2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship

Summary

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
Next →

Road to the 2012 Olympics edit

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 edit

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

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation - 1   Netherlands
2010 European Championships 28 August–11 September 2010   Zagreb 5   Croatia
  Italy
  Serbia
  Hungary
  Montenegro
Qualifiers 1 October 2010 – 1 August 2011 Various 6   Germany
  Romania
  Spain
  Greece
  Turkey
  North Macedonia

Squads edit

Draw edit

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

Groups edit

Group A Group B

  North Macedonia
  Greece
  Hungary
  Italy
  Netherlands
  Turkey

  Serbia
  Germany
  Croatia
  Romania
  Montenegro
  Spain

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 5 5 0 0 76 32 +44 15 Semifinals
2   Italy 5 4 0 1 71 37 +34 12 Quarterfinals
3   Greece 5 3 0 2 58 39 +19 9
4   Netherlands 5 2 0 3 46 62 −16 6 7th–10th places
5   North Macedonia 5 1 0 4 44 53 −9 3 7th–12th places
6   Turkey 5 0 0 5 22 94 −72 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
16 January 2012
13:00
Report North Macedonia   16–4   Turkey Pieter 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 4 Goals Hantal 2

16 January 2012
19:45
Report Greece   14–12   Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 800
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–3, 2–3, 3–3
Miralis 4 Goals Gottemaker 3

16 January 2012
21:15
Report Hungary   12–8   Italy Pieter 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 2 Goals Figlioli, Aicardi 2

17 January 2012
13:00
Report North Macedonia   6–10   Greece Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 1–1, 4–4
Mišić 2 Goals Miralis 4

17 January 2012
19:00
Report Netherlands   6–19   Hungary Pieter 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 2 Goals Kiss 5

17 January 2012
20:30
Report Turkey   7–24   Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Golijanin (SRB), Levin (ISR)
Score by quarters: 2–7, 1–4, 3–6, 1–7
Okman 3 Goals Aicardi 4

19 January 2012
13:00
Report Hungary   14–9   North Macedonia Pieter 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 3 Goals Kalinić 2

19 January 2012
14:30
Report Greece   20–2   Turkey Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Periš (CRO), Detko (GBR)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 6–0, 4–2, 9–0
Miralis 4 Goals Çağatay 2

19 January 2012
19:00
Report Italy   14–6   Netherlands Pieter 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 5 Goals three players 2

21 January 2012
14:30
Report North Macedonia   5–15   Italy Pieter 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 1 Goals Figlioli 4

21 January 2012
16:00
Report Turkey   7–12   Netherlands Pieter 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 3 Goals Gerritse 4

21 January 2012
19:00
Report Greece   7–9   Hungary Pieter 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 3 Goals Kiss, Biros 2

23 January 2012
14:30
Report Turkey   2–22   Hungary Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Mauss (GER), Detko (GBR)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–6, 0–4, 1–6
Hantal 2 Goals Hárai 4

23 January 2012
19:00
Report North Macedonia   8–10   Netherlands Pieter 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 4 Goals Gerritse 3

23 January 2012
20:30
Report Italy   10–7   Greece Pieter 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 2 Goals Miralis, Ntoskas 3

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 5 4 0 1 57 45 +12 12 Semifinals
2   Montenegro 5 3 1 1 53 42 +11 10 Quarterfinals
3   Germany 5 3 0 2 55 54 +1 9
4   Croatia 5 3 0 2 52 50 +2 9 7th–10th places
5   Spain 5 1 1 3 47 55 −8 4 7th–12th places
6   Romania 5 0 0 5 39 57 −18 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
16 January 2012
14:30
Report Croatia   10–7   Romania Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Gomez (ITA), Taylan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–1, 3–3
Bošković 3 Goals Georgescu 2

16 January 2012
16:00
Report Germany   7–13   Montenegro Pieter 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 3 Goals Janović 5

