# 2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

The tournaments for the qualification for the 2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held between 23 and 25 June 2023.

## Format

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. The tournament was played at a single venue with the group winners and the three best second-ranked teams qualified for the final tournament.

## Draw

The draw took place on 1 April 2023.

### Seeding

The seeding was announced on 29 March 2023.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Serbia Romania Netherlands Germany | Malta Slovakia Slovenia Lithuania | Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Poland | Bulgaria Finland Great Britain Portugal |

## Groups
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 16 | +56 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 3 | |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 51 | −33 | 0 | |
All times are local (UTC+2).
| 23 June 2023 18:30 | Report | Lithuania | 9–19 | Portugal | Amersfoort Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Akif Uz (TUR) |
| Amersfoort Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Akif Uz (TUR) |||
| 23 June 2023 18:30 | Report | Vitkauskas 2 | Goals | Ramos 10 | Amersfoort Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Akif Uz (TUR) |
| 23 June 2023 20:30 | Report | Netherlands | 29–5 | Poland | Amersfoort |
| Amersfoort |||
| 23 June 2023 20:30 | Report | Te Riele 6 | Goals | Michalski 2 | Amersfoort |
| 24 June 2023 18:30 | Report | Lithuania | 7–8 | Poland | Amersfoort Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Robert Prelovský (SVK) |
| Amersfoort Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Robert Prelovský (SVK) |||
| 24 June 2023 18:30 | Report | Jonkus 3 | Goals | Michalski 3 | Amersfoort Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Robert Prelovský (SVK) |
| 24 June 2023 20:30 | Report | Netherlands | 19–9 | Portugal | Amersfoort Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Akif Uz (TUR) |
| Amersfoort Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Akif Uz (TUR) |||
| 24 June 2023 20:30 | Report | Van IJperen 7 | Goals | Sousa 7 | Amersfoort Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Akif Uz (TUR) |
| 25 June 2023 09:30 | Report | Poland | 12–19 | Portugal | Amersfoort |
| Amersfoort |||
| 25 June 2023 09:30 | Report | Maciejewski 4 | Goals | Sousa 6 | Amersfoort |
| 25 June 2023 11:30 | Report | Netherlands | 24–2 | Lithuania | Amersfoort |
| Amersfoort |||
| 25 June 2023 11:30 | Report | Te Riele 6 | Goals | Bakulo, Jonkus 1 | Amersfoort |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 17 | +39 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Malta (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 69 | −49 | 0 | |
All times are local (UTC+2).
| 23 June 2023 18:30 | Report | Germany | 24–3 | Bulgaria | Gżira Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Tomas Kašėta (LTU) |
| Gżira Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Tomas Kašėta (LTU) |||
| 23 June 2023 18:30 | Report | Chiru 5 | Goals | three players 1 | Gżira Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Tomas Kašėta (LTU) |
| 23 June 2023 19:45 | Report | Malta | 14–7 | Ukraine | Gżira Referees: Erwin Schapers (NED), Luis Santos (POR) |
| Gżira Referees: Erwin Schapers (NED), Luis Santos (POR) |||
| 23 June 2023 19:45 | Report | Muscat, Plumpton 3 | Goals | Alieksieiev 2 | Gżira Referees: Erwin Schapers (NED), Luis Santos (POR) |
| 24 June 2023 18:30 | Report | Bulgaria | 13–23 | Ukraine | Gżira Referees: Luis Santos (POR), Łukasz Król (POL) |
| Gżira Referees: Luis Santos (POR), Łukasz Król (POL) |||
| 24 June 2023 18:30 | Report | Metodiev 4 | Goals | Diadiura 4 | Gżira Referees: Luis Santos (POR), Łukasz Król (POL) |
| 24 June 2023 19:45 | Report | Malta | 10–15 | Germany | Gżira Referees: Tomas Kašėta (LTU), Erwin Schapers (NED) |
| Gżira Referees: Tomas Kašėta (LTU), Erwin Schapers (NED) |||
| 24 June 2023 19:45 | Report | Muscat 3 | Goals | Bozic 5 | Gżira Referees: Tomas Kašėta (LTU), Erwin Schapers (NED) |
| 25 June 2023 09:00 | Report | Malta | 22–4 | Bulgaria | Gżira Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Erwin Schapers (NED) |
| Gżira Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Erwin Schapers (NED) |||
| 25 June 2023 09:00 | Report | Zammit 6 | Goals | four players 1 | Gżira Referees: Łukasz Król (POL), Erwin Schapers (NED) |
| 25 June 2023 10:15 | Report | Ukraine | 4–17 | Germany | Gżira Referees: Tomas Kašėta (LTU), Luis Santos (POR) |
| Gżira Referees: Tomas Kašėta (LTU), Luis Santos (POR) |||
| 25 June 2023 10:15 | Report | Ashanin 2 | Goals | Kueppers, Schipper 4 | Gżira Referees: Tomas Kašėta (LTU), Luis Santos (POR) |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 12 | +47 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Turkey (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 64 | −55 | 0 | |
All times are local (UTC+3).
