2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

The 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship took place at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swim Stadium in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from January 18 to 28, 2012.

Road to the 2012 Olympics

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 8 women's teams in the Olympic competition.

By the time that these championships took place, three women's places have already been booked: the winner of the Pan American Games in Guadalajara (Mexico), the Australian team for Oceania (not contested) and the British team, as host nation.

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

Qualification

Main article: 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

Squads

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

Draw

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

Groups

Group A	Group B
Netherlands Great Britain Hungary Russia	Greece Spain Germany Italy

Preliminary round

	Team advances to Semifinals
	Team advances to Quarterfinals

Group A

	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Russia	3	3	0	38	29	+9	9
2.	Hungary	3	2	1	37	29	+8	6
3.	Netherlands	3	1	2	30	26	+4	3
4.	Great Britain	3	0	3	25	46	−21	0

18 January 2012 16:00	Report	Great Britain	9–19	Hungary	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 350 Referees: Mauss (GER), Grandin (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–4, 3–7, 2–4
		McCann, Gisbon 2	Goals	Keszthelyi 5

18 January 2012 19:00	Report	Netherlands	10–11	Russia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–3, 2–2, 1–3
		van Belkum 6	Goals	Lisunova 4

20 January 2012 16:00	Report	Russia	15–10	Great Britain	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 400 Referees: Mauss (GER), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–2, 1–3, 5–3
		Fedotova 4	Goals	three players 2

20 January 2012 19:00	Report	Hungary	9–8	Netherlands	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–1, 1–3, 3–0
		Szűcs, Keszthelyi 2	Goals	van Belkum 3

22 January 2012 16:00	Report	Netherlands	12–6	Great Britain	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Mauss (GER), Grandinf (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–3, 4–1, 2–0
		van Belkum 5	Goals	McCann, Leighton 2

22 January 2012 17:30	Report	Hungary	9–12	Russia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gomez (ITA), Brguljan (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–4, 1–4, 2–1
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	Fedotova, Ivanova 3

Group B

	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Greece	3	3	0	30	21	+9	9
2.	Italy	3	2	1	42	33	+9	6
3.	Spain	3	1	2	39	35	+4	3
4.	Germany	3	0	3	30	52	−22	0

18 January 2012 17:30	Report	Spain	22–12	Germany	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 500 Referees: Dutilh (NED), Stajkovic (MKD)
		Score by quarters: 7–3, 3–3, 7–4, 5–2
		García 6	Goals	Zöllner 3

18 January 2012 20:30	Report	Greece	10–9	Italy	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 600 Referees: Fekete (HUN), Detko (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–0, 3–3, 3–4
		Antonakou 3	Goals	Abbate, Cotti 2

20 January 2012 17:30	Report	Germany	6–12	Greece	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 800 Referees: Dutilh (NED), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 1–3, 2–3
		Zollner 2	Goals	Gerolymou 5

20 January 2012 20:30	Report	Italy	15–11	Spain	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Brguljan (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–1, 3–3, 4–4
		Emmolo 4	Goals	Pareja 4

22 January 2012 19:00	Report	Germany	12–18	Italy	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 700 Referees: Stajkovic (MKD), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–7, 3–4, 3–3
		Blomenkamp 5	Goals	Bianconi 4

22 January 2012 20:30	Report	Greece	8–6	Spain	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Referees: Vogel (HUN), Levin (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 0–3, 3–1, 2–2
		three players 2	Goals	Tarrago 4

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

Russia

Italy

13 (4)

Italy

Netherlands

13 (2)

Italy

Greece

Greece

Hungary

Hungary

Spain

5th–6th

Bronze medal game

Netherlands

Russia

Spain

Hungary

Quarterfinals

24 January 2012 19:00	Report	Hungary	11–9	Spain	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 900 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–1, 2–2, 1–4
		Szűcs 3	Goals	Pareja, Peña 3

24 January 2012 20:30	Report	Italy	13 (4)–13 (2)	Netherlands	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Golijanin (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–2, 2–2, 3–4 OT: 2–2, 4–2 (PS)
		di Mario 5	Goals	Vermeer, Klaassen 3

Semifinals

26 January 2012 18:00	Report	Hungary	12–14	Greece	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 750 Referees: Peris (CRO), Levin (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–3, 4–3, 2–4
		Szűcs, Bujka 3	Goals	Roumpesi 5

26 January 2012 20:00	Report	Italy	13–12	Russia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 900 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 3–2, 4–4
		di Mario 5	Goals	Beliaeva 4

Finals

7th place playoff

24 January 2012 17:30	Report	Great Britain	13–11	Germany	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 300 Referees: Dutilh (NED), Stajkovic (MKD)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 3–1, 1–3 OT: 3–1
		Snell 4	Goals	Blomenkamp, Zöllner 3

5th place playoff

26 January 2012 16:00	Report	Spain	11–10	Netherlands	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 900 Referees: Detko (GBR), Grandin (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 4–3, 2–1
		López, Pareja 4	Goals	Hakhverdian 3

Bronze medal match

28 January 2012 14:15	Report	Hungary	9–8	Russia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Mauss (GER)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–3, 2–2, 0–1
		Keszthelyi 5	Goals	Lisunova 3

Final

28 January 2012 16:00	Report	Greece	10–13	Italy	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 1800 Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Golijanin (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 3–4, 5–3
		Asimaki, Roumpesi 3	Goals	Abbate, Bianconi 4

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
	Italy
	Greece
	Hungary
4.	Russia
5.	Spain
6.	Netherlands
7.	Great Britain
8.	Germany

2012 Women's European Champion
Italy Fifth title

References

↑ FINA Selects Catania, Casablanca as Future Host Cities; Creates Open Water "School for Officials"
↑ Qualification system; no entries were submitted from Africa, hence one extra place became available for this competition.
↑ "Draw - European Water Polo Championships - Eindhoven 2012". len.eu. 2011-11-12.

External links

European Water Polo Championship

Men's tournament

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

Qualification	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

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

Women's tournament

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

Qualification	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Squads	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

2011–12 in international water polo

September	Four Nations (women) GBR Women's European Championship Qualifiers: Matchday 5

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 Championships 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

July–August	Olympic Games GBR

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