2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 2012 Men'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.

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Road to the 2012 Olympics

The championships will be part of the qualification procedure for the 2012 London Olympics that will take place in late July and early August of that year. There will be 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams in the Olympic competition.

By the time that these championships take place, four men's places will already have been booked: the winner of the 2011 World League in Italy, and the three top-placed teams in the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai that did not win the World League. No women's teams will be qualified into the Olympic tournament from these competitions.

A decision by the British Olympic Association is still pending on entry of Great Britain's teams into the 2012 Olympics. If Great Britain men's or women's teams are entered into the Olympic competition, there will not be direct entry to the Olympic tournament from the men's and women's championships respectively. Otherwise, the best-placed team in the championships not already qualified will gain a place in the Olympic Tournament. In addition, an undisclosed number of teams will be entered into a world-wide qualifying competition from 1-8 April 2012 for men in Edmonton, Canada and from 15-22 April for women in Italy.[1] Three teams from this competition will qualify for the Olympic tournament.[2] As a point of reference, six men's teams from the 2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship were entered into the 2008 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier, and seven women's teams from 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship were entered into the 2008 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier.

Qualification

System

Date Competition Name Result
Aug - Sep 2010 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship Five pre-qualified
Oct 2010 - Jul 2011 Group Stage (6) Top 2 advance to playoffs
Oct 2011 Playoffs (6) Six qualified

Pre-qualified

 Netherlands (hosts)
 Croatia (Winners, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
 Italy (Finalists, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
 Serbia (3rd Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
 Hungary (4th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
 Montenegro (5th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)

Group Stage

Draw Pools

Draw Pool 1
 Germany 6th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 Romania 7th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 Spain 8th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 Greece 9th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 Turkey 10th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 Russia 11th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Draw Pool 2
 Macedonia 12th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 France 2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
 Great Britain 2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
 Malta 2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
 Slovenia 2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
 Slovakia 2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
Draw Pool 3
 Belarus 2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
 Georgia 2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
 Poland 2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
 Switzerland 2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
 Ukraine 2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
Draw Pool 4
 Bulgaria
 Israel
 Portugal

Groups

Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F
 Turkey  Germany  Spain  Russia  Greece  Romania
 Malta  Slovenia  Macedonia  France  Great Britain  Slovakia
 Poland  Portugal  Belarus  Switzerland  Georgia  Ukraine
 Bulgaria  Israel

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Turkey 3 3 0 0 35 12 +23 9
 Malta 2 1 0 1 10 18 −8 3
 Poland 3 0 0 3 12 27 −15 0
30 October 2010
16:30		 Report Malta  7 – 3  Poland National Pool, Malta
Referees:
Planchon Pascal (FRA), Buch Francesc Xavier (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–1, 1–1, 3–0
20 November 2010
19:00		 Report Turkey  15 – 3  Malta ENKA Schools, Istanbul
Referees:
Damianakis Ilias (GRE), Donev Jordan (BUL)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 4–0, 5–1
30 March 2011
17:00		 Report Poland  4 – 10  Turkey Gliwice
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Eugeny Bobkov (BLR)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 0–2, 1–5
11 May 2011
20:00		 Report Turkey  10 – 5  Poland Istanbul
Referees:
Lubomir Zurek (SVK), Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 3–2, 2–2

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 5 4 1 0 86 33 +53 13
 Slovenia 5 3 1 1 73 44 +29 10
 Portugal 5 2 0 3 41 49 −8 6
 Bulgaria 5 0 0 5 23 97 −74 0
30 October 2010
18:00		 Report Portugal  7 – 15  Germany Clube Fluvial Portuense, Porto
Referees:
Angileri Massimo (MLT), Kapinus Volodymyr (UKR)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–5, 3–3, 2–2
30 October 2010
18:00		 Report Slovenia  31 – 5  Bulgaria Žusterna, Koper
Referees:
Bajenaru Andrei (ROU), Zurek Lubomir (SVK)
Score by quarters: 7–2, 9–1, 7–0, 8–2
20 November 2010
18:00		 Report Bulgaria  2 – 12  Portugal Sports Palace Pool, Sofia
Referees:
Levin Mark (ISR), Matache Radu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–2, 1–2, 0–4
21 November 2010
14:00		 Report Germany  21 – 11  Slovenia Hannover Swimming Stadium, Hannover
Referees:
Wengenroth Martinelli Ursula (SUI), Teixido Jaume (ESP)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 7–3, 3–1, 6–3
30 March 2011
19:30		 Report Germany  24 – 6  Bulgaria
Referees:
Maciej Michalak (POL), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 9–1, 6–2, 5–2
30 March 2011
20:30		 Report Portugal  3 – 14  Slovenia Porto
Referees:
Vyacheslav Kostanda (UKR), Anne Grandin (FRA)
Score by quarters: 0–7, 2–3, 0–2, 1–2
7 May 2011 Report Bulgaria  2 – 19  Germany Sofia
Referees:
Nebojsa Stajkovic (MKD), Irfan Sadekov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–7, 1–4, 0–3
11 May 2011
20:00		 Report Slovenia  10 – 8  Portugal Kranj
Referees:
Matan Schwarts (ISR), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–3, 2–1, 2–1
18 June 2011
18:00		 Report Portugal  11 – 8  Bulgaria
Referees:
Vladimir Gerzanich (RUS), Ladislau Vekerdy (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 2–2, 3–2
18 June 2011
20:00		 Report Slovenia  7 – 7  Germany
Referees:
Peter Balzan (MLT), Mete Kokaragac (TUR)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 2–1, 1–2

