2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

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.

Qualified teams
Teams directly qualified to the 2018 European Water Polo Championship:
 * – winners of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 * – runners-up of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 * – 3rd place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 * – 4th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 * – Host nation and 5th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 * – 6th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 * – 7th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
 * – 8th place of the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship

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


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