Spanish water polo, more references six months before the Paris Games

One gold and one silver medal. A haul hard to match was taken by the Spanish water polo teams from European Championships which opens this exciting 2024 on the aquatic planet. Men’s goldwith a dizzying comeback in the final against Croatia, capping off some magical days experienced since women earned money That might be different too.

There are six months and nine days until the Olympic flame is lit on July 26 in Games in Paris. Now it is certain that the hope of Spanish water polo will also ignite the French lands: Both teams are already qualified and will come to the Olympic event with many stripes.

The women, currently runner-up in Europe and the world, tied their classification last year in Fukuoka with their silver. They will try to extend their legacy of medals in a few days time at a World Cup in Doha where they will look to extend their eternal golden decade. They have shown that they are always potential medal candidates and their big long-term ambition is to add the long-awaited Olympic gold to the silver achieved in London 2012 and Tokyo 2021.

Netherlands and the United States They appear as other great candidates for everything, although there will be no shortage of other great powers. Greece or Australia They have also secured the Olympic ticket and other countries like Italy are looking to achieve it in the coming days at the Doha World Cup, sharing the last two places: France, China and South Africa As of now, they complete the roster with eight qualifiers.

boys, For their part, they will arrive in Paris more than convinced of their possibilities. European Championsa result that gave them an Olympic ticket, They defend their 2023 world bronze for a few days with the desire to return to the fight for medals to reach the French lands as the current universal medalists. There they also date with personal revenge: this generation has already won world gold (2022) and European gold, but is only one step away from the Olympic podium in Tokyo in 2021, as it is fourth .

With the European title, Spain joined the Games with France, Hungary, Greece, Japan, United States, Australia and South Africa. So, countries like Italy, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro are scheduled in Qatar for a few days to fight for the four remaining tickets.

Even the two teams managed, above all, to increase the good sensations they sent for many years. Things may be better or worse at the Doha World Cup and the Games, but there is little doubt that the benchmarks are the same at European and world level. There were four consecutive continental championships in which both were on the podium and the last three editions of the European Championships have had a Spanish champion: in 2020 and 2022 for women and in 2024 for men. The national water polo continues to be launched, with the Doha World Cup in its sights and with the highest ambitions at the doors of the Paris Games.