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2016 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament

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Host country
  
Italy

Venue(s)
  
1 (in 1 host city)

Runner-up
  
Italy

Dates
  
3–10 April

Champions
  
Hungary

Teams
  
12 (from 4 confederations)

The 2016 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament was held in Trieste, Italy, from 3 to 10 April 2016, at the Polo Natatorio "Bruno Bianchi". The top four teams advanced to the Olympics.

Contents

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

All times are local (UTC+2).

Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Bracket

5th place bracket

Quarterfinals

The winners qualify for the 2016 Olympics.

References

2016 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament Wikipedia