2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship

The 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championships will take place at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swim Stadium in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The championships, for men and for women, are scheduled to take place in late January and early February 2012.

Contents

Qualification

System

Date Competition Name Result
Sep 2010 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship Three pre-qualified
Jan - Oct 2011 Group Stage (2) Top 2 qualified

Pre-qualified

 Netherlands (hosts)[1]
 Russia (Winners, 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship)
 Greece (Finalists, 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship)
 Italy (4th Place, 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship)

Group Stage

Draw Pools

Draw Pool 1
 Hungary 5th Place, 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship
 Spain 6th Place, 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Draw Pool 2
 Germany 7th Place, 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship
 Great Britain 3rd Place, 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualification Group B
Draw Pool 3
 France 3rd Place, 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualification Group A
 Ukraine 4rd Place, 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualification Group A
Draw Pool 4
 Slovakia
 Israel

Groups

Group A Group B
 Hungary  Spain
 Germany  Great Britain
 France  Ukraine
 Slovakia  Israel

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 1 1 0 0 33 5 +28 3
 Germany 1 1 0 0 16 8 +8 3
 France 1 0 0 1 8 16 −8 0
 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 5 33 −28 0
29 Jan 2011
14:00		 Slovakia  5 – 33  Hungary Nereus Pool, Žilina
Referees:
Schwarts Matan (ISR), Mauss Marcela (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–10, 1–10, 1–10
29 Jan 2011
20:00		 France  8 – 16  Germany Max Dormoy Pool, Lille
Referees:
Byelyevtsov Vyacheslav (UKR), Freebury Chris (GBR)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–5, 2–3, 3–5

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Great Britain 1 1 0 0 26 1 +25 3
 Spain 1 1 0 0 24 8 +16 3
 Ukraine 1 0 1 0 8 24 −16 0
 Israel 1 0 1 0 1 26 −25 0
29 Jan 2011
20:00		 Report Great Britain  26 – 1  Israel Loughborough University, Loughborough
Referees:
Grandin Anne (FRA), Cisneros Horrillo Jordi (ESP)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 7–0, 5–0, 8–1
30 Jan 2011
17:00		 Report Spain  24 – 8  Ukraine El Sorrall, Mataró
Referees:
Zurek Lubomir (SVK), Szekely Balazs (HUN)
Score by quarters: 7–2, 6–3, 5–1, 6–2

Draw

The draw was held on November 12, 2011.[2]

Groups

Group A Group B

 Netherlands
 Great Britain
 Hungary
 Russia

 Greece
 Spain
 Germany
 Italy

Preliminary round

     Team advances to Semifinals
     Team advances to Quarterfinals
     Team competes in 7th–8th place match

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2.  Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4.  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 January 2012
16:00		 Great Britain  –  Hungary Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
18 January 2012
19:00		 Netherlands  –  Russia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
20 January 2012
16:00		 Russia  –  Great Britain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
20 January 2012
19:00		 Hungary  –  Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
22 January 2012
16:00		 Netherlands  –  Great Britain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
22 January 2012
17:30		 Hungary  –  Russia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2.  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4.  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 January 2012
17:30		 Spain  –  Germany Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
18 January 2012
20:30		 Greece  –  Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
20 January 2012
17:30		 Germany  –  Greece Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
20 January 2012
20:30		 Italy  –  Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
22 January 2012
19:00		 Germany  –  Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
22 January 2012
20:30		 Greece  –  Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Quarterfinals

24 January 2012
19:00		 A2 – B3 Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
24 January 2012
20:30		 B2 – A3 Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Semifinals

26 January 2012
18:00		 – B1 Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
26 January 2012
20:00		 – A1 Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Finals

7th place playoff

24 January 2012
17:30		 A4 – B4 Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

5th place playoff

26 January 2012
16:00		 – Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Bronze Medal Match

28 January 2012
16:00		 – Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Final

28 January 2012
17:00		 – Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

References

  1. ^ 3rd place, 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship
  2. ^ "Draw - European Water Polo Championships - Eindhoven 2012". len.eu. 2011-11-12. http://len.eu/cms?disciplines+waterpolo+pr+a=0087. 

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