The 2016 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament was held in Trieste, Italy, from 3 to 10 April 2016, at the Polo Natatorio "Bruno Bianchi".[1][2] The top four teams advanced to the Olympics.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Italy |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 3–10 April |
| Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Hungary |
| Runner-up | Italy |
| Third place |  Spain |
| Fourth place |  France |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 42 |
| Goals scored | 785 (18.69 per match) |
Participants edit
There were 12 places originally allocated to continental associations in the tournament not already directly qualified to the Olympics – 9 from Europe, 1 from the Americas, 1 from Asia, and 1 from Africa.
| Continent | How qualified |
|---|---|
| Europe | |
| Italy |
Host country |
| Hungary |
2016 European Championship bronze medalists |
| Spain |
2016 European Championship 5th place |
 Russia |
2016 European Championship 8th place |
| France |
2016 European Championship 9th place |
 Romania |
2016 European Championship 10th place |
 Germany |
2016 European Championship 11th place |
 Netherlands |
2016 European Championship 12th place |
 Slovakia |
2016 European Championship 13th place |
| Americas | |
 Canada |
2015 Pan American Games bronze medalists |
| Asia | |
 Kazakhstan |
2015 Asian Championship bronze medalists |
| Africa | |
 South Africa |
African Continental Selection |
Draw edit
The draw took place on 23 January 2016 in Belgrade, after the final of the 2016 European Championship.[3]
Preliminary round edit
All times are local (UTC+2).[4]
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 44 | +29 | 9 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 8 | |
| 3 | France
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 6 | |
| 4 | Romania
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5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Russia
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 3 | |
| 6 | Slovakia
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 0 |
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.[5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.[5]
| 3 April 2016 13:50 |
Report | Russia
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6–7 | Canada
|
Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 200 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sergio Galindo (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–1, 1–3 | |||||
| Khalturin 3 | Goals | Boyd, Conway 2 | |||
| 3 April 2016 15:10 |
Report | France
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7–13 | Hungary
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 0–6, 4–2, 0–3, 3–2 | |||||
| Iždinský 3 | Goals | Vámos, Dá. Varga 3 | |||
| 3 April 2016 16:30 |
Report | Slovakia
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11–13 | Romania
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 350 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Henk Smit (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–5, 3–2, 2–3 | |||||
| four players 2 | Goals | Negrean 6 | |||
| 4 April 2016 16:30 |
Report | Canada
|
14–14 | Hungary
|
Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 200 Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Dion Willis (RSA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 4–5, 3–1 | |||||
| Constantin-Bicari 4 | Goals | Manhercz, Dá. Varga 3 | |||
| 4 April 2016 17:50 |
Report | Romania
|
11–12 | France
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 350 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gernot Häntschel (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–3, 3–4, 1–2 | |||||
| Szabo 3 | Goals | Crousillat 5 | |||
| 4 April 2016 19:10 |
Report | Russia
|
7–4 | Slovakia
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 400 Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–3, 0–1, 2–0 | |||||
| three players 2 | Goals | Kolárik 3 | |||
| 5 April 2016 13:50 |
Report | Hungary
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12–8 | Romania
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 200 Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Henk Smit (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–3, 4–1, 2–2 | |||||
| Szívós 4 | Goals | Negrean 3 | |||
| 5 April 2016 15:10 |
Report | Slovakia
|
9–11 | Canada
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Gernot Häntschel (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–5, 3–2, 3–2 | |||||
| three players 2 | Goals | four players 2 | |||
| 5 April 2016 16:30 |
Report | France
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12–11 | Russia
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Sergio Galindo (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–4, 2–2, 2–2 | |||||
| Crousillat 4 | Goals | Khalturin 4 | |||
| 6 April 2016 16:30 |
Report | Canada
|
10–10 | Romania
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sergio Galindo (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 6–4, 3–4, 0–1 | |||||
| Boyd 5 | Goals | Negrean 3 | |||
| 6 April 2016 17:50 |
Report | Russia
|
8–18 | Hungary
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Dion Willis (RSA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–6, 3–5, 1–4, 2–3 | |||||
| Kharkov 4 | Goals | four players 3 | |||
| 6 April 2016 19:10 |
Report | Slovakia
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8–10 | France
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 700 Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–4, 3–4, 1–2 | |||||
| Ďurík, Úradník 2 | Goals | Blary, Crousillat 3 | |||
| 7 April 2016 13:50 |
Report | France
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5–13 | Canada
