2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers are series of qualification tournaments to decide the participants of the 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship .[ 1]
Qualified teams
Teams directly qualified to the 2018 European Water Polo Championship:
Serbia – winners of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Montenegro – runners-up of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Hungary – 3rd place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Greece – 4th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Spain – Host nation and 5th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Italy – 6th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Croatia – 7th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Russia – 8th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Qualifying round 1
Qualifying round 2
Group A
Group B
Qualifying round 3
No teams were eliminated in round 2, but their results determined the matches of the following round (play-off format with home and away games) held in 2018. These eight teams faced the teams classified 9 to 16 in the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship .
Playoffs
1st leg: 24 February 2018
2nd leg: 3 March 2018
References
Men's
Tournaments Level II (Defunct) Qualification Squads
Women's
Tournaments Level II (Defunct) Qualification Squads