2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

Last updated June 04, 2023

The tournaments of the qualifications for the 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship were held between 17 and 20 February 2022. 17 teams, split into four groups, participated in the qualifications. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final tournament.^[1]^[2]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	4	3	1	0	80	27	+53	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Final tournament
2	Germany	4	3	1	0	64	20	+44	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Final tournament
3	Slovenia (H)	4	2	0	2	42	61	−19	6
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	24	66	−42	3
5	Belgium	4	0	0	4	30	66	−36	0

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host
Notes:

1 2 France 9–9 Germany

All times are (UTC+1).^[3]

17 February 2022 18:00	Report	Switzerland	3–25	France	Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Declan McKerr (IRL)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 1–5, 0–8, 1–5
		three players 1	Goals	Bouet 7

17 February 2022 20:30	Report	Slovenia	15–10	Belgium	Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 3–1, 5–3, 3–3
		Kadivec, Pus 3	Goals	Dulin 3

18 February 2022 10:00	Report	France	20–4	Belgium	Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Declan McKerr (IRL)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 6–1, 4–1, 4–0
		Caumette 5	Goals	four players 1

18 February 2022 12:00	Report	Switzerland	1–19	Germany	Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–5, 0–4, 0–7
		Melet 1	Goals	Restović 6

18 February 2022 18:00	Report	France	9–9	Germany	Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–0, 2–4, 3–3
		Crousillat 3	Goals	Cuk 3

18 February 2022 20:00	Report	Slovenia	11–5	Switzerland	Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 3–1, 5–1, 1–3
		Popovič 3	Goals	Alfano 2

19 February 2022 18:00	Report	Belgium	11–15	Switzerland	Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Declan McKerr (IRL)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 2–5, 5–5
		Dulin, Van der Jeugt 3	Goals	Carballo, Herzog 4

19 February 2022 20:00	Report	Slovenia	5–20	Germany	Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Haldun Toygarlı (TUR), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–5, 0–5, 2–6
		Lah 2	Goals	Küppers 6

20 February 2022 09:30	Report	Belgium	5–16	Germany	Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–6, 2–4, 1–3
		Van der Linden 2	Goals	Schütze 5

20 February 2022 11:30	Report	Slovenia	11–26	France	Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Declan McKerr (IRL)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 2–5, 4–5, 3–9
		Kadivec, Nastran 3	Goals	Bouet 10

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Georgia (H)	3	3	0	65	22	+43	9	Final tournament
2	Slovakia	3	2	1	60	32	+28	6	Final tournament
3	Belarus	3	1	2	30	54	−24	3
4	Poland	3	0	3	17	64	−47	0

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host

All times are (UTC+4).

18 February 2022 17:00	Report	Poland	6–25	Slovakia	Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Alain D'Hossche (BEL)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–6, 2–7, 0–7
		Rudzińsk, Szymonik 2	Goals	Baláž 6

18 February 2022 19:00	Report	Georgia	25–5	Belarus	Tbilisi Referees: Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU), Stefan Seidel (GER)
		Score by quarters:7–1, 7–1, 5–1, 6–2
		Shushiahvili 6	Goals	five players 1

19 February 2022 17:00	Report	Belarus	8–19	Slovakia	Tbilisi Referees: Alain D'Hossche (BEL), Stefan Seidel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–5, 3–5, 2–4
		Filimonau 3	Goals	Tkáč 6

19 February 2022 19:00	Report	Georgia	22–1	Poland	Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU)
		Score by quarters:8–0, 7–1, 2–0, 5–0
		four players 3	Goals	Ożga 1

20 February 2022 11:00	Report	Poland	10–17	Belarus	Tbilisi Referees: Alain D'Hossche (BEL), Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–6, 2–4, 2–4
		Maciejewski 4	Goals	Filimonau 4

20 February 2022 13:00	Report	Georgia	18–16	Slovakia	Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Stefan Seidel (GER)
		Score by quarters:7–5, 5–3, 3–6, 3–2
		Shushiashvili 3	Goals	Čaraj, Zaťovič 3

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	73	10	+63	9	Final tournament
2	Malta (H)	3	2	1	51	27	+24	6	Final tournament
3	Lithuania	3	1	2	23	38	−15	3
4	Ireland	3	0	3	14	86	−72	0

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host

All times are (UTC+1).

