2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

The qualifying competition for 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship is a series of competitions to decide the qualifiers for 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

System[]

Date	Competition Name	Result
Aug - Sep 2010	2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship	Five pre-qualified
Oct 2010 - Jul 2011	Group Stage (6)	Top 2 advance to playoffs
Oct 2011	Playoffs (6)	Six qualified

Pre-qualified[]

 Netherlands (hosts)
 Croatia (Winners, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
 Italy (Finalists, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
 Serbia (3rd Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
 Hungary (4th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
 Montenegro (5th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)

Draw[]

Draw Pool 1
Germany	6th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Romania	7th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Spain	8th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Greece	9th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Turkey	10th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Russia	11th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Draw Pool 2
North Macedonia	12th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
France	2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
Great Britain	2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
Malta	2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
Slovenia	2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
Slovakia	2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
Draw Pool 3
	2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
Georgia	2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
	2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
Switzerland	2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
Ukraine	2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
Draw Pool 4
Bulgaria
Israel
Portugal

Groups[]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
Turkey	Germany	Spain	Russia	Greece	Romania
Malta	Slovenia	North Macedonia	France	Great Britain	Slovakia
	Portugal		Switzerland	Georgia	Ukraine
	Bulgaria				Israel

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	3	3	0	0	35	12	+23	9
Malta	2	1	0	1	10	18	−8	3
	3	0	0	3	12	27	−15	0

30 October 2010 16:30	Report	Malta	7–3		National Pool, Malta Referees: Planchon Pascal (FRA), Buch Francesc Xavier (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–1, 1–1, 3–0

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20 November 2010 19:00	Report	Turkey	15–3	Malta	ENKA Schools, Istanbul Referees: Damianakis Ilias (GRE), Donev Jordan (BUL)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 4–0, 5–1

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30 March 2011 17:00	Report		4–10	Turkey	Gliwice Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Eugeny Bobkov (BLR)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 0–2, 1–5

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11 May 2011 20:00	Report	Turkey	10–5		Istanbul Referees: Lubomir Zurek (SVK), Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 3–2, 2–2

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	5	4	1	0	86	33	+53	13
Slovenia	5	3	1	1	73	44	+29	10
Portugal	5	2	0	3	41	49	−8	6
Bulgaria	5	0	0	5	23	97	−74	0

30 October 2010 18:00	Report	Portugal	7–15	Germany	, Porto Referees: Angileri Massimo (MLT), Kapinus Volodymyr (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–5, 3–3, 2–2

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30 October 2010 18:00	Report	Slovenia	31–5	Bulgaria	Žusterna, Koper Referees: Bajenaru Andrei (ROU), Zurek Lubomir (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 7–2, 9–1, 7–0, 8–2

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20 November 2010 18:00	Report	Bulgaria	2–12	Portugal	Sports Palace Pool, Sofia Referees: Levin Mark (ISR), Matache Radu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–2, 1–2, 0–4

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21 November 2010 14:00	Report	Germany	21–11	Slovenia	Hannover Swimming Stadium, Hannover Referees: Wengenroth Martinelli Ursula (SUI), Teixido Jaume (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 7–3, 3–1, 6–3

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30 March 2011 19:30	Report	Germany	24–6	Bulgaria	Referees: Maciej Michalak (POL), Luis Santos (POR)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 9–1, 6–2, 5–2

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30 March 2011 20:30	Report	Portugal	3–14	Slovenia	Porto Referees: Vyacheslav Kostanda (UKR), Anne Grandin (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 2–3, 0–2, 1–2

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7 May 2011	Report	Bulgaria	2–19	Germany	Sofia Referees: Nebojsa Stajkovic (MKD), Irfan Sadekov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–7, 1–4, 0–3

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11 May 2011 20:00	Report	Slovenia	10–8	Portugal	Kranj Referees: Matan Schwarts (ISR), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–3, 2–1, 2–1

