Water Polo World Championships 2011

The 2011 World Water Polo Championships took place as part of the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai , China , from July 16 to 31. The total of 96 games (48 each for men and women) were played in the natatorium.

Men

16 teams took part in the men's competition.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Hungary	Romania	Croatia	United States
Montenegro	Serbia	Canada	Germany
Kazakhstan	Australia	Japan	Italy
Spain	China	Brazil	South Africa

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	39:26	+13	6th
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	35:23	+12	4th
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	36:26	+10	2
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	15:50	−35	0

July 18th	Hungary	-	Montenegro	11:10
	Kazakhstan	-	Spain	05:18
20th of July	Spain	-	Montenegro	07: 09
	Hungary	-	Kazakhstan	16: 05
22nd of July	Hungary	-	Spain	12:11
	Kazakhstan	-	Montenegro	05:16

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	41:19	+22	6th
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	30:27	+ 03	4th
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	27:31	- 04th	2
4th	People's Republic of China	3	0	0	3	22:43	−21	0

July 18th	Romania	-	Australia	08: 09
	Serbia	-	China	17: 05
20th of July	Serbia	-	Romania	12: 05
	Australia	-	China	12: 07
22nd of July	Serbia	-	Australia	12: 09
	Romania	-	China	14:10

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	43:16	+27	6th
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	28:25	+ 03	4th
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	25:40	−15	2
4th	Brazil	3	0	0	3	25:40	−15	0

July 18th	Brazil	-	Croatia	05:14
	Japan	-	Canada	05:11
20th of July	Canada	-	Croatia	04:11
	Brazil	-	Japan	11:13
22nd of July	Brazil	-	Canada	09:13
	Japan	-	Croatia	07:18

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	32:12	+20	6th
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	31:22	+ 09	4th
3	United States	3	1	0	2	32:20	+12	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	12:53	−41	0

July 18th	United States	-	Germany	07: 09
	Italy	-	South Africa	17: 01
20th of July	South Africa	-	Germany	08:16
	United States	-	Italy	05: 08
22nd of July	United States	-	South Africa	20: 03
	Italy	-	Germany	07: 06

Placement games (13-16th place)

The last places in the group games played out places 13 to 16.

qualification
24th July	Kazakhstan	-	China	08: 07
	Brazil	-	South Africa	07: 04
Play for 15th place
July 26th	China	-	South Africa	09: 04
Game for 13th place
July 26th	Kazakhstan	-	Brazil	09: 07

Qualification to the quarterfinals

The qualification was carried out by the runners-up and thirds in the preliminary round. The winners of the encounters qualified for the quarter-finals, the losers played for ninth to twelfth place.

24th July	Montenegro	-	Romania	08: 04
	Spain	-	Australia	09: 08
	Canada	-	United States	04:17
	Japan	-	Germany	06: 08

Placement games (9-12th place)

Places 9 to 12 were played among the losers in the quarter-finals qualification.

qualification
July 26th	Romania	-	Canada	08:12
	Australia	-	Japan	15: 09
Game for 11th place
July 28th	Romania	-	Japan	15:18
Play for 9th place
July 28th	Canada	-	Australia	06: 08

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played between the group winners of the preliminary round and the winners of the quarter-finals qualification.

July 26th	Hungary	-	United States	09: 08
	Serbia	-	Germany	09: 04
	Croatia	-	Montenegro	09: 06
	Italy	-	Spain	10: 06

Placement games (place 5-8)

Places 5 to 8 were played out among the losers in the quarter-finals.

qualification
July 28th	United States	-	Germany	09: 08
	Montenegro	-	Spain	09:10
Game for 7th place
30th July	Germany	-	Montenegro	5: 8
Play for 5th place
30th July	United States	-	Spain	10:11

Semifinals

The winners of the quarter-finals played the semi-finals.

July 28th	Hungary	-	Serbia	14:15
	Croatia	-	Italy	08: 09

Finals

The winners of the semi-finals played for the world championship title in the final, the losers of the semi-finals played the game for third place.

