Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin juyawa na farko, ƙungiyoyin da ke gaba a Wasannin Pan American na 2011, Mexico da Colombia, sun ƙi shiga, amma Venezuela, ƙungiyar da ta kasance ta ƙarshe, ta yanke shawarar yin rajista don gasar ta amfani da yankin mai masaukin baki. Tun da babu sauran Amurka, Asiya, Oceania, ko Afirka da ke ba da kansu don zaɓar, wurare uku na gaba sun tafi ga mahalarta uku a gasar zakarun Turai na Water Polo na 2012
wadanda ba su riga sun cancanci zuwa gasar Olympics ba ko kuma sun riga sun shiga wannan gasar - Netherlands, Macedonia da Turkiyya.