2007 European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

The 2007 Men's European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing 2008 was held in Bratislava, Slovakia from September 2 to September 9, 2007. Croatia, Hungary, Spain and Serbia had already qualified for the Olympics, so they did not participate. Montenegro defeated Romania in the final and so earned a berth for the 2008 Summer Olympics Water Polo Competition.

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Romania	12	5	4	0	1	55	39	+16
2.	Russia	12	5	4	0	1	52	45	+7
3.	Germany	9	5	3	0	2	61	42	+19
4.	Macedonia	6	5	2	0	3	45	53	–8
5.	Slovakia	6	5	2	0	3	41	44	–3
6.	France	6	5	0	0	5	37	68	–31

• September 2, 2007

Germany	19 – 5	France
Romania	14 – 9	Macedonia
Russia	9 – 8	Slovakia

• September 3, 2007

France	8 – 14	Russia
Macedonia	10 – 8	Slovakia
Romania	7 – 10	Germany

• September 4, 2007

Russia	7 – 11	Romania
Germany	13 – 8	Macedonia
Slovakia	10 – 8	France

• September 5, 2007

Macedonia	11 – 9	France
Romania	9 – 6	Slovakia
Germany	11 – 13	Russia

• September 6, 2007

Romania	14 – 7	France
Russia	9 – 7	Macedonia
Slovakia	9 – 8	Germany

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Montenegro	12	4	4	0	0	55	22	+33
2.	Greece	9	4	3	0	1	43	26	+17
3.	Italy	6	4	2	0	2	34	34	0
4.	Slovenia	3	4	1	0	3	25	47	–22
5.	Netherlands	0	4	0	0	4	21	49	–28

• September 2, 2007

Greece	13 – 4	Slovenia
Italy	8 – 12	Montenegro

• September 3, 2007

Montenegro	19 – 4	Slovenia
Italy	10 – 4	Netherlands

• September 4, 2007

Montenegro	9 – 5	Greece
Slovenia	9 – 5	Netherlands

• September 5, 2007

Slovenia	8 – 10	Italy
Greece	15 – 7	Netherlands

• September 6, 2007

Netherlands	5 – 15	Montenegro
Greece	10 – 6	Italy

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	September 8
	Romania	14
					September 9
	Greece	13
					Romania	8
	September 8
					Montenegro	9
	Montenegro	12
	Russia	5
					Third place
					September 9
					Greece	5
					Russia	7

Placement

5th-8th

	Placement Round 1				Fifth Place
	September 8
	Germany	11
					September 9
	Slovenia	7
					Germany	6
	September 8
					Italy	11
	Italy	12
	Macedonia	5
					Seventh Place
					September 9
					Slovenia	8
					Macedonia	9

9th-11th

	Placement Round 1				Ninth Place
	September 8
	France	11
	Netherlands	10
					September 9
					France	9
					Slovakia	10

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
1.	Montenegro
2.	Romania
3.	Russia
4.	Greece
5.	Italy
6.	Germany
7.	Macedonia
8.	Slovenia
9.	Slovakia
10.	France
11.	Netherlands

• Montenegro qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China; Teams placed from 6th up to 2nd will play in the 2008 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Oradea, Romania

See also

• 2007 Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

References

• LEN Website