Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The 2012 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament was held at the Kinsman Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 1 to 8 April 2012.

Participants

There were 12 places originally allocated to continental associations in the tournament not already directly qualified to the Olympics – 5 from Europe, 3 from the Americas, 2 from Asia, 1 from Africa, and 1 from Oceania. ^[1]

Montenegro, Germany, Greece, Spain and Romania qualified from the 2012 European Water Polo Championships and confirmed their attendance at the tournament. Canada qualified from the Americas as host country. Brazil and Cuba qualified from the 2011 Pan American Games, Brazil confirmed their attendance, but Cuba declined and was replaced by Argentina, the next ranked team in the 2011 Pan American Games.

No teams from Asia, Africa and Oceania applied to participate in the qualification tournament. There was an article written by a FINA press correspondent in Japan showing confusion around the qualification procedure from the 2012 Asian Water Polo Championship, as the article states that the winners of the Asian Championship had advanced to this qualification tournament (in fact, they qualified directly for the Olympics) and that Japan could no longer get to the Olympics (in fact, according to FINA By-Laws, they were eligible for this tournament, and they did not apply). ^[2] The next highest placed teams from the other continents were invited to take these four available places, in the following rotation: ^[1]

• Host continent (Americas)
• Americas
• Asia
• Europe
• Oceania
• Africa

In the first rotation, the next-placed teams in the 2011 Pan American Games, Mexico and Colombia, declined to participate, but Venezuela, the last-placed team, did decide to sign-up for the tournament using the host continent place. As there were no remaining American, Asian, Oceanian, nor African teams making themselves available for selection, the next three places went to the three participants in the 2012 European Water Polo Championships that were not already either qualified for the Olympics or already in this tournament - the Netherlands, Macedonia and Turkey.

Europe	How qualified
Montenegro	2nd, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
Germany	5th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
Greece	6th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
Spain	7th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
Romania	8th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
Netherlands [3]	10th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
North Macedonia [3]	11th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
Turkey [3]	12th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
Americas
Canada	Host country
Brazil	3rd, 2011 Pan American Games
Argentina [3]	5th, 2011 Pan American Games
Venezuela
Asia
	no entries
Africa
	no entries
Oceania
	no entries

Draw

The draw took place on 19 February 2012 at 12:00 at the Crowne Plaza, London Docklands. There are six teams in each preliminary round group. Each team was drawn from a draw line of two teams based on their results, first in the last World Championships, then by their last continental championships. ^[3]

Draw line	Country	Status	Drawn into group	Country	Status	Drawn into group
Line 1	Spain	5th, 2011 World Championships	B	Montenegro	7th, 2011 World Championships	A
Line 2	Germany	8th, 2011 World Championships	A	Canada	10th, 2011 World Championships	B
Line 3	Romania	12th, 2011 World Championships	A	Brazil	14th, 2011 World Championships	B
Line 4	Greece	6th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships	A	Argentina	5th, 2011 Pan American Games	B
Line 5	Netherlands	10th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships	A	Venezuela		B
Line 6	North Macedonia	11th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships	A	Turkey	12th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships	B

• Venezuela withdrew. ^[4]

After being drawn into Group A and B, the teams drew numbers from 1 to 6 to determine the order of matches.

	Group A		Group B
1	Montenegro	1	Venezuela [5]
2	Germany	2	Turkey
3	Greece	3	Spain
4	North Macedonia	4	Brazil
5	Romania	5	Argentina
6	Netherlands	6	Canada

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−6)

Group A

	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Montenegro	5	5	0	0	59	34	+25	10
2.	Romania	5	3	0	2	43	44	−1	6
3.	Greece	5	3	0	2	53	34	+19	6
4.	North Macedonia	5	2	0	3	29	45	−16	4
5.	Germany	5	2	0	3	41	43	−2	4
6.	Netherlands	5	0	0	5	28	53	−25	0

1 April 2012 13:50	Report	Montenegro	12–6	Netherlands	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Borrell, Terpenka
		Score by quarters:2–1, 4–2, 4–1, 2–2
		Petrović 3	Goals	Kramer 2

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1 April 2012 15:10	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Greece	12–2	North Macedonia	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Gomez, Rotstart
		Score by quarters:1–0, 3–2, 3–0, 5–0
		Fountoulis 5	Goals	Čuk 2

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1 April 2012 16:30	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Germany	10–9	Romania	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Peris, Flahive
		Score by quarters:3–2, 4–4, 0–1, 3–2
		Politze 3	Goals	Radu 4

