The 2024 European Water Polo Championship will be held in Israel for the first time ever, the European Swimming League (LEN) European Aquatics announced on Friday.
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"LEN – European Aquatics announces the next locations for the European Water Polo Championships: Tel Aviv (ISR) in 2024, and Belgrade (SRB) in 2026," according to the announcement shared on Twitter.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
LEN - European Aquatics announces the next 2️⃣ locations for the European Water Polo Championships.
Tel-Aviv (ISR) 🇮🇱 in 2024 and Belgrade (SRB) 🇷🇸 in 2026.
More information coming to https://t.co/MTfCsBqdhA. pic.twitter.com/8BbwLcGU4I
— LEN - European Aquatics (@LENaquatics) May 13, 2022
Tel Aviv will be the host city, where the Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center (Expo Tel Aviv) will be transformed into a giant water polo venue at a cost of NIS 4 million ($1.17 million).
Israel Water Polo Association chairwoman Ravital Cohen Gluska flew to Portugal to present Israel's bid to host the tournament, titled "All Colors in One City, TLV 2024."
Although this will be the first time Israel will have ever hosted the European championship, it did host age-group European competitions before, as well as the European Short-Course Swimming Championships, which were held in Netanya in 2015.
In the upcoming 2022 championships, both Israel's men's and women's teams qualified for the big stage for the first time in the country's history.
As Israel's hosting opportunity was announced, as was that of Belgrade, which will be hosting the competition two years later in 2026.
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