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

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 D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Russia 33003829+99
2.  Hungary 32013729+86
3.  Netherlands 31023026+43
4.  Great Britain 30032546−210
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 D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Greece 33003021+99
2.  Italy 32014233+96
3.  Spain 31023935+43
4.  Germany 30033052−220
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
                           
A1   Russia 12  
B2   Italy 13 (4)  
B2   Italy 13  
A3   Netherlands 13 (2)  
  B2   Italy 13
  B1   Greece 10
B1   Greece 14
A2   Hungary 11  
A2   Hungary 12  
B3   Spain 9  
5th–6th Bronze medal game
A3   Netherlands 10 A1   Russia 8
B3   Spain 11 A2   Hungary 9

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

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

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