3rd place match
30th July	Hungary	-	Croatia	11:12
final
30th July	Serbia	-	Italy	7: 8

Placement table

space	country	Athletes	Trainer
1	Italy	Stefano Tempesti (C), Amaurys Perez, Niccolo Gitto, Pietro Figlioli, Alex Giorgetti, Maurizio Felugo, Niccolo Figari, Valentino Gallo, Christian Presciutti, Deni Fiorentini, Matteo Aicardi, Amaldo Deserti, Giacomo Pastorino	Alessandro Campagna
2	Serbia	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	Dejan Udovičić
3	Croatia	Josip Pavić, Damir Burić, Miho Bošković , Nikša Dobud, Maro Joković, Petar Muslim, Frano Karač, Andro Bušlje, Sandro Sukno, Samir Barač (C), Fran Paškvalin, Paulo Obradović, Ivan Buljubašić	Ratko Rudić
4th	Hungary	Viktor Nagy , Miklós Gór-Nagy, Norbert Madaras , Dénes Varga , Márton Szivós , Norbert Hosnyánszky , Gergely Kiss , Zsolt Varga, Dániel Varga , Péter Biros (C), Ádám Steinmetz , Balázs Hárai , Zoltán Szécsi	Dénes Kemény
5	Spain	Iñaki Aguilar Vicente, Marío José García Rodríguez, Eric Marsal Martí, Francisco Fernández Miranda, Guillermo Molina Ríos (C), Marc Minguell Alférez, Marc Roca Barceló, Albert Español Lifante, Xavier Vallés Trias, Felipe Perrone Rocha, Iván Ernesto Pérez Vargas, Javier García Gadea, Daniel López Pinedo	Rafael Aguilar Murillo
6th	United States	Merrill Moses, Peter Varellas, Peter Hudnut, Jeffery Powers, Adam Wright, Brian Alexander, Ronald Beaubien, Anthony Azevedo (C), Ryan Bailay, Timothy Hutten, Jesse Smith, Shea Buckner, Andrew Stevens	Terry Schroeder
7th	Montenegro	Denis Šefik , Draško Brguljan, Aleksandar Radović, Damjan Danilović, Nikola Vukčević, Milan Tičić, Filip Klikovać, Nikola Janović (C), Aleksandar Ivović, Darko Brguljan, Antonio Petrović, Predrag Jokić, Miloš Šćepanović	Petar Porobić
8th	Germany	Alexander Tchigir , Florian Naroska , Fabian Schrödter , Julian Real , Marko Stamm , Marc Politze (C), Erik Bukowski , Paul Schüler , Tobias Kreuzmann , Moritz Oeler , Andreas Schlotterbeck , Dennis Eidner , Roger Kong	Hagen tribe
9	Australia	Joel Dennerley, Richard Campbell, Timothy Cleland, Mitchell Baird, Robert Maitland, Anthony Martin, Aidan Joseph Roach, Samuel McGregor (C), Aaron Younger, Gavin Woods, Rhys Howden, William Miller, Luke Quinliven	John Fox
10	Canada	Robin Randall (C), Constantine Kudaba, Omar Touni, Nicolas Constantin-Bicari, Justin Boyd, Scott Robinson, John Conway, Kevin Graham, Devon Diggle, Dusko Dakic, Oliver Vikalo, Jared McElroy, Dusan Aleksic	Dragan Jovanović
11	Japan	Katsuyuki Tanamura, Kan Aoyagi (C), Koji Takei, Shota Hazui, Mitsuaki Shiga, Akira Yanese, Yusuke Shimizu, Atsushi Naganuma, Hiroki Wakamatsu, Yoshinori Shiota, Keigo Okawa, Satoshi Nagata, Naoki Shimizu	Hideki Takagi
12	Romania	Dragoş Constantin Stoenescu, Cosmin Alexandru Radu (C), Tiberiu Negrean, Nicolae Virgil Diaconu, Andrei Ionut Iosep, Dan Andrei Buşilă, Mihnea Chioveanu, Alexandru Matei Guiman, Dimitri Goanţă, Ramiro Georgescu, Alexandru Ghiban J, Edosuardinálmánguán Mişánhai	István Kovács
13	Kazakhstan	Alexander Schwedow, Sergei Gubarew, Murat Schakenow, Roman Pilipenko, Alexei Panfili, Alexander Fenotschko, Alexander Aksjonow, Rustam Ukmanow, Evgeni Schiljajew (C), Michail Rudai, Rawil Manafow, Nikita Kokorin, Alexei Demtschenko	Sergei Drozdov
14th	Brazil	Marcelo Chagas, Emilio Vieira, Henrique Miranda, Bernando Gomes, Marcelo Franco, Gustavo Guimarães, Jonas Crivella, Felipe Silva (C), Bernardo Rocha, Ruda Franco, João Felipe Coelho, Danilo Correa, Vinicius Antonelli	Goran Sablic
15th	People's Republic of China	Ge Weiqing, Tan Feihu, Liang Zhongxing, Yu Lijun, Guo Junliang, Pan Ning, Li Bin (C), Wang Yang, Xie Junmin, Li Li, Zhang Chufeng, Dong Tianyi, Wu Honghui	Cai Tianxiong
16	South Africa	Grant Duane Belcher, Pat McCarthy, Jared Wingate Pearse, Wesley Bohata, Bevan Manson (C), Jason Ray Kyte, Gavin John Kyte, Ryan McKay Bell, Gareth Seth Samuel, Donn Stewart, Adam Kajee, Nicholas Jon Molyneux, Matthew Andrew Chris Kemp	Brad Rowe
		(C) = team captain

