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 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 6 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 0 |
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 |
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8 | 8 | 0 | 110 | 47 | +63 | 24 |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 65 | +7 | 17 |
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8 | 4 | 4 | 86 | 61 | +25 | 12 |
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8 | 2 | 6 | 76 | 81 | −5 | 7 |
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8 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 134 | −90 | 0 |
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 |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 45 | +25 | 14 |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 11 |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 63 | −4 | 9 |
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6 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 2 |
Group B[]
Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 17 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 13 |
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6 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 6 |
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6 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 68 | −48 | 0 |
Group C[]
Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 17 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 13 |
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6 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 6 |
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6 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 67 | −36 | 0 |
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 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 38 | −21 | 0 |
June 21
Serbia ![]() |
13 – 2 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() |
10 – 4 | ![]() |
June 22
United States ![]() |
13 – 6 | ![]() |
Serbia ![]() |
13 – 12 | ![]() |
June 23
Serbia ![]() |
11 – 5 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
9 – 12 | ![]() |
Group B[]
Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 0 |
June 21
Montenegro ![]() |
8 – 6 | ![]() |
Australia ![]() |
6 – 12 | ![]() |
June 22
Montenegro ![]() |
5 – 11 | ![]() |
Australia ![]() |
13 – 8 | ![]() |
June 23
Montenegro ![]() |
8 – 5 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() |
8 – 13 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals[]
June 24
Italy ![]() |
7 – 6 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
10 – 9 | ![]() |
Serbia ![]() |
19 – 7 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
5 – 15 | ![]() |
Medal round[]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
June 25 | ||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||
June 26 | ||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||
![]() | 7 | |||||
June 25 | ||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||
![]() | 5 | |||||
![]() | 8 | |||||
Bronze-final | ||||||
June 26 | ||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||
![]() | 5 |
5th–8th places[]
Semi-finals | 5th place match | |||||
June 25 | ||||||
![]() | 14 | |||||
June 26 | ||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||
![]() | 7 | |||||
June 25 | ||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||
![]() | 16 | |||||
![]() | 7 | |||||
7th place match | ||||||
June 26 | ||||||
![]() | 9 | |||||
![]() | 10 |
Final ranking[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Men's Programme Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine – FINA.
External links[]
- FINA Water Polo World League
- 2011 in water polo
- 2011 in Italian sport
- International water polo competitions hosted by Italy