2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship.
2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates18–28 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Italy (5th title)
Runner-up Greece
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored459 (22.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hungary Rita Keszthelyi
(19 goals)
Best playerItaly Tania Di Mario
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The 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship took place at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swim Stadium in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from January 18 to 28, 2012.

Italy won their fifth title by defeating Greece 13-10 in the final. Hungary captured the bronze medal after a 9-8 win over Russia.

Road to the 2012 Olympics

The championships was part of the qualification procedure for the 2012 London Olympics that will take place in late July and early August of that year. There will be 8 women's teams in the Olympic competition.

By the time that these championships took place, three women's places have already been booked: the winner of the Pan American Games in Guadalajara (Mexico), the Australian team for Oceania (not contested) and the British team, as host nation.

As Great Britain women's team has been entered into the Olympic competition, there was not a direct entry to the Olympic tournament from the European Championships. Six women's teams will be entered into a world-wide qualifying competition from 1–8 April 2012 for men in Edmonton, Canada and from 15–22 April for women in Trieste (Italy).[1] Four teams from this competition qualified for the Olympic tournament.[2]

Qualification

Main article: 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

Squads

Main article: 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship squads

Draw

The draw was held on November 12, 2011.[3]

Groups

Group A Group B

 Netherlands
 Great Britain
 Hungary
 Russia

 Greece
 Spain
 Germany
 Italy

Preliminary round

     Team advances to Semifinals
     Team advances to Quarterfinals

Group A

All times are CET (UTC+1).

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Russia 3 3 0 0 38 29 +9 9
2.  Hungary 3 2 0 1 37 29 +8 6
3.  Netherlands 3 1 0 2 30 26 +4 3
4.  Great Britain 3 0 0 3 25 46 −21 0
18 January 2012
16:00 		Report[dead link‍] Great Britain  9–19  Hungary Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Mauss (GER), Grandin (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–4, 3–7, 2–4
McCann, Gisbon 2 Goals Keszthelyi 5
18 January 2012
19:00 		Report[dead link‍] Netherlands  10–11  Russia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–3, 2–2, 1–3
van Belkum 6 Goals Lisunova 4
20 January 2012
16:00 		Report[dead link‍] Russia  15–10  Great Britain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Mauss (GER), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–2, 1–3, 5–3
Fedotova 4 Goals three players 2
20 January 2012
19:00 		Report[dead link‍] Hungary  9–8  Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,250
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–1, 1–3, 3–0
Szűcs, Keszthelyi 2 Goals van Belkum 3
22 January 2012
16:00 		Report[dead link‍] Netherlands  12–6  Great Britain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,700
Referees:
Mauss (GER), Grandinf (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–3, 4–1, 2–0
van Belkum 5 Goals McCann, Leighton 2
22 January 2012
17:30 		Report[dead link‍] Hungary  9–12  Russia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
Referees:
Gomez (ITA), Brguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–4, 1–4, 2–1
Keszthelyi 4 Goals Fedotova, Ivanova 3

Group B

All times are CET (UTC+1).

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Greece 3 3 0 0 30 21 +9 9
2.  Italy 3 2 0 1 42 33 +9 6
3.  Spain 3 1 0 2 39 35 +4 3
4.  Germany 3 0 0 3 30 52 −22 0
18 January 2012
17:30 		Report[dead link‍] Spain  22–12  Germany Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Dutilh (NED), Stajkovic (MKD)
Score by quarters: 7–3, 3–3, 7–4, 5–2
García 6 Goals Zöllner 3
18 January 2012
20:30 		Report[dead link‍] Greece  10–9  Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Fekete (HUN), Detko (GBR)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–0, 3–3, 3–4
Antonakou 3 Goals Abbate, Cotti 2
20 January 2012
17:30 		Report[dead link‍] Germany  6–12  Greece Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 800
Referees:
Dutilh (NED), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 1–3, 2–3
Zollner 2 Goals Gerolymou 5
20 January 2012
20:30 		Report[dead link‍] Italy  15–11  Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Brguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–1, 3–3, 4–4
Emmolo 4 Goals Pareja 4
22 January 2012
19:00 		Report[dead link‍] Germany  12–18  Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Stajkovic (MKD), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–7, 3–4, 3–3
Blomenkamp 5 Goals Bianconi 4
22 January 2012
20:30 		Report[dead link‍] Greece  8–6  Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Referees:
Vogel (HUN), Levin (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 0–3, 3–1, 2–2
three players 2 Goals Tarrago 4

