Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The 2008 Men's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was a tournament to decide the remaining four competing teams, out of twelve, to attend the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. Eight teams were already qualified, including China as the host country. The tournament was held at the "Ioan Alexandrescu" Pool, newly built in Oradea, Romania from March 2 to March 9, 2008s.

Teams

 * GROUP A


 * GROUP B

GROUP A

 * Sunday March 2, 2008


 * Monday March 3, 2008


 * Tuesday March 4, 2008


 * Wednesday March 5, 2008


 * Thursday March 6, 2008

GROUP B

 * Sunday March 2, 2008


 * Monday March 3, 2008


 * Tuesday March 4, 2008


 * Wednesday March 5, 2008


 * Thursday March 6, 2008

Quarter finals

 * Friday March 7, 2008


 * Friday March 7, 2008

Semi finals

 * Saturday March 8, 2008 &mdash; 7th/10th place


 * Saturday March 8, 2008 &mdash; 1st/4th place

Finals

 * Saturday March 8, 2008 &mdash; Eleventh place


 * Sunday March 9, 2008 &mdash; Ninth place


 * Sunday March 9, 2008 &mdash; Seventh place


 * Sunday March 9, 2008 &mdash; Fifth place


 * Sunday March 9, 2008 &mdash; Third place


 * Sunday March 9, 2008 &mdash; First place

Final ranking

 * Germany, Italy, Greece and Canada qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, joining Australia, China, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Spain, and the United States.

Individual awards

 * Most Valuable Player


 * Best Goalkeeper


 * Best Scorer
 * 🇩🇪 Heiko Nossek (GER) &mdash; 22 goals