2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

The qualifying competition for 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship is a series of competitions to decide the qualifiers for 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

System edit

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 edit

  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)

Draw edit

Draw Pot 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 Pot 2
  North 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 Pot 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 Pot 4
  Bulgaria
  Israel
  Portugal

Groups edit

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

Group stage edit

     Team advances to Playoffs

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Turkey 4 3 0 1 42 20 +22 9
  Malta 4 2 1 1 23 30 −7 7
  Poland 4 0 1 3 17 32 −15 1
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

12 June 2011
18:30
Report Malta   8–7   Turkey Msida

2 July 2011
20:00
Report   Poland 5–5   Malta Stetin

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 6 5 1 0 104 37 +67 16
  Slovenia 6 4 1 1 99 49 +50 13
  Portugal 6 2 0 4 45 67 −22 6
  Bulgaria 6 0 0 6 28 123 −95 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 Faro
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 Kranj
Referees:
Peter Balzan (MLT), Mete Kokaragac (TUR)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 2–1, 1–2

2 July 2011
18:00
Report Germany   18–4   Portugal Wuppertal

2 July 2011
19:00
Report   Bulgaria 5–26   Slovenia Varna

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Spain 4 4 0 0 47 20 +27 12
  North Macedonia 4 2 0 2 35 33 +2 6
  Belarus 4 0 0 4 22 51 −29 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 North 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   North 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 North 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   North Macedonia Terrassa
Referees:
Gerwin Reinink (GER), Blazo Radonjic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–1, 1–1, 2–1

2 July 2011
17:00
Report   Belarus 6–12   Spain Minsk

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  France 4 3 1 0 71 22 +49 10
  Russia 4 2 1 1 66 31 +35 7
   Switzerland 4 0 0 4 16 100 −84 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 Kreuzlingen
Referees:
Hristo Gueorguiev (BUL), Peter Kalinka (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–9, 1–6, 1–5

20 July 2011
20:00
Report Switzerland   2–19   France Lugano

Group E edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Greece 4 4 0 0 54 20 +34 12
  Georgia 4 1 0 3 30 38 −8 3
  Great Britain 4 1 0 3 17 43 −26 3
30 Oct 2010
18:30
Report Georgia   9–3   Great Britain Olympic Pool, Tbilisi
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 June 2011
19:00
Report Greece   14–4   Great Britain Athens
Referees:
Vyacheslav Kostanda (UKR), Valery Fogel (ISR)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–0, 4–1, 4–1

2 July 2011
18:00
Report Great Britain   8–7   Georgia Manchester

Group F edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Romania 6 5 1 0 84 29 +55 16
  Slovakia 6 4 1 1 85 38 +47 13
  Ukraine 6 2 0 4 42 73 −31 6
  Israel 6 0 0 6 22 93 −71 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, Kyiv
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 Mariupol
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 Netanya
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

2 July 2011
16:00
Report   Ukraine 5–13   Slovakia Charkov

2 July 2011
16:00
Report   Romania 18–4   Israel Bukuresti

Playoffs edit

The playoffs were played home-and-away in October 2012, with the winner advancing on aggregate goals scored over the two legs. Each group winner was drawn against each group runner-up. The winners of the playoffs qualified for the 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Germany   36-11   Malta 21-5 15-6
Greece   22-10   Slovakia 13-7 9-3
France   12-18   North Macedonia 8-6 4-12
Russia   10-24   Spain 6-13 4-11
Georgia   11-29   Romania 5-11 6-18
Slovenia   14-16   Turkey 5-7 9-9

First leg edit

1 October 2011
16:00
Report Russia   6–13   Spain Kinef Water Sports Centre, Kirishi
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–4, 1–2, 0–3
Rekechinski 2 Goals Molina, Perrone 3

1 October 2011
18:00
Report France   8–6   North Macedonia George Vallerey Pool, Paris
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–0, 4–4, 2–1
Crousillat 3 Goals Vuksanovic, Ivovic 2

1 October 2011
19:00
Report Georgia   5–11   Romania Tbilisi
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–4, 0–4
Chomakidze 2 Goals Radu 3

1 October 2011
19:00
Report Greece   13–7   Slovakia Athens
Score by quarters: 1–1, 6–2, 3–3, 3–1
five players 2 Goals Nizny, Famera 2

1 October 2011
19:00
Report Germany   21–5   Malta Hamm
Score by quarters: 9–1, 6–2, 3–1, 3–1
Oeler, Politze 4 Goals Camilleri 3

1 October 2011
20:00
Report Slovenia   5–7   Turkey Kranj Sports Park
Score by quarters: 0–0, 1–3, 3–2, 1–2
five players 1 Goals Beskardesler, Okman 2

Second leg edit

8 October 2011 Report Malta   6–15   Germany

29 October 2011 Report Romania   18–6   Georgia

29 October 2011 Report Spain   11–4   Russia

29 October 2011 Report North Macedonia   12–4   France

29 October 2011 Report Slovakia   3–9   Greece

29 October 2011 Report Turkey   9–9   Slovenia

References edit