Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification explained

The 2004 Men's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was a tournament to decide the remaining three competing teams at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Teams

GROUP A

GROUP B

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		10	5	5	0	0	48	14	+34
2.		7	5	3	1	1	34	13	+21
3.		7	5	3	1	1	38	18	+20
4.		4	5	2	0	3	29	37	–8
5.		2	5	1	0	4	15	36	–21
6.		0	5	0	0	3	12	58	–46

January 25, 2004

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	7 – 5
	8 – 4
	13 – 3

January 26, 2004

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	9 – 3
	3 – 2
	5 – 9

January 27, 2004

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	2 – 2
	4 – 12
	4 – 2

January 28, 2004

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	8 – 3
	8 – 2
	14 – 1

January 29, 2004

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	5 – 8
	2 – 9
	18 – 1

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		8	4	4	0	0	45	17	+28
2.		6	4	3	0	1	37	19	+18
3.		4	4	2	0	2	33	25	+8
4.		2	4	1	0	3	17	20	–3
5.		0	4	0	0	4	10	61	–51

January 25, 2004

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	11 – 7
	9 – 2

January 26, 2004

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	2 – 20
	4 – 10

January 27, 2004

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	7 – 6
	7 – 3

January 28, 2004

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	3 – 15
	0 – 3

January 29, 2004

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	17 – 3
	5 – 8

Second round

January 30, 2004

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	5 – 4
	8 – 5
	6 – 3

Third round

January 31, 2004

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	11 – 2
	7 – 5
	12 – 0
	8 – 9

Finals

February 1, 2004 - Ninth place

February 1, 2004 - Seventh place

February 1, 2004 - Fifth place

February 1, 2004 - Third place

February 1, 2004 - First place

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Final ranking

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Croatia, Germany and Russia qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player
- - Best Goalkeeper
  - Best Scorer
- - 13 goals

See also

2004 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

References

Results
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