2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

The tournaments for the qualification for the 2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship was held between 14 and 17 March 2024.

Format

The 19 teams were split into four groups of four or five teams. The tournament was played at a single venue with the group winners and the runners-ups qualifying for the final tournament, with group the exception of group C where only one teams qualified.[1]

Draw

The draw took place on 15 March 2024.[1] The seeding was based on the teams' previous European Championship performance. Bold text indicates who qualified.

Seeding

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

 Netherlands
 Malta
 France
 Georgia

 Turkey
 Romania
 Czech Republic
 Slovakia

 Ukraine
 Great Britain
 Bulgaria
 Slovenia

 Lithuania
  Switzerland
 Finland
 Poland

 Ireland
 Cyprus
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Sweden

Groups

Group A

Held in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 4 4 0 0 0 88 14 +74 12 Final tournament
2  Czech Republic 4 3 0 0 1 42 31 +11 9
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 4 2 0 0 2 42 48 −6 6
4  Great Britain 4 1 0 0 3 38 50 −12 3
5  Finland 4 0 0 0 4 23 90 −67 0
Source: Report
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) Host
14 March 2024
17:15 		Report Czech Republic  9–6  Great Britain Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Jurjaj Mudroch (SUI)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 2–0, 2–4
14 March 2024
19:30 		Report Bosnia and Herzegovina  20–10  Finland Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Tomi Kavcic (SLO), Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 3–3, 10–2
15 March 2024
09:45 		Report Great Britain  3–22  France Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Alexandros Vlastos (SWE), Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–6, 1–7, 1–8
15 March 2024
12:00 		Report Czech Republic  20–2  Finland Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Jurjaj Mudroch (SUI), Tomi Kavcic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 8–0, 4–0, 5–2
15 March 2024
17:15 		Report Bosnia and Herzegovina  12–9  Great Britain Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–3, 2–1, 4–2
15 March 2024
19:30 		Report France  17–3  Czech Republic Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Tomi Kavcic (SLO), Alexandros Vlastos (SWE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 7–1, 5–1
16 March 2024
17:15 		Report France  30–4  Finland Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Alexandros Vlastos (SWE), Jurjaj Mudroch (SUI)
Score by quarters: 9–0, 7–2, 7–1, 7–1
16 March 2024
19:30 		Report Bosnia and Herzegovina  6–10  Czech Republic Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Tomi Kavcic (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 3–3, 1–4
17 March 2024
09:45 		Report Finland  7–20  Great Britain Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Alexandros Vlastos (SWE)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 2–7, 1–5
17 March 2024
12:00 		Report Bosnia and Herzegovina  4–19  France Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Referees:
Jurjaj Mudroch (SUI), Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–4, 2–3, 0–9

Group B

Held in Maribor, Slovenia

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 4 4 0 0 0 74 39 +35 12 Final tournament
2  Slovenia (H) 4 2 0 0 2 54 59 −5 6[a]
3  Georgia 4 2 0 0 2 57 49 +8 6[a]
4  Sweden 4 2 0 0 2 50 54 −4 6[a]
5   Switzerland 4 0 0 0 4 38 72 −34 0
Source: Report
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) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head goal difference: Slovenia +4, Georgia +3, Sweden –7.
14 March 2024
18:00 		Report Georgia  22–11   Switzerland Maribor, Slovenia
Referees:
Karel Dvoracek (CZE), Filippou Polidoros (CYP)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 9–3, 5–3, 4–3
14 March 2024
20:00 		Report Slovenia  18–10  Sweden Maribor, Slovenia
Referees:
Alexandru Mustata (ROU), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
Score by quarters: 7–3, 4–2, 3–2, 4–3
15 March 2024
10:00 		Report Switzerland  9–10  Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia
Referees:
Filippou Polidoros (CYP)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 1–3, 3–2
15 March 2024
12:00 		Report Turkey  13–7  Georgia Maribor, Slovenia
Referees:
Karel Dvoracek (CZE), Alexandru Mustata (ROU)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–1, 4–3, 4–2
15 March 2024
18:00 		Report Sweden  16–11   Switzerland Maribor, Slovenia
Referees:
Tomas Kaseta (LTU), Filippou Polidoros (CYP)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–3, 3–3, 4–3
15 March 2024
20:00 		Report Slovenia  12–22  Turkey Maribor, Slovenia
Referees:
Karel Dvoracek (CZE)
Score by quarters: 4–9, 2–4, 2–4, 4–5
16 March 2024
17:00 		Report Switzerland  7–24  Turkey Maribor, Slovenia
Referees:
Alexandru Mustata (ROU), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–6, 1–8, 2–5
16 March 2024
19:00 		Report Sweden  11–10  Georgia Maribor, Slovenia
Referees:
Filippou Polidoros (CYP)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 5–4, 2–3, 4–2
17 March 2024
09:30 		Report Turkey  15–13  Sweden Maribor, Slovenia
Referees:
Alexandru Mustata (ROU), Tomas Kaseta (LTU)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 5–3, 3–5
17 March 2024
11:30 		Report Georgia  18–14  Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia
Referees:
Karel Dvoracek (CZE)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–3, 5–5, 4–4

