2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

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The 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers are a series of qualification tournaments aimed to establish the participants of the 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship. The matches were contested in April and October 2019.^[1]^[2]

Qualification round

The six teams participating at the QR all advanced to the next stage; the final position of each team established the opponent in the Play-offs. The round was contested from 25 to 28 April 2019 in Rio Maior, Portugal.^[1]^[3]

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Slovakia	15	5	5	0	0	65	38	+27
2	Portugal	12	5	4	0	1	66	53	+13
3	Switzerland	7	5	2	1	2	47	51	-4
4	Czech Republic	7	5	2	1	2	44	52	-8
5	Romania	1	5	0	1	4	39	53	-14
6	Ukraine	1	5	0	1	4	28	42	-14

25 April 2019 17:00	Report	Romania	5–5	Ukraine	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Garcia (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 3–1, 0–1
		3: Pilică	Goals	2: Melnychuk, Andrieieva

25 April 2019 18:30	Report	Slovakia	11–6	Czech Republic	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Manea (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–3, 4–1, 2–1
		6: Stankovianska 2: Kováčiková, Pecková	Goals	2: Hlavatá, Vomastková

25 April 2019 20:00	Report	Portugal	13–11	Switzerland	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Horvath (SVK), Achladiotis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 5–4, 4–3, 1–3
		5: Braga 3: Nunes	Goals	4: Kohli 2: De Feo, Kratzer

26 April 2019 09:00	Report	Czech Republic	10–8	Romania	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Silva (POR)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 2–3, 4–4, 1–1
		5: Hlavatá 2: Bušauerová, Vopálková	Goals	2: Pilică, Szeghalmi, Carpatoarea

26 April 2019 10:30	Report	Switzerland	8–17	Slovakia	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Achladiotis (GRE), Manea (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–3, 2–6, 3–7
		3: Buob 2: Trynes	Goals	3: Kováčiková, Kolářová, Katlovská 2: Kurucová, Kačková

26 April 2019 12:00	Report	Ukraine	7–10	Portugal	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Horvath (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 3–1, 2–2
		2: Aboimova, Melnychuk	Goals	5: Nunes 2: Braga

26 April 2019 17:00	Report	Romania	9–16	Slovakia	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Achladiotis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–4, 2–3, 3–3
		4: Toth 2: Mihaila	Goals	4: Stankovianska 2: Kurucová

26 April 2019 18:30	Report	Ukraine	6–11	Switzerland	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Manea (ROU), Horvath (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–2, 2–5, 4–2
		3: Telypko	Goals	2: De Feo, Kratzer, Trynes Adler, C. Carballo

26 April 2019 20:00	Report	Portugal	18–11	Czech Republic	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Garcia (SUI)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 5–3, 2–2, 6–3
		7: Nunes 3: Duarte	Goals	7: Hlavatá 2: Bušauerová

27 April 2019 17:00	Report	Czech Republic	8–6	Ukraine	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Silva (POR)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 1–1, 1–1, 3–2
		4: Votavová 2: Vomastková	Goals	2: Andrieieva, Telpyko

27 April 2019 18:30	Report	Romania	6–8	Switzerland	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Horvath (SVK), Vyshnevska (UKR)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–1, 2–3, 0–3
		3: Pilică 2: Mihaila	Goals	2: D. Carballo, Kohli

27 April 2019 20:00	Report	Portugal	11–13	Slovakia	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Manea (ROU), Achladiotis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–4, 1–4, 3–2
		4: Nunes, Braga 2: Teixeira	Goals	4: Katlovská 3: Kováčiková, Pecková

28 April 2019 08:30	Report	Switzerland	9–9	Czech Republic	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Manea (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 4–2, 3–2
		3: Kohli 2: Trynes	Goals	4: Bušauerová 2: Vopálková

28 April 2019 10:00	Report	Portugal	14–11	Romania	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Horvath (SVK)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 5–5, 4–4, 2–1
		5: Nunes 3: Reis, Braga	Goals	8: Szeghalmi

28 April 2019 11:30	Report	Ukraine	4–8	Slovakia	Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Achladiotis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–3, 0–0, 1–4
		2: Aboymova	Goals	3: Pecková 2: Stankovianska

Play-offs

The teams ranked from 7th to 12th place at the 2018 EC directly qualified to this stage. The order of play was drawn on 8 June 2019; matchdays are 12 and 26 October 2019.^[2]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
France	33–7	Ukraine	20–1	13–6
Romania	25–27 (p)	Germany	14–13	11–14 (p)
Czech Republic	14–44	Serbia	6–25	8–19
Israel	29–16	Switzerland	13–6	16–10
Portugal	18–22	Croatia	13–14	5–8
Slovakia	35–18	Turkey	19–9	16–9