16 January 2012
17:30
Report Serbia   8–5   Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Vasileiou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–3, 3–1, 2–1
Udovičić 3 Goals Perrone 2

17 January 2012
14:30
Report Serbia   13–12   Germany Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Koganov (AZE), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 4–4, 2–3
Pijetlović 4 Goals Politze 4

17 January 2012
16:00
Report Spain   12–10   Romania Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Bianchi (ITA), Bervoets (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–3, 3–2, 2–1
Mallarach 4 Goals three players 2

17 January 2012
17:30
Report Montenegro   8–10   Croatia Pieter 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 2 Goals Dobud 3

19 January 2012
16:00
Report Germany   16–10   Spain Pieter 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 4 Goals Perrone 3

Nikolaos Stavropoulos, Teixidó, Paul Schüler


19 January 2012
17:30
Report Croatia   12–15   Serbia Pieter 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 4 Goals Udovičić 3

19 January 2012
20:30
Report Romania   8–11   Montenegro Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Taylan (TUR), Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 1–1, 3–2
Ghiban 3 Goals Janović 3

21 January 2012
13:00
Report Serbia   14–5   Romania Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Taylan (TUR), Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–0, 3–1, 4–4
Pijetlović 4 Goals Diaconu, Iosep 2

21 January 2012
17:30
Report Spain   10–10   Montenegro Pieter 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 4 Goals Janović 4

21 January 2012
20:30
Report Germany   10–9   Croatia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 1–2, 2–4
Stamm 4 Goals Sukno 3

23 January 2012
13:00
Report Croatia   11–10   Spain Pieter 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 2 Goals Molina, Pérez 3

23 January 2012
16:00
Report Serbia   7–11   Montenegro Pieter 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 2 Goals Janović, Ivović 3

23 January 2012
17:30
Report Romania   9–10   Germany Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 800
Referees:
Gomez (ITA), Bervoets (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 2–2, 2–2
Diaconu 3 Goals three players 2

7th–12th Classification edit

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 edit

25 January 2012
14:00
Report North Macedonia   10–12   Romania Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–4, 3–4, 3–3
Ranđić 3 Goals Diaconu, Kádár 3

25 January 2012
16:00
Report Turkey   4–16   Spain Pieter 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 1 Goals Perrone 4

7th–10th places edit

27 January 2012
14:00
Report Romania   12 (4)–12 (3)   Croatia Pieter 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 4 Goals Sukno 6

27 January 2012
16:00
Report Spain   14–9   Netherlands Pieter 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 5 Goals Gottemaker 4

11th place edit

27 January 2012
12:00
Report North Macedonia   9–7   Turkey Pieter 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 2 Goals Hantal, Okman 3

9th place edit

28 January 2012
09:00
Report Croatia   16–4   Netherlands Pieter 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 5 Goals Gerritse 2

7th place edit

28 January 2012
10:30
Report Romania   8–9   Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Vasileiou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 3–1, 3–4
Radu 3 Goals Minguell 6

Final round edit

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 edit

25 January 2012
18:00
Report Italy   9–4   Germany Pieter 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 3 Goals Oeler 3

25 January 2012
20:00
Report Greece   9–11   Montenegro Pieter 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 2 Goals Janović, Gojković 3

Semifinals edit

27 January 2012
18:00
Report Italy   8–12   Serbia Pieter 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 3 Goals Filipović 3

27 January 2012
20:00
Report Montenegro   14–13   Hungary Pieter 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 5 Goals Kiss 4

5th place edit

28 January 2012
12:00
Report Germany   9–6   Greece Pieter 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 3 Goals 6 players 1

3rd place edit

29 January 2012
13:30
Report Italy   9–12   Hungary Pieter 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 2 Goals Biros 6

Final edit

29 January 2012
15:30
Report Serbia   9–8   Montenegro Pieter 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 2 Goals Radović 3

Final ranking edit

Awards edit

Top Scorer Player of the Tournament
  Sandro Sukno   Mlađan Janović

References edit

  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.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • LEN website