Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

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The men's water polo tournament at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Shanghai, China from 18 to 30 July 2011.[1][2][3]

Venue China (in Shanghai host cities)
Dates18 – 30 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Champions Italy (3rd title)
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Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue China (in Shanghai host cities)
Dates18 – 30 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up Serbia
Third place Croatia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored898 (18.71 per match)
Attendance28,500 (594 per match)
Top scorersRomania Cosmin Radu
(20 goals)
Awards
Best playerSerbia Filip Filipović
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The top three teams (excluding the already qualified Serbia) qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Qualification

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Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation – – 1  China
2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League Various 2  Serbia
 Montenegro
2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup July 27–
August 1, 2010		 Romania Oradea 4  Croatia
 Spain
 United States
 Romania
Europe [4] – – 3  Italy
 Hungary
 Germany
Americas Qualification tournament Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine January 9–
January 13, 2011		 Canada Victoria 2  Canada
 Brazil
Asian Games November 18–25, 2010 China Guangzhou 2  Kazakhstan
 Japan
Africa – – 1  South Africa
Oceania – – 1  Australia
TOTAL16
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Groups formed

The draw resulted in the following groups:

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Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Hungary  Australia  Brazil  Germany
 Kazakhstan  China  Canada  Italy
 Montenegro  Romania  Croatia  South Africa
 Spain  Serbia  Japan  United States
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Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Qualified for the playoff round
Advance to placement matches

The draw for the competition was held on April 15, 2011.[5]

Group A

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Team
 Played W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary33003926+136
 Montenegro32013523+124
 Spain31023626+102
 Kazakhstan30031550–350
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July 18, 2011
09:30		 Match 1[6] Hungary  11–10  Montenegro Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Naumov (RUS), Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–4, 4–1
Biros 4 Goals Janović, Ivović 2
July 18, 2011
10:30		 Match 2[7] Kazakhstan  5–18  Spain Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Cabral (BRA), Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–4, 2–5, 2–6
Zhilyayev 3 Goals four players 3
July 20, 2011
18:30		 Match 14[8] Spain  7–9  Montenegro Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 650
Referees:
Caputi (ITA), Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–1, 3–3
Minguell, Vallès 2 Goals Janović, Brguljan 2
July 20, 2011
19:30		 Match 15[9] Hungary  16–5  Kazakhstan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–0, 3–2, 5–2
four players 3 Goals Zhilyayev 2
July 22, 2011
17:00		 Match 21[10] Hungary  12–11  Spain Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 650
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–3, 2–1, 1–2
Madaras, Hárai 3 Goals Perez 3
July 22, 2011
18:30		 Match 22[11] Kazakhstan  5–16  Montenegro Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Gonzalez (PUR)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–5, 0–2, 3–4
Zhilyayev 3 Goals Radovic 4


Group B

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Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia33004119+226
 Australia32013027+34
 Romania31022731–42
 China30032243–210
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July 18, 2011
12:40		 Match 3[12] Romania  8–9  Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 3–3, 1–4
Three players 2 Goals Miller 3
July 18, 2011
21:00		 Match 8[13] Serbia  17–5  China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Flahive (AUS), Reemnet (NED)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–0, 2–2, 7–2
Filipović 4 Goals Five players 1
July 20, 2011
09:30		 Match 9[14] Serbia  12–5  Romania Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 3–1, 3–2
Pijetlović 4 Goals Radu 2
July 20, 2011
21:00		 Match 16[15] Australia  12–7  China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 3–2, 7–1
Campbell, Younger 3 Goals Pan Ning, Li Bin 2
July 22, 2011
14:55		 Match 23[16] Serbia  12–9  Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Caputi (ITA), Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–1, 3–2, 2–3
Filipović 5 Goals three players 2
July 22, 2011
21:00		 Match 24[17] Romania  14–10  China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Rotsart (USA), Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 5–0, 4–4
Radu 8 Goals Pan Ning 3

Group C

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Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia33004316+276
 Canada32012825+34
 Japan31022540–152
 Brazil30032540–150
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July 18, 2011
13:45		 Match 4[18] Brazil  5–14  Croatia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Gonzalez (PUR), Ciric (SRB)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–3, 3–4, 1–2
Crivella 2 Goals Bošković 4
July 18, 2011
17:00		 Match 5[19] Japan  5–11  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Williams (NZL), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 0–3, 2–3
five players 1 Goals Graham 5
July 20, 2011
10:45		 Match 10[20] Canada  4–11  Croatia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Borrell (ESP), Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 0–3, 0–2
four players 1 Goals Dobud 4
July 20, 2011
12:40		 Match 11[21] Brazil  11–13  Japan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Brgulian (MNE), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 1–3, 4–4
Silva, Franco 3 Goals Shimizu 4
July 22, 2011
09:30		 Match 17[22] Brazil  9–13  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Brgulian (MNE), Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–4, 3–4, 4–3
Guimaraes 3 Goals Diggle 5
July 22, 2011
10:15		 Match 18[23] Japan  7–18  Croatia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Ni (CHN), Balfanvayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–3, 2–4, 3–5
three players 2 Goals Joković 3

