2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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.

Preliminary round

     Team qualified for Super Final

Africa

The African tournament was supposed to be held in Algiers, Algeria from May 13–15, but was cancelled.

Americas

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
 United States 2201611+56
 Canada 2021116−50

Asia/Oceania

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
 Australia 88011047+6324
 China 8627265+717
 Japan 8448661+2512
 Kazakhstan 8267681−57
 New Zealand 80844134−900

Europe

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

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
 Serbia 6517045+2514
 Spain 6336060011
 Germany 6335863−49
 North Macedonia 6154465−212

Group B

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
 Montenegro 6607530+4517
 Romania 6425448+613
 Russia 6244952−36
 Turkey 6062068−480

Group C

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
 Croatia 6606841+2717
 Italy 6425741+1613
 Greece 6244249−76
 Netherlands 6063167−360

Super Final

The Super Final was held in Firenze, Italy from June 21–26.[2]

Group A

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
 Serbia 3303719+188
 Italy 3213426+87
 United States 3122227−53
 China 3031738−210

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

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
 Croatia 3303619+179
 Montenegro 3212122−15
 Australia 3122428−44
 Canada 3032234−120

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

June 24

Italy  7 – 6  Australia
United States  10 – 9  Montenegro
Serbia  19 – 7  Canada
China  5 – 15  Croatia

Medal round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
June 25
 
 
 Italy13
 
June 26
 
 Croatia11
 
 Italy7
 
June 25
 
 Serbia8
 
 United States5
 
 
 Serbia8
 
Bronze-final
 
 
June 26
 
 
 Croatia11
 
 
 United States5

5th–8th places

 
Semi-finals5th place match
 
      
 
June 25
 
 
 Australia14
 
June 26
 
 China4
 
 Australia7
 
June 25
 
 Montenegro8
 
 Montenegro16
 
 
 Canada7
 
7th place match
 
 
June 26
 
 
 China9
 
 
 Canada10

Final ranking

References

  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. Men's Programme Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine – FINA.
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