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2 April 2012 15:40	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Netherlands	6–9	North Macedonia	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Filiksac, Werner
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–3, 3–3, 2–2
		Kramer, Lindhout 2	Goals	Aksentijević 3

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2 April 2012 17:00	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Romania	10–9	Greece	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Peris, Terpenka
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–2, 3–2
		Radu 4	Goals	three players 2

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2 April 2012 18:20	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Montenegro	11–7	Germany	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Gomez, Borrell
		Score by quarters:4–0, 3–2, 3–4, 1–1
		Ivović, Janović 3	Goals	Oeler, Stamm 2

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3 April 2012 14:20	Report [ permanent dead link ]	North Macedonia	6–9	Romania	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Peris, Filiksac
		Score by quarters:2–1, 1–2, 2–4, 1–2
		Aksentijević 3	Goals	three players 2

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3 April 2012 15:40	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Germany	11–6	Netherlands	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Borrell, Werner
		Score by quarters:5–3, 3–1, 1–1, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	Gielen, Lindhout 2

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3 April 2012 17:00	Report	Greece	7–8	Montenegro	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Flahive, Rotstart
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 2–2, 3–2
		C.Afroudakis 3	Goals	Janović 3

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4 April 2012 15:40	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Netherlands	5–7	Romania	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Terpenka, Filiksac
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–3, 0–2, 1–1
		five players 1	Goals	Radu 2

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4 April 2012 17:00	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Montenegro	14–6	North Macedonia	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Rotstart, Werner
		Score by quarters:3–0, 4–1, 4–2, 3–3
		Radović 3	Goals	Dimovski 2

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4 April 2012 18:20	Report	Germany	9–11	Greece	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Gomez, Peris
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–2, 2–3, 3–2
		Oeler, Schueler 3	Goals	five players 2

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5 April 2012 14:20	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Greece	14–5	Netherlands	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Terpenka, Peris
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–0, 4–1, 5–3
		C.Afroudakis 4, Fountoulis 3	Goals	Lindhout 2

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5 April 2012 15:40	Report [ permanent dead link ]	North Macedonia	6–4	Germany	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Werner, Smit
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 4–1, 0–0
		Ranđić 3	Goals	four players 1

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5 April 2012 17:00	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Montenegro	14–8	Romania	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Rotstart, Flahive
		Score by quarters:3–2, 5–2, 3–3, 3–1
		Ivović, Zloković 3	Goals	Matei Guiman, Georgescu 2

Group B

	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Spain	4	4	0	0	61	21	+40	8
2.	Canada	4	3	0	1	45	28	+17	6
3.	Brazil	4	1	1	2	43	47	−4	3
4.	Turkey	4	0	2	2	27	55	−28	2
5.	Argentina	4	0	1	3	27	52	−25	1

1 April 2012 17:50	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Spain	17–7	Brazil	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Alexandresa, Bender
		Score by quarters:3–2, 4–3, 6–1, 4–1
		Perrone 4	Goals	Miranda, Rocha 3

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1 April 2012 20:00	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Turkey	9–9	Argentina	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Smit, Ađić
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 2–2, 3–2
		Okman 3	Goals	Caranantes 4

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2 April 2012 14:20	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Argentina	6–14	Spain	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Vasileiou, Damčevski
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–2, 3–2, 1–5
		Echenique, Yanez 2	Goals	García 3

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2 April 2012 19:40	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Canada	12–9	Brazil	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Flahive, Bender
		Score by quarters:2–1, 1–2, 6–2, 3–4
		Graham 3	Goals	Silva 4

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3 April 2012 18:20	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Brazil	16–7	Argentina	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Alexandrescu, Damčevski
		Score by quarters:4–1, 6–2, 3–1, 3–3
		Guimaraes, Rocha 5	Goals	Arregui 3

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3 April 2012 19:40	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Turkey	5–14	Canada	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Vasileiou, Smit
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 0–3, 2–4
		Beskardesler, Okman 2	Goals	Graham 4

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4 April 2012 14:20	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Turkey	2–21	Spain	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Bender, Damčevski
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 0–6, 2–4, 0–6
		Gagatay 2	Goals	Espanol 5

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4 April 2012 19:40	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Canada	13–5	Argentina	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Vasileiou, Ađić
		Score by quarters:5–1, 3–1, 3–2, 2–1
		Vikalo 3	Goals	Echenique 2