Group D

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Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy33003212+206
 Germany32013122+94
 United States31023220+122
 South Africa30031253–410
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July 18, 2011
20:55		 Match 6[24] United States  7–9  Germany Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 800
Referees:
Brgulian (MNE), Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–2, 4–1, 1–2
Azevedo 2 Goals Oeler 3
July 18, 2011
22:55		 Match 7[25] Italy  17–1  South Africa Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Balfanvayev (KAZ), Menedez (CUB)
Score by quarters: 5–0, 3–0, 5–0, 4–1
Deserti 4 Goals Kyte 1
July 20, 2011
12:30		 Match 12[26] South Africa  8–16  Germany Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 1–4, 3–5
Kyte, Bell 3 Goals Oeler 6
July 20, 2011
17:00		 Match 13[27] United States  5–8  Italy Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 650
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 1–3, 2–1
Alexander 2 Goals Gitto, Felugo 2
July 22, 2011
13:35		 Match 19[28] United States  20–3  South Africa Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Reemnet (NED), Menendez (CUB)
Score by quarters: 5–0, 4–1, 5–0, 6–2
Azevedo 5 Goals three players 1
July 22, 2011
14:05		 Match 20[29] Italy  7–6  Germany Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Borrell (ESP), Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–1, 2–0
Aicardi 3 Goals Real, Ploitze 2

Knockout stage

Championship bracket
Playoffs
24 July 2011 		Quarterfinals
26 July 2011 		Semifinals
28 July 2011 		Final
30 July 2011
 Hungary 9
 Canada 4  United States 8
 United States 17  Hungary 14
 Serbia 15
 Serbia 9
 Japan 6  Germany 4
 Germany 8  Serbia 7
 Italy 8
 Croatia 9
 Montenegro 8  Montenegro 6
 Romania 4  Croatia 8 Third place
 Italy 9
 Italy 10  Hungary 11
 Spain 9  Spain 6  Croatia 12
 Australia 8

Playoff round

The group winners have a bye into the quarterfinals.

July 24, 2011
12:55		 Match 27[30] Montenegro  8–4  Romania Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 3–0, 2–1
Brguljan, Jokic 2 Goals Radu 2
July 24, 2011
15:30		 Match 28[31] Spain  9–8  Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 750
Referees:
Brgulian (MNE), Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 3–4, 1–2
Perrone, García 3 Goals three players 2
July 24, 2011
11:55		 Match 29[32] Canada  4–17  United States Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 800
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Korzyna (POL)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–6, 2–4, 0–2
Diggle 2 Goals four players 3
July 24, 2011
21:00		 Match 30[33] Japan  6–8  Germany Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Cabral (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–1, 2–3, 1–1
Shimizu 4 Goals Stamm 3

Quarterfinals

July 26, 2011
14:00		 Match 35[34] Hungary  9–8  United States Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 3–2, 2–1
three players 2 Goals Varellas, Bailey 3
July 26, 2011
15:45		 Match 36[35] Serbia  9–4  Germany Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Koganov (AZE), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 0–1, 4–3, 3–0
Filipović 4 Goals four players 1
July 26, 2011
16:45		 Match 37[36] Croatia  9–6  Montenegro Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 4–0, 1–3
Joković 4 Goals Radović 2
July 26, 2011
21:00		 Match 38[37] Italy  10–6  Spain Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 650
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 3–1, 2–1
Figlioli 4 Goals six players 1

Semifinals

July 28, 2011
16:15		 Match 43[38] Hungary  14–15 (OT)  Serbia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 7–5, 3–3, 1–4  OT: 1–2
Madaras 4 Goals Filipović, Prlainović 3
July 28, 2011
21:00		 Match 44[39] Croatia  8–9  Italy Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Borrell (ESP), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–2, 3–5, 4–1
Bošković 3 Goals Giorgetti 3


Bronze medal game

July 30, 2011
16:00		 Match 47[40] Hungary  11–12  Croatia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Borrell (ESP), Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 5–3, 2–1
Varga, Biros 3 Goals Bošković 4

Final

July 30, 2011
21:00		 Match 48[41] Serbia  7–8 (OT)  Italy Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 2,000
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–0, 1–4, 3–1  OT: 1–2
Filipović 3 Goals Aicardi 3

