2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship Qualifiers
The tournaments for the qualification for the 2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship was held between 14 and 17 March 2024.
Format
The 19 teams were split into four groups of four or five teams. The tournament was played at a single venue with the group winners and the runners-ups qualifying for the final tournament, with group the exception of group C where only one teams qualified.[1]
Draw
The draw took place on 15 March 2024.[1] The seeding was based on the teams' previous European Championship performance. Bold text indicates who qualified.
Seeding
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
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Groups
Group A
Held in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 14 | +74 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Czech Republic | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 9 | |
| 3 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Finland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 90 | −67 | 0 |
Source: Report
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
| 14 March 2024 17:15 | Report | Czech Republic | 9–6 | Great Britain | Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Jurjaj Mudroch (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 2–0, 2–4 | |||||
| 14 March 2024 19:30 | Report | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20–10 | Finland | Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Referees: Tomi Kavcic (SLO), Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 3–3, 10–2 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 09:45 | Report | Great Britain | 3–22 | France | Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Referees: Alexandros Vlastos (SWE), Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–6, 1–7, 1–8 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 12:00 | Report | Czech Republic | 20–2 | Finland | Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Referees: Jurjaj Mudroch (SUI), Tomi Kavcic (SLO) |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 8–0, 4–0, 5–2 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 17:15 | Report | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12–9 | Great Britain | Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Referees: Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR), Levan Berishvili (GEO) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–3, 2–1, 4–2 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 19:30 | Report | France | 17–3 | Czech Republic | Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Referees: Tomi Kavcic (SLO), Alexandros Vlastos (SWE) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 7–1, 5–1 | |||||
| 16 March 2024 17:15 | Report | France | 30–4 | Finland | Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Referees: Alexandros Vlastos (SWE), Jurjaj Mudroch (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 9–0, 7–2, 7–1, 7–1 | |||||
| 16 March 2024 19:30 | Report | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6–10 | Czech Republic | Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Tomi Kavcic (SLO) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 3–3, 1–4 | |||||
| 17 March 2024 09:45 | Report | Finland | 7–20 | Great Britain | Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Alexandros Vlastos (SWE) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 2–7, 1–5 | |||||
| 17 March 2024 12:00 | Report | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4–19 | France | Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Referees: Jurjaj Mudroch (SUI), Gokhan Can Ciger (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–4, 2–3, 0–9 | |||||
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Turkey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Slovenia (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 6[a] | |
| 3 |  Georgia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 6[a] | |
| 4 |  Sweden | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 6[a] | |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 72 | −34 | 0 |
Source: Report
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
Notes:
| 14 March 2024 18:00 | Report | Georgia | 22–11 | Switzerland | Maribor, Slovenia Referees: Karel Dvoracek (CZE), Filippou Polidoros (CYP) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 9–3, 5–3, 4–3 | |||||
| 14 March 2024 20:00 | Report | Slovenia | 18–10 | Sweden | Maribor, Slovenia Referees: Alexandru Mustata (ROU), Tomas Kaseta (LTU) |
| Score by quarters: 7–3, 4–2, 3–2, 4–3 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 10:00 | Report | Switzerland | 9–10 | Slovenia | Maribor, Slovenia Referees: Filippou Polidoros (CYP) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 1–3, 3–2 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 12:00 | Report | Turkey | 13–7 | Georgia | Maribor, Slovenia Referees: Karel Dvoracek (CZE), Alexandru Mustata (ROU) |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–1, 4–3, 4–2 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 18:00 | Report | Sweden | 16–11 | Switzerland | Maribor, Slovenia Referees: Tomas Kaseta (LTU), Filippou Polidoros (CYP) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–3, 3–3, 4–3 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 20:00 | Report | Slovenia | 12–22 | Turkey | Maribor, Slovenia Referees: Karel Dvoracek (CZE) |
