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The tournaments for the qualification for the 2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held between 23 and 25 June 2023.^[1]

Format[edit]

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. The tournament was played at a single venue with the group winners and the three best second-ranked teams qualified for the final tournament.^[2]

Draw[edit]

The draw took place on 1 April 2023.^[2]

Seeding[edit]

The seeding was announced on 29 March 2023.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Serbia Romania Netherlands Germany	Malta Slovakia Slovenia Lithuania	Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Poland	Bulgaria Finland Great Britain Portugal

Groups[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	72	16	+56	9	Final tournament
2	Portugal	3	2	1	47	40	+7	6
3	Poland	3	1	2	25	55	−30	3
4	Lithuania	3	0	3	18	51	−33	0

Source: LEN
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.
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+2).

23 June 2023 18:30	Report	Lithuania	9–19	Portugal	Amersfoort Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Akif Uz (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–5, 1–5, 3–6
		Vitkauskas 2	Goals	Ramos 10

23 June 2023 20:30	Report	Netherlands	29–5	Poland	Amersfoort
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 7–2, 6–0, 11–2
		Te Riele 6	Goals	Michalski 2

24 June 2023 18:30	Report	Lithuania	7–8	Poland	Amersfoort Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Robert Prelovský (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–1, 4–1, 2–4
		Jonkus 3	Goals	Michalski 3

24 June 2023 20:30	Report	Netherlands	19–9	Portugal	Amersfoort Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Akif Uz (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 7–3, 6–3
		Van IJperen 7	Goals	Sousa 7

25 June 2023 09:30	Report	Poland	12–19	Portugal	Amersfoort
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–7, 3–5, 4–4
		Maciejewski 4	Goals	Sousa 6

25 June 2023 11:30	Report	Netherlands	24–2	Lithuania	Amersfoort
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–0, 10–0, 6–1
		Te Riele 6	Goals	Bakulo, Jonkus 1

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	56	17	+39	9	Final tournament
2	Malta (H)	3	2	1	46	26	+20	6	Final tournament
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	34	44	−10	3
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	20	69	−49	0

Source: LEN
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.
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+2).

23 June 2023 18:30	Report	Germany	24–3	Bulgaria	Gżira Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Tomas Kašėta (LTU)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 9–0, 4–2, 6–0
		Chiru 5	Goals	three players 1

23 June 2023 19:45	Report	Malta	14–7	Ukraine	Gżira Referees: Erwin Schapers (NED), Luis Santos (POR)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 5–3, 4–3
		Muscat, Plumpton 3	Goals	Alieksieiev 2

24 June 2023 18:30	Report	Bulgaria	13–23	Ukraine	Gżira Referees: Luis Santos (POR), Łukasz Król (POL)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–5, 2–7, 5–6
		Metodiev 4	Goals	Diadiura 4

24 June 2023 19:45	Report	Malta	10–15	Germany	Gżira Referees: Tomas Kašėta (LTU), Erwin Schapers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 3–2, 3–6
		Muscat 3	Goals	Bozic 5

25 June 2023 09:00	Report	Malta	22–4	Bulgaria	Gżira Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Erwin Schapers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 9–1, 3–0, 6–3
		Zammit 6	Goals	four players 1

25 June 2023 10:15	Report	Ukraine	4–17	Germany	Gżira Referees: Tomas Kašėta (LTU), Luis Santos (POR)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 1–6, 0–3
		Ashanin 2	Goals	Kueppers, Schipper 4

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	59	12	+47	9	Final tournament
2	Slovakia	3	2	1	36	28	+8	6	Final tournament
3	Turkey (H)	3	1	2	29	29	0	3
4	Great Britain	3	0	3	9	64	−55	0

Source: LEN
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.
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+3).

23 June 2023 17:00	Report	Turkey	6–11	Slovakia	Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Tomi Kavčič (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–3, 2–3, 0–4
		Oğuzcan 2	Goals	Baláž, Zaťovič 3

23 June 2023 19:00	Report	Serbia	28–0	Great Britain	Istanbul Referees: Antti Ruohonen (FIN), Ruben Garcia (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 6–0, 7–0, 9–0
		Lazić 5	Goals

24 June 2023 17:00	Report	Slovakia	8–15	Serbia	Istanbul Referees: Tomi Kavčič (SLO), Ruben Garcia (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 2–4, 1–5
		Tkáč 3	Goals	Jakšić, Vučinić 3

24 June 2023 19:00	Report	Great Britain	2–19	Turkey	Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Antti Ruohonen (FIN)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–5, 2–3, 0–5
		Elliot, Pratt 1	Goals	three players 3

25 June 2023 11:30	Report	Great Britain	7–17	Slovakia	Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Tomi Kavčič (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–4, 2–6, 1–2
		Paddon 4	Goals	Tkáč 6

25 June 2023 13:30	Report	Turkey	4–16	Serbia	Istanbul Referees: Antti Ruohonen (FIN), Ruben Garcia (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–2, 2–3, 1–5
		four players 1	Goals	Drašović 6

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	2	1	0	48	25	+23	7	Final tournament
2	Slovenia (H)	3	2	1	0	46	23	+23	7	Final tournament
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	33	40	−7	3
4	Finland	3	0	0	3	20	59	−39	0

Source: LEN
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.
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+2).

23 June 2023 19:00	Report	Switzerland	9–19	Romania	Kranj Referees: Gernot Häntschel (GER), Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–6, 2–3, 4–5
		three players 2	Goals	Georgescu 5

23 June 2023 20:40	Report	Slovenia	25–4	Finland	Kranj Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 9–0, 4–0, 4–3, 8–1
		Kadivec 6	Goals	Olilla 2

24 June 2023 19:00	Report	Finland	6–19	Romania	Kranj Referees: Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–7, 0–2, 2–5
		Johnsson 3	Goals	Vancsik 4

24 June 2023 20:40	Report	Slovenia	11–9	Switzerland	Kranj Referees: Gernot Häntschel (GER), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 2–3, 4–3
		Kadivec 5	Goals	Pleyer, Szer 3

25 June 2023 09:30	Report	Switzerland	15–10	Finland	Kranj Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Gernot Häntschel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–4, 4–1, 3–3
		Pleyer 6	Goals	Olilla 4

25 June 2023 11:10	Report	Slovenia	10–10	Romania	Kranj Referees: Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 3–3, 3–1
		Kadivec 3	Goals	Fulea 4

Ranking of second-placed teams[edit]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D	Slovenia	3	2	1	0	46	23	+23	7	Final tournament
2	B	Malta	3	2	0	1	46	26	+20	6
3	C	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	36	28	+8	6
4	A	Portugal	3	2	0	1	47	40	+7	6

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References[edit]

^ "Road to European Championships in Israel begins in March". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Draw for qualifications for 2024 Europeans in Netanya: Demanding tasks in Turkey". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^ "Saturday Draw Fever". len.eu. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[1] "Road to European Championships in Israel begins in March". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[Format-2] "Draw for qualifications for 2024 Europeans in Netanya: Demanding tasks in Turkey". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

[3] "Saturday Draw Fever". len.eu. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

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Format[edit]

Draw[edit]

Seeding[edit]

Groups[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Ranking of second-placed teams[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]