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Drawing Ceremony for EA Water Polo Club competitions and Qualifications U19 EWPC 2024
Season 2023/2024

Date: 15 December 2023
Time: 11:30 am (CET)
Location: Barcelona (ESP)

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02:00 Welcome to the new draw for a
02:03 claps competition of European aquatics.
02:06 Today, we will draw three different facets the different competitions.
02:10 The first row will be for the champion league quarter final stage.
02:16 The second row, Euro Cup men, eight finals.
02:20 And the last will be for the qualification run of the European championship men, 19 and under.
02:29 So we proceed with the first row is champions league men quarter final stage.
02:36 This competition, this facet will be played between 8th of March and 15th of May, 2024.
02:46 So according the champions league men calendar, the quarter final stage will play with eight teams,
02:56 the best ranked teams in the last preliminary round of the champions league.
03:02 It means it was four groups, the best, the first in each group, 1, 2, 3, 4, and the second, 1, 2, 3, 4.
03:11 These eight teams will participate in the quarter final stage.
03:15 They will consider, they will group it in two groups, A and B.
03:21 Four teams in each group.
03:24 And the matches are organized.
03:26 We have the first batch with the teams who were ranked in the first position.
03:32 These teams are Novi Beograd, Proreco, Ferencváros, and Barceloneta.
03:41 After the second batch is the teams who are qualified in the second position.
03:48 And these teams are Brescia, Olympiacos, Jadreni Split, and Marseille.
03:56 And finally we have for the group A and the group B, we will draw the position in each group.
04:04 So the process for the system of the draw, we will start one ball from the first batch,
04:12 and this team will be seated in the group A, and we will draw the position in the group A for this team.
04:22 After the second ball will be drawn for the group B, and we draw the position in group B for this team.
04:30 The same for the third and the fourth ball in the first batch.
04:35 After that, we will proceed with the second team's qualified in the previous round,
04:41 and we will extract one ball, and this ball has one condition that, according to the rules,
04:49 the teams cannot participate in the same group in the quarterfinal stage if they played in the same group in the previous round.
04:58 So the first ball in this team, we will consider the other team who played in the same group,
05:07 in which group is, and we set it in the other group.
05:11 For example, if it's Brescia who played in the group A in the last preliminary round,
05:16 and nobody was drawn in the group B, Brescia will be in the group A in this quarterfinal group stage.
05:26 And, of course, we will draw also the position in this group, in this case, for example, Brescia.
05:36 Okay, this is the process. I will ask now two water polo players, Oscar and Pau, to help us.
05:42 Please join us.
05:51 Now, according to our explanation, we will start the draw for the Champions League men's quarterfinal stage.
05:59 The first ball, please.
06:02 This team will be in group A, and is Pro Reco, and from the group A, the position will be...
06:16 position 2. Reco, group A, position 2.
06:26 So, the second team will be in the group B.
06:37 This team, group B, is Bartheleoneta, and from the group B,
06:43 the position in the group for Bartheleoneta is line 1.
06:53 So, Bartheleoneta, group B, position 1.
06:57 Now, third ball will be in group A, and is Novi Beograd, in group A,
07:11 and the position in this group, Novi Beograd, group A, position 1.
07:23 And the last team from this batch, group B, Ferencvaros.
07:35 Ferencvaros will be in group B, and the position of Ferencvaros in group B is 2.
07:47 Ferencvaros, group B, position 2.
07:51 Ok, now we go for the second batch, the teams who were qualified in second position in the preliminary round.
07:59 And we will decide in which group, according to the participation in the last edition, is Marseille.
08:08 Marseille played in group B, together with Bartheleoneta,
08:13 so must be in different group of Bartheleoneta who is in group B.
08:18 Marseille will be in group A, and the position group A is line 4.
08:31 So, Marseille, group A, line 4.
08:36 Second team is Olympiacos, who played in group B together with Recco.
08:50 Recco is in group A, so Olympiacos should be group B, and position 4.
09:04 Olympiacos, group B, position 4.
09:09 Check third ball.