| 23 June 2023 17:00 | Report | Turkey | 6–11 | Slovakia | Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Tomi Kavčič (SLO) |
| Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Tomi Kavčič (SLO) |||
| 23 June 2023 17:00 | Report | Oğuzcan 2 | Goals | Baláž, Zaťovič 3 | Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Tomi Kavčič (SLO) |
| 23 June 2023 19:00 | Report | Serbia | 28–0 | Great Britain | Istanbul Referees: Antti Ruohonen (FIN), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |
| Istanbul Referees: Antti Ruohonen (FIN), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |||
| 23 June 2023 19:00 | Report | Lazić 5 | Goals | | Istanbul Referees: Antti Ruohonen (FIN), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |
| 24 June 2023 17:00 | Report | Slovakia | 8–15 | Serbia | Istanbul Referees: Tomi Kavčič (SLO), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |
| Istanbul Referees: Tomi Kavčič (SLO), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |||
| 24 June 2023 17:00 | Report | Tkáč 3 | Goals | Jakšić, Vučinić 3 | Istanbul Referees: Tomi Kavčič (SLO), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |
| 24 June 2023 19:00 | Report | Great Britain | 2–19 | Turkey | Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Antti Ruohonen (FIN) |
| Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Antti Ruohonen (FIN) |||
| 24 June 2023 19:00 | Report | Elliot, Pratt 1 | Goals | three players 3 | Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Antti Ruohonen (FIN) |
| 25 June 2023 11:30 | Report | Great Britain | 7–17 | Slovakia | Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Tomi Kavčič (SLO) |
| Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Tomi Kavčič (SLO) |||
| 25 June 2023 11:30 | Report | Paddon 4 | Goals | Tkáč 6 | Istanbul Referees: Alexandru Mustață (ROU), Tomi Kavčič (SLO) |
| 25 June 2023 13:30 | Report | Turkey | 4–16 | Serbia | Istanbul Referees: Antti Ruohonen (FIN), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |
| Istanbul Referees: Antti Ruohonen (FIN), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |||
| 25 June 2023 13:30 | Report | four players 1 | Goals | Drašović 6 | Istanbul Referees: Antti Ruohonen (FIN), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Slovenia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 59 | −39 | 0 | |
All times are local (UTC+2).
| 23 June 2023 19:00 | Report | Switzerland | 9–19 | Romania | Kranj Referees: Gernot Häntschel (GER), Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL) |
| Kranj Referees: Gernot Häntschel (GER), Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL) |||
| 23 June 2023 19:00 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Georgescu 5 | Kranj Referees: Gernot Häntschel (GER), Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL) |
| 23 June 2023 20:40 | Report | Slovenia | 25–4 | Finland | Kranj Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR) |
| Kranj Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR) |||
| 23 June 2023 20:40 | Report | Kadivec 6 | Goals | Olilla 2 | Kranj Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR) |
| 24 June 2023 19:00 | Report | Finland | 6–19 | Romania | Kranj Referees: Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR) |
| Kranj Referees: Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR) |||
| 24 June 2023 19:00 | Report | Johnsson 3 | Goals | Vancsik 4 | Kranj Referees: Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR) |
| 24 June 2023 20:40 | Report | Slovenia | 11–9 | Switzerland | Kranj Referees: Gernot Häntschel (GER), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |
| Kranj Referees: Gernot Häntschel (GER), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |||
| 24 June 2023 20:40 | Report | Kadivec 5 | Goals | Pleyer, Szer 3 | Kranj Referees: Gernot Häntschel (GER), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |
| 25 June 2023 09:30 | Report | Switzerland | 15–10 | Finland | Kranj Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Gernot Häntschel (GER) |
| Kranj Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Gernot Häntschel (GER) |||
| 25 June 2023 09:30 | Report | Pleyer 6 | Goals | Olilla 4 | Kranj Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Gernot Häntschel (GER) |
| 25 June 2023 11:10 | Report | Slovenia | 10–10 | Romania | Kranj Referees: Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR) |
| Kranj Referees: Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR) |||
| 25 June 2023 11:10 | Report | Kadivec 3 | Goals | Fulea 4 | Kranj Referees: Ardaches Ovanezian (BUL), Vyacheslav Byelyevtsov (UKR) |

### Ranking of second-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | D | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | B | Malta | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 3 | C | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 4 | A | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 6 | |