2008 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier
The 2008 Men's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was a tournament to decide the remaining four competing teams at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. Eight teams were already qualified, including China (host country). The tournament was held at the Ioan Alexandrescu Pool in the newly built Olympic Swimming Pool (2005) in Oradea, Romania from March 2 to March 9, 2008 with twelve competing teams.
Teams
Preliminary round
GROUP A
|
Team |
Points |
G |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Diff |
| 1. |
Greece |
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
36 |
+24 |
| 2. |
Romania |
8 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
57 |
28 |
+29 |
| 3. |
Russia |
6 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
56 |
29 |
+27 |
| 4. |
Slovakia |
4 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
48 |
41 |
+7 |
| 5. |
Brazil |
2 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
28 |
57 |
–29 |
| 6. |
Kazakhstan |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
25 |
83 |
–58 |
GROUP B
|
Team |
Points |
G |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Diff |
| 1. |
Germany |
9 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
72 |
18 |
+54 |
| 2. |
Italy |
8 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
71 |
23 |
+48 |
| 3. |
Canada |
7 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
58 |
36 |
+22 |
| 4. |
Macedonia |
4 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
45 |
50 |
–5 |
| 5. |
Iran |
1 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
23 |
72 |
–49 |
| 6. |
Mexico |
1 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
28 |
98 |
–70 |
Quarter finals
Semi finals
- Saturday March 8, 2008 — 7th/10th place
- Saturday March 8, 2008 — 1st/4th place
Finals
- Saturday March 8, 2008 — Eleventh place
- Sunday March 9, 2008 — Ninth place
- Sunday March 9, 2008 — Seventh place
- Sunday March 9, 2008 — Fifth place
- Sunday March 9, 2008 — Third place
- Sunday March 9, 2008 — First place
Final ranking
- Germany, Italy, Greece and Canada qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, joining Australia, China, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Spain, and the United States.
Individual awards
- Best Scorer
- Heiko Nossek (GER) — 22 goals
See also
References