09:15 Is team of Yadran Esplit, who played in group C in the last round together with Ferencvaros.
09:25 So, Ferencvaros is in group B, and Yadran Esplit should be in group A.
09:31 And position in group A is 3.
09:37 Ferencvaros, group A, position 3.
09:42 And the last one is Brescia.
09:49 Brescia played in group A in the same group of Novi Beorrat, who is in group A,
09:54 so Brescia should be in group B, and position in the group 3.
10:04 So, Brescia, group B, position 3.
10:11 So, according to this draw, the calendar of the competitions,
10:16 I remember you from 8 March to 19 May,
10:19 you can see in the screen the 6 different days for group A and group B.
10:27 This is.
10:30 The best 2 teams in group A and the best 2 teams in group B will be qualified for the final 4.
10:41 And that's all from our side for this group, for this draw, the Champions League.
10:48 Now we will proceed for the draw to Euro Cup, 8 finals, men, in 3 minutes.
10:56 Thank you.
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16:15 Welcome again. Now we proceed with the second row, the Euro Cup 8 finals men
16:27 that will be played in 8 of March and 23 of March 2024.
16:35 So the best 6 teams, they participate 16 teams, 8 teams who are coming from Champions League,
16:44 the preliminary round, the previous round, who were qualified in the third and fourth position in each group.
16:52 And 8 teams who are coming from preliminary round Euro Cup, who were ranked in the first and second position in each group.
17:02 It is in the first batch we have the teams who were qualified in third position in Champions League preliminary round.
17:12 And these teams are Sabadell, Duke, Red Star and Espandau.
17:21 In the second batch we have the teams who were qualified in the fourth position in Champions League preliminary round
17:29 and these teams are Steaua Bucharest, Dinamo Tbilisi, Jadra Nerzenobi and Buiyarmeni.
17:39 After these teams qualified in the third position, we play with the teams who were in the second position in Euro Cup
17:51 and these teams are Turcoin, Baxas, Juglo and Ortizia.
18:00 And the teams who were qualified in the fourth position played against the teams in the first position in Euro Cup
18:08 and the teams are Barcelona, Sabona, Primoje and Panioneos.
18:16 So the system of the draw will be first we draw from the first batch one team who will play the eighth final one
18:26 and we draw together with home away play to decide in which home away play the first game.
18:35 The second team we draw together with home away, the same for the third and the same for the fourth.
18:43 And with this we fill the four eighth finals. Eighth final one, two, three, four.
18:51 And the next one, eighth final five, six, seven, eight, we will proceed the same manner but with the second batch.
19:01 After that we continue eighth final one, two, three, four with the teams in the third batch
19:08 and the eighth final five, six, seven, eight with the teams in the fourth batch.
19:14 So I ask again Pau and Oscar Waterpolo players to help us, please.
19:26 Okay, we start the draw, Euro Cup, eighth finals, men.
19:32 The first team will be in the eighth final one.
19:36 It's the team of Juk and he played the first game.
19:44 Home. Juk, eighth final one, first game, home.
19:55 Second team, eighth final two, red start.
20:05 Red start will play the first game.
20:09 Away. Red start, eighth final two, first game, away.
20:23 Now we proceed with the third team in the first batch, eighth final three.
20:29 Espandau, eighth final three and first game will play home.
20:44 Espandau, eighth final three, first game, home.
20:49 And the last in the first batch is the team Sabadell.
20:57 Sabadell, eighth final four and will play the first game home.
21:07 Sabadell, eighth final four, first game, home.
21:12 Now we proceed with the second batch for the final five.
21:16 So, eighth final five, Esteaua-Bucharest and will play the first game away.
21:37 So, Esteaua-Bucharest, eighth final five, first game, away.
21:43 Second team in the second batch is the team of Dinamo-Tbilisi.
21:56 Dinamo-Tbilisi will play the first game away.
22:09 So, Dinamo-Tbilisi, first game, away in the eighth final six.
22:16 Now, eighth final seven is the team Yadran-Erzenobi.
22:28 Yadran-Erzenobi in the final seven and will play the first game away.
