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.
| 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 |
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 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 |
| 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 |
| Team advances to Playoffs |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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. | 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 |
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
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