2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

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.

2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–28 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (5th title)
Runners-up	Greece
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	459 (22.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rita Keszthelyi (19 goals)
Awards
Best player	Tania Di Mario
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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	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

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18 January 2012 19:00	Report	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

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20 January 2012 16:00	Report	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

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20 January 2012 19:00	Report	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

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22 January 2012 16:00	Report	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

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22 January 2012 17:30	Report	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	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

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18 January 2012 20:30	Report	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

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20 January 2012 17:30	Report	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

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20 January 2012 20:30	Report	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

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22 January 2012 19:00	Report	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

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22 January 2012 20:30	Report	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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

A1

Russia

12

B2

Italy

17

B2

Italy

13

A3

Netherlands

15

B2

Italy

13

B1

Greece

10

B1

Greece

14

A2

Hungary

11

A2

Hungary

12

B3

Spain

9

5th–6th place match

Bronze medal match

A3

Netherlands

10

A1

Russia

8

B3

Spain

11

A2

Hungary

9

Quarterfinals

All times are CET (UTC+1).

24 January 2012 19:00	Report	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

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24 January 2012 20:30	Report	Italy	17–15 (OT, PSO)	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	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

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26 January 2012 20:00	Report	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	Great Britain	13–11 (OT)	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	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	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	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

Rank Team  Italy  Greece  Hungary 4  Russia 5  Spain 6  Netherlands 7  Great Britain 8  Germany

2012 Women's European Water Polo champion  Italy Fifth title Team Roster Elena Gigli, Simona Abbate, Elisa Casanova, Rosaria Aiello, Elisa Queirolo, Allegra Lapi, Tania Di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Giulia Rambaldi, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti, Giulia Gorlero. Head coach: Fabio Conti

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

^[4]

• Most Valuable Player
  •  Tania Di Mario (ITA)
• Top Scorer
  •  Rita Keszthelyi (HUN) — 19 goals