22:38 Yadran-Erzenobi, eighth final seven, away.
22:43 And the last one is the team of Bouyadmeni.
22:51 Bouyadmeni, eighth final eight and first game will play away.
23:03 Bouyadmeni, eighth final eight, first game, away.
23:08 So, we proceed now with the second, the teams who are coming from Euro Cup.
23:15 First, the teams who were qualified in the second position for the eighth final one.
23:27 We'll play against Juke Baxas. So, eighth final one, Juke Baxas.
23:37 The second, eighth final two, against Red Star, is the team of BFC Zuglo.
23:49 So, Zuglo in the eighth final two, Zuglo, Red Star.
23:57 Thirteenth, eighth final three, Espandau against Ortizia.
24:06 So, eighth final three is Espandau, Ortizia.
24:12 And the last in this batch is Turcoin in the eighth final four.
24:22 So, the game is Sabadell-Turcoin, the first game.
24:27 And now, we proceed with the last, the batch with the teams who were qualified in first position in the Euro Cup preliminary round.
24:37 So, eighth final five is Panioneos. So, eighth final five, first game is Panioneos, Esteaga, Bucharest.
24:50 The second team in the eighth final six is Primorje.
24:57 So, first game, eighth final six, Primorje, Dinamo, Tbilisi.
25:05 The third ball, eighth final seven, is the team Savona.
25:15 So, in the eighth final seven, first game, Savona, Yadran, Erzenobi.
25:21 And the last ball, eighth final eight, is the team of Barcelona.
25:29 So, eighth final eight is Barcelona, Buryalmeny.
25:37 You have in the screen the results of this draw.
25:41 And, obviously, who wins the eliminatory, the aggregate, in each eighth final, pass to the next round, quarter final.
25:51 Thank you, and three minutes more, we proceed with the next draw.
25:56 This is the qualification round for European Championship men, 19 and under. Thank you.
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30:56 Welcome again to the draw. This is the third draw today, the last one.
31:02 And it's concerning for the qualification round of the European Championship, 19 and under men.
31:12 There are 28 teams, 28 entries to participate in this competition.
31:20 But according to our rules, we follow the rankings, the classification in the last competition,
31:28 final round or qualification, 2022, and we add at the end the new entries who didn't participate in that moment.
31:37 So the best eight teams qualified in the last edition, 2022, are already qualified for the next final round.
31:47 And these teams are Serbia, Spain, Hungary, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, and Germany.
32:00 And they don't enter in this draw for qualification round. I told you they are already qualified for the final round.
32:09 So we have 20 teams. They will play four groups of five teams.
32:16 It means we need five different batches for each line in the group.
32:23 In the first batch, this one, we have the teams who are qualified from the position 9 to 12 in the last edition.
32:34 And these teams are Netherlands, Malta, France, and Georgia.
32:41 In the second batch, we have the teams qualified from the position 13 to 16 in the last final tournament, 2022.
32:51 And these teams are Turkey, Romania, Czech Republic, and Slovakia.
32:59 In the third batch, we have the teams with highest place in the qualification round in 2022 by order.
33:09 So the best, the first were Bulgaria, Slovenia, Great Britain, and Ukraine.
33:18 In the fourth batch, the next one, Lithuania, Switzerland, and Finland.
33:25 And we add Poland as new entry, but it's the best team according to the ranking of the countries in Water Polo Men.
33:34 Poland is here.
33:35 And finally, in the fifth batch, the new entries according to this ranking, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Ireland, and Sweden.
33:47 But we have another batch for organizers.
33:50 It means that we will draw, first of all, the organizers, but these organizers maintain the line, the position in the group.
34:00 I mean, from the first batch, there is no any team who organize, nothing.
34:07 In the second, we have Romania.
34:09 So we have three balls here, and Romania is in the batch of the organizers.
34:15 And when we select Romania, we'll be seated in the group position two.
34:21 In the third batch, we have Slovenia's organizers, so we have only three balls.
34:25 Slovenia is in the batch of organizers and will be drawn in the position three.
34:32 In the fourth batch, we have Poland, so we have only three balls.