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18 June 2011 18:00	Report	Portugal	11–8	Bulgaria	Referees: Vladimir Gerzanich (RUS), Ladislau Vekerdy (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 2–2, 3–2

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18 June 2011 20:00	Report	Slovenia	7–7	Germany	Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Mete Kokaragac (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 2–1, 1–2

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	35	14	+21	9
North Macedonia	4	2	0	2	35	33	+2	6
	3	0	0	3	16	39	−23	0

2 November 2010 20:45	Report	Spain	15–3		Nova Escullera, Barcelona Referees: Kikalishvili Irakli (GEO), Nestorov Yavor (BUL)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 6–1, 3–0, 4–1

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5 December 2010	Report	North Macedonia	6–10	Spain	Mladost Pool, Skopje Referees: Spiegel Ulrich (GER), Delon Jean-Michel (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–4, 1–1, 1–1

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30 March 2011 18:00	Report		6–9	North Macedonia	Minsk Referees: Matan Schwarts (ISR), Peter Kalinka (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–0, 1–3, 1–3

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11 May 2011 20:00	Report	North Macedonia	15–7		Skopje Referees: Alban David (FRA), Volodymyr Kapinus (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–2, 5–2, 3–2

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15 June 2011 20:15	Report	Spain	10–5	North Macedonia	Referees: Gerwin Reinink (GER), Blazo Radonjic (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–1, 1–1, 2–1

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	52	20	+32	7
Russia	4	2	1	1	66	31	+35	7
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	14	81	−67	0

20 October 2010 18:30	Report	France	33–2	Switzerland	Place Daniel-Rops, Aix-les-Baines Referees: Arslanyan Sevan (TUR), Haentschel Genrot (GER)
		Score by quarters: 9–0, 9–0, 8–1, 7–1

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20 November 2010 15:00	Report	Russia	23–4	Switzerland	Olympic Pool, Kazan Referees: Rozman Daniel (SLO), Barradas José (POR)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 6–1, 6–0, 4–2

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30 March 2011 19:00	Report	Russia	8–8	France	Referees: Andreas Moiralis (GRE), Andrej Laginja (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 3–4, 1–3

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11 May 2011 20:00	Report	France	11–10	Russia	Nice Referees: Adrian Vamos (ROU), Genrot Haentschel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–2, 3–3, 2–2

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18 June 2011 20:00	Report	Switzerland	8–25	Russia	Referees: Hristo Gueorguiev (BUL), Peter Kalinka (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–9, 1–6, 1–5

Group E[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	4	4	0	0	54	20	+34	12
Georgia	3	1	0	2	23	30	−7	3
Great Britain	3	0	0	3	9	36	−27	0

30 Oct 2010 18:30	Report	Georgia	9–3	Great Britain	Olympic Pool, Tbilisi Referees: Koryzna Radoslaw (POL), Stankovik Gjorgje (MKD)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 0–0, 1–2, 3–0

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20 Nov 2010 15:00	Report	Great Britain	2–11	Greece	Manchester Aquatics Centre, Manchester Referees: Dalli Mario (MLT), Sungu Mehmet (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–2, 1–3, 1–4

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30 Mar 2011 21:00	Report	Georgia	8–11	Greece	Tbilisi Referees: Gerwin Reinink (GER), Cem Filiksac (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 1–3, 1–1

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11 May 2011 20:30	Report	Greece	16–6	Georgia	Athens Referees: José Barradas (POR), Blazo Radonjic (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 6–3, 5–0, 4–1

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18 Jun 2011 19:00	Report	Greece	14–4	Great Britain	Referees: Vyacheslav Kostanda (UKR), Valery Fogel (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–0, 4–1, 4–1

Group F[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	5	4	1	0	66	25	+41	13
Slovakia	5	3	1	1	72	33	+39	10
Ukraine	5	2	0	3	37	60	−23	6
Israel	5	0	0	5	18	75	−57	0

