# 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

The 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers are a series of qualification tournaments aimed to establish the participants of the 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship. The matches were contested in April and October 2019.

## Qualification round

The six teams participating at the QR all advanced to the next stage; the final position of each team established the opponent in the Play-offs. The round was contested from 25 to 28 April 2019 in Rio Maior, Portugal.
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Slovakia | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 38 | +27 |
| 2 | Portugal | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 53 | +13 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 51 | -4 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 52 | -8 |
| 5 | Romania | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 53 | -14 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 42 | -14 |
| 25 April 2019 17:00 | Report | Romania | 5–5 | Ukraine | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Garcia (SUI) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Garcia (SUI) |||
| 25 April 2019 17:00 | Report | 3: Pilică | Goals | 2: Melnychuk, Andrieieva | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Garcia (SUI) |
| 25 April 2019 18:30 | Report | Slovakia | 11–6 | Czech Republic | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Manea (ROU) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Manea (ROU) |||
| 25 April 2019 18:30 | Report | 6: Stankovianska 2: Kováčiková, Pecková | Goals | 2: Hlavatá, Vomastková | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Manea (ROU) |
| 25 April 2019 20:00 | Report | Portugal | 13–11 | Switzerland | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Horvath (SVK), Achladiotis (GRE) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Horvath (SVK), Achladiotis (GRE) |||
| 25 April 2019 20:00 | Report | 5: Braga 3: Nunes | Goals | 4: Kohli 2: De Feo, Kratzer | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Horvath (SVK), Achladiotis (GRE) |
| 26 April 2019 09:00 | Report | Czech Republic | 10–8 | Romania | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Silva (POR) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Silva (POR) |||
| 26 April 2019 09:00 | Report | 5: Hlavatá 2: Bušauerová, Vopálková | Goals | 2: Pilică, Szeghalmi, Carpatoarea | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Silva (POR) |
| 26 April 2019 10:30 | Report | Switzerland | 8–17 | Slovakia | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Achladiotis (GRE), Manea (ROU) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Achladiotis (GRE), Manea (ROU) |||
| 26 April 2019 10:30 | Report | 3: Buob 2: Trynes | Goals | 3: Kováčiková, Kolářová, Katlovská 2: Kurucová, Kačková | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Achladiotis (GRE), Manea (ROU) |
| 26 April 2019 12:00 | Report | Ukraine | 7–10 | Portugal | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Horvath (SVK) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Horvath (SVK) |||
| 26 April 2019 12:00 | Report | 2: Aboimova, Melnychuk | Goals | 5: Nunes 2: Braga | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Horvath (SVK) |
| 26 April 2019 17:00 | Report | Romania | 9–16 | Slovakia | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Achladiotis (GRE) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Achladiotis (GRE) |||
| 26 April 2019 17:00 | Report | 4: Toth 2: Mihaila | Goals | 4: Stankovianska 2: Kurucová | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Achladiotis (GRE) |
| 26 April 2019 18:30 | Report | Ukraine | 6–11 | Switzerland | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Manea (ROU), Horvath (SVK) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Manea (ROU), Horvath (SVK) |||
| 26 April 2019 18:30 | Report | 3: Telypko | Goals | 2: De Feo, Kratzer, Trynes Adler, C. Carballo | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Manea (ROU), Horvath (SVK) |
| 26 April 2019 20:00 | Report | Portugal | 18–11 | Czech Republic | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Garcia (SUI) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Garcia (SUI) |||
| 26 April 2019 20:00 | Report | 7: Nunes 3: Duarte | Goals | 7: Hlavatá 2: Bušauerová | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Garcia (SUI) |
| 27 April 2019 17:00 | Report | Czech Republic | 8–6 | Ukraine | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Silva (POR) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Silva (POR) |||
| 27 April 2019 17:00 | Report | 4: Votavová 2: Vomastková | Goals | 2: Andrieieva, Telpyko | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Silva (POR) |
| 27 April 2019 18:30 | Report | Romania | 6–8 | Switzerland | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Horvath (SVK), Vyshnevska (UKR) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Horvath (SVK), Vyshnevska (UKR) |||
| 27 April 2019 18:30 | Report | 3: Pilică 2: Mihaila | Goals | 2: D. Carballo, Kohli | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Horvath (SVK), Vyshnevska (UKR) |
| 27 April 2019 20:00 | Report | Portugal | 11–13 | Slovakia | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Manea (ROU), Achladiotis (GRE) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Manea (ROU), Achladiotis (GRE) |||
| 27 April 2019 20:00 | Report | 4: Nunes, Braga 2: Teixeira | Goals | 4: Katlovská 3: Kováčiková, Pecková | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Manea (ROU), Achladiotis (GRE) |
| 28 April 2019 08:30 | Report | Switzerland | 9–9 | Czech Republic | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Manea (ROU) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Manea (ROU) |||
| 28 April 2019 08:30 | Report | 3: Kohli 2: Trynes | Goals | 4: Bušauerová 2: Vopálková | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Silva (POR), Manea (ROU) |
| 28 April 2019 10:00 | Report | Portugal | 14–11 | Romania | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Horvath (SVK) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Horvath (SVK) |||
| 28 April 2019 10:00 | Report | 5: Nunes 3: Reis, Braga | Goals | 8: Szeghalmi | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Vyshnevska (UKR), Horvath (SVK) |
| 28 April 2019 11:30 | Report | Ukraine | 4–8 | Slovakia | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Achladiotis (GRE) |
| Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Achladiotis (GRE) |||
| 28 April 2019 11:30 | Report | 2: Aboymova | Goals | 3: Pecková 2: Stankovianska | Rio Maior Sports Centre (Rio Maior) Referees: Garcia (SUI), Achladiotis (GRE) |