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5 April 2012 18:20	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Brazil	11–11	Turkey	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Bender, Ađić
		Score by quarters:5–2, 3–5, 1–2, 2–2
		Crivella 3	Goals	Cagatay 3

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5 April 2012 19:40	Report	Spain	9–6	Canada	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Gomez, Alexandrescu
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 3–0, 3–2
		Molina 3	Goals	Constantin-Bicari, Conway 2

Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC−6)

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

A1

Montenegro

19

B4

Turkey

6

A1

Montenegro

13

A3

Greece

12

A3

Greece

10

B2

Canada

6

A1

Montenegro

12

B1

Spain

9

A2

Romania

19

B3

Brazil

8

A2

Romania

6

Bronze medal game

B1

Spain

11

A4

North Macedonia

7

A3

Greece

14

B1

Spain

11

A2

Romania

10

5th-8th place bracket

	5th-8th semifinals					5th place
	B4	Turkey	7
	B2	Canada	12
						B2	Canada	11
						A4	North Macedonia	10
	B3	Brazil	12
	A4	North Macedonia	15			7th place
						B4	Turkey	16
						B3	Brazil	12

Quarterfinal round

The winners in the quarterfinal round qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games water polo tournament.

6 April 2012 14:00	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Montenegro	19–6	Turkey	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Terpenka, Alexandrescu
		Score by quarters:4–1, 4–1, 7–3, 4–1
		Ivović 5	Goals	Cagatay, Beskardesler 2

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6 April 2012 15:30	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Romania	19–8	Brazil	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Peris, Vasilieou
		Score by quarters:4–0, 5–2, 6–1, 4–5
		Negrean, Georgescu 4	Goals	Silva, Miranda 2

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6 April 2012 17:00	Report [ permanent dead link ]	North Macedonia	7–11	Spain	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Rotstart, Gomez
		Score by quarters:3–2, 0–3, 1–3, 3–3
		7 different scorers	Goals	Molina 5

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6 April 2012 18:30	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Greece	10–6	Canada	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Flahive, Borrell
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–1, 4–3, 0–0
		Theodoropoulos, Afroudakis 4	Goals	Constantin-Bicari, Graham 2

Semifinal round

5th-8th classification semifinals

7 April 2012 13:00	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Turkey	7–12	Canada	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Damcevski, Smit
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–3, 2–1, 1–4
		Okman 2	Goals	Constantin-Bicari 2

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7 April 2012 14:20	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Brazil	12–15	North Macedonia	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Filiksac, Adzic
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 4–3, 4–5
		Silva 4	Goals	six players 2

1st-4th classification semifinals

7 April 2012 15:40	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Montenegro	13–12	Greece	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Terpenka, Gómez
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 5–5, 3–1, 2–2  OT:3–2
		Janović 5	Goals	Fountoulis 4

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7 April 2012 17:00	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Romania	6–11	Spain	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Bender, Rotstart
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–4, 3–3, 1–1
		Negrean 3	Goals	Perrone 3

Final round

7th place match

8 April 2012 13:00	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Turkey	16–12	Brazil	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Vasileiou, Damčevski
		Score by quarters:5–2, 3–4, 3–2, 5–4
		three players 3	Goals	Rocha 3

5th place match

8 April 2012 14:20	Report	Canada	11–10	North Macedonia	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Alexandrescu, Werner
		Score by quarters:4–0, 2–3, 2–3, 3–4
		four players 2	Goals	Randjikj 4

Bronze medal match

8 April 2012 15:40	Report [ permanent dead link ]	Greece	14–10	Romania	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Peris, Rotstart
		Score by quarters:4–3, 6–3, 1–2, 3–2
		Miralis, Delakas 3	Goals	Radu 5

Final

8 April 2012 17:00	Report	Montenegro	12–9	Spain	Kinsman Sports Centre, Edmonton Referees: Flahive, Gomez
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–2, 4–2, 3–3
		Pasković, Janović 3	Goals	Perrone, García 3

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1.	Montenegro
2.	Spain
3.	Greece
4.	Romania
5.	Canada
6.	North Macedonia
7.	Turkey
8.	Brazil
9.	Germany
10.	Argentina
11.	Netherlands

See also

2012 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament

References

1. Archived 2010-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Japan's Water Polo teams place third and miss Olympic target". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
3. "London 2012 - Water Polo - Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments". Archived from the original on April 9, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
4. Venezuela withdraws from Olympic Qualifiers
5. "London 2012 - Water Polo - Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments". FINA Edmonton 2012. March 31, 2012. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013.

External links

• Official site