The 2008 Men's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament

Water polo at the Summer Olympics

Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics...

was a tournament to decide the remaining four competing teams at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing

Beijing

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, PR China. Eight teams were already qualified, including China (host country). The tournament was held at the Ioan Alexandrescu Pool in the newly built Olympic Swimming Pool (2005) in Oradea

Oradea

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, Romania

Romania

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 from March 2 to March 9, 2008 with twelve competing teams.

GROUP A

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29

27

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Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		10	5	5	0	0	60	36
2.		8	5	4	0	1	57	28
3.		6	5	3	0	2	56	29
4.		4	5	2	0	3	48	41
5.		2	5	1	0	4	28	57	–29
6.		0	5	0	0	5	25	83	–58

• Sunday March 2, 2008

  	6 – 15
  	19 – 4
  	7 – 6

• Monday March 3, 2008

  	6 – 9
  	11 – 8
  	9 – 11

• Tuesday March 4, 2008

  	8 – 18
  	4 – 13
  	3 – 12

• Wednesday March 5, 2008

  	18 – 5
  	11 – 3
  	7 – 8

• Thursday March 6, 2008

  	6 – 12
  	8 – 6
  	19 – 2

GROUP B

54

48

22

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		9	5	4	1	0	72	18
2.		8	5	3	2	0	71	23
3.		7	5	3	1	1	58	36
4.		4	5	2	0	3	45	50	–5
5.		1	5	0	1	4	23	72	–49
6.		1	5	0	1	4	28	98	–70

• Sunday March 2, 2008

  	9 – 18
  	2 – 20
  	11 – 6

• Monday March 3, 2008

  	14 – 5
  	15 – 5
  	1 – 29

• Tuesday March 4, 2008

  	7 – 7
  	9 – 4
  	8 – 8

• Wednesday March 5, 2008

  	7 – 12
  	4 – 25
  	18 – 2

• Thursday March 6, 2008

  	5 – 5
  	6 – 18
  	6 – 11

Quarter finals

• Friday March 7, 2008

  	4 – 6
  	8 – 7

• Friday March 7, 2008

  	10 – 11
  	8 – 9

Semi finals

• Saturday March 8, 2008 — 7th/10th place

  	18 – 4
  	10 – 8

• Saturday March 8, 2008 — 1st/4th place

  	8 – 9
  	8 – 6

Finals

• Saturday March 8, 2008 — Eleventh place

  9 – 11

• Sunday March 9, 2008 — Ninth place

  1 – 10

• Sunday March 9, 2008 — Seventh place

  9 – 7

• Sunday March 9, 2008 — Fifth place

  9 – 10

• Sunday March 9, 2008 — Third place

  13 – 4

• Sunday March 9, 2008 — First place

  9 – 10

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Final ranking

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• Germany, Italy, Greece and Canada qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
  Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 10 August to 24 August 2008 at the Ying Tung Natatorium in Beijing, People's Republic of China.-Men's medalists:-Women's medalists:-Men:-Women:-External links:**...
  
   in Beijing
  Beijing
  Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
  
  , PR China, joining Australia, China, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Spain, and the United States.

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Best Goalkeeper

• Best Scorer

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