2007 European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament Explained

The 2007 Men's European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing 2008 was held in Bratislava, Slovakia from September 2 to September 9, 2007. Croatia, Hungary, Spain and Serbia had already qualified for the Olympics, so they did not participate. Montenegro defeated Romania in the final and so earned a berth for the 2008 Summer Olympics Water Polo Competition.

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		12	5	4	0	1	55	39	+16
2.		12	5	4	0	1	52	45	+7
3.		9	5	3	0	2	61	42	+19
4.		6	5	2	0	3	45	53	- 8
5.		6	5	2	0	3	41	44	- 3
6.		6	5	0	0	5	37	68	- 31

• September 2, 2007

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	19  - 5
	14  - 9
	9  - 8

• September 3, 2007

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	8  - 14
	10  - 8
	7  - 10

• September 4, 2007

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	7  - 11
	13  - 8
	10  - 8

• September 5, 2007

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	11  - 9
	9  - 6
	11  - 13

• September 6, 2007

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	14  - 7
	9  - 7
	9  - 8

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		12	4	4	0	0	55	22	+33
2.		9	4	3	0	1	43	26	+17
3.		6	4	2	0	2	34	34	0
4.		3	4	1	0	3	25	47	- 22
5.		0	4	0	0	4	21	49	- 28

• September 2, 2007

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	13  - 4
	8  - 12

• September 3, 2007

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	19  - 4
	10  - 4

• September 4, 2007

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	9  - 5
	9  - 5

• September 5, 2007

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	8  - 10
	15  - 7

• September 6, 2007

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	5  - 15
	10  - 6

Placement

9th-11th

Final ranking

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• Montenegro qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China; Teams placed from 6th up to 2nd will play in the 2008 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Oradea, Romania

See also

• 2007 Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

References

• LEN Website