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.

2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons

Preliminary round

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     Team qualified for Super Final

Africa

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

Americas

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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 2 2 0 16 11 +5 6
  Canada 2 0 2 11 16 −5 0

Asia/Oceania

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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 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

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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

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Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  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

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Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  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

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Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  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

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

Group A

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Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  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

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Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  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

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June 24

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

Medal round

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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

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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

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Awards

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The awards were announced on 1 July 2011.[citation needed]

Top Scorer   Filip Filipović
  Sandro Sukno

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d Men's Programme Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine – FINA.
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