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.

Contents

Teams

GROUP A
GROUP B

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
Brazil  6 – 15  Greece
Russia  19 – 4  Kazakhstan
Romania  7 – 6  Slovakia
Kazakhstan  6 – 9  Brazil
Romania  11 – 8  Russia
Slovakia  9 – 11  Greece
Kazakhstan  8 – 18  Greece
Brazil  4 – 13  Romania
Slovakia  3 – 12  Russia
Slovakia  18 – 5  Kazakhstan
Russia  11 – 3  Brazil
Romania  7 – 8  Greece
Brazil  6 – 12  Slovakia
Greece  8 – 6  Russia
Romania  19 – 2  Kazakhstan

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
Mexico  9 – 18  Macedonia
Iran  2 – 20  Italy
Germany  11 – 6  Canada
Italy  14 – 5  Macedonia
Canada  15 – 5  Iran
Mexico  1 – 29  Germany
Italy  7 – 7  Canada
Germany  9 – 4  Macedonia
Mexico  8 – 8  Iran
Macedonia  7 – 12  Canada
Mexico  4 – 25  Italy
Germany  18 – 2  Iran
Italy  5 – 5  Germany
Mexico  6 – 18  Canada
Iran  6 – 11  Macedonia

Quarter finals

Kazakhstan  4 – 6  Iran
Brazil  8 – 7  Mexico
Russia  10 – 11  Italy
Romania  8 – 9  Canada

Semi finals

Slovakia  18 – 4  Iran
Macedonia  10 – 8  Brazil
Greece  8 – 9  Italy
Germany  8 – 6  Canada

Finals

Kazakhstan  9 – 11  Mexico
Iran  1 – 10  Brazil
Slovakia  9 – 7  Macedonia
Russia  9 – 10  Romania
Greece  13 – 4  Canada
Italy  9 – 10  Germany

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
1.  Germany
2.  Italy
3.  Greece
4.  Canada
5.  Romania
6.  Russia
7.  Slovakia
8.  Macedonia
9.  Brazil
10.  Iran
11.  Mexico
12.  Kazakhstan

Individual awards

See also

References