I roto i te huringa tuatahi, i whakakahoretia e nga kapa e whai ake nei i nga Pan American Games 2011, Mexico me Colombia, te whakauru, engari ko Venezuela, te kapa whakamutunga, i whakatau ki te haina mo te whakataetae ma te whakamahi i te waahi o te whenua rangatira. I te mea kaore he roopu o Amerika, o Ahia, o Oceania, o Awherika ranei i noho ki te whiriwhiri, ko nga waahi e toru e whai ake nei ka haere ki nga kaiuru e toru i te 2012 European Water Polo Championships
kāore anō kia eke ki ngā whakataetae Olympic, kāore anō hoki kia uru ki tēnei whakataetae - ko te Netherlands, ko Maketonia me Turkey.