The 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship took place at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swim Stadium in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from January 18 to 28, 2012.
Italy won their fifth title by defeating Greece 13-10 in the final. Hungary captured the bronze medal after a 9-8 win over Russia.
Road to the 2012 Olympics The championships was part of the qualification procedure for the 2012 London Olympics that will take place in late July and early August of that year. There will be 8 women's teams in the Olympic competition.
By the time that these championships took place, three women's places have already been booked: the winner of the Pan American Games in Guadalajara (Mexico), the Australian team for Oceania (not contested) and the British team, as host nation.
As Great Britain women's team has been entered into the Olympic competition, there was not a direct entry to the Olympic tournament from the European Championships. Six women's teams will be entered into a world-wide qualifying competition from 1–8 April 2012 for men in Edmonton, Canada and from 15–22 April for women in Trieste (Italy). Four teams from this competition qualified for the Olympic tournament.Qualification system ; no entries were submitted from Africa, hence one extra place became available for this competition.
Qualification
Squads
Draw The draw was held on November 12, 2011.
Groups Group A Group B
Preliminary round Team advances to Semifinals Team advances to Quarterfinals
Group A All times are CET (UTC+1).
TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints1.33003829+992.32013729+863.31023026+434.30032546−210
Group B All times are CET (UTC+1).
TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints1.33003021+992.32014233+963.31023935+434.30033052−220
Final round Bracket
Quarterfinals All times are CET (UTC+1).
Semifinals All times are CET (UTC+1).
7th place match All times are CET (UTC+1).
5th place match All times are CET (UTC+1).
Bronze medal match All times are CET (UTC+1).
Gold medal match All times are CET (UTC+1).
Final ranking
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8
Team Roster Elena Gigli, Simona Abbate, Elisa Casanova, Rosaria Aiello, Elisa Queirolo, Allegra Lapi, Tania Di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Giulia Rambaldi, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti, Giulia Gorlero. Head coach: Fabio Conti
Awards and statistics Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1 Rita Keszthelyi 19 33 57.6% 2 Iefke van Belkum 18 36 50%3 Roberta Bianconi 16 31 51.6% Tania Di Mario 16 36 44.4%5 Jennifer Pareja 15 28 53.6%
Individual awards
Most Valuable Player
Top Scorer — 19 goals
References
External links
LEN website