2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship took place at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swim Stadium in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from 16 to 29 January 2012.

2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates16–29 January
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Serbia
Runner-up Montenegro
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
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Road to the 2012 Olympics

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The championships was part of the qualification procedure for the 2012 London Olympics that will take place in late July and early August of that year. There will be 12 men's teams in the Olympic competition.

By the time that these championships take place, four men's places have already been booked: the winner of the 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League in Italy (Serbia), and the three top-placed teams in the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai that did not win the World League (Italy, Croatia, Hungary).

As Great Britain men's team has been entered into the Olympic competition, there was not a direct entry to the Olympic tournament from the European Championships. Five teams will be entered into a world-wide qualifying competition from 1–8 April 2012 for men in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and from 15 to 22 April for women in Italy.[1] Four teams from this competition qualified for the Olympic tournament.[2]

Qualification

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12 teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host nation-1  Netherlands
2010 European Championships28 August–11 September 2010 Zagreb5  Croatia
 Italy
 Serbia
 Hungary
 Montenegro
Qualifiers1 October 2010 – 1 August 2011Various6  Germany
 Romania
 Spain
 Greece
 Turkey
 North Macedonia

Squads

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Draw

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The draw was held on 12 November 2011.[3]

Groups

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Group AGroup B

 North Macedonia
 Greece
 Hungary
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Turkey

 Serbia
 Germany
 Croatia
 Romania
 Montenegro
 Spain

Preliminary round

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Group A

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Hungary55007632+4415Semifinals
2  Italy54017137+3412Quarterfinals
3  Greece53025839+199
4  Netherlands52034662−1667th–10th places
5  North Macedonia51044453−937th–12th places
6  Turkey50052294−720
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
16 January 2012
13:00
ReportNorth Macedonia  16–4  TurkeyPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 150
Referees:
Golijanin (SRB), Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 6–0, 5–3
Ranđić, Letica 4GoalsHantal 2

16 January 2012
19:45
ReportGreece  14–12  NetherlandsPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 800
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–3, 2–3, 3–3
Miralis 4GoalsGottemaker 3

16 January 2012
21:15
ReportHungary  12–8  ItalyPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–0, 4–3, 1–2
four players 2GoalsFiglioli, Aicardi 2

17 January 2012
13:00
ReportNorth Macedonia  6–10  GreecePieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 1–1, 4–4
Mišić 2GoalsMiralis 4

17 January 2012
19:00
ReportNetherlands  6–19  HungaryPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Grandin (FRA), Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–4, 2–5, 1–8
Kramer, Gottemaker 2GoalsKiss 5

17 January 2012
20:30
ReportTurkey  7–24  ItalyPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Golijanin (SRB), Levin (ISR)
Score by quarters: 2–7, 1–4, 3–6, 1–7
Okman 3GoalsAicardi 4

19 January 2012
13:00
ReportHungary  14–9  North MacedoniaPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Alexandrescu (ROU), Brguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–4, 2–1, 4–2
Varga, Madaras 3GoalsKalinić 2

19 January 2012
14:30
ReportGreece  20–2  TurkeyPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Periš (CRO), Detko (GBR)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 6–0, 4–2, 9–0
Miralis 4GoalsÇağatay 2

19 January 2012
19:00
ReportItaly  14–6  NetherlandsPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 5–1, 2–1
Giorgetti 5Goalsthree players 2

21 January 2012
14:30
ReportNorth Macedonia  5–15  ItalyPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 950
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1–5, 1–5
five players 1GoalsFiglioli 4

21 January 2012
16:00
ReportTurkey  7–12  NetherlandsPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–6, 2–2, 0–1
Hantal 3GoalsGerritse 4

21 January 2012
19:00
ReportGreece  7–9  HungaryPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Buch (ESP), Golijanin (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 3–2, 1–1
Theodoropoulos 3GoalsKiss, Biros 2

