2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

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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.

Draw

The draw took place on 15 March 2024. 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
Netherlands Malta France Georgia	Turkey Romania Czech Republic Slovakia	Ukraine Great Britain Bulgaria Slovenia	Lithuania Switzerland Finland Poland	~~Ireland~~ Cyprus Bosnia and Herzegovina Sweden

Groups

Group A

Held in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	4	4	0	88	14	+74	12	Final tournament
2	Czech Republic	4	3	1	42	31	+11	9	Final tournament
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	4	2	2	42	48	−6	6
4	Great Britain	4	1	3	38	50	−12	3
5	Finland	4	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

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

Held in Maribor, Slovenia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	4	4	0	74	39	+35	12	Final tournament
2	Slovenia (H)	4	2	2	54	59	−5	6	Final tournament
3	Georgia	4	2	2	57	49	+8	6
4	Sweden	4	2	2	50	54	−4	6
5	Switzerland	4	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:

^ Head-to-head goal difference: Slovenia +4, Georgia +3, Sweden –7.

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

Held in Łódź, Poland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malta	3	3	0	42	21	+21	9	Final tournament
2	Poland (H)	3	2	1	26	26	0	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	26	35	−9	3
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	31	43	−12	0	Final tournament as host
5	Ireland	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

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

Held in Bucharest, Romania

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	78	24	+54	12	Final tournament
2	Romania (H)	4	3	1	63	32	+31	9	Final tournament
3	Ukraine	4	2	2	53	37	+16	6
4	Cyprus	4	1	3	27	70	−43	3
5	Lithuania	4	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

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

^ Curcic, Ivan (December 15, 2023). "Draw for qualifications for U19 Europeans: 20 teams in race for tickets to Burgas".

European Water Polo Championship

Men's

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