# 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.

## Preliminary round
### GROUP A

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1. | Greece | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 36 | +24 |
| 2. | Romania | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 28 | +29 |
| 3. | Russia | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 29 | +27 |
| 4. | Slovakia | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 41 | +7 |
| 5. | Brazil | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 57 | –29 |
| 6. | Kazakhstan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 83 | –58 |
* Sunday March 2, 2008
| Brazil | 6 – 15 | Greece |
| Russia | 19 – 4 | Kazakhstan |
| Romania | 7 – 6 | Slovakia |
* Monday March 3, 2008
| Kazakhstan | 6 – 9 | Brazil |
| Romania | 11 – 8 | Russia |
| Slovakia | 9 – 11 | Greece |
* Tuesday March 4, 2008
| Kazakhstan | 8 – 18 | Greece |
| Brazil | 4 – 13 | Romania |
| Slovakia | 3 – 12 | Russia |
* Wednesday March 5, 2008
| Slovakia | 18 – 5 | Kazakhstan |
| Russia | 11 – 3 | Brazil |
| Romania | 7 – 8 | Greece |
* Thursday March 6, 2008
| Brazil | 6 – 12 | Slovakia |
| Greece | 8 – 6 | Russia |
| Romania | 19 – 2 | Kazakhstan |

### GROUP B

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1. | Germany | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 18 | +54 |
| 2. | Italy | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 23 | +48 |
| 3. | Canada | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 36 | +22 |
| 4. | North Macedonia | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 50 | –5 |
| 5. | Iran | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 72 | –49 |
| 6. | Mexico | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 98 | –70 |
* Sunday March 2, 2008
| Mexico | 9 – 18 | North Macedonia |
| Iran | 2 – 20 | Italy |
| Germany | 11 – 6 | Canada |
* Monday March 3, 2008
| Italy | 14 – 5 | North Macedonia |
| Canada | 15 – 5 | Iran |
| Mexico | 1 – 29 | Germany |
* Tuesday March 4, 2008
| Italy | 7 – 7 | Canada |
| Germany | 9 – 4 | North Macedonia |
| Mexico | 8 – 8 | Iran |
* Wednesday March 5, 2008
| North Macedonia | 7 – 12 | Canada |
| Mexico | 4 – 25 | Italy |
| Germany | 18 – 2 | Iran |
* Thursday March 6, 2008
| Italy | 5 – 5 | Germany |
| Mexico | 6 – 18 | Canada |
| Iran | 6 – 11 | North Macedonia |

## Quarter finals

* Friday March 7, 2008
| Kazakhstan | 4 – 6 | Iran |
| Brazil | 8 – 7 | Mexico |
* Friday March 7, 2008
| Russia | 10 – 11 | Italy |
| Romania | 8 – 9 | Canada |

## Semi finals

* Saturday March 8, 2008 — 7th/10th place
| Slovakia | 18 – 4 | Iran |
| North Macedonia | 10 – 8 | Brazil |
* Saturday March 8, 2008 — 1st/4th place
| Greece | 8 – 9 | Italy |
| Germany | 8 – 6 | Canada |

## Finals

* Saturday March 8, 2008 — Eleventh place
| Kazakhstan | 9 – 11 | Mexico |
* Sunday March 9, 2008 — Ninth place
| Iran | 1 – 10 | Brazil |
* Sunday March 9, 2008 — Seventh place
| Slovakia | 9 – 7 | North Macedonia |
* Sunday March 9, 2008 — Fifth place
| Russia | 9 – 10 | Romania |
* Sunday March 9, 2008 — Third place
| Greece | 13 – 4 | Canada |
* Sunday March 9, 2008 — First place
| Italy | 9 – 10 | Germany |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| 1. | Germany |
| 2. | Italy |
| 3. | Greece |
| 4. | Canada |
| 5. | Romania |
| 6. | Russia |
| 7. | Slovakia |
| 8. | North Macedonia |
| 9. | Brazil |
| 10. | Iran |
| 11. | Mexico |
| 12. | Kazakhstan |
* 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) — 22 goals