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–2, 2–4, 2–6 | |||||
| Crousillat 2 | Goals | Lapins 4 | |||
| 7 April 2016 15:10 |
Report | Hungary
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16–7 | Slovakia
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Henk Smit (NED), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 5–4, 5–1, 2–1, 4–1 | |||||
| Dá. Varga 4 | Goals | Kolárik 2 | |||
| 7 April 2016 16:30 |
Report | Russia
|
8–8 | Romania
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Gernot Häntschel (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–3, 3–3, 1–1 | |||||
| Khalturin 3 | Goals | Goanță 3 | |||
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (H)
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 26 | +41 | 8 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Netherlands
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 8 | |
| 3 | Spain
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 8 | |
| 4 | Germany
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 3 | |
| 5 | Kazakhstan
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 3 | |
| 6 | South Africa
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 88 | −67 | 0 |
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.[5]
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.[5]
(H) Hosts
| 3 April 2016 17:50 |
Report | Spain
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5–7 | Netherlands
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 300 Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Balázs Székely (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–2, 0–2, 2–1 | |||||
| Munarriz 2 | Goals | Lindhout, Spijker 2 | |||
| 3 April 2016 19:10 |
Report | South Africa
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4–23 | Germany
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 400 Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Pascal Bouchez (FRA) |
| Score by quarters: 0–6, 2–4, 1–8, 1–5 | |||||
| four players 1 | Goals | Bukowski, Preuss 4 | |||
| 3 April 2016 20:30 |
Report | Italy
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14–3 | Kazakhstan
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 900 Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–0, 4–1, 3–1 | |||||
| Nora 4 | Goals | three players 1 | |||
| 4 April 2016 13:50 |
Report | Kazakhstan
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5–8 | Netherlands
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 100 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Doriel Terpenka (CAN) |
| Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 2–2, 1–1 | |||||
| Shmider 2 | Goals | Gielen, Lindhout 3 | |||
| 4 April 2016 15:10 |
Report | Germany
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5–10 | Spain
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 200 Referees: Balázs Székely (HUN), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–0, 2–4, 1–5 | |||||
| Nossek, Real 2 | Goals | Molina 4 | |||
| 4 April 2016 20:30 |
Report | Italy
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22–3 | South Africa
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 800 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Pascal Bouchez (FRA) |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–0, 7–1, 4–1 | |||||
| Velotto 4 | Goals | three players 1 | |||
| 5 April 2016 17:50 |
Report | Netherlands
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9–8 | Germany
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 350 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 3–3, 2–2 | |||||
| three players 2 | Goals | Nossek 2 | |||
| 5 April 2016 19:10 |
Report | South Africa
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6–11 | Kazakhstan
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 400 Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Balázs Székely (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 1–4, 0–2 | |||||
| Evezard 2 | Goals | Peković 4 | |||
| 5 April 2016 20:30 |
Report | Spain
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9–8 | Italy
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 1–3, 2–2 | |||||
| Molina 3 | Goals | Di Fulvio 3 | |||
| 6 April 2016 13:50 |
Report | Kazakhstan
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11–11 | Germany
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Balázs Székely (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 4–2, 2–4 | |||||
| Ushakov 3 | Goals | Cuk 4 | |||
| 6 April 2016 15:10 |
Report | South Africa
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1–15 | Spain
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–6, 0–4, 0–2 | |||||
| Rumbelow 1 | Goals | Molina 5 | |||
| 6 April 2016 20:30 |
Report | Italy
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11–5 | Netherlands
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–3, 2–0, 1–1 | |||||
| Figlioli 4 | Goals | Lindhout 3 | |||
| 7 April 2016 17:50 |
Report | Spain
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16–4 | Kazakhstan
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–1, 7–0, 3–1 | |||||
| Echenique 4 | Goals | Gubarev 2 | |||
| 7 April 2016 19:10 |
Report | Netherlands
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17–7 | South Africa
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 600 Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Balázs Székely (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–3, 4–0, 6–2 | |||||
| Lindhout 4 | Goals | Brown 2 | |||
| 7 April 2016 20:30 |
Report | Italy
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12–6 | Germany
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Joe Peila (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 4–1, 3–3 | |||||
| Figlioli 4 | Goals | Cuk, Stamm 2 | |||
Knockout stage edit
All times are local (UTC+2).
