title: 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers
text: # 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers
  
  2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers are series of qualification tournaments to decide the participants of the 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship.
  
  ## Qualified teams
  
  Teams directly qualified to the 2018 European Water Polo Championship:
  
  * Hungary – winners of the 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship
  * Netherlands – runners-up of the 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship
  * Italy – 3rd place of the 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship
  * Spain – 4th place of the 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship
  * Greece – 5th place of the 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship
  * Russia – 6th place of the 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship
  
  ## Qualifying round 1
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Slovakia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 16 |
  | Czech Republic | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 16 |
  | Israel | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 37 | +29 | 12 |
  | Ukraine | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 9 |
  | Romania | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 53 | –19 | 6 |
  | Switzerland | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 54 | -20 | 3 |
  | Malta | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 83 | -62 | 0 |
  | 4 October 2017 17:00 | Malta | 6–19 | Israel | Kyiv |
  | 4 October 2017 18:30 | Romania | 5–4 | Switzerland | Kyiv |
  | 4 October 2017 20:00 | Ukraine | 5–9 | Slovakia | Kyiv |
  | 5 October 2017 9:00 | Romania | 6–12 | Czech Republic | Kyiv |
  | 5 October 2017 10:30 | Slovakia | 13–3 | Switzerland | Kyiv |
  | 5 October 2017 12:00 | Ukraine | 6–8 | Israel | Kyiv |
  | 5 October 2017 17:00 | Czech Republic | 14–10 | Switzerland | Kyiv |
  | 5 October 2017 18:30 | Malta | 5–16 | Slovakia | Kyiv |
  | 5 October 2017 20:00 | Romania | 2–10 | Ukraine | Kyiv |
  | 6 October 2017 17:00 | Switzerland | 6–9 | Ukraine | Kyiv |
  | 6 October 2017 18:30 | Israel | 13–4 | Romania | Kyiv |
  | 6 October 2017 20:00 | Czech Republic | 18–5 | Malta | Kyiv |
  | 7 October 2017 9:00 | Slovakia | 13–4 | Romania | Kyiv |
  | 7 October 2017 10:30 | Israel | 8–10 | Czech Republic | Kyiv |
  | 7 October 2017 12:00 | Switzerland | 8–2 | Malta | Kyiv |
  | 7 October 2017 17:00 | Israel | 7–8 | Slovakia | Kyiv |
  | 7 October 2017 18:30 | Malta | 1–13 | Romania | Kyiv |
  | 7 October 2017 20:00 | Czech Republic | 8–5 | Ukraine | Kyiv |
  | 8 October 2017 9:00 | Switzerland | 3–11 | Israel | Kyiv |
  | 8 October 2017 10:30 | Slovakia | 10–10 | Czech Republic | Kyiv |
  | 8 October 2017 12:00 | Ukraine | 9–2 | Malta | Kyiv |
  
  ## Playoffs
  
  From the qualification rond, six of the seven teams advance to the playoffs. These six teams will face the teams classified 7 to 12 in the latest edition of the tournament, the 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship
  
  | Seeded | Unseeded |
  | - | - |
  | From the 2016 European Championship ||
  | France | Portugal |
  | Germany | Croatia |
  | Serbia | Turkey |
  | From the qualifying round 1 ||
  | Slovakia | Ukraine |
  | Czech Republic | Romania |
  | Israel | Switzerland |
  
  ### Playoffs
  
  * 1st leg: 17 and 24 February 2018
  * 2nd leg: 3 March 2018
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Slovakia | 20–21 | Turkey | 11–11 | 9–10 |
  | Czech Republic | 15–23 | Croatia | 6–9 | 9–14 |
  | Israel | 25–19 | Portugal | 14–10 | 11–9 |
  | Serbia | 16–9 | Ukraine | 10–8 | 6–1 |
  | Germany | 28–23 | Romania | 22–14 | 6–9 |
  | France | 35–4 | Switzerland | 19–1 | 16–3 |
  