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 edit
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 |
| Asia | |
| no entries | |
| Africa | |
| no entries | |
| Oceania | |
| no entries |
Draw edit
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 | |||
| 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 edit
All times are local (UTC−6)
Group A edit
| 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 | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 3 April 2012 17:00 | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 4 April 2012 18:20 | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 edit
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 5 April 2012 19:40 | 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 edit
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 edit
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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 edit
5th-8th classification semifinals edit
| 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 | |||
| 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 edit
| 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 | |||
| 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 edit
7th place match edit
| 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 edit
| 8 April 2012 14:20 | 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 8 April 2012 17:00 | 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 edit
| 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 edit
2012 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
References edit
- ^ a b [1] 2010-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ a b c d e . Archived from the original on April 9, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ^ Venezuela withdraws from Olympic Qualifiers
- ^ "London 2012 - Water Polo - Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments". FINA Edmonton 2012. March 31, 2012. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013.