Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

2016 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	3–10 April
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches	42
Goals scored	785 (18.69 per match)

Last updated September 11, 2021

The 2016 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament was held in Trieste, Italy, from 3 to 10 April 2016, at the Polo Natatorio "Bruno Bianchi".^[1]^[2] The top four teams advanced to the Olympics.

Participants

There were 12 places originally allocated to continental associations in the tournament not already directly qualified to the Olympics – 9 from Europe, 1 from the Americas, 1 from Asia, and 1 from Africa.

Continent	How qualified
Europe
Italy	Host country
Hungary	2016 European Championship bronze medalists
Spain	2016 European Championship 5th place
Russia	2016 European Championship 8th place
France	2016 European Championship 9th place
Romania	2016 European Championship 10th place
Germany	2016 European Championship 11th place
Netherlands	2016 European Championship 12th place
Slovakia	2016 European Championship 13th place
Americas
Canada	2015 Pan American Games bronze medalists
Asia
Kazakhstan	2015 Asian Championship bronze medalists
Africa
South Africa	African Continental Selection

Draw

The draw took place on 23 January 2016 in Belgrade, after the final of the 2016 European Championship.^[3]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	4	1	0	73	44	+29	9	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Canada	5	3	2	0	55	44	+11	8
3	France	5	3	0	2	46	56	−10	6
4	Romania	5	1	2	2	50	53	−3	4
5	Russia	5	1	1	3	40	49	−9	3
6	Slovakia	5	0	0	5	39	57	−18	0

Source: FINA
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.^[5]

3 April 2016 13:50	Report	Russia	6–7	Canada	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 200 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sergio Galindo (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–1, 1–3
		Khalturin 3	Goals	Boyd, Conway 2

3 April 2016 15:10	Report	France	7–13	Hungary	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 4–2, 0–3, 3–2
		Iždinský 3	Goals	Vámos, Dá. Varga 3

3 April 2016 16:30	Report	Slovakia	11–13	Romania	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 350 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Henk Smit (NED)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 2–5, 3–2, 2–3
		four players 2	Goals	Negrean 6

4 April 2016 16:30	Report	Canada	14–14	Hungary	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 200 Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 4–5, 3–1
		Constantin-Bicari 4	Goals	Manhercz, Dá. Varga 3

4 April 2016 17:50	Report	Romania	11–12	France	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 350 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gernot Häntschel (GER)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 3–3, 3–4, 1–2
		Szabo 3	Goals	Crousillat 5

4 April 2016 19:10	Report	Russia	7–4	Slovakia	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 400 Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 3–3, 0–1, 2–0
		three players 2	Goals	Kolárik 3

5 April 2016 13:50	Report	Hungary	12–8	Romania	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 200 Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Henk Smit (NED)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 2–3, 4–1, 2–2
		Szívós 4	Goals	Negrean 3

5 April 2016 15:10	Report	Slovakia	9–11	Canada	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Gernot Häntschel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–5, 3–2, 3–2
		three players 2	Goals	four players 2

5 April 2016 16:30	Report	France	12–11	Russia	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Sergio Galindo (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–4, 2–2, 2–2
		Crousillat 4	Goals	Khalturin 4

6 April 2016 16:30	Report	Canada	10–10	Romania	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sergio Galindo (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 6–4, 3–4, 0–1
		Boyd 5	Goals	Negrean 3

6 April 2016 17:50	Report	Russia	8–18	Hungary	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 3–5, 1–4, 2–3
		Kharkov 4	Goals	four players 3

6 April 2016 19:10	Report	Slovakia	8–10	France	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 700 Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 2–4, 3–4, 1–2
		Ďurík, Úradník 2	Goals	Blary, Crousillat 3

7 April 2016 13:50	Report	France	5–13	Canada	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–2, 2–4, 2–6
		Crousillat 2	Goals	Lapins 4

7 April 2016 15:10	Report	Hungary	16–7	Slovakia	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Henk Smit (NED), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 5–1, 2–1, 4–1
		Dá. Varga 4	Goals	Kolárik 2

7 April 2016 16:30	Report	Russia	8–8	Romania	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Gernot Häntschel (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 1–3, 3–3, 1–1
		Khalturin 3	Goals	Goanță 3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	5	4	0	1	67	26	+41	8	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	46	36	+10	8
3	Spain	5	4	0	1	55	25	+30	8
4	Germany	5	1	1	3	53	46	+7	3
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	34	55	−21	3
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	21	88	−67	0

Source: FINA
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.^[5]
(H) Host

3 April 2016 17:50	Report	Spain	5–7	Netherlands	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Balázs Székely (HUN)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 0–2, 0–2, 2–1
		Munarriz 2	Goals	Lindhout, Spijker 2

3 April 2016 19:10	Report	South Africa	4–23	Germany	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 400 Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Pascal Bouchez (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 2–4, 1–8, 1–5
		four players 1	Goals	Bukowski, Preuss 4

3 April 2016 20:30	Report	Italy	14–3	Kazakhstan	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 900 Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 3–0, 4–1, 3–1
		Nora 4	Goals	three players 1

4 April 2016 13:50	Report	Kazakhstan	5–8	Netherlands	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 100 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Doriel Terpenka (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 2–2, 1–1
		Shmider 2	Goals	Gielen, Lindhout 3

