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

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

Tournament details
Venue(s)	China (in Shanghai host cities)
Dates	18 – 30 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (3rd title)
Runner-up	Serbia
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	898 (18.71 per match)
Attendance	28,500 (594 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cosmin Radu (20 goals)
Best player	Filip Filipović
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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]

The top three teams (excluding the already qualified Serbia) qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Qualification

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	Oradea	4	Croatia  Spain  United States  Romania
Europe [4]	–	–	3	Italy  Hungary  Germany
Americas Qualification tournament	January 9– January 13, 2011	Victoria	2	Canada  Brazil
Asian Games	November 18–25, 2010	Guangzhou	2	Kazakhstan  Japan
Africa	–	–	1	South Africa
Oceania	–	–	1	Australia
TOTAL			16

Groups formed

The draw resulted in the following groups:

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

Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

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

Group A

Team v t e	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	0	39	26	+13	6
Montenegro	3	2	0	1	35	23	+12	4
Spain	3	1	0	2	36	26	+10	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	15	50	–35	0

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 10:50	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 18:20	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 19:40	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 18:20	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

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	3	3	0	0	41	19	+22	6
Australia	3	2	0	1	30	27	+3	4
Romania	3	1	0	2	27	31	–4	2
China	3	0	0	3	22	43	–21	0

July 18, 2011 12:10	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 19:40	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

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	0	43	16	+27	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	28	25	+3	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	25	40	–15	2
Brazil	3	0	0	3	25	40	–15	0

July 18, 2011 13:30	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 10:50	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 12:10	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 10:50	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

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	32	12	+20	6
Germany	3	2	0	1	31	22	+9	4
United States	3	1	0	2	32	20	+12	2
South Africa	3	0	0	3	12	53	–41	0

July 18, 2011 18:20	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 19:40	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 13:30	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 12:10	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 13:30	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 12:10	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 16:50	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 15:20	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 16:40	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 16:50	Match 43[38]	Hungary	14–15	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	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-finals				Fifth place
	July 28
	United States	9
					July 30
	Germany	8
					United States	10
	July 28
					Spain	11
	Montenegro	9
	Spain	10
					Seventh place
					July 30
					Germany	5
					Montenegro	8

July 28, 2011 12:10	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 10:50	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-finals				Ninth place
	July 26
	Romania	8
					July 28
	Canada	12
					Canada	6
	July 26
					Australia	8
	Australia	15
	Japan	9
					Eleventh place
					July 28
					Romania	15
					Japan	18

July 26, 2011 11:20	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 10:50	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-finals				Thirteenth place
	July 24
	Kazakhstan	8
					July 26
	China	7
					Kazakhstan	9
	July 24
					Brazil	7
	Brazil	7
	South Africa	4
					Fifteenth place
					July 26
					China	9
					South Africa	4

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 10:50	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 08:40	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

Rank[3]	Team
	Italy
	Serbia
	Croatia
4	Hungary
5	Spain
6	United States
7	Montenegro
8	Germany
9	Australia
10	Canada
11	Japan
12	Romania
13	Kazakhstan
14	Brazil
15	China
16	South Africa

2011 FINA Men's World champions
Italy Third title

Team Roster [3] Stefano Tempesti, 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

Medalists

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

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

•  Filip Filipović (SRB)

• Best Goalkeeper

•  Stefano Tempesti (ITA)

• Topscorer

•  Cosmin Radu (ROU) — 20 goals

References

External links

• 14th FINA World Championships 2011 FINA Water Polo website
• Records and statistics (reports by Omega)
• Men Water Polo XIV World Championship 2011 www.todor66.com