23 January 2012
14:30
ReportTurkey  2–22  HungaryPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Mauss (GER), Detko (GBR)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–6, 0–4, 1–6
Hantal 2GoalsHárai 4

23 January 2012
19:00
ReportNorth Macedonia  8–10  NetherlandsPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Buch (ESP), Vasileiou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–2, 2–3, 2–3
Kalinić 4GoalsGerritse 3

23 January 2012
20:30
ReportItaly  10–7  GreecePieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,000
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–1, 1–2, 2–1
Figlioli, Giorgetti 2GoalsMiralis, Ntoskas 3

Group B

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Serbia54015745+1212Semifinals
2  Montenegro53115342+1110Quarterfinals
3  Germany53025554+19
4  Croatia53025250+297th–10th places
5  Spain51134755−847th–12th places
6  Romania50053957−180
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
16 January 2012
14:30
ReportCroatia  10–7  RomaniaPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Gomez (ITA), Taylan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–1, 3–3
Bošković 3GoalsGeorgescu 2

16 January 2012
16:00
ReportGermany  7–13  MontenegroPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Levin (ISR), Sadekov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–1, 2–3, 2–5
Paul Schüler 3GoalsJanović 5

16 January 2012
17:30
ReportSerbia  8–5  SpainPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Vasileiou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–3, 3–1, 2–1
Udovičić 3GoalsPerrone 2

17 January 2012
14:30
ReportSerbia  13–12  GermanyPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Koganov (AZE), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 4–4, 2–3
Pijetlović 4GoalsPolitze 4

17 January 2012
16:00
ReportSpain  12–10  RomaniaPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Bianchi (ITA), Bervoets (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–3, 3–2, 2–1
Mallarach 4Goalsthree players 2

17 January 2012
17:30
ReportMontenegro  8–10  CroatiaPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 650
Referees:
Vasileiou (GRE), Sadekov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 3–3, 0–2
three players 2GoalsDobud 3

19 January 2012
16:00
ReportGermany  16–10  SpainPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 650
Referees:
Fekete (HUN), Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–4, 4–2, 3–2
Politze, Kreuzmann 4GoalsPerrone 3

Nikolaos Stavropoulos, Teixidó, Paul Schüler


19 January 2012
17:30
ReportCroatia  12–15  SerbiaPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Bianchi (ITA), Levin (ISR)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–6, 3–3, 3–4
Sukno 4GoalsUdovičić 3

19 January 2012
20:30
ReportRomania  8–11  MontenegroPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Taylan (TUR), Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 1–1, 3–2
Ghiban 3GoalsJanović 3

21 January 2012
13:00
ReportSerbia  14–5  RomaniaPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Taylan (TUR), Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–0, 3–1, 4–4
Pijetlović 4GoalsDiaconu, Iosep 2

21 January 2012
17:30
ReportSpain  10–10  MontenegroPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,100
Referees:
Koganov (AZE), Levin (ISR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–3, 3–3, 2–2
Español 4GoalsJanović 4

21 January 2012
20:30
ReportGermany  10–9  CroatiaPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 1–2, 2–4
Stamm 4GoalsSukno 3

23 January 2012
13:00
ReportCroatia  11–10  SpainPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Fekete (HUN), Taylan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–1, 3–1, 2–5
five players 2GoalsMolina, Pérez 3

23 January 2012
16:00
ReportSerbia  7–11  MontenegroPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Levin (ISR)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 4–3, 0–2
Gocić, Pijetlović 2GoalsJanović, Ivović 3

23 January 2012
17:30
ReportRomania  9–10  GermanyPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 800
Referees:
Gomez (ITA), Bervoets (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 2–2, 2–2
Diaconu 3Goalsthree players 2

