The 2012 Women's

European Water Polo Championship The European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), the governing European aquatics federation. There are both men's and w ...

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, 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

Squads

Draw

The draw was held on November 12, 2011.

Groups

Preliminary round

Group A

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Elena Gigli Elena Gigli (born 9 July 1985 in Empoli) is a female water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She was the top goalkeeper at the 2012 Olympics, with 56 ...

, Simona Abbate, Elisa Casanova,

Rosaria Aiello Rosaria Aiello (born 12 May 1989) is an Italian water polo player. She was part of the Italian team winning the bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, where she played in the centre forward position, and the 2017 World Aquatic ...

Elisa Queirolo Elisa Queirolo (born 6 March 1991) is an Italian water polo player. She was part of the Italian team winning the bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, where she played in the centre back position. She was part of the Italian ...

, Allegra Lapi,

Tania Di Mario Tania Di Mario (born 4 May 1979) is an Italian female water polo forward, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and the silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She was al ...

Roberta Bianconi Roberta Bianconi (born 8 July 1989) is an Italian water polo player. She was part of the Italian team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships. Bianconi was named 2015 and 2016

Giulia Emmolo Giulia Enrica Emmolo (born 16 October 1991) is an Italian water polo player. She was part of the Italian team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships. She also competed at the 2012 S ...

, Giulia Rambaldi, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti,

Giulia Gorlero Giulia Gorlero (born 26 September 1990 in Imperia) is an Italian water polo goalkeeper. She was part of the Italian team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. Sh ...

. Head coach: Fabio Conti

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Individual awards

*Most Valuable Player ** *Top Scorer ** — 19 goals

References

External links

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LEN website
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