34:37 And Poland is in the batch of organizers and will be drawn in the position four.
34:42 And finally, in the fifth batch, we have Bosnia-Herzegovina's organizer.
34:48 We have only three balls.
34:50 And Bosnia-Herzegovina is in the batch of organizers but will be seated in the position five.
34:58 So the order is very easy.
35:04 First, organizers.
35:06 The first ball will be in group A.
35:08 Second, group B.
35:10 Third, in group D.
35:11 And fourth, sorry, in group C.
35:14 And fourth, in group D.
35:15 And the same for the others.
35:18 So I ask again to the water polo players, Oscar and Paul, please, to join us, to help us.
35:30 Okay, and we start the draw for European Championship 19 and under men qualification round.
35:38 First, the host teams in the group A will be Bosnia-Herzegovina, group A, position five.
35:54 Bosnia-Herzegovina, group A, position five.
35:59 The second in the group B is the country, the team of Slovenia.
36:07 Slovenia, group B, position three.
36:11 Slovenia, group B, position three.
36:16 The third ball, third team, in group C, is the team of Poland.
36:24 So Poland, group C, position four.
36:28 Poland, group C, position four.
36:32 And last one is the team of Romania.
36:39 Romania, group D, position two.
36:43 Romania, group B, position two.
36:48 So, now, for the batch of the teams who were qualified in position nine to twelve in the last edition, 2022,
36:58 the first team, group B, group A, in the line one, of course, is France.
37:08 France, group A, position one.
37:12 Second team, group B, position one, is the team of Georgia.
37:21 Georgia, group B, position one.
37:26 Third team, group C, is the team of Malta.
37:34 Malta, group C, position one.
37:38 And last one, group B, position one, is the team of Netherlands.
37:47 Netherlands, group B, position one.
37:52 We go to the second line, teams who were qualified from 13 to 16 in 2022.
38:00 In group A is the team of Czech Republic.
38:06 So, Czech Republic, group A, position two.
38:11 Second team, group B, position two, is the team of Turkey.
38:21 Turkey, group B, position two.
38:27 Group C, position two, is the last in this batch, is Slovakia.
38:37 Slovakia, group C, position two, because group D, position two, is Romania already drawn.
38:45 Now, we proceed with the third batch for this team's qualification.
38:51 According to the ranking, the position in the last qualification round in the European Championship, group A, position three is Great Britain.
39:01 Great Britain, group A, position three.
39:06 The second team, in the group B, position three, we have Slovenia.
39:12 So, we skip to the group C, position three, and is the team of Bulgaria.
39:19 Bulgaria, group C, position three.
39:24 And the last one in this line, in this batch, is group D, position three, the team of Ukraine.
39:33 Ukraine, group D, position three.
39:38 Now, we proceed with the next one, group A, line four.
39:43 And is the team of Finland.
39:49 Finland, group A, line four.
39:53 The second team, group B, line four.
39:59 Switzerland.
40:04 Switzerland, group B, line four.
40:08 In group C, line four, we have Poland already.
40:13 And now, we proceed for the group D, line four, is the team of Lithuania.
40:21 Lithuania, group D, line four.
40:26 And now, the last batch.
40:29 In the group A, we have Bosnia and Herzegovina in the line five already.
40:33 So, we proceed with the first team, group B, position five.
40:40 Is the team of Sweden.
40:45 Sweden, group B, position five.
40:51 For the group C, position five.
40:57 The team of Ireland.
41:00 Ireland, group C, position five.
41:05 And the last team, group D, position five, is the team of Cyprus.
41:14 Cyprus, group D, position five.
41:19 So, the groups are in the group A, France, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Finland, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
41:27 Group B, Georgia, Turkey, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Sweden.
41:33 Group C, Malta, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, Ireland.
41:39 And group D, Netherlands, Romania, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Cyprus.
41:45 And the best two teams in each group will be qualified for the final round, final competition, that will be held on September 1st to 9th, 2024.
41:58 And that's all for today.
42:00 Three rows.
42:02 Only to wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and big success in your competition.
42:08 Thank you very much.
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