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)

	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

Team v t e	Played	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	39	26	+13	6
Montenegro	3	2	1	35	23	+12	4
Spain	3	1	2	36	26	+10	2
Kazakhstan	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	3	3	0	41	19	+22	6
Australia	3	2	1	30	27	+3	4
Romania	3	1	2	27	31	–4	2
China	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	43	16	+27	6
Canada	3	2	1	28	25	+3	4
Japan	3	1	2	25	40	–15	2
Brazil	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	32	12	+20	6
Germany	3	2	1	31	22	+9	4
United States	3	1	2	32	20	+12	2
South Africa	3	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

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