The 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship' was the 27th exhibition of the event organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, Serbia, from 1 to 10 September 2006. There were three qualification tournaments ahead of the event, held from 7 to 9 April 2006 in Kranj, Slovenia (with France, Slovenia, Slovakia and Malta competing), in Eindhoven, Netherlands (Greece, Netherlands, Poland and Moldova), and in Imperia, Italy (Belarus, Italy, Romania and Turkey).

Qualification

Teams

Preliminary round

Group A

September 1, 2006 September 2, 2006 September 3, 2006 September 4, 2006 September 5, 2006

Group B

September 1, 2006 September 2, 2006 September 3, 2006 September 4, 2006 September 5, 2006

Final round

Places 7/12

September 7, 2006 September 8, 2006

Places 11 / 12

September 8, 2006

Places 9 / 10

September 9, 2006

Places 7 / 8

September 9, 2006

Quarterfinals

September 7, 2006

Semifinals

September 8, 2006

Finals

Places 5 / 6

September 9, 2006

Bronze medal

September 10, 2006

Gold medal

September 10, 2006

Final ranking

Denis Šefik, Petar Trbojević, Živko Gocić, Vanja Udovičić, Dejan Savić, Danilo Ikodinović, Slobodan Nikić, Filip Filipović, Aleksandar Ćirić, Aleksandar Šapić, Vladimir Vujasinović, Branko Peković, Slobodan Soro, Duško Pijetlović, and Andrija Prlainović Head coach: Dejan Udovičić

Individual awards

Medalists

Top scorers