European Water Polo Championships: Technical Officials, EA Committees and Bureau Representatives announced for Belgrade and Funchal
European Aquatics has announced the appointments of the Technical Officials, EA Committees and Bureau Representatives for the European Aquatics Men’s and Women’s European Water Polo Championships 2026.
The men’s tournament will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, from 10th to 25th January 2026, while the women’s tournament will take place in Funchal, Portugal, from 26th January to 5th February 2026.
Men’s 2026 European Water Polo Championships – Belgrade
EA Bureau WP Liaisons
Mr. Kyriakos Giannopoulos (GRE)
Mr. Fernando Carpena (ESP)
Mr. Milos Mracevic (MNE)
EA TWPC Commission
Mr. Perica Bukic (CRO), Chairman
Mr. Tamas Molnar (HUN), Vice-Chairman, Technical Delegate
Mr. Karl Izzo (MLT), Vice-Chairman
Mr. Matjaz Rakovec (SLO), Secretary
EA DRC
Mr. Andy IM Hoepelman (NED), Chairman
Ms. Stavroula Kozompoli (GRE), Member
Mr. Angel Moliner (ESP), Member
EA Technical Delegates
Mr. Milivoj Bebic (CRO)
Mr. Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Mr. Marijo Brguljan (MNE)
Mr. Mihajlo Korolija (SRB)
Mr. Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Mr. Alexander Bitadze (GEO)
Mr. Radu Matache (ROU)
Mr. Michalis Kouretas (GRE)
EA Referees
Mr. Andrej Franulovic (CRO)
Mr. Julien Bourges (FRA)
Mr. Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Mr. Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Mr. Tamas Kovacs Cs. (HUN)
Mr. Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Mr. Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Mr. Alex De Raffaele (MLT)
Mr. Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
Mr. Peter De Jong (NED)
Mr. Mihai Balanescu (ROU)
Mr. Ivan Rakovic (SRB)
Mr. Peter Radic (SVK)
Mr. Boris Margeta (SLO)
Mr. David Gomez (ESP)
Mr. Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Mr. Frank Ohme (GER), Neutral Referee
Mr. Eurico Silva (POR), Neutral Referee
EA Medical Delegate
Dr Naama Constantini (ISR)
Dr Predrag Dabovic (MNE)
Women’s 2026 European Water Polo Championships – Funchal
EA Bureau WP Liaisons
Mr. Kyriakos Giannopoulos (GRE)
Mr. Fernando Carpena (ESP)
Mr. Milos Mracevic (MNE)
EA TWPC Commission
Mr. Perica Bukic (CRO), Chairman
Mr. Tamas Molnar (HUN), Vice-Chairman, Technical Delegate
Mr. Karl Izzo (MLT), Vice-Chairman
Mr. Matjaz Rakovec (SLO), Secretary
EA DRC
Mr. Andy IM Hoepelman (NED), Chairman
Ms. Stavroula Kozompoli (GRE), Member
Mr. Angel Moliner (ESP), Member
EA Technical Delegates
Ms. Ana Arechavaleta (ESP)
Ms. Aysem Ozalp (TUR)
Ms. Rita Azzopardi (MLT)
Ms. Paula Cruz (POR)
Mr. Axel Bender (GER)
Mr. Jean Michel Delon (FRA)
Mr. Mark Koganov (AZE)
Mr. Gadi Schwartz (ISR)
EA Referees
Ms. Lea Saftic (CRO)
Ms. Aurely Bouchez (FRA)
Mr. Hendrik Schopp (GER)
Mr. Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
Ms. Natali Markopoulou (GRE)
Ms. Nora Debreceni (HUN)
Mr. Ayal Gabel (ISR)
Ms. Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
Ms. Diana Dutilh Dumas (NED)
Mr. Luis Santos (POR)
Mr. Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU)
Ms. Ivanka Rakovic Krstonosic (SRB)
Ms. Martina Kunikova (SVK)
Ms. Marta Cabanas (ESP)
Mr. Ruben Garcia (SUI)
Mr. Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR)
Ms. Anna Goncharenko (UKR), Neutral Referee
Mr. Massimo Angilleri (MLT), Neutral Referee
EA Medical Delegate
Dr Ralf Schauer (GER)
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