| Score by quarters: 4–9, 2–4, 2–4, 4–5 | |||||
| 16 March 2024 17:00 | Report | Switzerland | 7–24 | Turkey | Maribor, Slovenia Referees: Alexandru Mustata (ROU), Tomas Kaseta (LTU) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–6, 1–8, 2–5 | |||||
| 16 March 2024 19:00 | Report | Sweden | 11–10 | Georgia | Maribor, Slovenia Referees: Filippou Polidoros (CYP) |
| Score by quarters: 0–1, 5–4, 2–3, 4–2 | |||||
| 17 March 2024 09:30 | Report | Turkey | 15–13 | Sweden | Maribor, Slovenia Referees: Alexandru Mustata (ROU), Tomas Kaseta (LTU) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 5–3, 3–5 | |||||
| 17 March 2024 11:30 | Report | Georgia | 18–14 | Slovenia | Maribor, Slovenia Referees: Karel Dvoracek (CZE) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–3, 5–5, 4–4 | |||||
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Malta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Poland (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 0 | Final tournament as host |
| 5 |  Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
Source: Report
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
| 15 March 2024 18:30 | Report | Malta | 15–7 | Slovakia | Łódź, Poland Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), George Makharadze (UKR) |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–4, 3–1, 3–1 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 20:30 | Report | Poland | 14–9 | Bulgaria | Łódź, Poland Referees: Alban David (FRA), Jarkko Virtanen (FIN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–0, 5–3, 5–4, 2–2 | |||||
| 16 March 2024 16:30 | Report | Slovakia | 13–12 | Bulgaria | Łódź, Poland Referees: Jarkko Virtanen (FIN), George Makharadze (UKR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 4–2, 5–4 | |||||
| 16 March 2024 18:30 | Report | Poland | 4–11 | Malta | Łódź, Poland Referees: Alban David (FRA), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR) |
| Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 2–3, 1–2 | |||||
| 17 March 2024 09:30 | Report | Bulgaria | 10–16 | Malta | Łódź, Poland Referees: Jarkko Virtanen (FIN), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–5, 3–2, 2–5 | |||||
| 17 March 2024 11:30 | Report | 'Poland | 8–6 | Slovakia | Łódź, Poland Referees: Alban David (FRA), George Makharadze (UKR) |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–1, 4–4, 0–1 | |||||
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 24 | +54 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Romania (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 9 | |
| 3 |  Ukraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Cyprus | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 70 | −43 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Lithuania | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 76 | −58 | 0 |
Source: Report
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
| 14 March 2024 17:00 | Report | Netherlands | 25–2 | Lithuania | Bucharest, Romania Referees: Alex De Raffaele (MLT), Erik Kolar (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 7–0, 7–1, 6–0 | |||||
| 14 March 2024 19:00 | Report | Romania | 27–4 | Cyprus | Bucharest, Romania Referees: Nikola Nanov (BUL), Lukasz Kroz (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 7–1, 6–2, 6–1, 8–0 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 09:00 | Report | Lithuania | 8–15 | Cyprus | Bucharest, Romania Referees: Erik Kolar (SVK), Neven Spoljaric (BIH) |
| Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–5, 3–1, 1–4 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 11:00 | Report | Ukraine | 8–13 | Netherlands | Bucharest, Romania Referees: Alex De Raffaele (MLT), Lukasz Kroz (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 2–4, 1–4 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 18:00 | Report | Ukraine | 25–5 | Lithuania | Bucharest, Romania Referees: Neven Spoljaric (BIH), Lukasz Kroz (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 6–2, 5–1, 8–8, 6–2 | |||||
| 15 March 2024 20:00 | Report | Romania | 11–19 | Netherlands | Bucharest, Romania Referees: Nikola Nanov (BUL), Erik Kolar (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–1, 2–9, 2–7 | |||||
| 16 March 2024 16:30 | Report | Cyprus | 3–21 | Netherlands | Bucharest, Romania Referees: Neven Spoljaric (BIH), Nikola Nanov (BUL) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–6, 1–6, 1–5 | |||||
| 16 March 2024 18:30 | Report | Ukraine | 6–14 | Romania | Bucharest, Romania Referees: Erik Kolar (SVK), Alex De Raffaele (MLT) |
| Score by quarters: 3–6, 0–5, 2–2, 1–1 | |||||
| 17 March 2024 09:00 | Report | Cyprus | 5–14 | Ukraine | Bucharest, Romania Referees: Neven Spoljaric (BIH), Nikola Nanov (BUL) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 1–5, 1–3 | |||||
| 17 March 2024 11:00 | Report | Lithuania | 3–11 | Romania | Bucharest, Romania Referees: Lukasz Kroz (POL), Alex De Raffaele (MLT) |
| Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–3, 1–3, 2–2 | |||||
References
- ^ a b Curcic, Ivan (December 15, 2023). "Draw for qualifications for U19 Europeans: 20 teams in race for tickets to Burgas".