Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification explained

The 2000 Men's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was held at the Stadionbad indoor-pool in Hanover, Germany, from May 6 to May 14, 2000. The competition decided the remaining five competing teams at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Fifteen teams entered the competition. Africa did not send a team.

Teams

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP C

GROUP D

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		4	3	2	0	1	27	10	+17
2.		4	3	2	0	1	27	17	+10
3.		4	3	2	0	1	23	15	+8
4.		0	3	0	0	3	14	49	- 35

• May 6, 2000

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	3  - 8
	15  - 6

• May 7, 2000

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	3  - 4
	18  - 5

• May 8, 2000

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	16  - 3
	6  - 4

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		6	3	3	0	0	37	13	+24
2.		4	3	2	0	1	28	25	+3
3.		2	3	1	0	2	21	36	- 15
4.		0	3	0	0	3	23	35	- 12

• May 6, 2000

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	4  - 13
	12  - 6

• May 7, 2000

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	10  - 5
	10  - 11

• May 8, 2000

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	14  - 4
	9  - 11

GROUP C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		4	2	2	0	0	23	12	+11
2.		1	2	0	1	1	14	16	- 2
3.		1	2	0	1	1	12	21	- 9

• May 6, 2000

• May 7, 2000

• May 8, 2000

GROUP D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		6	3	3	0	0	34	20	+14
2.		4	3	2	0	1	36	19	+17
3.		2	3	1	0	2	19	25	- 6
4.		0	3	0	0	3	14	39	- 25

• May 6, 2000

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	2  - 8
	9  - 7

• May 7, 2000

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	6  - 16
	5  - 22

• May 8, 2000

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	7  - 9
	5  - 7

Second round

GROUP E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		9	5	4	1	0	-	-	-
2.		7	5	3	1	1	-	-	-
3.		6	5	3	0	2	-	-	-
4.		4	5	2	0	3	-	-	-
5.		2	5	1	0	4	-	-	-
6.		2	5	1	0	4	-	-	-

• May 10, 2000

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	6  - 4
	8  - 8
	11  - 10

• May 11, 2000

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	8  - 4
	9  - 7
	7  - 6

• May 12, 2000

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	6  - 3
	11  - 8
	5  - 12

GROUP F

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		10	5	5	0	0	-	-	-
2.		8	5	4	0	1	-	-	-
3.		6	5	3	0	2	-	-	-
4.		3	5	1	1	3	-	-	-
5.		3	5	1	1	3	-	-	-
6.		0	5	0	0	5	-	-	-

• May 10, 2000

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	11  - 7
	11  - 4
	12  - 8

• May 11, 2000

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	10  - 4
	7  - 5
	10  - 7

• May 12, 2000

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	3  - 6
	7  - 3
	10  - 4

GROUP G

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
13.		4	2	2	0	0	30	10	+20
14.		2	2	1	0	1	18	20	- 2
15.		0	2	0	0	2	12	30	- 18

• May 10, 2000

• May 11, 2000

• May 12, 2000

Play-Offs

• May 13, 2000 - 9th/12th place

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	9  - 7
	8  - 7

• May 13, 2000 - 5th/8th place

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	10  - 8
	8  - 7

• May 13, 2000 - 1st/4th place

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	11  - 5
	14  - 5

Finals

• May 14, 2000 - Eleventh place

• May 14, 2000 - Ninth place

• May 14, 2000 - Seventh place

• May 14, 2000 - Fifth place

• May 14, 2000 - Third place

• May 14, 2000 - First place

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• Yugoslavia, Russia, Greece, Slovakia and the Netherlands qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Best Goalkeeper

• Best Scorer

See also

• 2000 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

References

• FINA