Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Water polo tournament at the 2012 Olympics in London

London

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are scheduled to be held at the Aquatics Centre

Aquatics Centre (London)

The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two 50 metre swimming pools and a 25 metre diving pool, which will be one of the main venues of the London 2012 Summer Olympics and the London 2012 Summer Paralympics.-Design:...

from 28 July to 12 August. The venue will hold 5,000 spectators during water polo matches. Twelve teams will compete in men's tournament and eight teams in women's tournament.

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Number of berths
Host nation	-	-	1
2011 World League Super-Final 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League The 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the tenth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round, the Super Final was held in Firenze, Italy from June 21–26, 2011...	21–26 June 2011	Florence, Italy	1
2011 FINA World Championships Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament The men's water polo tournament at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China was held from July 18 to July 30. The top three teams qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.- Qualification :...	16–31 July 2011	Shanghai, China	3
2011 Pan American Games Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament -Group B:---------------------Crossover:-----Seventh place match:-Fifth place match:-Finals Bracket:-Semifinals:-----Bronze medal match:-Gold medal match:-Final standings:-External links:*...	23–29 October 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	1
African Qualification Tournament	TBD	TBD	1
Asian Qualification Tournament	23–29 January 2012	Chiba City, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	1
Oceania Qualification Tournament	-	-	1
World Qualification Tournament	1–8 April 2012	Edmonton, Canada	3
Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Number of berths
Host nation	-	-	1
2011 Pan American Games Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament -Group B:---------------------Crossover:-----Seventh place match:-Fifth place match:-Bracket:-Semifinals:-----Bronze medal match:-Gold medal match:-Final standings:-External links:*...	23–28 October 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	1
African Qualification Tournament	TBD	TBD	1
Asian Qualification Tournament	23–29 January 2012	Chiba City, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	1
Oceania Qualification Tournament	-
1
World Qualification Tournament	15–22 April 2012	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	3
Total			8

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