| Men Water Polo European Championship 1985 Level II Sofia, Bulgaria - 05-11.08 Winner Romania | 
| Group 9-16 | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- |  | 9. |   Romania | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 92: | 49 | +43 |  | 10. |   Bulgaria | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 70: | 48 | +22 |  | 11. |   France | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 69: | 45 | +24 |  | 12. |   Poland | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 68: | 59 | +9 |  | 13. |   Sweden | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 73: | 75 | -2 |  | 14. |   Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 61: | 73 | -12 |  | 15. |   Belgium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 56: | 90 | -34 |  | 16. |   Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 53: | 103 | -50 |   
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| Played along with Level I Men 1985. |  | France was repescated for World Men 1986 after withdrawls of Japan and China. Romania and Bulgaria did not show interest to play in Madrid 1986. |   
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| Team | Roma | Bulg | Pola | Fran | Swed | Grea | Belg | Malt |  | Romania | ---- | 12:4 | 12:6 | 9:7 | 14:10 | 13:7 | 18:9 | 14:6 |  | Bulgaria |   | ---- | 8:8 | 7:5 | 14:6 | 10:9 | 16:5 | 11:3 |  | Poland |   |   | ---- |   | 11:9 | 6:5 | 17:9 | 16:10 |  | France |   |   | 6:4 | ---- | 7:7 | 15:5 | 9:4 | 20:9 |  | Sweden |   |   |   |   | ---- | 11:11 | 12:8 | 18:10 |  | Great Britain |   |   |   |   |   | ---- | 13:8 | 11:10 |  | Belgium |   |   |   |   |   |   | ---- | 13:5 |  | Malta |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | team 1 ____________ | score | team 2 ____________ | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | Mon 05.08.85 |   Great Britain | 13-8 |   Belgium | 4-2 | 7-4 | 9-5 |  | Mon 05.08.85 |   Bulgaria | 8-8 |   Poland | 2-1 | 4-4 | 6-6 |  | Mon 05.08.85 |   Romania | 9-7 |   France | 2-0 | 4-4 | 7-7 |  |  Romania: Hagiu 4, Gordan 2, Moiceanu 1, Garofeanu 1, Ionescu 1. |   
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| Ranking | pts  |  | 1. Great Britain | 2 |  | 2. Romania | 2 |  | 3. Bulgaria | 1 |  | 4. Poland | 1 |  | 5. Sweden | 0-1 |  | 5. Malta | 0-1 |  | 7. France | 0 |  | 8. Belgium | 0 |   
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| date | team 1 ____________ | score | team 2 ____________ | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | Tue 06.08.85 |   Poland | 11-9 |   Sweden | 3-2 | 5-5 | 7-7 |  | Tue 06.08.85 |   Great Britain | 11-10 |   Malta | 3-2 | 5-5 | 7-7 |  | Tue 06.08.85 |   Romania | 18-9 |   Belgium | 4-3 | 7-4 | 13-6 |  |  Romania: Hagiu 8, Gordan 3, Ciobaniuc 3, Angelescu 1, Moiceanu 1, Costras 1, Ionescu 1. |  | Tue 06.08.85 |   Sweden | 18-10 |   Malta |   |  |   this match was from Day 1. |  | Tue 06.08.85 |   Bulgaria | 7-5 |   France | 2-2 | 4-3 | 4-4 |   
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| Ranking | pts  |  | 1. Romania | 4 |  | 2. Great Britain | 4 |  | 3. Bulgaria | 3 |  | 4. Poland | 3 |  | 5. Sweden | 2 |  | 6. France | 0 |  | 7. Malta | 0 |  | 8. Belgium | 0 |   
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| date | team 1 ____________ | score | team 2 ____________ | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | Wed 07.08.85 |   France | 20-9 |   Malta |   |  | Wed 07.08.85 |   Sweden | 11-11 |   Great Britain |   |  | Wed 07.08.85 |   Romania | 12-6 |   Poland | 2-0 | 5-1 | 9-6 |  |  Romania: Hagiu 4, Gordan 4, Ionescu 2, Costras 1, Molceanu 1 ; Poland: Kosiada 3, Gruszecki 2, Pawlak 1, |  | Wed 07.08.85 |   Bulgaria | 16-5 |   Belgium | 2-1 | 7-1 | 13-2 |   
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| Ranking | pts  |  | 1. Romania | 6 |  | 2. Bulgaria | 5 |  | 3. Great Britain | 5 |  | 4. Sweden | 3 |  | 5. Poland | 3 |  | 6. France | 2 |  | 7. Malta | 0 |  | 8. Belgium | 0 |   
