title: 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers
text: # 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers
  
  The tournaments of the qualifications for the 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship were held between 17 and 20 February 2022. 17 teams, split into four groups, participated in the qualifications. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final tournament.
  
  ## Group A
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 27 | +53 | 10 | Final tournament |
  | 2 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 20 | +44 | 10 | Final tournament |
  | 3 | Slovenia (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 6 | |
  | 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 66 | −42 | 3 | |
  | 5 | Belgium | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 66 | −36 | 0 | |
  
  * 1 2 France 9–9 Germany
  
  All times are (UTC+1).
  
  | 17 February 2022 18:00 | Report | Switzerland | 3–25 | France | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |||
  | 17 February 2022 18:00 | Report | three players 1 | Goals | Bouet 7 | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |
  | 17 February 2022 20:30 | Report | Slovenia | 15–10 | Belgium | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |
  | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |||
  | 17 February 2022 20:30 | Report | Kadivec, Pus 3 | Goals | Dulin 3 | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |
  | 18 February 2022 10:00 | Report | France | 20–4 | Belgium | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |
  | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |||
  | 18 February 2022 10:00 | Report | Caumette 5 | Goals | four players 1 | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |
  | 18 February 2022 12:00 | Report | Switzerland | 1–19 | Germany | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |
  | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |||
  | 18 February 2022 12:00 | Report | Melet 1 | Goals | Restović 6 | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |
  | 18 February 2022 18:00 | Report | France | 9–9 | Germany | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
  | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
  | 18 February 2022 18:00 | Report | Crousillat 3 | Goals | Cuk 3 | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
  | 18 February 2022 20:00 | Report | Slovenia | 11–5 | Switzerland | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |
  | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |||
  | 18 February 2022 20:00 | Report | Popovič 3 | Goals | Alfano 2 | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |
  | 19 February 2022 18:00 | Report | Belgium | 11–15 | Switzerland | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |
  | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |||
  | 19 February 2022 18:00 | Report | Dulin, Van der Jeugt 3 | Goals | Carballo, Herzog 4 | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |
  | 19 February 2022 20:00 | Report | Slovenia | 5–20 | Germany | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Haldun Toygarlı (TUR), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
  | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Haldun Toygarlı (TUR), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
  | 19 February 2022 20:00 | Report | Lah 2 | Goals | Küppers 6 | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Haldun Toygarlı (TUR), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
  | 20 February 2022 09:30 | Report | Belgium | 5–16 | Germany | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |
  | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |||
  | 20 February 2022 09:30 | Report | Van der Linden 2 | Goals | Schütze 5 | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR) |
  | 20 February 2022 11:30 | Report | Slovenia | 11–26 | France | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |
  | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |||
  | 20 February 2022 11:30 | Report | Kadivec, Nastran 3 | Goals | Bouet 10 | Indoor Olympic Swimming Pool Kranj, Kranj Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Declan McKerr (IRL) |
  
  ## Group B
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Georgia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 9 | Final tournament |
  | 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 6 | Final tournament |
  | 3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 3 | |
  | 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 64 | −47 | 0 | |
  
  All times are (UTC+4).
  
  | 18 February 2022 17:00 | Report | Poland | 6–25 | Slovakia | Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Alain D'Hossche (BEL) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Alain D'Hossche (BEL) |||
  | 18 February 2022 17:00 | Report | Rudzińsk, Szymonik 2 | Goals | Baláž 6 | Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Alain D'Hossche (BEL) |
  | 18 February 2022 19:00 | Report | Georgia | 25–5 | Belarus | Tbilisi Referees: Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU), Stefan Seidel (GER) |
  | Tbilisi Referees: Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU), Stefan Seidel (GER) |||
  | 18 February 2022 19:00 | Report | Shushiahvili 6 | Goals | five players 1 | Tbilisi Referees: Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU), Stefan Seidel (GER) |
  | 19 February 2022 17:00 | Report | Belarus | 8–19 | Slovakia | Tbilisi Referees: Alain D'Hossche (BEL), Stefan Seidel (GER) |
  | Tbilisi Referees: Alain D'Hossche (BEL), Stefan Seidel (GER) |||
  | 19 February 2022 17:00 | Report | Filimonau 3 | Goals | Tkáč 6 | Tbilisi Referees: Alain D'Hossche (BEL), Stefan Seidel (GER) |
  | 19 February 2022 19:00 | Report | Georgia | 22–1 | Poland | Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU) |
  | Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU) |||
  | 19 February 2022 19:00 | Report | four players 3 | Goals | Ożga 1 | Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU) |
  | 20 February 2022 11:00 | Report | Poland | 10–17 | Belarus | Tbilisi Referees: Alain D'Hossche (BEL), Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU) |
  | Tbilisi Referees: Alain D'Hossche (BEL), Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU) |||
  | 20 February 2022 11:00 | Report | Maciejewski 4 | Goals | Filimonau 4 | Tbilisi Referees: Alain D'Hossche (BEL), Nerijus Papaurėlis (LTU) |
  | 20 February 2022 13:00 | Report | Georgia | 18–16 | Slovakia | Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Stefan Seidel (GER) |
  | Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Stefan Seidel (GER) |||
  | 20 February 2022 13:00 | Report | Shushiashvili 3 | Goals | Čaraj, Zaťovič 3 | Tbilisi Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Stefan Seidel (GER) |
  