7th–12th Classification

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Bracket
7th–12th7th–10th7th–8th
A4  Netherlands9
B5  Spain16B5  Spain14
A6  Turkey4B5  Spain9
B6  Romania8
B4  Croatia12 (3)
A5  North Macedonia10B6  Romania12 (4)
B6  Romania12
11th–12th9th–10th
A6  Turkey7A4  Netherlands4
A5  North Macedonia9B4  Croatia16

7th–12th places

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25 January 2012
14:00
ReportNorth Macedonia  10–12  RomaniaPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–4, 3–4, 3–3
Ranđić 3GoalsDiaconu, Kádár 3

25 January 2012
16:00
ReportTurkey  4–16  SpainPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Bervoets (NED), Bianchi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–4, 0–3, 1–4
four players 1GoalsPerrone 4

7th–10th places

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27 January 2012
14:00
ReportRomania  12 (4)–12 (3)  CroatiaPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Bervoets (NED), Stajković (MKD)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 2–1, 1–5  OT: 2–2, 4–3 (PS)
Radu 4GoalsSukno 6

27 January 2012
16:00
ReportSpain  14–9  NetherlandsPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
Referees:
Bianchi (ITA), Vasileiou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 4–0, 2–4, 2–2
García 5GoalsGottemaker 4

11th place

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27 January 2012
12:00
ReportNorth Macedonia  9–7  TurkeyPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Dutilh (NED), Sadekov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 2–1, 2–3
Three players 2GoalsHantal, Okman 3

9th place

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28 January 2012
09:00
ReportCroatia  16–4  NetherlandsPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Taylan (TUR), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–1, 4–2, 5–0
Sukno 5GoalsGerritse 2

7th place

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28 January 2012
10:30
ReportRomania  8–9  SpainPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Vasileiou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 3–1, 3–4
Radu 3GoalsMinguell 6

Final round

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Bracket
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal game
A1  Hungary13
B2  Montenegro11B2  Montenegro14
A3  Greece9B2  Montenegro8
B1  Serbia9
B1  Serbia12
A2  Italy9A2  Italy8
B3  Germany4
5th–6thBronze medal game
A3  Greece6A1  Hungary12
B3  Germany9A2  Italy9

Quarterfinals

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25 January 2012
18:00
ReportItaly  9–4  GermanyPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,000
Referees:
Levin (ISR), Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 3–1, 1–0
Presciutti 3GoalsOeler 3

25 January 2012
20:00
ReportGreece  9–11  MontenegroPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 2–4, 1–1
Miralis, Ntoskas 2GoalsJanović, Gojković 3

Semifinals

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27 January 2012
18:00
ReportItaly  8–12  SerbiaPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,800
Referees:
Levin (ISR), Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 1–4, 1–3, 1–1
Gallo 3GoalsFilipović 3

27 January 2012
20:00
ReportMontenegro  14–13  HungaryPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,900
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 4–3, 2–4  OT: 2–1
Janović 5GoalsKiss 4

5th place

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28 January 2012
12:00
ReportGermany  9–6  GreecePieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Alexandrescu (ROU), Fekete (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 3–2, 3–1
Roeßing 3Goals6 players 1

3rd place

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29 January 2012
13:30
ReportItaly  9–12  HungaryPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 2000
Referees:
Periš (CRO), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–4, 4–1, 1–6
Giorgetti, Gallo, Presciutti 2GoalsBiros 6

Final

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29 January 2012
15:30
ReportSerbia  9–8  MontenegroPieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 2300
Referees:
Gomez (ITA), Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–3, 3–1, 3–3
Mitrović, Udovičić 2GoalsRadović 3

Final ranking

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Awards

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Top ScorerPlayer of the Tournament
Sandro Sukno Mlađan Janović

References

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  1. ^ "FINA Selects Catania, Casablanca as Future Host Cities; Creates Open Water "School for Officials"". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  2. ^ Qualification system Archived 1 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine; no entries were submitted from Africa, hence one extra place became available for this competition.
  3. ^ "Draw – European Water Polo Championships – Eindhoven 2012". len.eu. 12 November 2011. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
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