Bracket edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Hungary | 8 | |||||||||
| Germany | 7 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 15 | |||||||||
| France | 9 | |||||||||
| France (pen.) | 8 (4) | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 8 (3) | |||||||||
| Hungary | 10 | |||||||||
| Italy | 8 | |||||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||
| Spain | 8 | |||||||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||||||
| Italy | 6 | Third place | ||||||||
| Romania | 7 | |||||||||
| Italy | 8 | |||||||||
| France | 4 | |||||||||
| Spain | 16 | |||||||||
- 5th place bracket
| Semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| Germany | 7 | |||||
| Netherlands | 8 | |||||
| Netherlands | 9 | |||||
| Canada | 8 | |||||
| Canada | 14 | |||||
| Romania | 7 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| Germany | 9 | |||||
| Romania | 10 | |||||
Quarterfinals edit
The winners qualify for the 2016 Olympics.
| 8 April 2016 16:00 |
Report | Hungary
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8–7 | Germany
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 400 Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–2, 2–1, 1–4 | |||||
| Dé. Varga 3 | Goals | Bukowski, Nossek 2 | |||
| 8 April 2016 17:30 |
Report | Canada
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7–8 | Spain
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Balázs Székely (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 0–3, 4–1 | |||||
| Boyd, McElroy 2 | Goals | Molina 3 | |||
| 8 April 2016 19:00 |
Report | France
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8–8 | Netherlands
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 600 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 2–2, 3–2 PSO: 4–3 | |||||
| Camarasa 3 | Goals | three players 2 | |||
| 8 April 2016 20:30 |
Report | Romania
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7–8 | Italy
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
| Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–2, 3–3, 1–1 | |||||
| Gheorghe 3 | Goals | Di Fulvio, Figlioli 2 | |||
5–8th place semifinals edit
| 9 April 2016 16:00 |
Report | Germany
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7–8 | Netherlands
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 2–3, 0–4 | |||||
| Jüngling 3 | Goals | three players 2 | |||
| 9 April 2016 17:30 |
Report | Canada
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14–7 | Romania
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Sergio Galindo (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–0, 2–1, 3–3 | |||||
| Boyd, Constantin-Bicari 4 | Goals | Gheorghe 3 | |||
Semifinals edit
| 9 April 2016 19:00 |
Report | Hungary
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15–9 | France
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 800 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dion Willis (RSA) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–4, 2–1, 5–2 | |||||
| Vámos 4 | Goals | four players 2 | |||
| 9 April 2016 20:30 |
Report | Spain
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5–6 | Italy
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Joe Peila (USA), Gernot Häntschel (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 1–0, 0–1, 2–1, 2–4 | |||||
| Español, Mallarach 2 | Goals | Nora 2 | |||
Seventh place game edit
| 10 April 2016 11:00 |
Report | Germany
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9–10 | Romania
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Henk Smit (NED), Doriel Terpenka (CAN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–3, 4–2 | |||||
| three players 2 | Goals | Radu 3 | |||
Fifth place game edit
| 10 April 2016 12:30 |
Report | Netherlands
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9–8 | Canada
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Dion Willis (RSA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–3, 2–1 | |||||
| Lindhout 4 | Goals | Conway 3 | |||
Third place game edit
| 10 April 2016 15:30 |
Report | France
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4–16 | Spain
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–5, 0–4, 1–3 | |||||
| four players 1 | Goals | Tahull 5 | |||
Final edit
| 10 April 2016 17:00 |
Report | Hungary
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10–8 | Italy
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Polo Natatorio Bruno Bianchi, Trieste Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–1, 1–2 | |||||
| Dé. Varga 3 | Goals | Aicardi, Di Fulvio 2 | |||
Final ranking edit
| Qualified for the Summer Olympics |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
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Hungary
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Italy
|
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Spain
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| 4 | France
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| 5 | Netherlands
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| 6 | Canada
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| 7 | Romania
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| 8 | Germany
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| 9 | Russia
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| 10 | Kazakhstan
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| 11 | Slovakia
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| 12 | South Africa
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Water polo" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Italy and the Netherlands to host Rio 2016 qualification tournaments". waterpoloworld.com. 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments Draw (Men & Women)". fina.org. 23 January 2016.
- ^ Schedule
- ^ a b BL 9.6 Classification