2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers Explained

The qualifying competition for 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship is a series of competitions to decide the qualifiers for 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

System

Date	Competition Name	Result
Aug - Sep 2010	2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship	Five pre-qualified
Oct 2010 - Jul 2011	Group Stage (6)	Top 2 advance to playoffs
Oct 2011	Playoffs (6)	Six qualified

Pre-qualified

(hosts)
(Winners, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
(Finalists, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
(3rd Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
(4th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)
(5th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship)

Draw

Draw Pot 1
	6th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
	7th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
	8th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
	9th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
	10th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
	11th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Draw Pot 2
	12th Place, 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
	2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
	2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
	2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
	2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
	2010 Men's Qualification Tournament participant
Draw Pot 3
	2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
	2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
	2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
	2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
	2009 Men's European B Tournament participant
Draw Pot 4

Groups

Group stage

Team advances to Playoffs

Group A

width=150	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	4	3	0	1	42	20	+22	9
	4	2	1	1	23	30	−7	7
	4	0	1	3	17	32	−15	1

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Group B

width=150	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	6	5	1	0	104	37	+67	16
	6	4	1	1	99	49	+50	13
	6	2	0	4	45	67	−22	6
	6	0	0	6	28	123	−95	0

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Group C

width=150	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	4	4	0	0	47	20	+27	12
	4	2	0	2	35	33	+2	6
	4	0	0	4	22	51	−29	0

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Group D

width=150	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	4	3	1	0	71	22	+49	10
	4	2	1	1	66	31	+35	7
	4	0	0	4	16	100	−84	0

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Group E

width=150	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	4	4	0	0	54	20	+34	12
	4	1	0	3	30	38	−8	3
	4	1	0	3	17	43	−26	3

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Group F

width=150	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	6	5	1	0	84	29	+55	16
	6	4	1	1	85	38	+47	13
	6	2	0	4	42	73	−31	6
	6	0	0	6	22	93	−71	0

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Playoffs

The playoffs were played home-and-away in October 2012, with the winner advancing on aggregate goals scored over the two legs. Each group winner was drawn against each group runner-up. The winners of the playoffs qualified for the 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship.|}

First leg

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Second leg

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