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 35 14 +21 9
 Macedonia 4 2 0 2 35 33 +2 6
 Belarus 3 0 0 3 16 39 −23 0
2 November 2010
20:45		 Report Spain  15 – 3  Belarus Nova Escullera, Barcelona
Referees:
Kikalishvili Irakli (GEO), Nestorov Yavor (BUL)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 6–1, 3–0, 4–1
5 December 2010 Report Macedonia  6 – 10  Spain Mladost Pool, Skopje
Referees:
Spiegel Ulrich (GER), Delon Jean-Michel (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–4, 1–1, 1–1
30 March 2011
18:00		 Report Belarus  6 – 9  Macedonia Minsk
Referees:
Matan Schwarts (ISR), Peter Kalinka (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–0, 1–3, 1–3
11 May 2011
20:00		 Report Macedonia  15 – 7  Belarus Skopje
Referees:
Alban David (FRA), Volodymyr Kapinus (UKR)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–2, 5–2, 3–2
15 June 2011
20:15		 Report Spain  10 – 5  Macedonia
Referees:
Gerwin Reinink (GER), Blazo Radonjic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–1, 1–1, 2–1

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 2 1 0 52 20 +32 7
 Russia 4 2 1 1 66 31 +35 7
 Switzerland 3 0 0 3 14 81 −67 0
20 October 2010
18:30		 Report France  33 – 2  Switzerland Place Daniel-Rops, Aix-les-Baines
Referees:
Arslanyan Sevan (TUR), Haentschel Genrot (GER)
Score by quarters: 9–0, 9–0, 8–1, 7–1
20 November 2010
15:00		 Report Russia  23 – 4  Switzerland Olympic Pool, Kazan
Referees:
Rozman Daniel (SLO), Barradas José (POR)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 6–1, 6–0, 4–2
30 March 2011
19:00		 Report Russia  8 – 8  France
Referees:
Andreas Moiralis (GRE), Andrej Laginja (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 3–4, 1–3
11 May 2011
20:00		 Report France  11 – 10  Russia Nice
Referees:
Adrian Vamos (ROU), Genrot Haentschel (GER)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–2, 3–3, 2–2
18 June 2011
20:00		 Report Switzerland  8 – 25  Russia
Referees:
Hristo Gueorguiev (BUL), Peter Kalinka (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–9, 1–6, 1–5

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Greece 4 4 0 0 54 20 +34 12
 Georgia 3 1 0 2 23 30 −7 3
 Great Britain 3 0 0 3 9 36 −27 0
30 Oct 2010
18:30		 Report Georgia  9 – 3  Great Britain Olympic Pool, Tiblisi
Referees:
Koryzna Radoslaw (POL), Stankovik Gjorgje (MKD)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 0–0, 1–2, 3–0
20 Nov 2010
15:00		 Report Great Britain  2 – 11  Greece Manchester Aquatics Centre, Manchester
Referees:
Dalli Mario (MLT), Sungu Mehmet (TUR)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–2, 1–3, 1–4
30 Mar 2011
21:00		 Report Georgia  8 – 11  Greece Tbilisi
Referees:
Gerwin Reinink (GER), Cem Filiksac (TUR)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 1–3, 1–1
11 May 2011
20:30		 Report Greece  16 – 6  Georgia Athens
Referees:
José Barradas (POR), Blazo Radonjic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 6–3, 5–0, 4–1
18 Jun 2011
19:00		 Report Greece  14 – 4  Great Britain
Referees:
Vyacheslav Kostanda (UKR), Valery Fogel (ISR)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–0, 4–1, 4–1

