The 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the tenth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round, the Super Final was held in Firenze, Italy from June 21–26, 2011.[1][2] Serbia ended up being champions, defending the title acquired the previous year and was the first team to qualify for the 2012 Olympic men's water polo tournament.
2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League | |
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League | FINA Water Polo World League |
Sport | Water Polo |
Preliminary round edit
Team qualified for Super Final |
Africa edit
The African tournament was supposed to be held in Algiers, Algeria from May 13–15, but was cancelled.
Americas edit
The American preliminary round was held in Costa Mesa, California, United States from May 13–15.[2] United States advanced to the Super Final.
Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
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United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 6 |
Canada | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 0 |
Asia/Oceania edit
The Asia and Oceania region was feature a two-legged tournament, in Auckland, New Zealand (May 9–13) and Sydney, Australia (May 16–20).[2] The four teams played a round robin in each location, with the results from both legs combined. Australia and China advanced to the Super Final.
Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
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Australia | 8 | 8 | 0 | 110 | 47 | +63 | 24 |
China | 8 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 65 | +7 | 17 |
Japan | 8 | 4 | 4 | 86 | 61 | +25 | 12 |
Kazakhstan | 8 | 2 | 6 | 76 | 81 | −5 | 7 |
New Zealand | 8 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 134 | −90 | 0 |
Europe edit
Europe was divided into three groups of four teams, with qualifying spots for the winner of each group as well as Super Final host Italy. Rather than the condensed tournament style competition of the other continents, the European matches were played in a home-and-away format over five months.
Group A edit
Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
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Serbia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 45 | +25 | 14 |
Spain | 6 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 11 |
Germany | 6 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 63 | −4 | 9 |
North Macedonia | 6 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 2 |
Group B edit
Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
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Montenegro | 6 | 6 | 0 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 17 |
Romania | 6 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 13 |
Russia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 6 |
Turkey | 6 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 68 | −48 | 0 |
Group C edit
Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
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Croatia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 17 |
Italy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 13 |
Greece | 6 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 6 |
Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 67 | −36 | 0 |
Super Final edit
The Super Final was held in Firenze, Italy from June 21–26.[2]
Group A edit
Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
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Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 8 |
Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 7 |
United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 3 |
China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 38 | −21 | 0 |
June 21
Serbia | 13 – 2 | China |
Italy | 10 – 4 | United States |
June 22
United States | 13 – 6 | China |
Serbia | 13 – 12 | Italy |
June 23
Serbia | 11 – 5 | United States |
China | 9 – 12 | Italy |
Group B edit
Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
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Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 9 |
Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 5 |
Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 4 |
Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 0 |
June 21
Montenegro | 8 – 6 | Canada |
Australia | 6 – 12 | Croatia |
June 22
Montenegro | 5 – 11 | Croatia |
Australia | 13 – 8 | Canada |
June 23
Montenegro | 8 – 5 | Australia |
Canada | 8 – 13 | Croatia |
Quarter-finals edit
June 24
Italy | 7 – 6 | Australia |
United States | 10 – 9 | Montenegro |
Serbia | 19 – 7 | Canada |
China | 5 – 15 | Croatia |
Medal round edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
June 25 | ||||||
Italy | 13 | |||||
June 26 | ||||||
Croatia | 11 | |||||
Italy | 7 | |||||
June 25 | ||||||
Serbia | 8 | |||||
United States | 5 | |||||
Serbia | 8 | |||||
Bronze-final | ||||||
June 26 | ||||||
Croatia | 11 | |||||
United States | 5 |
5th–8th places edit
Semi-finals | 5th place match | |||||
June 25 | ||||||
Australia | 14 | |||||
June 26 | ||||||
China | 4 | |||||
Australia | 7 | |||||
June 25 | ||||||
Montenegro | 8 | |||||
Montenegro | 16 | |||||
Canada | 7 | |||||
7th place match | ||||||
June 26 | ||||||
China | 9 | |||||
Canada | 10 |
Final ranking edit
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Awards edit
The awards were announced on 1 July 2011.[citation needed]
Top Scorer | Filip Filipović Sandro Sukno |
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References edit
- ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d Men's Programme Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine – FINA.