30 October 2010 18:00	Report	Slovakia	18–9	Ukraine	Municipal Swimming Pool, Košice Referees: Freebury Chris (GBR), Ramos Paulo (POR)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–3, 5–1, 6–4

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30 October 2010 18:00	Report	Israel	4–14	Romania	Wingate Institute, Netanya Referees: Birakis Michalis (GRE), Vasenin Eduard (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–3, 2–3, 0–5

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20 November 2010 13:00	Report	Ukraine	8–0	Israel	Podvodnoho Sports Palace, Kiev Referees: Littlejohn Brian (GBR), Michalak Maciej (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–0, 2–0, 1–0

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20 November 2010 18:00	Report	Romania	8–5	Slovakia	Ioan Alexandrescu Olympic Pool, Oradea Referees: Bobkov Eugeny (BLR), Voevodin Arkadi (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–1, 3–1, 2–2

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30 March 2011 19:00	Report	Ukraine	6–19	Romania	Referees: Jordan Donev (BUL), Vladimir Gerzanich (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–4, 3–7, 1–5

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30 March 2011 20:45	Report	Israel	6–18	Slovakia	Netanya Referees: Vakhtang Mebuke (GEO), Risto Dancevski (MKD)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–8, 3–2, 0–5

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11 May 2011 18:00	Report	Slovakia	24–3	Israel	Košice Referees: Vladimir Savtchenko (BLR), Sevan Arslanyan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–0, 6–1, 7–1

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11 May 2011 18:00	Report	Romania	18–3	Ukraine	Oradea Referees: Lukasz Krol (POL), Yavor Nestorov (BUL)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–0, 3–2, 7–1

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18 June 2011 17:45	Report	Israel	5–11	Ukraine	Referees: Paulo Ramos (POR), Damien Taylor (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–3, 2–2, 1–5

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18 June 2011 18:00	Report	Slovakia	7–7	Romania	Košice Referees: Nebojsa Stajkovic (MKD), Goran Kramer (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–1, 1–1, 1–2

Playoffs[]

The playoffs were played home-and-away in October 2012, with the winner advancing on aggregate goals scored over the two legs. Each group winner was drawn against each group runner-up.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Germany	36-11	Malta	21-5	15-6
Greece	22-10	Slovakia	13-7	9-3
France	12-18	North Macedonia	8-6	4-12
Russia	10-24	Spain	6-13	4-11
Georgia	11-29	Romania	5-11	6-18
Slovenia	14-16	Turkey	5-7	9-9

First leg[]

1 October 2011 16:00	Report	Russia	6–13	Spain	Kinef Water Sports Centre, Kirishi
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–4, 1–2, 0–3
		Rekechinski 2	Goals	Molina, Perrone 3

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1 October 2011 18:00	Report	France	8–6	North Macedonia	George Vallerey Pool, Paris
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–0, 4–4, 2–1
		Crousillat 3	Goals	Vuksanovic, Ivovic 2

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1 October 2011 19:00	Report	Georgia	5–11	Romania	Tbilisi
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–4, 0–4
		Chomakidze 2	Goals	Radu 3

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1 October 2011 19:00	Report	Greece	13–7	Slovakia	Athens
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 6–2, 3–3, 3–1
		five players 2	Goals	Nizny, Famera 2

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1 October 2011 19:00	Report	Germany	21–5	Malta	Hamm
		Score by quarters: 9–1, 6–2, 3–1, 3–1
		Oeler, Politze 4	Goals	Camilleri 3

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1 October 2011 20:00	Report	Slovenia	5–7	Turkey	Kranj Sports Park
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 1–3, 3–2, 1–2
		five players 1	Goals	, 2

Second leg[]

8 October 2011

Report

Malta

6–15

Germany

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29 October 2011

Report

Romania

18–6

Georgia

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29 October 2011

Report

Spain

11–4

Russia

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29 October 2011

Report

North Macedonia

12–4

France

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29 October 2011

Report

Slovakia

3–9

Greece

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29 October 2011

Report

Turkey

9–9

Slovenia

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