The 2016 Men's
Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament was held in
Trieste
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,
Italy
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, from 3 to 10 April 2016, at the Polo Natatorio "
Bruno Bianchi". The top four teams advanced to the Olympics.
Participants
There were 12 places originally allocated to continental associations in the tournament not already directly qualified to the Olympics – 9 from Europe, 1 from the Americas, 1 from Asia, and 1 from Africa.
Draw
The draw took place on 23 January 2016 in
Belgrade
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, after the final of the 2016 European Championship.
Preliminary round
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Schedule
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
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Bracket
;5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
The winners qualify for the 2016 Olympics
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
See also
* 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
References
External links
Official website
{{Water polo at the Summer Olympics
Qualification Tournament, men
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
Water Polo
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Men's Water Polo
Men's Water Polo
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