Final round

Bracket
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
A1 Russia12
B2 Italy17B2 Italy13
A3 Netherlands15B2 Italy13
B1 Greece10
B1 Greece14
A2 Hungary11A2 Hungary12
B3 Spain9
5th–6th place matchBronze medal match
A3 Netherlands10A1 Russia8
B3 Spain11A2 Hungary9

Quarterfinals

All times are CET (UTC+1).

24 January 2012
19:00 		Report[dead link‍] Hungary  11–9  Spain Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–1, 2–2, 1–4
Szűcs 3 Goals Pareja, Peña 3
24 January 2012
20:30 		Report[dead link‍] Italy  17–15  Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,000
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Golijanin (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–2, 2–2, 3–4  OT: 2–2  PSO: 4–2
di Mario 5 Goals Vermeer, Klaassen 3

Semifinals

All times are CET (UTC+1).

26 January 2012
18:00 		Report[dead link‍] Hungary  12–14  Greece Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Levin (ISR)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–3, 4–3, 2–4
Szűcs, Bujka 3 Goals Roumpesi 5
26 January 2012
20:00 		Report[dead link‍] Italy  13–12  Russia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 3–2, 4–4
di Mario 5 Goals Beliaeva 4

7th place match

All times are CET (UTC+1).

24 January 2012
17:30 		Report[dead link‍] Great Britain  13–11  Germany Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Dutilh (NED), Stajkovic (MKD)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 3–1, 1–3  OT: 3–1
Snell 4 Goals Blomenkamp, Zöllner 3

5th place match

All times are CET (UTC+1).

26 January 2012
16:00 		Report[dead link‍] Spain  11–10  Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Detko (GBR), Grandin (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 4–3, 2–1
López, Pareja 4 Goals Hakhverdian 3

Bronze medal match

All times are CET (UTC+1).

28 January 2012
14:15 		Report[dead link‍] Hungary  9–8  Russia Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
Referees:
Bianchi (ITA), Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–3, 2–2, 0–1
Keszthelyi 5
Bujka 2
Szűcs, Takács 1 		Goals Lisunova 3
Prokofyeva, Konukh, Belova, Tankeeva, Beliaeva 1

Gold medal match

All times are CET (UTC+1).

28 January 2012
16:00 		Report[dead link‍] Greece  10–13  Italy Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1800
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Golijanin (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 3–4, 5–3
Asimaki 3
Roumpesi, Tsoukala, Gerolymou 2
Psouni 1 		Goals Abbate, Bianconi 4
Casanova, Queirolo, Di Mario, Emmolo, Frassinetti 1

Final ranking

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Rita Keszthelyi  Hungary 19 33 57.6%
2 Iefke van Belkum  Netherlands 18 36 50%
3 Roberta Bianconi  Italy 16 31 51.6%
Tania Di Mario  Italy 16 36 44.4%
5 Jennifer Pareja  Spain 15 28 53.6%

Individual awards

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References

  1. ^ "FINA Selects Catania, Casablanca as Future Host Cities; Creates Open Water "School for Officials"". Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  2. ^ Qualification system Archived 2011-04-01 at the Wayback Machine; no entries were submitted from Africa, hence one extra place became available for this competition.
  3. ^ "Draw - European Water Polo Championships - Eindhoven 2012". len.eu. 2011-11-12. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  4. ^ "Women gained their fifth title". sportiamoci.it. January 29, 2012.