GB Water Polo

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GB's women's water polo team are hoping to end the year on a high in the World Cup Division 2 event in Turkey. 

 

Having eased passed  yesterday 29-4, they have just beaten hosts  14-8 to secure their place in the quarter-finals. 

 

On the men's side, they'll be taking to the pool later in the week. They've be drawn in Group B against  and 

 

 

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Have been wondering whether the  women will qualify for the World Championships in Singapore.

 

Water Polo Qualification

 

Currently Qualified:

Host 

Olympic Games: 

Olympic Games: 

Olympic Games: 

3 x Quotas - World Aquatics World Cup Final 2025

3 x Quotas - European Championships 2024

2 x Quotas - Asian Championships

2 x Quotas - American Championships

1 x Quota - African Championships

1 x Quota - Oceania Championships

 

 finished 7th in the 2024 European Championships behind      and . With Spain and Netherlands already qualified, GB would be 5th in the continental qualifying standings.

 

The next qualifying opportunity comes in April at the World Cup Final where there are 5 European nations in the quarterfinal line up:

 

 v 

 v 

 v 

 v 

 

With 3 of the 8 nations already qualified, a top-6 finish could be enough to secure qualification. With Greece taking on Italy, we're guaranteed at least 1 non-qualified European nation in the Semis so barring disasters, it looks pretty good for  to get a spot in Singapore.

Edited February 24, 2025 by Rafa Maciel

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On 2/24/2025 at 2:37 PM, Rafa Maciel said:

Have been wondering whether the  women will qualify for the World Championships in Singapore.

 

Water Polo Qualification

 

Currently Qualified:

Host 

Olympic Games: 

Olympic Games: 

Olympic Games: 

3 x Quotas - World Aquatics World Cup Final 2025

3 x Quotas - European Championships 2024

2 x Quotas - Asian Championships

2 x Quotas - American Championships

1 x Quota - African Championships

1 x Quota - Oceania Championships

 

 finished 7th in the 2024 European Championships behind      and . With Spain and Netherlands already qualified, GB would be 5th in the continental qualifying standings.

 

The next qualifying opportunity comes in April at the World Cup Final where there are 5 European nations in the quarterfinal line up:

 

 v 

 v 

 v 

 v 

 

With 3 of the 8 nations already qualified, a top-6 finish could be enough to secure qualification. With Greece taking on Italy, we're guaranteed at least 1 non-qualified European nation in the Semis so barring disasters, it looks pretty good for  to get a spot in Singapore.

  and  all took the quotas so  have qualified.

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The  men have fallen just short in their attempt to qualify for the 2026 European Championships.

 

In their qualifying competition in  last month, GB were up against  ,  .   and  needing a top 2 finish to progress to the final tournament.

 

In their first match, they were overwhelmed by  - conceding 10 goals in the first half without response - ultimately going down to a 27-3 defeat.

 

Things came together for them in their second match against  as they eased to a 13-5 victory. This was followed by a tight fight against  with GB edging out an 11-9 victory. 

 

The victory over Poland set up a winner takes all match against  - but unfortunately it was to take place on the same day as the match against Poland. So, whilst the Slovenian team were well rested having not played since the day before, the GB guys were fatigued and ultimately went down to a 16-6 defeat which meant that Slovenia took the all-important second place in the pool. 

 

 

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 Women's Under 18 squad have made strong start to the European Championships. They are undefeated after 3 matches to sit top of their group with 2 matches to go. 

 

Having already banked victories over  (36-4),  (17-6) and  (17-7) they will face undefeated  tomorrow and then  on Wednesday but it looks good for them to get to the crossover round.

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 make it 4 from 4 with a 20-9 win over  

 

GB are now pretty much guaranteed to finish top of the group. In the crossover match they are likely to face either Croatia or Israel. 

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 emerge from the group stage undefeated with a 23-4 victory over 

 

It looks like they will take on  in the crossover match and if they are able to come through that, would face  in the quarterfinals

Edited September 4, 2025 by Rafa Maciel

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The Women's European Championships get underway this week.  will take on  tomorrow, with  following on Tuesday. Their pool concludes with a match against  on 29th Jan. 

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 women have lost their first 2 matches at the European Championships:

 

 14-4 

 11-6 

 

With those 2 defeats, GB will miss out on the main round and will be relegated to the classification round. This means that the highest they can finish will be 9th. That could impact their chances of qualifying for next year's World Championships. 

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9th place finish for  women after 10-9 victory over  in the European Championships