18 February 2022 17:00	Report	Romania	14–1	Lithuania	Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Peter Radič (SVK), Łukasz Król (POL)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 5–0, 4–1, 4–0
		Fulea 4	Goals	Galinok 1

18 February 2022 18:30	Report	Malta	28–4	Ireland	Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Erwin Schapers (NED), Tomaž Kavčič (SLO)
		Score by quarters:5–0, 8–0, 7–1, 8–3
		Muscat, M. Zammit 6	Goals	McMahon 3

19 February 2022 17:00	Report	Romania	41–5	Ireland	Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Peter Radič (SVK), Erwin Schapers (NED)
		Score by quarters:10–0, 12–1, 11–1, 8–3
		Georgescu 6	Goals	Walshe 2

19 February 2022 18:30	Report	Malta	19–5	Lithuania	Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Tomaž Kavčič (SLO), Łukasz Król (POL)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 4–3, 2–0, 8–0
		Muscat, M. Zammit 5	Goals	Tomaševski 2

20 February 2022 09:00	Report	Ireland	5–17	Lithuania	Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Peter Radič (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 4–7, 0–6
		Connolly, Fitzgerald 2	Goals	four players 3

20 February 2022 10:30	Report	Malta	4–18	Romania	Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Tomaž Kavčič (SLO), Erwin Schapers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–2, 2–3, 1–8
		Galea 2	Goals	Fulea, Georgescu 4

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	48	22	+26	9	Final tournament
2	Israel (H)	3	2	0	1	20	23	−3	6	Final tournament
3	Turkey	3	0	1	2	24	34	−10	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Ukraine	3	0	1	2	21	34	−13	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host
Notes:

1 2 Turkey 7–7 Ukraine

All times are (UTC+2).

18 February 2022 16:30	Report	Turkey	7–7	Ukraine	Netanya Referees: Massimo Kastrilli (SUI), Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–1, 1–1, 3–4
		Albayrak 2	Goals	three players 2

18 February 2022 18:00	Report	Israel	4–10	Netherlands	Netanya Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Philipp Golosoun (BLR)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–4, 0–2, 2–2
		four players 1	Goals	Janssen 3

19 February 2022 17:00	Report	Turkey	10–18	Netherlands	Netanya Referees: Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU), Philipp Golosoun (BLR)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 1–6, 3–6
		Sönmez 4	Goals	Koopman, Te Riele 4

19 February 2022 18:30	Report	Israel	7–6	Ukraine	Netanya Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Massimo Kastrilli (SUI)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 2–3, 0–1, 2–1
		Fried 3	Goals	Ashanin 2

20 February 2022 09:30	Report	Israel	9–7	Turkey	Netanya
		Score by quarters:3–1, 4–1, 2–4, 0–1
		Gros 4	Goals	Acar 2

20 February 2022 11:00	Report	Ukraine	8–20	Netherlands	Netanya Referees: Philipp Golosoun (BLR), Massimo Kastrilli (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–8, 4–6, 0–3
		eight players 1	Goals	three players 3

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References

↑ "2022 European Water Polo Championships, Qualifications – Draw". len.eu.
↑ "Draw for qualifications of 2022 European Championships". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
↑ "European Water Polo Championships 2022 qualification tournament". zvds.si. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

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[table_hth_FRA0.87546980934007-3] 1 2 France 9–9 Germany

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[1] "2022 European Water Polo Championships, Qualifications – Draw". len.eu.

[2] "Draw for qualifications of 2022 European Championships". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[4] "European Water Polo Championships 2022 qualification tournament". zvds.si. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

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