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| date | team 1 ____________ | score | team 2 ____________ | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | Thu 08.08.85 |   Sweden | 12-8 |   Belgium | 3-2 | 6-5 | 9-7 |  | Thu 08.08.85 |   Romania | 13-7 |   Great Britain | 5-1 | 9-3 | 12-5 |  |  Romania: Hagiu 8, Costras 2, Molceanu 1, Garofeanu 1, Gordan 1. |  | Thu 08.08.85 |   France | 6-4 |   Poland |   |  | Thu 08.08.85 |   Bulgaria | 11-3 |   Malta | 1-0 | 3-0 | 6-1 |   
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| Ranking | pts  |  | 1. Romania | 8 |  | 2. Bulgaria | 7 |  | 3. Sweden | 5 |  | 4. Great Britain | 5 |  | 5. France | 4 |  | 6. Poland | 3 |  | 7. Malta | 0 |  | 8. Belgium | 0 |   
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| date | team 1 ____________ | score | team 2 ____________ | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | Fri 09.08.85 |   Poland | 6-5 |   Great Britain | 2-1 | 4-1 | 5-4 |  | Fri 09.08.85 |   Belgium | 13-5 |   Malta | 3-1 | 8-3 | 10-5 |  | Fri 09.08.85 |   France | 7-7 |   Sweden | 1-1 | 3-3 | 5-6 |  | Fri 09.08.85 |   Romania | 12-4 |   Bulgaria | 3-1 | 7-2 | 9-2 |  |  Romania: Hagiu 5, Costras 4, Molceanu 2, Ardeleanu 1 ; Bulgaria: Nanov 1, Toshev 1, Dovarov 1, Bonev 1. |   
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| Ranking | pts  |  | 1. Romania | 10  |  | 2. Bulgaria | 7 |  | 3. Sweden | 6 |  | 4. Poland | 5 |  | 5. Great Britain | 5 |  | 6. France | 5 |  | 7. Belgium | 2 |  | 8. Malta | 0 |   
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| date | team 1 ____________ | score | team 2 ____________ | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | Sat 10.08.85 |   France | 15-5 |   Great Britain |   |  | Sat 10.08.85 |   Poland | 17-9 |   Belgium |   |  | Sat 10.08.85 |   Romania | 14-6 |   Malta | 4-1 | 8-1 | 12-5 |  |  Romania: Gordan 3, Ionescu 2, Ciobaniuc 2, Hagiu 2, Molceanu 2, Costras 1, Dan 1, Angelescu 1. |  | Sat 10.08.85 |   Bulgaria | 14-6 |   Sweden | 3-1 | 7-2 | 10-4 |   
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| Ranking | pts  |  | 1. Romania | 12  |  | 2. Bulgaria | 9 |  | 3. Poland | 7 |  | 4. France | 7 |  | 5. Sweden | 6 |  | 6. Great Britain | 5 |  | 7. Belgium | 2 |  | 8. Malta | 0 |   
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| date | team 1 ____________ | score | team 2 ____________ | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | Sun 11.08.85 |   Poland | 16-10 |   Malta | 6-3 | 9-4 | 11-8 |  | Sun 11.08.85 |   France | 9-4 |   Belgium | 1-1 | 5-2 | 6-3 |  | Sun 11.08.85 |   Romania | 14-10 |   Sweden | 3-0 | 7-4 | 12-6 |  |  Romania: Hagiu 5, Gordan 3, Raducanu 1, Ciobaniuc 1, Garofeanu 1, Costras 1, Dan 1, Molceanu 1. |  | Sun 11.08.85 |   Bulgaria | 10-9 |   Great Britain | 1-1 | 4-4 | 8-6 |   
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| Ranking | pts  |  | 1. Romania | 14  |  | 2. Bulgaria | 11  |  | 3. France | 9 |  | 4. Poland | 9 |  | 5. Sweden | 6 |  | 6. Great Britain | 5 |  | 7. Belgium | 2 |  | 8. Malta | 0 |   
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|  9. Romania |  | 1. Mihai Simion |  | 2. Eugen Yonesku |  | 3. Mihai Tudor |  | 4. Liviu Raducanu |  | 5. Doru Cobaniuk |  | 6. Kornel Gordan |  | 7. Vlad Hajiu |  | 8. Liviu Garufianu |  | 9. Dorin Kostres |  | 10.Kristian Dan |  | 11.Katalin Moicanu |  | 12.Yokut Angelesku |  | 13.Florin Ardelyan |  | Coach: Yuliu Kapsa |   
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|  10.Bulgaria |  | 1. Velcho Valkov |  | 2. Andrey Sushkov |  | 3. Nikolay Raykov |  | 5. Vasil Nanov |  | 6. Asen Denchev |  | 7. Rosen Tsanev |  | 8. Miroslav Toshev |  | 9. Lyubislav Bonev |  | 10.Konstantin Draganov |  | 11.Georgi Angelov |  | 12.Nikolay Dagorov |  | 13.Georgi Gospodinov |   
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|  15.Belgium |  | Vandeputte |  | Gemeiner |  | O.Kubat |  | H. Delmeiren |  | E.Van Peteghem |  | D. Delmeiren |  | Andries |  | R.Van Petergem |  | E.Kubat |  | Severijns |  | Latour |  | Witteboon |  | Desmit |  | Coach: Manni Loosen |   
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