4 April 2016 15:10	Report	Germany	5–10	Spain	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 200 Referees: Balázs Székely (HUN), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–0, 2–4, 1–5
		Nossek, Real 2	Goals	Molina 4

4 April 2016 20:30	Report	Italy	22–3	South Africa	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 800 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Pascal Bouchez (FRA)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 6–0, 7–1, 4–1
		Velotto 4	Goals	three players 1

5 April 2016 17:50	Report	Netherlands	9–8	Germany	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 350 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–2, 3–3, 2–2
		three players 2	Goals	Nossek 2

5 April 2016 19:10	Report	South Africa	6–11	Kazakhstan	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 400 Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Balázs Székely (HUN)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–3, 1–4, 0–2
		Evezard 2	Goals	Peković 4

5 April 2016 20:30	Report	Spain	9–8	Italy	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 2–2, 1–3, 2–2
		Molina 3	Goals	Di Fulvio 3

6 April 2016 13:50	Report	Kazakhstan	11–11	Germany	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Balázs Székely (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 4–2, 2–4
		Ushakov 3	Goals	Cuk 4

6 April 2016 15:10	Report	South Africa	1–15	Spain	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–6, 0–4, 0–2
		Rumbelow 1	Goals	Molina 5

6 April 2016 20:30	Report	Italy	11–5	Netherlands	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 5–3, 2–0, 1–1
		Figlioli 4	Goals	Lindhout 3

7 April 2016 17:50	Report	Spain	16–4	Kazakhstan	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–1, 7–0, 3–1
		Echenique 4	Goals	Gubarev 2

7 April 2016 19:10	Report	Netherlands	17–7	South Africa	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 600 Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Balázs Székely (HUN)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 3–3, 4–0, 6–2
		Lindhout 4	Goals	Brown 2

7 April 2016 20:30	Report	Italy	12–6	Germany	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Joe Peila (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 4–1, 3–3
		Figlioli 4	Goals	Cuk, Stamm 2

Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Hungary	8

Germany	7
		Hungary	15

		France	9
France (pen.)	8 (4)

Netherlands	8 (3)
				Hungary	10

				Italy	8
Canada	7

Spain	8
		Spain	5

		Italy	6	Third place
Romania	7

Italy	8
				France	4

				Spain	16

5th place bracket

Semifinals		Fifth place



Germany	7

Netherlands	8
		Netherlands	9

		Canada	8
Canada	14

Romania	7
		Seventh place



		Germany	9

		Romania	10

Quarterfinals

The winners qualify for the 2016 Olympics.

8 April 2016 16:00	Report	Hungary	8–7	Germany	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 400 Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 4–2, 2–1, 1–4
		Dé. Varga 3	Goals	Bukowski, Nossek 2

8 April 2016 17:30	Report	Canada	7–8	Spain	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Balázs Székely (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 0–3, 4–1
		Boyd, McElroy 2	Goals	Molina 3

8 April 2016 19:00	Report	France	8–8	Netherlands	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 600 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 2–2, 3–2 PSO:4–3
		Camarasa 3	Goals	three players 2

8 April 2016 20:30	Report	Romania	7–8	Italy	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–2, 3–3, 1–1
		Gheorghe 3	Goals	Di Fulvio, Figlioli 2

5–8th place semifinals

9 April 2016 16:00	Report	Germany	7–8	Netherlands	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–0, 2–3, 0–4
		Jüngling 3	Goals	three players 2

9 April 2016 17:30	Report	Canada	14–7	Romania	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Sergio Galindo (ESP)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 4–0, 2–1, 3–3
		Boyd, Constantin-Bicari 4	Goals	Gheorghe 3

Semifinals

9 April 2016 19:00	Report	Hungary	15–9	France	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 800 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 4–4, 2–1, 5–2
		Vámos 4	Goals	four players 2

9 April 2016 20:30	Report	Spain	5–6	Italy	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Gernot Häntschel (GER)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 0–1, 2–1, 2–4
		Español, Mallarach 2	Goals	Nora 2

Seventh place game

10 April 2016 11:00	Report	Germany	9–10	Romania	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Henk Smit (NED), Doriel Terpenka (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–3, 4–2
		three players 2	Goals	Radu 3

Fifth place game

10 April 2016 12:30	Report	Netherlands	9–8	Canada	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–3, 2–1
		Lindhout 4	Goals	Conway 3

Third place game

10 April 2016 15:30	Report	France	4–16	Spain	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–5, 0–4, 1–3
		four players 1	Goals	Tahull 5

Final

10 April 2016 17:00	Report	Hungary	10–8	Italy	Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–1, 1–2
		Dé. Varga 3	Goals	Aicardi, Di Fulvio 2

Final ranking

	Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Rank	Team
	Hungary
	Italy
	Spain
4	France
5	Netherlands
6	Canada
7	Romania
8	Germany
9	Russia
10	Kazakhstan
11	Slovakia
12	South Africa

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References

↑ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Water polo" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ "Italy and the Netherlands to host Rio 2016 qualification tournaments". waterpoloworld.com. 2 March 2015.
↑ "Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments Draw (Men & Women)". fina.org. 23 January 2016.
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[1] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Water polo" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). Retrieved 20 October 2014.

[2] "Italy and the Netherlands to host Rio 2016 qualification tournaments". waterpoloworld.com. 2 March 2015.

[3] "Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments Draw (Men & Women)". fina.org. 23 January 2016.

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