  ## Group C
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 10 | +63 | 9 | Final tournament |
  | 2 | Malta (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 6 | Final tournament |
  | 3 | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 3 | |
  | 4 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 86 | −72 | 0 | |
  
  All times are (UTC+1).
  
  | 18 February 2022 17:00 | Report | Romania | 14–1 | Lithuania | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Peter Radič (SVK), Łukasz Król (POL) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Peter Radič (SVK), Łukasz Król (POL) |||
  | 18 February 2022 17:00 | Report | Fulea 4 | Goals | Galinok 1 | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Peter Radič (SVK), Łukasz Król (POL) |
  | 18 February 2022 18:30 | Report | Malta | 28–4 | Ireland | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Erwin Schapers (NED), Tomaž Kavčič (SLO) |
  | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Erwin Schapers (NED), Tomaž Kavčič (SLO) |||
  | 18 February 2022 18:30 | Report | Muscat, M. Zammit 6 | Goals | McMahon 3 | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Erwin Schapers (NED), Tomaž Kavčič (SLO) |
  | 19 February 2022 17:00 | Report | Romania | 41–5 | Ireland | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Peter Radič (SVK), Erwin Schapers (NED) |
  | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Peter Radič (SVK), Erwin Schapers (NED) |||
  | 19 February 2022 17:00 | Report | Georgescu 6 | Goals | Walshe 2 | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Peter Radič (SVK), Erwin Schapers (NED) |
  | 19 February 2022 18:30 | Report | Malta | 19–5 | Lithuania | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Tomaž Kavčič (SLO), Łukasz Król (POL) |
  | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Tomaž Kavčič (SLO), Łukasz Król (POL) |||
  | 19 February 2022 18:30 | Report | Muscat, M. Zammit 5 | Goals | Tomaševski 2 | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Tomaž Kavčič (SLO), Łukasz Król (POL) |
  | 20 February 2022 09:00 | Report | Ireland | 5–17 | Lithuania | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Peter Radič (SVK) |
  | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Peter Radič (SVK) |||
  | 20 February 2022 09:00 | Report | Connolly, Fitzgerald 2 | Goals | four players 3 | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Peter Radič (SVK) |
  | 20 February 2022 10:30 | Report | Malta | 4–18 | Romania | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Tomaž Kavčič (SLO), Erwin Schapers (NED) |
  | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Tomaž Kavčič (SLO), Erwin Schapers (NED) |||
  | 20 February 2022 10:30 | Report | Galea 2 | Goals | Fulea, Georgescu 4 | Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex, Msida Referees: Tomaž Kavčič (SLO), Erwin Schapers (NED) |
  
  ## Group D
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 9 | Final tournament |
  | 2 | Israel (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 6 | Final tournament |
  | 3 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 1 | |
  | 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 1 | |
  
  * 1 2 Turkey 7–7 Ukraine
  
  All times are (UTC+2).
  
  | 18 February 2022 16:30 | Report | Turkey | 7–7 | Ukraine | Netanya Referees: Massimo Kastrilli (SUI), Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Netanya Referees: Massimo Kastrilli (SUI), Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU) |||
  | 18 February 2022 16:30 | Report | Albayrak 2 | Goals | three players 2 | Netanya Referees: Massimo Kastrilli (SUI), Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU) |
  | 18 February 2022 18:00 | Report | Israel | 4–10 | Netherlands | Netanya Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Philipp Golosoun (BLR) |
  | Netanya Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Philipp Golosoun (BLR) |||
  | 18 February 2022 18:00 | Report | four players 1 | Goals | Janssen 3 | Netanya Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Philipp Golosoun (BLR) |
  | 19 February 2022 17:00 | Report | Turkey | 10–18 | Netherlands | Netanya Referees: Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU), Philipp Golosoun (BLR) |
  | Netanya Referees: Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU), Philipp Golosoun (BLR) |||
  | 19 February 2022 17:00 | Report | Sönmez 4 | Goals | Koopman, Te Riele 4 | Netanya Referees: Mihnea Alexandrescu (ROU), Philipp Golosoun (BLR) |
  | 19 February 2022 18:30 | Report | Israel | 7–6 | Ukraine | Netanya Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Massimo Kastrilli (SUI) |
  | Netanya Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Massimo Kastrilli (SUI) |||
  | 19 February 2022 18:30 | Report | Fried 3 | Goals | Ashanin 2 | Netanya Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Massimo Kastrilli (SUI) |
  | 20 February 2022 09:30 | Report | Israel | 9–7 | Turkey | Netanya |
  | Netanya |||
  | 20 February 2022 09:30 | Report | Gros 4 | Goals | Acar 2 | Netanya |
  | 20 February 2022 11:00 | Report | Ukraine | 8–20 | Netherlands | Netanya Referees: Philipp Golosoun (BLR), Massimo Kastrilli (SUI) |
  | Netanya Referees: Philipp Golosoun (BLR), Massimo Kastrilli (SUI) |||
  | 20 February 2022 11:00 | Report | eight players 1 | Goals | three players 3 | Netanya Referees: Philipp Golosoun (BLR), Massimo Kastrilli (SUI) |
  