Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The 2012 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament was held at the Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi in Trieste, Italy, from 15 to 22 April 2012.

Participants

There were 12 places originally allocated to continental associations in the tournament not already directly qualified to the Olympics – 5 from Europe, 3 from the Americas, 2 from Asia, 1 from Africa, and 1 from Oceania.[1]

Italy qualified from Europe as host country. Greece, Hungary, Russia and Spain qualified from the 2012 European Water Polo Championships and confirmed their attendance at the tournament. Canada, Brazil and Cuba qualified from the 2011 Pan American Games, Canada and Brazil confirmed their attendance, but Cuba declined to participate and no other teams from the 2011 Pan American Games volunteered to take their place. Kazakhstan and Japan qualified from the 2012 Asian Water Polo Championship, Kazakhstan confirmed their attendance, but Japan declined to participate and there were no other nations entered in the 2012 Asian Water Polo Championship to take their place. There was an article written by a FINA press correspondent in Japan showing confusion around the qualification procedure from the Asian Championship, as the article states that the winners of the Asian Championship had advanced to this qualification tournament (in fact, they qualified directly for the Olympics) and that Japan could no longer get to the Olympics (in fact, according to FINA By-Laws, they were eligible for this tournament, and they did not apply).[2]

No teams from Africa or Oceania applied to participate in the qualification tournament. The next highest placed teams from the other continents were invited to take the four available places (one each from the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania), in the following rotation:[1]

As there were no remaining American, Asian, Oceanic, nor African teams making themselves available for selection, the available places were offered to the teams in the 2012 European Water Polo Championships that were not already either qualified for the Olympics or already in this tournament. Only the Netherlands accepted. The qualification tournament, designed as a 12-team tournament, therefore had only 9 entries.

EuropeHow qualified
 ItalyHost country (1st, 2012 European Water Polo Championships)
 Greece2nd, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
 Hungary3rd, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
 Russia4th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
 Spain5th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
 Netherlands[3]6th, 2012 European Water Polo Championships
Americas
 Canada2nd, 2011 Pan American Games
 Brazil3rd, 2011 Pan American Games
Asia
 Kazakhstan2nd, 2012 Asian Water Polo Championship
Africa
No entries
Oceania
No entries

Draw

The draw took place on 19 February 2012 at 12:00 at the Crowne Plaza, London Docklands. There were originally to be six teams in each preliminary round group. However, with the low number of entries for this tournament, there was one group of four teams and one group of five teams. Each team was taken from a draw line of two teams based on their results, first in the last World Championships, then by their last continental championships.[1]

Draw lineCountryStatusDrawn into groupCountryStatusDrawn into group
Line 1 Greece1st, 2011 World ChampionshipsB  Russia3rd, 2011 World ChampionshipsA
Line 2 Italy4th, 2011 World ChampionshipsA  Netherlands7th, 2011 World ChampionshipsB
Line 3 Canada8th, 2011 World ChampionshipsB  Hungary9th, 2011 World ChampionshipsA
Line 4 Spain11th, 2011 World ChampionshipsA  Kazakhstan13th, 2011 World ChampionshipsB
Line 5 Brazil14th, 2011 World ChampionshipsB

After being drawn into Group A and B, the teams drew numbers from 1 to 5 to determine the order of matches.

Group AGroup B
1 Italy1 Greece
2 Russia2 Brazil
3 Hungary3 Canada
4 Spain4 Kazakhstan
5 Netherlands

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2)

Group A

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Hungary 3201323204
2.  Russia 32013937+24
3.  Spain 31023031-12
4.  Italy 31023334-12
17 April 2012
18:40
Report Russia  1213  Hungary Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Littlejohn (GBR), Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 3-3, 4-4, 3-3

17 April 2012
20:00
Report Italy  910  Spain Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Matache (ROU), Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 4-2, 2-2, 0-1, 3-5

18 April 2012
18:40
Report Russia  1211  Spain Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Klopper (NED), Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-2

18 April 2012
20:00
Report Italy  119  Hungary Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Carvalho (BRA)
Score by quarters: 1-3, 4-2, 4-4, 2-0

19 April 2012
18:40
Report Hungary  109  Spain Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Williams (NZL), Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-2, 2-5, 3-2

19 April 2012
20:00
Report Russia  1513  Italy Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Matache (ROU), Carvalho (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3-4, 6-3, 4-4, 2-2

Group B

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Netherlands 43106228+347
2.  Greece 43015527+286
3.  Canada 42113929+105
4.  Kazakhstan 40132653-271
5.  Brazil 40131964-451
15 April 2012
18:00
Report Canada  154  Kazakhstan Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Littlejohn (GBR), Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3-2, 3-2, 5-0, 4-0

