2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship.

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2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–29 January
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia
Runner-up	Montenegro
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
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The 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship took place at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swim Stadium in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from 16 to 29 January 2012.

Road to the 2012 Olympics

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The championships was part of the qualification procedure for the 2012 London Olympics that will take place in late July and early August of that year. There will be 12 men's teams in the Olympic competition.

By the time that these championships take place, four men's places have already been booked: the winner of the 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League in Italy (Serbia), and the three top-placed teams in the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai that did not win the World League (Italy, Croatia, Hungary).

As Great Britain men's team has been entered into the Olympic competition, there was not a direct entry to the Olympic tournament from the European Championships. Five teams will be entered into a world-wide qualifying competition from 1–8 April 2012 for men in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and from 15 to 22 April for women in Italy.^[1] Four teams from this competition qualified for the Olympic tournament.^[2]

Qualification

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Main article: 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifier

12 teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:

The host nation
The best 5 teams from the 2010 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation
6 teams from the Qualifiers

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	-	–	1	Netherlands
2010 European Championships	28 August–11 September 2010	Croatia Zagreb	5	Croatia Italy Serbia Hungary Montenegro
Qualifiers	1 October 2010 – 1 August 2011	Various	6	Germany Romania Spain Greece Turkey North Macedonia

Squads

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Main article: 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship squads

Draw

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The draw was held on 12 November 2011.^[3]

Groups

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Group A	Group B
North Macedonia Greece Hungary Italy Netherlands Turkey	Serbia Germany Croatia Romania Montenegro Spain

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	5	0	76	32	+44	15	Semifinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	71	37	+34	12	Quarterfinals
3	Greece	5	3	2	58	39	+19	9	Quarterfinals
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	46	62	−16	6	7th–10th places
5	North Macedonia	5	1	4	44	53	−9	3	7th–12th places
6	Turkey	5	0	5	22	94	−72	0	7th–12th places

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed ]}

16 January 2012
13:00 Report North Macedonia 16–4 Turkey Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 150
Referees:
Golijanin (SRB), Teixido (ESP)

Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 6–0, 5–3

Ranđić, Letica 4 Goals Hantal 2

16 January 2012
19:45 Report Greece 14–12 Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 800
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Alexandrescu (ROU)

Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–3, 2–3, 3–3

Miralis 4 Goals Gottemaker 3

16 January 2012
21:15 Report Hungary 12–8 Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Buch (ESP)

Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–0, 4–3, 1–2

four players 2 Goals Figlioli, Aicardi 2

17 January 2012
13:00 Report North Macedonia 6–10 Greece Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Teixidó (ESP)

Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 1–1, 4–4

Mišić 2 Goals Miralis 4

17 January 2012
19:00 Report Netherlands 6–19 Hungary Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Grandin (FRA), Periš (CRO)

Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–4, 2–5, 1–8

Kramer, Gottemaker 2 Goals Kiss 5

17 January 2012
20:30 Report Turkey 7–24 Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Golijanin (SRB), Levin (ISR)

Score by quarters: 2–7, 1–4, 3–6, 1–7

Okman 3 Goals Aicardi 4

19 January 2012
13:00 Report Hungary 14–9 North Macedonia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Alexandrescu (ROU), Brguljan (MNE)

Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–4, 2–1, 4–2

Varga, Madaras 3 Goals Kalinić 2

19 January 2012
14:30 Report Greece 20–2 Turkey Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Periš (CRO), Detko (GBR)

Score by quarters: 1–0, 6–0, 4–2, 9–0

Miralis 4 Goals Çağatay 2

19 January 2012
19:00 Report Italy 14–6 Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Buch (ESP)

Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 5–1, 2–1

Giorgetti 5 Goals three players 2

21 January 2012
14:30 Report North Macedonia 5–15 Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 950
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Periš (CRO)

Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1–5, 1–5

five players 1 Goals Figlioli 4

21 January 2012
16:00 Report Turkey 7–12 Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Teixidó (ESP)

Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–6, 2–2, 0–1

Hantal 3 Goals Gerritse 4

21 January 2012
19:00 Report Greece 7–9 Hungary Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Buch (ESP), Golijanin (SRB)

Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 3–2, 1–1

Theodoropoulos 3 Goals Kiss, Biros 2

23 January 2012
14:30 Report Turkey 2–22 Hungary Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Mauss (GER), Detko (GBR)

Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–6, 0–4, 1–6

Hantal 2 Goals Hárai 4

23 January 2012
19:00 Report North Macedonia 8–10 Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Buch (ESP), Vasileiou (GRE)

Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–2, 2–3, 2–3

Kalinić 4 Goals Gerritse 3

23 January 2012
20:30 Report Italy 10–7 Greece Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,000
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Koganov (AZE)

Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–1, 1–2, 2–1

Figlioli, Giorgetti 2 Goals Miralis, Ntoskas 3

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	4	0	1	57	45	+12	12	Semifinals
2	Montenegro	5	3	1	1	53	42	+11	10	Quarterfinals
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	55	54	+1	9	Quarterfinals
4	Croatia	5	3	0	2	52	50	+2	9	7th–10th places
5	Spain	5	1	1	3	47	55	−8	4	7th–12th places
6	Romania	5	0	0	5	39	57	−18	0	7th–12th places

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed ]}

16 January 2012
14:30 Report Croatia 10–7 Romania Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Gomez (ITA), Taylan (TUR)

Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–1, 3–3

Bošković 3 Goals Georgescu 2

16 January 2012
16:00 Report Germany 7–13 Montenegro Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Levin (ISR), Sadekov (RUS)

Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–1, 2–3, 2–5

Paul Schüler 3 Goals Janović 5

16 January 2012
17:30 Report Serbia 8–5 Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Vasileiou (GRE)

Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–3, 3–1, 2–1

Udovičić 3 Goals Perrone 2

17 January 2012
14:30 Report Serbia 13–12 Germany Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Koganov (AZE), Vogel (HUN)

Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 4–4, 2–3

Pijetlović 4 Goals Politze 4

17 January 2012
16:00 Report Spain 12–10 Romania Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Bianchi (ITA), Bervoets (NED)

Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–3, 3–2, 2–1

Mallarach 4 Goals three players 2

17 January 2012
17:30 Report Montenegro 8–10 Croatia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 650
Referees:
Vasileiou (GRE), Sadekov (RUS)

Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 3–3, 0–2

three players 2 Goals Dobud 3

19 January 2012
16:00 Report Germany 16–10 Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 650
Referees:
Fekete (HUN), Koryzna (POL)

Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–4, 4–2, 3–2

Politze, Kreuzmann 4 Goals Perrone 3

Nikolaos Stavropoulos, Teixidó, Paul Schüler

19 January 2012
17:30 Report Croatia 12–15 Serbia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Bianchi (ITA), Levin (ISR)

Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–6, 3–3, 3–4

Sukno 4 Goals Udovičić 3

19 January 2012
20:30 Report Romania 8–11 Montenegro Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Taylan (TUR), Gomez (ITA)

Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 1–1, 3–2

Ghiban 3 Goals Janović 3

21 January 2012
13:00 Report Serbia 14–5 Romania Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Taylan (TUR), Koryzna (POL)

Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–0, 3–1, 4–4

Pijetlović 4 Goals Diaconu, Iosep 2

21 January 2012
17:30 Report Spain 10–10 Montenegro Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,100
Referees:
Koganov (AZE), Levin (ISR)

Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–3, 3–3, 2–2

Español 4 Goals Janović 4

21 January 2012
20:30 Report Germany 10–9 Croatia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Vogel (HUN)

Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 1–2, 2–4

Stamm 4 Goals Sukno 3

23 January 2012
13:00 Report Croatia 11–10 Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Fekete (HUN), Taylan (TUR)

Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–1, 3–1, 2–5

five players 2 Goals Molina, Pérez 3

23 January 2012
16:00 Report Serbia 7–11 Montenegro Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Levin (ISR)

Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 4–3, 0–2

Gocić, Pijetlović 2 Goals Janović, Ivović 3

23 January 2012
17:30 Report Romania 9–10 Germany Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 800
Referees:
Gomez (ITA), Bervoets (NED)

Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 2–2, 2–2

Diaconu 3 Goals three players 2

7th–12th Classification

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Bracket

7th–12th 7th–10th 7th–8th

A4 Netherlands 9

B5 Spain 16 B5 Spain 14

A6 Turkey 4 B5 Spain 9

B6 Romania 8

B4 Croatia 12 (3)

A5 North Macedonia 10 B6 Romania 12 (4)

B6 Romania 12

11th–12th 9th–10th

A6 Turkey 7 A4 Netherlands 4

A5 North Macedonia 9 B4 Croatia 16

7th–12th places

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25 January 2012
14:00 Report North Macedonia 10–12 Romania Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Vogel (HUN)

Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–4, 3–4, 3–3

Ranđić 3 Goals Diaconu, Kádár 3

25 January 2012
16:00 Report Turkey 4–16 Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Bervoets (NED), Bianchi (ITA)

Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–4, 0–3, 1–4

four players 1 Goals Perrone 4

7th–10th places

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27 January 2012
14:00 Report Romania 12 (4)–12 (3) Croatia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Bervoets (NED), Stajković (MKD)

Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 2–1, 1–5 OT: 2–2, 4–3 (PS)

Radu 4 Goals Sukno 6

27 January 2012
16:00 Report Spain 14–9 Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
Referees:
Bianchi (ITA), Vasileiou (GRE)

Score by quarters: 6–3, 4–0, 2–4, 2–2

García 5 Goals Gottemaker 4

11th place

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27 January 2012
12:00 Report North Macedonia 9–7 Turkey Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Dutilh (NED), Sadekov (RUS)

Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 2–1, 2–3

Three players 2 Goals Hantal, Okman 3

9th place

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28 January 2012
09:00 Report Croatia 16–4 Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Taylan (TUR), Vogel (HUN)

Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–1, 4–2, 5–0

Sukno 5 Goals Gerritse 2

7th place

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28 January 2012
10:30 Report Romania 8–9 Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Vasileiou (GRE)

Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 3–1, 3–4

Radu 3 Goals Minguell 6

Final round

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Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game

A1 Hungary 13

B2 Montenegro 11 B2 Montenegro 14

A3 Greece 9 B2 Montenegro 8

B1 Serbia 9

B1 Serbia 12

A2 Italy 9 A2 Italy 8

B3 Germany 4

5th–6th Bronze medal game

A3 Greece 6 A1 Hungary 12

B3 Germany 9 A2 Italy 9

Quarterfinals

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25 January 2012
18:00 Report Italy 9–4 Germany Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,000
Referees:
Levin (ISR), Stavridis (GRE)

Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 3–1, 1–0

Presciutti 3 Goals Oeler 3

25 January 2012
20:00 Report Greece 9–11 Montenegro Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Teixidó (ESP)

Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 2–4, 1–1

Miralis, Ntoskas 2 Goals Janović, Gojković 3

Semifinals

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27 January 2012
18:00 Report Italy 8–12 Serbia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,800
Referees:
Levin (ISR), Teixidó (ESP)

Score by quarters: 5–4, 1–4, 1–3, 1–1

Gallo 3 Goals Filipović 3

27 January 2012
20:00 Report Montenegro 14–13 Hungary Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,900
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Koganov (AZE)

Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 4–3, 2–4 OT: 2–1

Janović 5 Goals Kiss 4

5th place

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28 January 2012
12:00 Report Germany 9–6 Greece Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Alexandrescu (ROU), Fekete (HUN)

Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 3–2, 3–1

Roeßing 3 Goals 6 players 1

3rd place

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29 January 2012
13:30 Report Italy 9–12 Hungary Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 2000
Referees:
Periš (CRO), Alexandrescu (ROU)

Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–4, 4–1, 1–6

Giorgetti, Gallo, Presciutti 2 Goals Biros 6

Final

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29 January 2012
15:30 Report Serbia 9–8 Montenegro Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 2300
Referees:
Gomez (ITA), Stavridis (GRE)

Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–3, 3–1, 3–3

Mitrović, Udovičić 2 Goals Radović 3

Final ranking

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RANK	TEAM
	Serbia
	Montenegro
	Hungary
4.	Italy
5.	Germany
6.	Greece
7.	Spain
8.	Romania
9.	Croatia
10.	Netherlands
11.	North Macedonia
12.	Turkey

2012 Men's European champion
Serbia Fifth title

Team roster: Slobodan Soro, Aleksa Šaponjić, Živko Gocić, Vanja Udovičić, Miloš Ćuk, Duško Pijetlović, Slobodan Nikić, Milan Aleksić, Nikola Rađen, Filip Filipović, Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, and Branislav Mitrović

Head coach: Dejan Udovičić

Awards

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Top Scorer	Player of the Tournament
Croatia Sandro Sukno	Montenegro Mlađan Janović

References

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^ "FINA Selects Catania, Casablanca as Future Host Cities; Creates Open Water "School for Officials"". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ Qualification system Archived 1 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine; no entries were submitted from Africa, hence one extra place became available for this competition.
^ "Draw – European Water Polo Championships – Eindhoven 2012". len.eu. 12 November 2011. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.

External links

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European Water Polo Championship

Men's

Tournaments	Budapest 1926 Bologna 1927 Paris 1931 Magdeburg 1934 London 1938 Monte Carlo 1947 Vienna 1950 Turin 1954 Budapest 1958 Leipzig 1962 Utrecht 1966 Barcelona 1970 Vienna 1974 Jönköping 1977 Split 1981 Rome 1983 Sofia 1985 Strasbourg 1987 Bonn 1989 Athens 1991 Sheffield 1993 Vienna 1995 Seville 1997 Florence 1999 Budapest 2001 Kranj 2003 Belgrade 2006 Málaga 2008 Zagreb 2010 Eindhoven 2012 Budapest 2014 Belgrade 2016 Barcelona 2018 Budapest 2020 Split 2022 Dubrovnik / Zagreb 2024 Belgrade 2026
Level II (Defunct)	1974 1977 1981 1983 1985 1987 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2007 2009
Qualification	1989 1991 1993 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Squads	1926 1927 1931 1934 1938 1947 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1977 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

Women's

Tournaments	Oslo 1985 Strasbourg 1987 Bonn 1989 Athens 1991 Leeds 1993 Vienna 1995 Sevilla 1997 Prato 1999 Budapest 2001 Ljubljana 2003 Belgrade 2006 Málaga 2008 Zagreb 2010 Eindhoven 2012 Budapest 2014 Belgrade 2016 Barcelona 2018 Budapest 2020 Split 2022 Eindhoven 2024 TBD 2026
Level II (Defunct)	2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009
Qualification	1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Squads	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

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October	Pan American Games (men) MEX Pan American Games (women) MEX Men's European Championship Qualifiers: Playoffs Women's European Championship Qualifiers: Matchday 6
November	Men's World League: Europe Matchday 1
December	Men's World League: Europe Matchday 2 Canada Cup (women) CAN Tom Hoad Cup (men) AUS
January	Men's World League: Europe Matchday 3 Mithat Hantal Trophy (men) TUR Volvo Cup (men) HUN Samartzidis Cup (men) GRE Thetis Cup (women) GRE Pan-Pacific Championships AUS European Championships (men) NED European Championships (women) NED Asian Championship JPN
February	Holiday Cup (women) USA Men's World League: Europe Matchday 4 Women's World League: Americas USA
March	Men's World League: Europe Matchdays 5 and 6 South American Championships BRA Four Nations (men) USA Six Nations (men) CZE Kirishi Cup (women) RUS
April	Olympic Games Qualification Tournament (men) CAN Olympic Games Qualification Tournament (women) ITA
May	Water Polo Olympic Test Event (women) GBR Men's World League: Americas USA Men's World League: Asia/Oceania CHN JPN Women's World League: Asia/Oceania CHN JPN Women's World League: Europe GRE ITA Men's World League: Asia/Oceania CHN JPN Women's World League: Super Final CHN
June	Men's World League: Super Final KAZ Women's World League: Super Final CHN
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