The 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifier was split into three tournaments to determine the last six competing teams for the 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship, held from September 1 to September 10, 2006 in Belgrade, Serbia.
The 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 27 exhibition of the event organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, Serbia, from 1 to 10 September 2006.
Group A (France, Slovenia, Slovakia and Malta) played a round robin in Kranj, Slovenia, while Group B (Greece, Netherlands, Poland and Moldova) competed in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Group C was contested in Imperia, Italy with Belarus, Italy, Romania and Turkey. All three events were held from April 7 to April 9, 2006.
Kranj is the fourth-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,373 (2015). It is located approximately 20 kilometres northwest of Ljubljana. The centre of the City Municipality of Kranj and of the traditional region of Upper Carniola is a mainly industrial city with significant electronics and rubber industries.
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Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 19 | +10 | |
2. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 24 | +8 | |
3. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 27 | +6 | |
4. | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 41 | –24 |
Slovenia | 9 – 7 | |
Slovakia | 15 – 4 |
Slovakia | 11 – 10 | |
Slovenia | 10 – 6 |
France | 16 – 7 | |
Slovenia | 10 – 6 |
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 18 | +35 | |
2. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 20 | +18 | |
3. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 43 | –18 | |
4. | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 55 | –35 |
Greece | 25 – 7 | |
Netherlands | 14 – 8 |
Netherlands | 17 – 3 | |
Greece | 19 – 4 |
Poland | 13 – 10 | |
Netherlands | 7 – 9 |
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 8 | +46 | |
2. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 21 | +14 | |
3. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 33 | –17 | |
4. | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 49 | –43 |
Italy | 12 – 5 | |
Turkey | 8 – 2 |
Romania | 18 – 4 | |
Italy | 19 – 3 |
Romania | 12 – 5 | |
Italy | 23 – 0 |
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