russia

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	5	3	2	1	0	38	19	+19
2.	Netherlands	5	3	2	1	0	29	20	+9
3.	Spain	2	3	1	0	2	19	26	–7
4.	France	0	3	0	0	3	10	31	–21

• June 16, 2001

Netherlands	10 – 2	France
Spain	4 – 14	Hungary

• June 17, 2001

Netherlands	12 – 12	Hungary
Spain	9 – 5	France

• June 18, 2001

Spain	6 – 7	Netherlands
Hungary	12 – 3	France

Quarterfinals

• June 19, 2001

Greece	7 – 5	Netherlands
Russia	11 – 5	Spain

Semifinals

• June 21, 2001

Hungary	7 – 6	Russia
Italy	7 – 1	Greece

Finals

• June 19, 2001 — Seventh place

Germany	7 – 6	France

• June 21, 2001 — Fifth place

Spain	9 – 10	Netherlands

• June 23, 2001 — Bronze Medal

Greece	5 – 8	Russia

• June 23, 2001 — Gold Medal

Hungary	10 – 8	Italy

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Final ranking

RANK TEAM  Hungary  Italy  Russia 4.  Greece 5.  Netherlands 6.  Spain 7.  Germany 8.  France

2001 Women's European Champion  Hungary Second title

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  •  Mercédesz Stieber (HUN)

• Best Goalkeeper
  •  Francesca Conti (ITA)

• Best Scorer
  •  Ágnes Primász (HUN) — 14 goals

References

• (Hungarian) Results