Draw
The draw took place on 1 April 2023. [2]
Seeding
The seeding was announced on 29 March 2023. [3]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|
The tournaments for the qualification for the 2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held between 23 and 25 June 2023. [1]
The 14 teams were split into two groups of four and two groups of three teams. The tournament was played at a single venue with the group winners and the second-ranked teams qualifying for the final tournament. [2]
The draw took place on 1 April 2023. [2]
The seeding was announced on 29 March 2023. [3]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|
All times are (UTC+2).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Slovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Bulgaria (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Malta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+3).
| 23 June 2023 19:00 | Report | Bulgaria | 11–7 | Malta | Burgas Referees: Miodrag Stefanović (SRB), Ivo Mareš (CZE) |
| Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 6–3, 3–1 | |||||
| Naneva 4 | Goals | Perici 2 | |||
| 24 June 2023 19:00 | Report | Malta | 10–16 | Slovakia | Burgas Referees: George Makharadze (UKR), Miodrag Stefanović (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–5, 5–4, 2–5 | |||||
| Perici 3 | Goals | Pecková 4 | |||
| 25 June 2023 12:30 | Report | Bulgaria | 12–20 | Slovakia | Burgas Referees: Ivo Mareš (CZE), George Makharadze (UKR) |
| Score by quarters:5–4, 1–3, 2–7, 4–6 | |||||
| Dimitrova, Gesheva 4 | Goals | Kačková 5 | |||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Romania (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+3).
| 23 June 2023 17:00 | Report | Turkey | 10–8 | Switzerland | Otopeni Referees: Nikola Nanov (BUL), Erik Kolár (SVK) |
| Score by quarters:4–1, 3–3, 2–0, 1–4 | |||||
| Kaleağası 4 | Goals | De Feo 4 | |||
| 23 June 2023 18:30 | Report | Romania | 14–9 | Sweden | Otopeni Referees: Neville Mercieca (MLT), Damien Taylor (GBR) |
| Score by quarters:4–1, 3–4, 2–2, 5–2 | |||||
| Olteanu 5 | Goals | Hazell 4 | |||
| 24 June 2023 17:00 | Report | Sweden | 5–19 | Turkey | Otopeni Referees: Neville Mercieca (MLT), Erik Kolár (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–7, 1–3, 3–5 | |||||
| Hassler 2 | Goals | Kuş 8 | |||
| 24 June 2023 18:30 | Report | Switzerland | 5–7 | Romania | Otopeni Referees: Damien Taylor (GBR), Nikola Nanov (BUL) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–2, 0–0 | |||||
| Verhagen 2 | Goals | Olteanu 3 | |||
| 25 June 2023 10:00 | Report | Switzerland | 9–6 | Sweden | Otopeni Referees: Nikola Nanov (BUL), Neville Mercieca (MLT) |
| Score by quarters:3–2, 1–1, 2–1, 3–2 | |||||
| De Feo 3 | Goals | Hassler, Hazell 2 | |||
| 25 June 2023 11:30 | Report | Romania | 16–5 | Turkey | Otopeni Referees: Damien Taylor (GBR), Erik Kolár (SVK) |
| Score by quarters:5–0, 2–1, 5–1, 4–3 | |||||
| Olteanu 6 | Goals | Kuş 4 | |||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Serbia (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 13 | +28 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 32 | −24 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+2).
| 23 June 2023 18:00 | Report | Czech Republic | 13–7 | Ukraine | Novi Sad Referees: Ralf Müller (GER), Eurico Silva (POR) |
| Score by quarters:4–2, 2–3, 3–2, 4–0 | |||||
| Holá 4 | Goals | Zelenko 2 | |||
| 24 June 2023 18:00 | Report | Serbia | 22–12 | Czech Republic | Novi Sad Referees: Eurico Silva (POR), Jarkko Virtanen (FIN) |
| Score by quarters:6–5, 5–3, 7–2, 4–2 | |||||
| Mandić 6 | Goals | Bušauerová 5 | |||
| 25 June 2023 10:00 | Report | Serbia | 19–1 | Ukraine | Novi Sad Referees: Jarkko Virtanen (FIN), Ralf Müller (GER) |
| Score by quarters:6–0, 3–0, 5–1, 5–0 | |||||
| Milićević 6 | Goals | Zelenko 1 | |||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 19 | +35 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Portugal (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 87 | −78 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+1).
| 23 June 2023 18:00 | Report | Portugal | 28–4 | Finland | Rio Maior Referees: Massimo Castrilli (SUI), Paul-Eugen-Dorin Georgescu (ROU) |
| Score by quarters:10–2, 4–0, 7–2, 7–0 | |||||
| Lousa, Rodrigues 6 | Goals | Aikala, Koivisto 2 | |||
| 23 June 2023 19:30 | Report | Germany | 5–13 | Great Britain | Rio Maior Referees: Alexandros Vlastos (SWE), Sevan Arslanyan (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–4, 1–3, 3–2 | |||||
| Haas 2 | Goals | Turner 5 | |||
| 24 June 2023 18:00 | Report | Germany | 32–3 | Finland | Rio Maior Referees: Alexandros Vlastos (SWE), Sevan Arslanyan (TUR) |
| Score by quarters:7–0, 7–3, 8–0, 10–0 | |||||
| Vosseberg 8 | Goals | Tanke 2 | |||
| 24 June 2023 19:30 | Report | Portugal | 12–14 | Great Britain | Rio Maior Referees: Massimo Castrilli (SUI), Paul-Eugen-Dorin Georgescu (ROU) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 5–6, 3–3 | |||||
| Fernandes 5 | Goals | Cutler 4 | |||
| 25 June 2023 09:00 | Report | Finland | 2–27 | Great Britain | Rio Maior Referees: Alexandros Vlastos (SWE), Sevan Arslanyan (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–10, 1–6, 0–5, 0–6 | |||||
| Aikala, Busk 1 | Goals | Falvey, Nurthen 6 | |||
| 25 June 2023 10:30 | Report | Portugal | 10–12 | Germany | Rio Maior Referees: Paul-Eugen-Dorin Georgescu (ROU), Massimo Castrilli (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–3, 1–3, 4–3 | |||||
| three players 2 | Goals | Fry, Vosseberg 3 | |||
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