2008 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

The 2008 Men's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was a tournament to decide the remaining four competing teams at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. Eight teams were already qualified, including China (host country). The tournament was held at the Ioan Alexandrescu Pool in the newly built Olympic Swimming Pool (2005) in Oradea, Romania from March 2 to March 9, 2008 with twelve competing teams.

Teams

;GROUP A
*wp|BRA
*wp|GRE
*wp|KAZ
*wp|ROM
*wp|RUS
*wp|SVK;GROUP B
*wp|CAN
*wp|GER
*wp|IRI
*wp|ITA
*wp|MKD
*wp|MEX

Preliminary Round

GROUP A

*Tuesday March 4,2008

GROUP B

*Tuesday March 4,2008

Quarter Finals

*Friday March 7, 2008
*Saturday March 8, 2008 — 1st/4th place
*Sunday March 9, 2008 — Seventh place
*Sunday March 9, 2008 — First place
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Final Ranking

*"Germany, Italy, Greece and Canada qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, joining Australia, China, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Spain, and the United States."

Individual Awards

*Most Valuable Player
*Best Goalkeeper
*Best Scorer:*flagathlete|Heiko Nossek|GER — 22 goals

ee also

* 2008 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

References

* [http://www.frpolo.ro/FINA-Oradea2008/default.asp Official site]