The 2000 Men's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament

Water polo at the Summer Olympics

Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics...

was held at the Stadionbad indoor-pool in Hanover, Germany, from May 6 to May 14, 2000. The competition decided the remaining five competing teams at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 in Sydney, Australia. Fifteen teams entered the competition. African did not send a team.

Teams

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP C

GROUP D

GROUP A

17

10

8

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		4	3	2	0	1	27	10
2.		4	3	2	0	1	27	17
3.		4	3	2	0	1	23	15
4.		0	3	0	0	3	14	49	–35

• May 6, 2000

  	3 – 8
  	15 – 6

• May 7, 2000

  	3 – 4
  	18 – 5

• May 8, 2000

  	16 – 3
  	6 – 4

GROUP B

24

3

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		6	3	3	0	0	37	13
2.		4	3	2	0	1	28	25
3.		2	3	1	0	2	21	36	–15
4.		0	3	0	0	3	23	35	–12

• May 6, 2000

  	4 – 13
  	12 – 6

• May 7, 2000

  	10 – 5
  	10 – 11

• May 8, 2000

  	14 – 4
  	9 – 11

GROUP C

11

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		4	2	2	0	0	23	12
2.		1	2	0	1	1	14	16	–2
3.		1	2	0	1	1	12	21	–9

• May 6, 2000

  9 – 7

• May 7, 2000

  5 – 14

• May 8, 2000

  7 – 7

GROUP D

14

17

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		6	3	3	0	0	34	20
2.		4	3	2	0	1	36	19
3.		2	3	1	0	2	19	25	–6
4.		0	3	0	0	3	14	39	–25

• May 6, 2000

  	2 – 8
  	9 – 7

• May 7, 2000

  	6 – 16
  	5 – 22

• May 8, 2000

  	7 – 9
  	5 – 7

GROUP E

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		9	5	4	1	0	—	—	—
2.		7	5	3	1	1	—	—	—
3.		6	5	3	0	2	—	—	—
4.		4	5	2	0	3	—	—	—
5.		2	5	1	0	4	—	—	—
6.		2	5	1	0	4	—	—	—

• May 10, 2000

  	6 – 4
  	8 – 8
  	11 – 10

• May 11, 2000

  	8 – 4
  	9 – 7
  	7 – 6

• May 12, 2000

  	6 – 3
  	11 – 8
  	5 – 12

GROUP F

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		10	5	5	0	0	—	—	—
2.		8	5	4	0	1	—	—	—
3.		6	5	3	0	2	—	—	—
4.		3	5	1	1	3	—	—	—
5.		3	5	1	1	3	—	—	—
6.		0	5	0	0	5	—	—	—

• May 10, 2000

  	11 – 7
  	11 – 4
  	12 – 8

• May 11, 2000

  	10 – 4
  	7 – 5
  	10 – 7

• May 12, 2000

  	3 – 6
  	7 – 3
  	10 – 4

GROUP G

20

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
13.		4	2	2	0	0	30	10
14.		2	2	1	0	1	18	20	–2
15.		0	2	0	0	2	12	30	–18

• May 10, 2000

  11 – 9

• May 11, 2000

  19 – 3

• May 12, 2000

  11 – 7

Play-Offs

• May 13, 2000 — 9th/12th place

  	9 – 7
  	8 – 7

• May 13, 2000 — 5th/8th place

  	10 – 8
  	8 – 7

• May 13, 2000 — 1st/4th place

  	11 – 5
  	14 – 5

Finals

• May 14, 2000 — Eleventh place

  9 – 6

• May 14, 2000 — Ninth place

  9 – 4

• May 14, 2000 — Seventh place

  13 – 6

• May 14, 2000 — Fifth place

  7 – 5

• May 14, 2000 — Third place

  9 – 7

• May 14, 2000 — First place

  10 – 7

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Final ranking

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• Yugoslavia, Russia, Greece, Slovakia and the Netherlands qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  The water polo competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw Hungary’s return to the gold medal platform and the introduction of the women’s tournament...
  
   in Sydney, Australia

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Best Goalkeeper

• Best Scorer