Team Malta Starts Qualification Process For Admission Into 2026 European Championships
The men’s waterpolo qualifiers hosted in Malta started earlier today as Team Malta seeks a sixth qualification for the water polo European championships.
In a press conference organised by the Aquatic Sports Association of Malta (ASA), President Karl Izzo explained that over the next days both the men’s and women’s national water polo teams will be working on separate objectives.
The men’s team is aiming to qualify for the 2026 European championships and will be playing three games in a qualification group this week against Portugal Ukraine and France in that order.
The games of this group will all be played at the National pool complex at Tal- Qroqq. The first two teams in the group will qualify for the much anticipated 2026 edition of the European water polo championships being held in Belgrade from the 10th to 25th January.
Coach Milan Cirovic was happy to see the return of two veteran players namely Stevie Camilleri and Matthew Zammit who have decided to accept the call up for the National team after they had both decided to retire from international duties. Although this is not being considered to be a comeback from retirement it’s still a big asset for the Malta team. Both players had been actively playing with Neptunes and San Gillian respectively over the last four years when they had not been in the Malta national team due to their personal decisions at the time.
President Karl Izzo said next 3 days were very important for ASA and for Maltese waterpolo as reaching qualification for the 6th consecutive time would be a great achievement for such a small country like Malta.
He reminded the general public that entrance for the Malta men’s senior team games on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday will be free of charge at Tal-Qroqq and the general public is encouraged to attend and support the Maltese players.
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