2007 European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

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. Preliminary round Group A TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.ROM1254015539+162.RUS1254015245+73.GER953026142+194.MKD652034553–85.SVK652034144–36.FRA650053768–31 September 2, 2007 GER19 – 5FRAROM14 – 9MKDRUS9 – 8SVK September 3, 2007 FRA8 – 14RUSMKD10 – 8SVKROM7 – 10GER September 4, 2007 RUS7 – 11ROMGER13 – 8MKDSVK10 – 8FRA September 5, 2007 MKD11 – 9FRAROM9 – 6SVKGER11 – 13RUS September 6, 2007 ROM14 – 7FRARUS9 – 7MKDSVK9 – 8GER Group B TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.MNE1244005522+332.GRE943014326+173.ITA64202343404.SLO341032547–225.NED040042149–28 September 2, 2007 GRE13 – 4SLOITA8 – 12MNE September 3, 2007 MNE19 – 4SLOITA10 – 4NED September 4, 2007 MNE9 – 5GRESLO9 – 5NED September 5, 2007 SLO8 – 10ITAGRE15 – 7NED September 6, 2007 NED5 – 15MNEGRE10 – 6ITA Finals September 8 ROM 14 GRE 13 September 8 MNE 12 RUS 5 September 9 ROM 8 MNE 9 September 9 GRE 5 RUS 7 Placement 5th-8th Placement Round 1 Fifth Place Seventh Place September 8 GER 11 SLO 7 September 8 ITA 12 MKD 5 September 9 GER 6 ITA 11 September 9 SLO 8 MKD 9 9th-11th no 175 high Placement Round 1 Ninth Place September 8 FRA 11 NED 10 September 9 SVK 10 FRA 9 Final ranking RANKTEAM1.MNE 2.ROM3.RUS4.GRE5.ITA6.GER7.MKD8.SLO9.SVK10.FRA11.NED 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 See also 2007 Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier References LEN Website Olympic W W