Group C

Held in Łódź, Poland

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Malta 3 3 0 0 0 42 21 +21 9 Final tournament
2  Poland (H) 3 2 0 0 1 26 26 0 6
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 26 35 −9 3
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 31 43 −12 0 Final tournament as host
5  Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: Report
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) Host
15 March 2024
18:30 		Report Malta  15–7  Slovakia Łódź, Poland
Referees:
Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), George Makharadze (UKR)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–4, 3–1, 3–1
15 March 2024
20:30 		Report Poland  14–9  Bulgaria Łódź, Poland
Referees:
Alban David (FRA), Jarkko Virtanen (FIN)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 5–3, 5–4, 2–2
16 March 2024
16:30 		Report Slovakia  13–12  Bulgaria Łódź, Poland
Referees:
Jarkko Virtanen (FIN), George Makharadze (UKR)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 4–2, 5–4
16 March 2024
18:30 		Report Poland  4–11  Malta Łódź, Poland
Referees:
Alban David (FRA), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 2–3, 1–2
17 March 2024
09:30 		Report Bulgaria  10–16  Malta Łódź, Poland
Referees:
Jarkko Virtanen (FIN), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–5, 3–2, 2–5
17 March 2024
11:30 		Report 'Poland  8–6  Slovakia Łódź, Poland
Referees:
Alban David (FRA), George Makharadze (UKR)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–1, 4–4, 0–1

Group D

Held in Bucharest, Romania

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 4 4 0 0 0 78 24 +54 12 Final tournament
2  Romania (H) 4 3 0 0 1 63 32 +31 9
3  Ukraine 4 2 0 0 2 53 37 +16 6
4  Cyprus 4 1 0 0 3 27 70 −43 3
5  Lithuania 4 0 0 0 4 18 76 −58 0
Source: Report
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) Host
14 March 2024
17:00 		Report Netherlands  25–2  Lithuania Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Alex De Raffaele (MLT), Erik Kolar (SVK)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 7–0, 7–1, 6–0
14 March 2024
19:00 		Report Romania  27–4  Cyprus Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Nikola Nanov (BUL), Lukasz Kroz (POL)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 6–2, 6–1, 8–0
15 March 2024
09:00 		Report Lithuania  8–15  Cyprus Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Erik Kolar (SVK), Neven Spoljaric (BIH)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–5, 3–1, 1–4
15 March 2024
11:00 		Report Ukraine  8–13  Netherlands Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Alex De Raffaele (MLT), Lukasz Kroz (POL)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 2–4, 1–4
15 March 2024
18:00 		Report Ukraine  25–5  Lithuania Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Neven Spoljaric (BIH), Lukasz Kroz (POL)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 5–1, 8–8, 6–2
15 March 2024
20:00 		Report Romania  11–19  Netherlands Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Nikola Nanov (BUL), Erik Kolar (SVK)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–1, 2–9, 2–7
16 March 2024
16:30 		Report Cyprus  3–21  Netherlands Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Neven Spoljaric (BIH), Nikola Nanov (BUL)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–6, 1–6, 1–5
16 March 2024
18:30 		Report Ukraine  6–14  Romania Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Erik Kolar (SVK), Alex De Raffaele (MLT)
Score by quarters: 3–6, 0–5, 2–2, 1–1
17 March 2024
09:00 		Report Cyprus  5–14  Ukraine Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Neven Spoljaric (BIH), Nikola Nanov (BUL)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 1–5, 1–3
17 March 2024
11:00 		Report Lithuania  3–11  Romania Bucharest, Romania
Referees:
Lukasz Kroz (POL), Alex De Raffaele (MLT)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–3, 1–3, 2–2

References

  1. ^ a b Curcic, Ivan (December 15, 2023). "Draw for qualifications for U19 Europeans: 20 teams in race for tickets to Burgas".