## Play-offs

The teams ranked from 7th to 12th place at the 2018 EC directly qualified to this stage. The order of play was drawn on 8 June 2019; matchdays are 12 and 26 October 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| France | 33–7 | Ukraine | 20–1 | 13–6 |
| Romania | 25–27 (p) | Germany | 14–13 | 11–14 (p) |
| Czech Republic | 14–44 | Serbia | 6–25 | 8–19 |
| Israel | 29–16 | Switzerland | 13–6 | 16–10 |
| Portugal | 18–22 | Croatia | 13–14 | 5–8 |
| Slovakia | 35–18 | Turkey | 19–9 | 16–9 |

### First leg

| 12 October 2019 16:00 | Match 4 | Israel | 13–6 | Switzerland | Olympic Pool (Netanya) Referees: Alves (POR), Mihalkovicova (SVK) |
| Olympic Pool (Netanya) Referees: Alves (POR), Mihalkovicova (SVK) |||
| 12 October 2019 16:00 | Match 4 | 4: Strugo 3: Felix | Goals | 3: Kohli 2: Velikova | Olympic Pool (Netanya) Referees: Alves (POR), Mihalkovicova (SVK) |
| 12 October 2019 17:00 | Match 5 | Portugal | 13–14 | Croatia | Piscinas do Jamor (Lisbon) Referees: Blanchard (FRA), Arslanyan (TUR) |
| Piscinas do Jamor (Lisbon) Referees: Blanchard (FRA), Arslanyan (TUR) |||
| 12 October 2019 17:00 | Match 5 | 5: Braga 2: Reis, Nunes | Goals | 7: Miljković 4: D. Butić | Piscinas do Jamor (Lisbon) Referees: Blanchard (FRA), Arslanyan (TUR) |
| 12 October 2019 18:30 | Match 3 | Czech Republic | 6–25 | Serbia | Plavecký stadion Podolí (Prague) Referees: Manea (ROU), Seidel (GER) |
| Plavecký stadion Podolí (Prague) Referees: Manea (ROU), Seidel (GER) |||
| 12 October 2019 18:30 | Match 3 | 2: Kreuzová | Goals | 7: Gluščević 4: Vuković | Plavecký stadion Podolí (Prague) Referees: Manea (ROU), Seidel (GER) |
| 12 October 2019 19:00 | Match 1 | France | 20–1 | Ukraine | Pôle Aquatique de Châlons-en-Champagne (Châlons-en-Champagne) Referees: Ortega (ESP), Wengenroth (SUI) |
| Pôle Aquatique de Châlons-en-Champagne (Châlons-en-Champagne) Referees: Ortega (ESP), Wengenroth (SUI) |||
| 12 October 2019 19:00 | Match 1 | 6: Guillet 4: Daule | Goals | 1: Aboimova | Pôle Aquatique de Châlons-en-Champagne (Châlons-en-Champagne) Referees: Ortega (ESP), Wengenroth (SUI) |
| 12 October 2019 19:00 | Match 2 | Romania | 14–13 | Germany | Bazinul Olimpic de la Focșani (Focșani) Referees: Franulović (CRO), Schwartz (ISR) |
| Bazinul Olimpic de la Focșani (Focșani) Referees: Franulović (CRO), Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 12 October 2019 19:00 | Match 2 | 5: Szeghalmi 3: Pilică | Goals | 3: G. Deike, Stiefel 2: I. Deike, Krukenberg | Bazinul Olimpic de la Focșani (Focșani) Referees: Franulović (CRO), Schwartz (ISR) |
| 12 October 2019 19:00 | Match 6 | Slovakia | 19–9 | Turkey | Mestská krytá plaváreň (Košice) Referees: Milović (SRB), Goncharenko (UKR) |
| Mestská krytá plaváreň (Košice) Referees: Milović (SRB), Goncharenko (UKR) |||
| 12 October 2019 19:00 | Match 6 | 4: Stankovianska 3: Kurucová | Goals | 3: Buralı, Kuş 2: Cengiz | Mestská krytá plaváreň (Košice) Referees: Milović (SRB), Goncharenko (UKR) |