First leg

12 October 2019 16:00	Match 4	Israel	13–6	Switzerland	Olympic Pool (Netanya) Referees: Alves (POR), Mihalkovicova (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–2, 5–0, 1–2
		4: Strugo 3: Felix	Goals	3: Kohli 2: Velikova

12 October 2019 17:00	Match 5	Portugal	13–14	Croatia	Piscinas do Jamor (Lisbon) Referees: Blanchard (FRA), Arslanyan (TUR)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 4–4, 2–4, 4–4
		5: Braga 2: Reis, Nunes	Goals	7: Miljković 4: D. Butić

12 October 2019 18:30	Match 3	Czech Republic	6–25	Serbia	Plavecký stadion Podolí (Prague) Referees: Manea (ROU), Seidel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–9, 1–6, 3–6, 1–4
		2: Kreuzová	Goals	7: Gluščević 4: Vuković

12 October 2019 19:00	Match 1	France	20–1	Ukraine	Pôle Aquatique de Châlons-en-Champagne (Châlons-en-Champagne) Referees: Ortega (ESP), Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 6–0, 3–1, 7–0
		6: Guillet 4: Daule	Goals	1: Aboimova

12 October 2019 19:00	Match 2	Romania	14–13	Germany	Bazinul Olimpic de la Focșani (Focșani) Referees: Franulović (CRO), Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–4, 5–2, 3–3
		5: Szeghalmi 3: Pilică	Goals	3: G. Deike, Stiefel 2: I. Deike, Krukenberg

12 October 2019 19:00	Match 6	Slovakia	19–9	Turkey	Mestská krytá plaváreň (Košice) Referees: Milović (SRB), Goncharenko (UKR)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 5–1, 5–1, 4–3
		4: Stankovianska 3: Kurucová	Goals	3: Buralı, Kuş 2: Cengiz

Second leg

26 October 2019 16:00	Match 2	Germany	14–11 (PSO) (PSO)	Romania	Schwimmstadion Duisburg (Duisburg) Referees: Silva (POR), Radič (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 2–2, 5–2 PSO:4-2
		4: Fry 3: I. Deike, Stiefel	Goals	5: Szeghalmi 4: Mihăilă

26 October 2019 18:00	Match 4	Switzerland	10–16	Israel	Sportarena Campus Sursee (Oberkirch) Referees: Copić(CRO), Grandin (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–3, 2–5, 2–4
		3: Kohli 2: De Feo, Kratzer	Goals	6: Strugo 5: Bogachenko

26 October 2019 18:00	Match 5	Croatia	8–5	Portugal	Bazeni Crnica (Šibenik) Referees: Çakırgil (TUR), Mareš (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–0, 1–1, 2–1
		3: Butić 2: Miljković	Goals	2: Lousa, Martins Machado

26 October 2019 19:00	Match 6	Turkey	9–16	Slovakia	Enka Kapalı Yüzme Havuzu (Istanbul) Referees: Georgescu (ROU), Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–5, 1–5, 3–3
		5: Kuş 2: Elma	Goals	3: Kissová 2: 5 players

26 October 2019 19:30	Match 3	Serbia	19–8	Czech Republic	Sportski centar Milan Gale Muškatirović (Belgrade) Referees: Castrilli (SUI), Kapinus (UKR)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 5–1, 5–1, 6–4
		5: Vuković 4: Pantović, Mandić	Goals	4: Bušauerová 3: Hlavatá

26 October 2019 21:00	Match 1	Ukraine	6–13	France	NTU KhPI (Kharkiv) Referees: Anđelić (SRB), Mauss (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–4, 2–1, 3–3
		3: Melnychuk	Goals	4: Millot, Daule 2: Battu, Dhalluin

Qualified teams

Teams already qualified through the 2018 European Championship:

Hungary – Host nation
Netherlands – Winners of the 2018 European Championship
Greece – Runners-up of the 2018 European Championship
Spain – 3rd place at the 2018 European Championship
Russia – 5th place at the 2018 European Championship
Italy – 6th place at the 2018 European Championship

References

1 2 "LEN European Water Polo Champs Women 2020 Qualification". len.eu. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
1 2 "European Water Polo Championships 2020 – QT Draw". len.eu. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
↑ "Seleções decidem qualificação para Europeus em Rio Maior" [National teams decide qualification for EC in Rio Maior]. fpnatacao.pt (in Portuguese). 20 April 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

External links

Official LEN website
Microplustiming.com (Official results website)

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[len_cal1-1] 1 2 "LEN European Water Polo Champs Women 2020 Qualification". len.eu. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

[len_cal2-2] 1 2 "European Water Polo Championships 2020 – QT Draw". len.eu. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

[3] "Seleções decidem qualificação para Europeus em Rio Maior" [National teams decide qualification for EC in Rio Maior]. fpnatacao.pt (in Portuguese). 20 April 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

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