Italy Charges Into Lead for Team Trophy at 2015 European Championships

The Hungarians, led by their powerful dual of Katinka Hosszu and Laszlo Cseh, sit atop the medals table after the penultimate day of the 2015 European Short Course Championships, but superior depth has Italy almost locked-in for the overall team scoring trophy.

Hosszu added two more golds on Saturday in the 200 IM and 50 back, the totality of the hardware earned by her country on Saturday. She now has 6 gold medals total to go with a total of 4 from the men’s team to put her team at the top of the tables by a whopping 5 gold medals (though they only have the third-most medals overall.

That means Hungary becomes the 7th team in the 22 editions of this meet to win double digit gold medals in one year.

• France 2012
• Germany 2010
• Netherlands 2009
• Sweden 2000
• Germany 1998
• Germany 1996

MEDAL TABLE AFTER 30 EVENTS
RANK		NOC	WOMEN				MEN				MIXED				TOTAL
			G	S	B	TOTAL	G	S	B	TOTAL	G	S	B	TOTAL	G	S	B	TOTAL	RNK BY TOTAL
1		HUNGARY	6	1		7	4	1		5					10	2		12	3
2		ITALY	2		2	4	1	4	2	7	2			2	5	4	4	13	2
3		GERMANY	1			1	3	2		5					4	2		6	6
4		RUSSIA		2	3	5	2	1	4	7		2		2	2	5	7	14	1
5		POLAND		2		2	2		1	3					2	2	1	5	7
6		SWEDEN	2		1	3									2		1	3	8
7		FINLAND	2			2									2			2	11
8		GREAT BRITAIN	1	3		4		3	2	5					1	6	2	9	4
9		UKRAINE					1			1					1			1	15
9		SLOVENIA					1			1					1			1	15
11		NETHERLANDS		3	3	6							1	1		3	4	7	5
12		BELGIUM		1		1		1	1	2						2	1	3	8
13		BELARUS						1	1	2			1	1		1	2	3	8
14		ISRAEL						1	1	2						1	1	2	11
14		FRANCE		1	1	2										1	1	2	11
16		DENMARK		1		1										1		1	15
17		ICELAND			2	2											2	2	11
18		LITHUANIA							1	1							1	1	15
18		PORTUGAL							1	1							1	1	15
18		NORWAY							1	1							1	1	15
18		TURKEY			1	1											1	1	15
18		CROATIA			1	1											1	1	15
18		IRELAND							1	1							1	1	15
		TOTAL	14	14	14	42	14	14	16	44	2	2	2	6	30	30	32	92

While Hungary is leading the meet in gold medals, they’re focused entirely on individual events and haven’t swum any relays. Italy is running away with the overall team trophy thanks to a total of 57 individual finals swims, 13 more than Russia and 18 more than Hungary. That, combined with a maximum 80 points from two mixed relay wins, has the Italians almost out-of-reach in the battle for the team trophy.

TROPHY AFTER 30 EVENTS
RANK		NOC	MEN	WOMEN	MIXED	POINTS
1		ITALY	358 (26)	399 (31)	80 (2)	837
2		RUSSIA	345 (22)	308 (22)	72 (2)	725
3		HUNGARY	232 (15)	326 (24)		558
4		GERMANY	244 (18)	242 (22)	30 (1)	516
5		NETHERLANDS	61 (5)	239 (16)	66 (2)	366
6		ISRAEL	188 (20)	107 (10)	50 (2)	345
7		GREAT BRITAIN	142 (9)	152 (9)		294
8		BELARUS	170 (13)	42 (3)	62 (2)	274
9		FINLAND	81 (7)	128 (12)	58 (2)	267
9		SWEDEN	62 (5)	173 (11)	32 (1)	267
11		POLAND	153 (10)	92 (5)		245
12		CZECH REPUBLIC	64 (7)	149 (18)	24 (1)	237
13		BELGIUM	152 (13)	43 (3)		195
14		AUSTRIA	41 (7)	106 (10)	22 (1)	169
15		SLOVENIA	75 (7)	87 (10)		162
16		TURKEY	51 (8)	86 (8)	22 (1)	159
17		NORWAY	88 (10)	28 (3)	42 (2)	158
18		SLOVAKIA	63 (8)	60 (9)		123
19		UKRAINE	53 (3)	36 (5)	26 (1)	115
20		ESTONIA	113 (13)			113
21		DENMARK	10 (3)	87 (7)		97
22		LITHUANIA	93 (8)			93
23		FRANCE	6 (2)	82 (6)		88
24		SERBIA	62 (6)	7 (2)		69
25		PORTUGAL	33 (2)	32 (5)		65
26		CROATIA	34 (7)	22 (2)		56
27		ROMANIA	51 (4)			51
28		ICELAND		50 (4)		50
29		LUXEMBOURG	29 (2)	14 (2)		43
30		SWITZERLAND	15 (3)	22 (3)		37
31		GREECE	32 (2)	4 (1)		36
32		SPAIN	15 (1)	20 (4)		35
33		FAROE ISLAND	22 (2)			22
34		IRELAND	19 (1)			19
34		BULGARIA		19 (2)		19
36		LATVIA	8 (1)			8
37		LIECHTENSTEIN		6 (1)		6
38		MACEDONIA	5 (1)			5