### Second leg

| 26 October 2019 16:00 | Match 2 | Germany | 14–11 (PSO) | Romania | Schwimmstadion Duisburg (Duisburg) Referees: Silva (POR), Radič (SVK) |
| Schwimmstadion Duisburg (Duisburg) Referees: Silva (POR), Radič (SVK) |||
| 26 October 2019 16:00 | Match 2 | 4: Fry 3: I. Deike, Stiefel | Goals | 5: Szeghalmi 4: Mihăilă | Schwimmstadion Duisburg (Duisburg) Referees: Silva (POR), Radič (SVK) |
| 26 October 2019 18:00 | Match 4 | Switzerland | 10–16 | Israel | Sportarena Campus Sursee (Oberkirch) Referees: Copić(CRO), Grandin (FRA) |
| Sportarena Campus Sursee (Oberkirch) Referees: Copić(CRO), Grandin (FRA) |||
| 26 October 2019 18:00 | Match 4 | 3: Kohli 2: De Feo, Kratzer | Goals | 6: Strugo 5: Bogachenko | Sportarena Campus Sursee (Oberkirch) Referees: Copić(CRO), Grandin (FRA) |
| 26 October 2019 18:00 | Match 5 | Croatia | 8–5 | Portugal | Bazeni Crnica (Šibenik) Referees: Çakırgil (TUR), Mareš (CZE) |
| Bazeni Crnica (Šibenik) Referees: Çakırgil (TUR), Mareš (CZE) |||
| 26 October 2019 18:00 | Match 5 | 3: Butić 2: Miljković | Goals | 2: Lousa, Martins Machado | Bazeni Crnica (Šibenik) Referees: Çakırgil (TUR), Mareš (CZE) |
| 26 October 2019 19:00 | Match 6 | Turkey | 9–16 | Slovakia | Enka Kapalı Yüzme Havuzu (Istanbul) Referees: Georgescu (ROU), Schwartz (ISR) |
| Enka Kapalı Yüzme Havuzu (Istanbul) Referees: Georgescu (ROU), Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 26 October 2019 19:00 | Match 6 | 5: Kuş 2: Elma | Goals | 3: Kissová 2: 5 players | Enka Kapalı Yüzme Havuzu (Istanbul) Referees: Georgescu (ROU), Schwartz (ISR) |
| 26 October 2019 19:30 | Match 3 | Serbia | 19–8 | Czech Republic | Sportski centar Milan Gale Muškatirović (Belgrade) Referees: Castrilli (SUI), Kapinus (UKR) |
| Sportski centar Milan Gale Muškatirović (Belgrade) Referees: Castrilli (SUI), Kapinus (UKR) |||
| 26 October 2019 19:30 | Match 3 | 5: Vuković 4: Pantović, Mandić | Goals | 4: Bušauerová 3: Hlavatá | Sportski centar Milan Gale Muškatirović (Belgrade) Referees: Castrilli (SUI), Kapinus (UKR) |
| 26 October 2019 21:00 | Match 1 | Ukraine | 6–13 | France | NTU KhPI (Kharkiv) Referees: Anđelić (SRB), Mauss (GER) |
| NTU KhPI (Kharkiv) Referees: Anđelić (SRB), Mauss (GER) |||
| 26 October 2019 21:00 | Match 1 | 3: Melnychuk | Goals | 4: Millot, Daule 2: Battu, Dhalluin | NTU KhPI (Kharkiv) Referees: Anđelić (SRB), Mauss (GER) |

## Qualified teams

* France
* Germany
* Serbia
* Israel
* Croatia
* Slovakia
Teams already qualified through the 2018 European Championship:
* Hungary – Host nation
* Netherlands – Winners of the 2018 European Championship
* Greece – Runners-up of the 2018 European Championship
* Spain – 3rd place at the 2018 European Championship
* Russia – 5th place at the 2018 European Championship
* Italy – 6th place at the 2018 European Championship