2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers are series of qualification tournaments to decide the participants of the 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship.[1]
Qualified teams edit
Teams directly qualified to the 2018 European Water Polo Championship:
Serbia – winners of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Montenegro – runners-up of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Hungary – 3rd place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Greece – 4th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Spain – Host nation and 5th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Italy – 6th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Croatia – 7th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Russia – 8th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Qualifying round 1 edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Switzerland |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 9 |
 Czech Republic |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 6 |
 Austria |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 3 |
 Bulgaria |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 38 | –18 | 0 |
| 17 March 2017 19:15 |
Bulgaria
|
7–16 | Austria
|
Prague |
| 17 March 2017 21:00 |
Czech Republic
|
7–8 | Switzerland
|
Prague |
| 18 March 2017 18:00 |
Switzerland
|
12–7 | Bulgaria
|
Prague |
| 18 March 2017 20:00 |
Czech Republic
|
11–10 | Austria
|
Prague |
| 19 March 2017 09:30 |
Switzerland
|
9–8 | Austria
|
Prague |
| 19 March 2017 11:30 |
Czech Republic
|
10–6 | Bulgaria
|
Prague |
Qualifying round 2 edit
Group A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ukraine |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 9 |
 Portugal |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 6 |
 Lithuania |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 42 | –15 | 3 |
| Czech Republic |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 40 | –18 | 0 |
| 6 October 2017 16:30 |
Ukraine
|
18–7 | Lithuania
|
Rio Maior |
| 6 October 2017 18:30 |
Portugal
|
17–9 | Czech Republic
|
Rio Maior |
| 7 October 2017 16:00 |
Lithuania
|
13–8 | Czech Republic
|
Rio Maior |
| 7 October 2017 18:00 |
Portugal
|
10–11 | Ukraine
|
Rio Maior |
| 8 October 2017 09:30 |
Czech Republic
|
5–10 | Ukraine
|
Rio Maior |
| 8 October 2017 11:30 |
Portugal
|
16–7 | Lithuania
|
Rio Maior |
Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belarus |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 9 |
 Israel |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 6 |
 Poland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 24 | –5 | 1 |
| Switzerland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 31 | –16 | 1 |
| 6 October 2017 17:00 |
Belarus
|
14–5 | Switzerland
|
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| 6 October 2017 18:30 |
Poland
|
7–8 | Israel
|
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| 7 October 2017 17:00 |
Belarus
|
9–4 | Israel
|
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| 7 October 2017 18:30 |
Poland
|
7–7 | Switzerland
|
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| 8 October 2017 08:30 |
Poland
|
5–9 | Belarus
|
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| 8 October 2017 10:00 |
Switzerland
|
3–10 | Israel
|
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
Qualifying round 3 edit
No teams were eliminated in round 2, but their results will determine the matches of the following round (play-off format with home and away games) held in 2018. These eight teams will face the teams classified 9 to 16 in the latest edition of the tournament, the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship.
| Seeded | Unseeded |
|---|---|
| From the 2016 European Championship | |
 France |
 Slovakia
|
 Romania |
 Georgia
|
 Germany |
 Malta
|
 Netherlands |
 Turkey
|
| From the Qualifying round 2 | |
| Ukraine |
Lithuania
|
| Belarus |
Poland
|
| Portugal |
Czech Republic
|
| Israel |
Switzerland
|
Playoffs edit
- 1st leg: 24 February 2018
- 2nd leg: 3 March 2018
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France
|
30–6 | Switzerland
|
18–1 | 12–5 |
| Romania
|
37–11 | Czech Republic
|
20–5 | 17–6 |
| Poland
|
8–44 | Germany
|
2–21 | 6–23 |
| Netherlands
|
42–13 | Lithuania
|
28–7 | 14–6 |
| Portugal
|
6–25 | Slovakia
|
4–16 | 2–9 |
| Georgia
|
23–11 | Israel
|
12–1 | 11–10 |
| Belarus
|
17–23 | Malta
|
8–7 | 9–16 |
| Ukraine
|
15–18 | Turkey
|
8–8 | 7–10 |
References edit
- ^ "EWPC 2018, Qualification". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-25.