2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers are series of qualification tournaments to decide the participants of the 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship.[1]
Qualified teams
Teams directly qualified to the 2018 European Water Polo Championship:
Serbia – winners of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Montenegro – runners-up of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Hungary – 3rd place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Greece – 4th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Spain – Host nation and 5th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Italy – 6th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Croatia – 7th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Russia – 8th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Qualifying round 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 9 |
 Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 6 |
 Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 3 |
 Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 38 | –18 | 0 |
| 17 March 2017 19:15 |
Bulgaria |
7–16 | Austria |
Prague |
| 17 March 2017 21:00 |
Czech Republic |
7–8 | Switzerland |
Prague |
| 18 March 2017 18:00 |
Switzerland |
12–7 | Bulgaria |
Prague |
| 18 March 2017 20:00 |
Czech Republic |
11–10 | Austria |
Prague |
| 19 March 2017 09:30 |
Switzerland |
9–8 | Austria |
Prague |
| 19 March 2017 11:30 |
Czech Republic |
10–6 | Bulgaria |
Prague |
Qualifying round 2
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 9 |
 Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 6 |
 Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 42 | –15 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 40 | –18 | 0 |
| 6 October 2017 16:30 |
Ukraine |
18–7 | Lithuania |
Rio Maior |
| 6 October 2017 18:30 |
Portugal |
17–9 | Czech Republic |
Rio Maior |
| 7 October 2017 16:00 |
Lithuania |
13–8 | Czech Republic |
Rio Maior |
| 7 October 2017 18:00 |
Portugal |
10–11 | Ukraine |
Rio Maior |
| 8 October 2017 09:30 |
Czech Republic |
5–10 | Ukraine |
Rio Maior |
| 8 October 2017 11:30 |
Portugal |
16–7 | Lithuania |
Rio Maior |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belarus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 9 |
 Israel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 6 |
 Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 24 | –5 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 31 | –16 | 1 |
| 6 October 2017 17:00 |
Belarus |
14–5 | Switzerland |
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| 6 October 2017 18:30 |
Poland |
7–8 | Israel |
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| 7 October 2017 17:00 |
Belarus |
9–4 | Israel |
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| 7 October 2017 18:30 |
Poland |
7–7 | Switzerland |
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| 8 October 2017 08:30 |
Poland |
5–9 | Belarus |
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| 8 October 2017 10:00 |
Switzerland |
3–10 | Israel |
Gorzów Wielkopolski |
Qualifying round 3
No teams were eliminated in round 2, but their results will determine the matches of the following round (play-off format with home and away games) held in 2018. These eight teams will face the teams classified 9 to 16 in the latest edition of the tournament, the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship.
| Seeded | Unseeded |
|---|---|
| From the 2016 European Championship | |
 France |  Slovakia |
 Romania |  Georgia |
 Germany |  Malta |
 Netherlands |  Turkey |
| From the Qualifying round 2 | |
| Ukraine | Lithuania |
| Belarus | Poland |
| Portugal | Czech Republic |
| Israel | Switzerland |
Playoffs
- 1st leg: 24 February 2018
- 2nd leg: 3 March 2018
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France |
30–6 | Switzerland |
18–1 | 12–5 |
| Romania |
37–11 | Czech Republic |
20–5 | 17–6 |
| Poland |
8–44 | Germany |
2–21 | 6–23 |
| Netherlands |
42–13 | Lithuania |
28–7 | 14–6 |
| Portugal |
6–25 | Slovakia |
4–16 | 2–9 |
| Georgia |
23–11 | Israel |
12–1 | 11–10 |
| Belarus |
17–23 | Malta |
8–7 | 9–16 |
| Ukraine |
15–18 | Turkey |
8–8 | 7–10 |
References
- ↑ "EWPC 2018, Qualification". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
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