Water Polo, Men

Competition 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournaments for Water Polo - Men
Venue Edmonton CAN
Held 1 – 8 April 2012
Status Consolation
Competitors 143
Countries 11

Participants:

  • CAN (host; [also placed second at the 2011 Pan American Games])

  • MNE (placed second at the 2012 European Championship)
  • GER (placed fifth at the 2012 European Championship)
  • GRE (placed sixth at the 2012 European Championship)
  • ESP (placed seventh at the 2012 European Championship)

  • ROU (placed eighth at the 2012 European Championship)

  • BRA (placed third at the 2011 Pan American Games)

CUB (placed fourth at the 2011 Pan American Games) withdrew.

  • ARG (placed fifth at the 2011 Pan American Games) was invited.

CHN (placed second at the 2012 Asian Water Polo Championship) withdrew.

JPN (placed third at the 2012 Asian Water Polo Championship) withdrew.

MEX and COL (placed sixth and seveth at the 2011 Pan American Games) declined the invitation.

VEN (placed eighth at the 2011 Pan American Games) took the continental spot and was drawn in group B but did not show up.

As there have been no entries from Africa and Oceania and also no other entries from other continents, three more European teams have been invited.

  • NED (placed tenth at the 2012 European Championship)
  • MKD (placed 11th at the 2012 European Championship)
  • TUR (placed 12th at the 2012 European Championship)

MNE, ESP, GRE, and ROU qualified for the 2012 London Olympics.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
1 Montenegro MNE 8 0 0
Zdravko Radić / Draško Brguljan / Vjekoslav Pasković / Antonio Petrović / Filip Klikovać / Aleksandar Radović / Mlađan Janović / Nikola Janović / Aleksandar Ivović / Boris Zloković / Vladimir Gojković / Predrag Jokić / Miloš Šćepanović
2 Spain ESP 6 0 1
Iñaki Aguilar / Mario José García / Òscar Carrillo / Balázs Szirányi / Guillermo Molina / Marc Minguell / Iván Gallego / Albert Español / Blai Mallarach / Felipe Perrone / Iván Pérez / Xavier García / Daniel López
3 Greece GRE 5 0 3
Nikolaos Deligiannis / Emmanouil Mylonakis / Andreas Miralis / Konstantinos Kokkinakis / Theodoros Chatzitheodorou / Argyris Theodoropoulos / Christos Afroudakis / Vangelis Delakas / Georgios Afroudakis / Giannis Fountoulis / Kostas Mourikis / Manthos Voulgarakis / Filippos Karampetsos
4 Romania ROU 4 0 4
Dragoș Stoenescu / Cosmin Radu / Tiberiu Negrean / Nicolae Diaconu / Andrei Iosep / Andrei Bușilă / Alexandru Matei-Guiman / Mihnea Chioveanu / Dimitri Goanță / Ramiro Georgescu / Alexandru Ghiban / Kalman Kadar / Mihai Drăgușin
5 Canada CAN 5 0 2
Robin Randall / Con Kudaba / Oliver Vikalo / Nicolas Constantin-Bicari / Justin Boyd / Scott Robinson / Luka Gasic / Kevin Graham / Aaron Feltham / John Conway / Devon Diggle / Jared McElroy / Dusan Aleksic
6 North Macedonia MKD 3 0 5
Miloš Marinković / Mateo Ćuk / Srđan Aksentijević / Petar Ivošević / Ivan Basara / Igor Milanović / Marko Martinić / Dimitar Dimovski / Miroslav Randjić / Vojislav Čupić / Boris Letica / Danijel Benić / Dalibor Percinić
7 Turkey TUR 1 2 4
Attila Sezer / Ali Can Yılmaz / Berk Bıyık / Oytun Okman / Berk Günkut / Emre Coşkun / Osman Selim Gülenç / Alican Çağatay / Nadir Sönmez / Anıl Sönmez / Halil Beşkardeşler / Can Güven / Ali Özcan Kılıç
8 Brazil BRA 1 1 5
Vinícius Antonelli / Bernardo Gomes / Henrique Miranda / Gustavo Coutinho / Marcelo Franco / Gabriel Rocha / Jonas Crivella / Felipe Silva / Bernardo Rocha / Rudá Franco / Gustavo Guimarães / Danilo Correa / Marcelinho das Chagas
9 Germany GER 2 0 3
Alexander Tchigir / Florian Naroska / Tim Wollthan / Julian Real / Marko Stamm / Marc Politze / Erik Bukowski / Paul Schüler / Tobias Kreuzmann / Moritz Oeler / Andreas Schlotterbeck / Sven Roeßing / Roger Kong
10 Argentina ARG 0 1 3
Hernán Mazzini / Fernando Arregui / Brian Carabantes / Iván Carabantes / Franco Demarchi / Ignacio Echenique / Gonzalo Echenique / Ramiro Gil / Emanuel López / Juan Pablo Montané / Ramiro Veich / Germán Yáñez / Franco Testa
11 Netherlands NED 0 0 5
Jordy Stil / Thomas Lucas / Tjerk Kramer / Mike van den Brink / Luuk Gielen / Robin Lindhout / Lars Gottemaker / Richard van Eck / Ruud van der Horst / Roeland Spijker / Lars Reuten / Matthijs Lucas / Robert Beskers

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Montenegro MNE 5 0 0 10
2 Romania ROU 3 0 2 6
3 Greece GRE 3 0 2 6
4 North Macedonia MKD 2 0 3 4
5 Germany GER 2 0 3 4
6 Netherlands NED 0 0 5 0

Matches

Montenegro MNE 12-6 Netherlands NED
Greece GRE 12-2 North Macedonia MKD
Romania ROU 9-10 Germany GER
Montenegro MNE 11-7 Germany GER
Greece GRE 9-10 Romania ROU
North Macedonia MKD 9-6 Netherlands NED
Montenegro MNE 8-7 Greece GRE
Romania ROU 9-6 North Macedonia MKD
Germany GER 11-6 Netherlands NED
Montenegro MNE 14-6 North Macedonia MKD
Greece GRE 11-9 Germany GER
Romania ROU 7-5 Netherlands NED
Montenegro MNE 14-8 Romania ROU
Greece GRE 14-5 Netherlands NED
North Macedonia MKD 6-4 Germany GER

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Spain ESP 4 0 0 8
2 Canada CAN 3 0 1 6
3 Brazil BRA 1 1 2 3
4 Turkey TUR 0 2 2 2
5 Argentina ARG 0 1 3 1

Matches

Spain ESP 17-7 Brazil BRA
Turkey TUR 9-9 Argentina ARG
Spain ESP 14-6 Argentina ARG
Canada CAN 12-9 Brazil BRA
Canada CAN 14-5 Turkey TUR
Brazil BRA 16-7 Argentina ARG
Spain ESP 21-2 Turkey TUR
Canada CAN 13-5 Argentina ARG
Spain ESP 9-6 Canada CAN
Turkey TUR 11-11 Brazil BRA

Quarter-Finals

Montenegro MNE 19-6 Turkey TUR
Spain ESP 11-7 North Macedonia MKD
Greece GRE 10-6 Canada CAN
Romania ROU 19-8 Brazil BRA

Semi-Finals

Montenegro MNE 13-12
After Extra Time 		Greece GRE
Spain ESP 11-6 Romania ROU
Canada CAN 12-7 Turkey TUR
North Macedonia MKD 15-12 Brazil BRA

Final

Montenegro MNE 12-9 Spain ESP
Greece GRE 14-10 Romania ROU
Canada CAN 11-10 North Macedonia MKD
Turkey TUR 16-12 Brazil BRA