Men's Water Polo EA European Championship 2026 Road to LA 2028

copravolley · January 22

5 hours ago, hckošice said:

Dear lord allmighty !!!

I see We lost to Malta. and it was not even a close score

oh my dear... once we were even at the Olympics ffs. nothing works in this country, nothing

I remember that time – 1999/2000. In that time, even Italy sometimes had minor difficulties with Slovakia, but it was a completely different sport, a different time than now. In 1996, Ukraine also played at the Olympic Games in Atlanta... They suffered an even greater decline than Slovakia in this sport. Where did Slovakia's good conditions come from around 2000? Was there better funding for this sport?

hckošice · January 22

20 minutes ago, copravolley said:

I remember that time – 1999/2000. In that time, even Italy sometimes had minor difficulties with Slovakia, but it was a completely different sport, a different time than now. In 1996, Ukraine also played at the Olympic Games in Atlanta... They suffered an even greater decline than Slovakia in this sport. Where did Slovakia's good conditions come from around 2000? Was there better funding for this sport?

No idea. Maybe yes, or it was Still the generation Raised in communist era, where kids used to do sport more than today overall. Times were different, Also competition was lower than today.

All in All, waterpolo is almost nonexistant and have minimum air time or fanbase that it is impossible to find any information about in our medias

Edited January 22 by hckošice

copravolley · January 22

12 minutes ago, hckošice said:

No idea. Maybe yes, or it was Still the generation Raised in communist era, where kids used to do sport more than today overall. Times were different, Also competition was lower than today.

All in All, waterpolo is almost nonexistant and have minimum air time or fanbase that it is impossible to find any information about in our medias

You're close to Hungary, so if you have good players, you could send them to play there. Does the Slovak women's national team even exist?

hckošice · January 22

9 minutes ago, copravolley said:

You're close to Hungary, so if you have good players, you could send them to play there. Does the Slovak women's national team even exist?

Yes in lower level

copravolley · January 22

3 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Yes in lower level

I personally don't really like watch water polo so much... I think the referees have a huge influence on the final result- probably even greater than in handball. Besides, they're constantly making some radical changes- the last one in early 2025. It doesn't seem serious. Sometimes changes are necessary over the years, but nothing radical.

JoshMartini007 · January 22

To be fair, :MLT has been active in men's water polo for about a decade. I've been using them as a barometer for whether a European nation is relevant.

I'd love to see them face non-European nations some time to see how they'd stack up.

copravolley · January 22

Germany also fell hard in this discipline, the same thing happened to Russia - in 2022 they were much weaker than before. Romania – similar levels for years. France – strong growth until 2024, and now a decline again. Georgia – growth, but a large number of naturalized people from the Balkans play there. Generally, I see Georgia has been naturalizing a lot in various sports lately: water polo, figure skating, etc. Could that local regime there be spending much more money to further promote the country through sports?

Edited January 22 by copravolley