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 5 4 1 0 66 25 +41 13
 Slovakia 5 3 1 1 72 33 +39 10
 Ukraine 5 2 0 3 37 60 −23 6
 Israel 5 0 0 5 18 75 −57 0
30 October 2010
18:00		 Report Slovakia  18 – 9  Ukraine Municipal Swimming Pool, Košice
Referees:
Freebury Chris (GBR), Ramos Paulo (POR)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–3, 5–1, 6–4
30 October 2010
18:00		 Report Israel  4 – 14  Romania Wingate Institute, Netanya
Referees:
Birakis Michalis (GRE), Vasenin Eduard (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–3, 2–3, 0–5
20 November 2010
13:00		 Report Ukraine  8 – 0  Israel Podvodnoho Sports Palace, Kiev
Referees:
Littlejohn Brian (GBR), Michalak Maciej (POL)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–0, 2–0, 1–0
20 November 2010
18:00		 Report Romania  8 – 5  Slovakia Ioan Alexandrescu Olympic Pool, Oradea
Referees:
Bobkov Eugeny (BLR), Voevodin Arkadi (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–1, 3–1, 2–2
30 March 2011
19:00		 Report Ukraine  6 – 19  Romania
Referees:
Jordan Donev (BUL), Vladimir Gerzanich (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–4, 3–7, 1–5
30 March 2011
20:45		 Report Israel  6 – 18  Slovakia Netanya
Referees:
Vakhtang Mebuke (GEO), Risto Dancevski (MKD)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–8, 3–2, 0–5
11 May 2011
18:00		 Report Slovakia  24 – 3  Israel Košice
Referees:
Vladimir Savtchenko (BLR), Sevan Arslanyan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–0, 6–1, 7–1
11 May 2011
18:00		 Report Romania  18 – 3  Ukraine Oradea
Referees:
Lukasz Krol (POL), Yavor Nestorov (BUL)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–0, 3–2, 7–1
18 June 2011
17:45		 Report Israel  5 – 11  Ukraine
Referees:
Paulo Ramos (POR), Damien Taylor (GBR)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–3, 2–2, 1–5
18 June 2011
18:00		 Report Slovakia  7 – 7  Romania Košice
Referees:
Nebojsa Stajkovic (MKD), Goran Kramer (SUI)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–1, 1–1, 1–2

Qualifying Playoffs

12 qualified teams:

 

Draw

The draw was held on November 12, 2011.[3]

Groups

Group A Group B

 Macedonia
 Greece
 Hungary
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Turkey

 Serbia
 Germany
 Croatia
 Romania
 Montenegro
 Spain

Preliminary round

     Team advances to Semifinals
     Team advances to Quarterfinals
     Team competes in placement matches

Group A

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2.  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4.  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5.  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6.  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 January 2012
13:00		 Macedonia  –  Turkey Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
16 January 2012
19:45		 Greece  –  Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
16 January 2012
21:15		 Hungary  –  Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
17 January 2012
13:00		 Macedonia  –  Greece Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
17 January 2012
19:00		 Netherlands  –  Hungary Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
17 January 2012
20:30		 Turkey  –  Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
19 January 2012
13:00		 Hungary  –  Macedonia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
19 January 2012
14:30		 Greece  –  Turkey Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
19 January 2012
19:00		 Italy  –  Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
21 January 2012
14:30		 Macedonia  –  Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
21 January 2012
16:00		 Turkey  –  Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
21 January 2012
19:00		 Greece  –  Hungary Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
23 January 2012
14:30		 Turkey  –  Hungary Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
23 January 2012
19:00		 Macedonia  –  Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
23 January 2012
20:30		 Italy  –  Greece Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Group B

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2.  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4.  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5.  Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6.  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 January 2012
14:30		 Croatia  –  Romania Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
16 January 2012
16:00		 Germany  –  Montenegro Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
16 January 2012
17:30		 Serbia  –  Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
17 January 2012
14:30		 Serbia  –  Germany Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
17 January 2012
16:00		 Spain  –  Romania Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
17 January 2012
17:30		 Montenegro  –  Croatia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
19 January 2012
16:00		 Germany  –  Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
19 January 2012
17:30		 Croatia  –  Serbia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
19 January 2012
20:30		 Romania  –  Montenegro Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
21 January 2012
13:00		 Serbia  –  Romania Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
21 January 2012
17:30		 Spain  –  Montenegro Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
21 January 2012
20:30		 Germany  –  Croatia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
23 January 2012
13:00		 Croatia  –  Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
23 January 2012
16:00		 Serbia  –  Montenegro Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
23 January 2012
17:30		 Romania  –  Germany Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

7th–12th Classification

Quarterfinals

25 January 2012
14:00		 A5 – B6 Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
25 January 2012
16:00		 A6 – B5 Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Semifinals

27 January 2012
14:00		 – B4 Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
27 January 2012
16:00		 – A4 Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

11th place playoff

27 January 2012
12:00		 – Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

9th place playoff

28 January 2012
09:00		 – Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

7th place playoff

28 January 2012
10:30		 – Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Final round

Quarterfinals

25 January 2012
18:00		 A2 – B3 Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
25 January 2012
20:00		 A3 – B2 Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Semifinals

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

5th place match

28 January 2012
12:00		 – Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Bronze place match

29 January 2012
13:30		 – Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

Final

29 January 2012
15:30		 – Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven

References

  1. ^ FINA Selects Catania, Casablanca as Future Host Cities; Creates Open Water "School for Officials"
  2. ^ Qualification system
  3. ^ "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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