Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Appearance
The 2008 Men's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was a tournament to decide the remaining four competing teams, out of twelve, to attend the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. Eight teams were already qualified, including China as the host country. The tournament was held at the "Ioan Alexandrescu" Pool, newly built in Oradea, Romania from March 2 to March 9, 2008s.
Teams
[edit]
|
|
Preliminary round
[edit]GROUP A
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Greece | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 36 | +24 |
2. | Romania | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 28 | +29 |
3. | Russia | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 29 | +27 |
4. | Slovakia | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 41 | +7 |
5. | Brazil | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 57 | –29 |
6. | Kazakhstan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 83 | –58 |
- Sunday March 2, 2008
Brazil | 6 – 15 | Greece |
Russia | 19 – 4 | Kazakhstan |
Romania | 7 – 6 | Slovakia |
- Monday March 3, 2008
Kazakhstan | 6 – 9 | Brazil |
Romania | 11 – 8 | Russia |
Slovakia | 9 – 11 | Greece |
- Tuesday March 4, 2008
Kazakhstan | 8 – 18 | Greece |
Brazil | 4 – 13 | Romania |
Slovakia | 3 – 12 | Russia |
- Wednesday March 5, 2008
Slovakia | 18 – 5 | Kazakhstan |
Russia | 11 – 3 | Brazil |
Romania | 7 – 8 | Greece |
- Thursday March 6, 2008
Brazil | 6 – 12 | Slovakia |
Greece | 8 – 6 | Russia |
Romania | 19 – 2 | Kazakhstan |
GROUP B
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Germany | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 18 | +54 |
2. | Italy | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 23 | +48 |
3. | Canada | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 36 | +22 |
4. | North Macedonia | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 50 | –5 |
5. | Iran | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 72 | –49 |
6. | Mexico | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 98 | –70 |
- Sunday March 2, 2008
Mexico | 9 – 18 | North Macedonia |
Iran | 2 – 20 | Italy |
Germany | 11 – 6 | Canada |
- Monday March 3, 2008
Italy | 14 – 5 | North Macedonia |
Canada | 15 – 5 | Iran |
Mexico | 1 – 29 | Germany |
- Tuesday March 4, 2008
Italy | 7 – 7 | Canada |
Germany | 9 – 4 | North Macedonia |
Mexico | 8 – 8 | Iran |
- Wednesday March 5, 2008
North Macedonia | 7 – 12 | Canada |
Mexico | 4 – 25 | Italy |
Germany | 18 – 2 | Iran |
- Thursday March 6, 2008
Italy | 5 – 5 | Germany |
Mexico | 6 – 18 | Canada |
Iran | 6 – 11 | North Macedonia |
Quarter finals
[edit]- Friday March 7, 2008
Kazakhstan | 4 – 6 | Iran |
Brazil | 8 – 7 | Mexico |
- Friday March 7, 2008
Russia | 10 – 11 | Italy |
Romania | 8 – 9 | Canada |
Semi finals
[edit]- Saturday March 8, 2008 — 7th/10th place
Slovakia | 18 – 4 | Iran |
North Macedonia | 10 – 8 | Brazil |
- Saturday March 8, 2008 — 1st/4th place
Greece | 8 – 9 | Italy |
Germany | 8 – 6 | Canada |
Finals
[edit]- Saturday March 8, 2008 — Eleventh place
Kazakhstan | 9 – 11 | Mexico |
- Sunday March 9, 2008 — Ninth place
Iran | 1 – 10 | Brazil |
- Sunday March 9, 2008 — Seventh place
Slovakia | 9 – 7 | North Macedonia |
- Sunday March 9, 2008 — Fifth place
Russia | 9 – 10 | Romania |
- Sunday March 9, 2008 — Third place
Greece | 13 – 4 | Canada |
- Sunday March 9, 2008 — First place
Italy | 9 – 10 | Germany |
Final ranking
[edit]Rank | Team |
---|---|
1. | Germany |
2. | Italy |
3. | Greece |
4. | Canada |
5. | Romania |
6. | Russia |
7. | Slovakia |
8. | North Macedonia |
9. | Brazil |
10. | Iran |
11. | Mexico |
12. | Kazakhstan |
- Germany, Italy, Greece and Canada qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, joining Australia, China, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Spain, and the United States.
Individual awards
[edit]- Most Valuable Player
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2008) |
- Best Goalkeeper
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2008) |
- Best Scorer
- Heiko Nossek (GER) — 22 goals