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, 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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, nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams)
, athletes = 11,238
, events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
, opening = 5 August 2016
, closing = 21 August 2016
, opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...
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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
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Water Polo
Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
Men's Water Polo
Men's Water Polo
Olympic
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