15 April 2012
19:20
Report Brazil  423  Netherlands Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Williams (NZL), Cao (CHN)
Score by quarters: 1-6, 1-6, 1-4, 1-7

16 April 2012
17:30
Report Netherlands  1111  Canada Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Bianchi (ITA), Matache (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 2-3, 3-1, 4-4

16 April 2012
18:50
Report Greece  234  Brazil Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Vogel (HUN), Krapivin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 7-1, 5-1, 6-1, 5-1

17 April 2012
16:00
Report Kazakhstan  715  Netherlands Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Cao (CHN), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1-4, 3-6, 2-3, 1-2

17 April 2012
17:20
Report Canada  210  Greece Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Teixido (ESP), Bianchi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 0-2, 0-1, 1-2, 1-5

18 April 2012
16:00
Report Greece  168  Kazakhstan Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Cao (CHN), Krapivin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4-3, 6-1, 5-2, 1-2

18 April 2012
17:20
Report Brazil  411  Canada Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Matache (ROU), Littlejohn (GBR)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-4, 0-3, 1-2

19 April 2012
16:00
Report Kazakhstan  77  Brazil Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Littlejohn (GBR), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3-1, 1-2, 2-3, 1-1

19 April 2012
17:20
Report Greece  613  Netherlands Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Teixido (ESP), Bianchi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 1-3, 1-4, 2-3

Final phase

All times are local (UTC+2)

Bracket
  Quarterfinals 1st-4th semifinals Gold medal game
                           
  A1  Hungary 18  
B4  Kazakhstan 5  
  A1  Hungary 8  
  A3  Spain 10  
A3  Spain 9
  B2  Greece 7  
    A3  Spain 9
  A4  Italy 5
  A2  Russia 7  
B3  Canada 6  
  A2  Russia 13 Bronze medal game
  A4  Italy 14  
A4  Italy 7 A1  Hungary 13
  B1  Netherlands 6   A2  Russia 18
5th-8th place bracket
  5th-8th semifinals     5th place
                 
  B4  Kazakhstan 9  
  B2  Greece 21    
      B2  Greece 10
      B1  Netherlands 11
  B3  Canada 13    
  B1  Netherlands 16   7th place
 
B4  Kazakhstan 2
  B3  Canada 17

Quarterfinal round

The winners in the quarterfinal round qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games water polo tournament.


20 April 2012
15:30
Report Hungary  185  Kazakhstan Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Williams (NZL), Klopper (NED)
Score by quarters: 6-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-2

20 April 2012
17:00
Report Russia  76  Canada Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Matache (ROU), Carvalho (BRA)
Score by quarters: 4-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-3

20 April 2012
18:30
Report Spain  97  Greece Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Krapivin (RUS), Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1-0, 5-6, 2-1, 1-0

20 April 2012
20:00
Report Italy  76  Netherlands Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2-2, 3-3, 0-1, 2-0

Semifinal round

5th-8th classification semifinals

21 April 2012
16:00
Report Kazakhstan  921  Greece Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Vogel (HUN), Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 1-7, 4-4, 2-6, 2-4

21 April 2012
17:30
Report Canada  1316  Netherlands Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Williams (NZL), Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 3-6, 3-4, 5-3, 2-3

1st-4th classification semifinals

21 April 2012
19:00
Report Hungary  810  Spain Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Bianchi (ITA), Cao (CHN)
Score by quarters: 0-2, 4-3, 2-3, 2-2

21 April 2012
20:30
Report Russia  1314  Italy Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Littlejohn (GBR), Matache (ROU)
Score by quarters: 5-5, 2-3, 4-3, 2-3

Final round

7th-8th place

22 April 2012
08:30
Report Kazakhstan  217  Canada Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Cao (CHN), Klopper (NED)
Score by quarters: 0-5, 0-5, 1-2, 1-5

5th-6th place

22 April 2012
10:00
Report Greece  1011  Netherlands Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Deslieres (CAN), Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-4, 5-2, 1-1  OT: 1-2

Bronze medal game

22 April 2012
11:30
Report Hungary  1318  Russia Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Bianchi (ITA), Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4-5, 4-5, 3-5, 2-3

Gold medal game

22 April 2012
13:00
Report Spain  95  Italy Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste
Referees:
Carvalho (BRA), Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 2-1, 4-1, 1-3, 2-0

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
1.  Spain
2.  Italy
3.  Russia
4.  Hungary
5.  Netherlands
6.  Greece
7.  Canada
8.  Kazakhstan
9.  Brazil

See also

2012 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament

References

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