Classification 5–8 bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
 July 28
 
 
 United States9
 
 July 30
 
 Germany8
 
 United States10
 
 July 28
 
 Spain11
 
 Montenegro9
 
 
 Spain10
 
Seventh place
 
 
 July 30
 
 
 Germany5
 
 
 Montenegro8
July 28, 2011
12:15		 Match 41[42] United States  9–8  Germany Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Caputi (ITA), Menendez (CUB)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 0–2, 1–2
Bailey 2 Goals Kreuzmann, Oeler 2
July 28, 2011
15:30		 Match 42[43] Montenegro  9–10  Spain Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 1,100
Referees:
Alexandrescu (ROU), Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–5, 2–1, 2–2
Radović 3 Goals Vallès 3

7th place game

July 30, 2011
09:30		 Match 45[44] Germany  5–8  Montenegro Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Alexandrescu (ROU), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–3, 1–1, 0–0
Real, Schüler 2 Goals Radović, Brguljan 2

5th place game

July 30, 2011
10:15		 Match 46[45] United States  10–11  Spain Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 0-4, 3-2, 3-2, 4-3
Varellas 3 Goals Molina Rios, Perez Vargas 3

Classification 9–12 bracket

 
Semi-finalsNinth place
 
      
 
 July 26
 
 
 Romania8
 
 July 28
 
 Canada12
 
 Canada6
 
 July 26
 
 Australia8
 
 Australia15
 
 
 Japan9
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 July 28
 
 
 Romania15
 
 
 Japan18
July 26, 2011
11:30		 Match 33[46] Romania  8–12  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 3–3, 1–3
Radu, Negrean 3 Goals Boyd 4
July 26, 2011
12:40		 Match 34[47] Australia  15–9  Japan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 6–4, 1–1, 3–1, 5–3
three players 3 Goals Takei 3

11th place game

July 28, 2011
09:30		 Match 39[48] Romania  15–18  Japan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Reemnet (NED), Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–5, 3–5, 5–5
Kadar 4 Goals Shiota 8

9th place game

July 28, 2011
10:45		 Match 40[49] Canada  6–8  Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Brgulian (MNE), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 2–3, 1–3
Graham 3 Goals Younger 2


Classification 13–16 bracket

 
Semi-finalsThirteenth place
 
      
 
 July 24
 
 
 Kazakhstan8
 
 July 26
 
 China7
 
 Kazakhstan9
 
 July 24
 
 Brazil7
 
 Brazil7
 
 
 South Africa4
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
 July 26
 
 
 China9
 
 
 South Africa4
July 24, 2011
09:30		 Match 25[50] Kazakhstan  8–7  China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 1,000
Referees:
Alexandrescu (ROU), Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–0, 1–3
Pilipenko, Panfili 2 Goals Liang, Xie 2
July 24, 2011
10:45		 Match 26[51] Brazil  7–4  South Africa Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Juhaz (HUN), Rustamova (UZB)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 0–1, 1–2, 2–1
Franco 2 Goals Manson 2

15th place game

July 26, 2011
03:45		 Match 31[52] China  9–4  South Africa Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Menendez (CUB), Cabral (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 2–0, 2–1
Yu Lijun, Li Bin 2 Goals Bell 2

13th place game

July 26, 2011
10:00		 Match 32[53] Kazakhstan  9–7  Brazil Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Pinker (RSA), Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–3, 2–2, 3–2
Zhilyayev 3 Goals Silva 2

Final ranking

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
 Italy [54]

Stefano Tempesti (c)
Amaurys Perez
Niccolo Gitto
Pietro Figlioli
Alex Giorgetti
Maurizio Felugo
Niccolo Figari
Valentino Gallo
Christian Presciutti
Deni Fiorentini
Matteo Aicardi
Arnaldo Deserti
Giacomo Pastorino

Head coach:
Sandro Campagna

  Serbia [55]

Slobodan Soro
Marko Avramović
Živko Gocić
Vanja Udovičić (c)
Miloš Ćuk
Duško Pijetlović
Slobodan Nikić
Milan Aleksić
Nikola Rađen
Filip Filipović
Andrija Prlainović
Stefan Mitrović
Gojko Pijetlović

Head coach:
Dejan Udovičić

  Croatia [56]

Josip Pavić
Damir Burić
Miho Bošković
Nikša Dobud
Maro Joković
Petar Muslim
Frano Karač
Andro Bušlje
Sandro Sukno
Samir Barač (c)
Fran Paskvalin
Paulo Obradović
Ivan Buljubašić

Head coach:
Ratko Rudić

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Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Topscorer

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