2007 European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

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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.

Contents 1 Preliminary Round 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 2 Finals 3 Placement 3.1 5th-8th 3.2 9th-11th 4 Final Ranking 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] 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.	Republic of 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	Republic of Macedonia
Russia	9 – 8	Slovakia

• September 3, 2007

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

• September 4, 2007

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

• September 5, 2007

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

• September 6, 2007

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Finals

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

[edit] Placement

[edit] 5th-8th

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

[edit] 9th-11th

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

[edit] Final Ranking

RANK	TEAM
1.	Montenegro
2.	Romania
3.	Russia
4.	Greece
5.	Italy
6.	Germany
7.	Republic of 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

[edit] See also

• 2007 Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

[edit] References

• LEN Website