See main article: 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship.
The 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers are a series of qualification tournaments aimed to establish the participants of the 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship. The matches were contested in April and October 2019.[1] [2]
The six teams participating at the QR all advanced to the next stage; the final position of each team established the opponent in the Play-offs. The round was contested from 25 to 28 April 2019 in Rio Maior, Portugal.[3]
| Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 38 | +27 | ||||||||
| 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 53 | +13 | ||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 51 | -4 | ||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 52 | -8 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 53 | -14 | ||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 42 | -14 |
The teams ranked from 7th to 12th place at the 2018 EC directly qualified to this stage. The order of play was drawn on 8 June 2019; matchdays are 12 and 26 October 2019.
Teams already qualified through the 2018 European Championship: