2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

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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]

2018 Mens European Water Polo Championship

The 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Barcelona, Spain from 16 to 28 July 2018.

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Qualified teams

Teams directly qualified to the 2018 European Water Polo Championship:

Serbia mens national water polo team water polo team

The Serbia men's national water polo team represents Serbia in international water polo competitions and is controlled by the Water Polo Association of Serbia. They have won gold medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, World Cup, FINA World League, Mediterranean Games and Universiade.

2016 Mens European Water Polo Championship

The 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Montenegro mens national water polo team mens national water polo team representing Montenegro

The Montenegro men's national water polo team represents Montenegro in international men's water polo competitions, and is controlled by the Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro.

Qualifying round 1

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 33002922+79
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 32012824+46
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 31023427+73
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 30032038–180
17 March 2017
19:15
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg716Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Prague
17 March 2017
21:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg78Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland Prague

18 March 2017
18:00
Switzerland   Flag of Switzerland.svg127Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Prague
18 March 2017
20:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1110Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Prague

19 March 2017
09:30
Switzerland   Flag of Switzerland.svg98Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Prague
19 March 2017
11:30
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg106Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Prague

Qualifying round 2

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 33003922+179
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 32014327+166
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 31022742–153
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 30032240–180
6 October 2017
16:30
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg187Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Rio Maior
6 October 2017
18:30
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg179Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Rio Maior

7 October 2017
16:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg138Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Rio Maior
7 October 2017
18:00
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg1011Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Rio Maior

8 October 2017
09:30
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg510Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Rio Maior
8 October 2017
11:30
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg167Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Rio Maior

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 33003214+189
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 32012219+36
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 30121924–51
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 30121531–161
6 October 2017
17:00
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg145Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland Gorzów Wielkopolski
6 October 2017
18:30
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg78Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Gorzów Wielkopolski

7 October 2017
17:00
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg94Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Gorzów Wielkopolski
7 October 2017
18:30
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg77Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland Gorzów Wielkopolski

8 October 2017
08:30
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg59Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Gorzów Wielkopolski
8 October 2017
10:00
Switzerland   Flag of Switzerland.svg310Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Gorzów Wielkopolski

Qualifying round 3

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.

SeededUnseeded
From the 2016 European Championship
Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
From the Qualifying round 2
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland

Playoffs

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
France  Flag of France.svg30–6Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 18–112–5
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg37–11Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20–517–6
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg8–44Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2–216–23
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg42–13Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 28–714–6
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg6–25Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4–162–9
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg23–11Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 12–111–10
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg17–23Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 8–79–16
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg15–18Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8–87–10

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