Women

16 teams took part in the women's competition.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Kazakhstan	Uzbekistan	Russia	China
Netherlands	New Zealand	Brazil	Cuba
United States	Australia	Spain	South Africa
Hungary	Canada	Greece	Italy

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	United States	3	2	1	0	37:18	+19	5
2	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	29:19	+10	4th
3	Hungary	3	1	1	1	37:31	+ 06	3
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	13:48	−35	0

17th July	Netherlands	-	United States	07: 07
	Kazakhstan	-	Hungary	06:21
July 19	Hungary	-	United States	07:16
	Netherlands	-	Kazakhstan	13: 03
21 July	Netherlands	-	Hungary	09: 09
	Kazakhstan	-	United States	04:14

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	43:17	+26	6th
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	46:16	+30	4th
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	27:29	- 02nd	2
4th	Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	14:68	−54	0

17th July	Australia	-	Canada	07:10
	New Zealand	-	Uzbekistan	19: 06
July 19	Uzbekistan	-	Canada	06:22
	Australia	-	New Zealand	12: 04
21 July	Australia	-	Uzbekistan	27: 02
	New Zealand	-	Canada	04:11

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	27:22	+ 05	6th
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	38:18	+20	4th
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	29:32	- 03	2
4th	Brazil	3	0	0	3	16:38	−22	0

17th July	Brazil	-	Russia	04:15
	Greece	-	Spain	10: 09
July 19	Spain	-	Russia	08:18
	Brazil	-	Greece	08:11
21 July	Brazil	-	Spain	04:12
	Greece	-	Russia	06: 05

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	40:15	+25	6th
2	People's Republic of China	3	2	0	1	50:21	+19	4th
3	Cuba	3	0	1	2	19:40	−21	1
4th	South Africa	3	0	1	2	16:49	−33	1

17th July	Italy	-	Cuba	12: 04
	South Africa	-	China	05:22
July 19	Italy	-	South Africa	18: 02
	China	-	Cuba	19: 06
21 July	South Africa	-	Cuba	09: 09
	Italy	-	China	10: 09

Placement games (13-16th place)

The last places in the group games played out places 13 to 16.

qualification
July 23	Kazakhstan	-	Uzbekistan	14:13
	Brazil	-	South Africa	10: 09
Play for 15th place
July 25th	Uzbekistan	-	South Africa	05: 06
Game for 13th place
July 25th	Kazakhstan	-	Brazil	09: 05

Qualification to the quarterfinals

The qualification was carried out by the runners-up and thirds in the preliminary round. The winners of the encounters qualified for the quarter-finals, the losers played for ninth to twelfth place.

July 23	Netherlands	-	New Zealand	14: 06
	Hungary	-	Australia	09:10
	Russia	-	Cuba	26: 04
	Spain	-	China	06:15

Placement games (9-12th place)

Places 9 to 12 were played among the losers in the quarter-finals qualification.

qualification
July 25th	New Zealand	-	Cuba	10:11
	Hungary	-	Spain	17:13
Game for 11th place
July 27th	New Zealand	-	Spain	07:15
Play for 9th place
July 27th	Cuba	-	Hungary	07:12

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played between the group winners of the preliminary round and the winners of the quarter-finals qualification.

July 25th	United States	-	Russia	07: 09
	Greece	-	Netherlands	12:10
	Italy	-	Australia	14:12
	Canada	-	China	07: 09

Placement games (place 5-8)

Places 5 to 8 were played out among the losers in the quarter-finals.

qualification
July 27th	United States	-	Canada	08: 04
	Netherlands	-	Australia	07:12
Game for 7th place
29th of July	Canada	-	Netherlands	07: 08
Play for 5th place
29th of July	United States	-	Australia	05:10

Semifinals

The winners of the quarter-finals played the semi-finals.

July 27th	Greece	-	Italy	14:11
	Russia	-	China	12:13

Finals

The winners of the semi-finals played for the world championship title in the final, the losers of the semi-finals played the game for third place.

3rd place match
29th of July	Russia	-	Italy	08: 07
final
29th of July	China	-	Greece	08: 09

Placement table

space	country	Athletes	Trainer
1	Greece	Eleni Kouvdou, Christina Chrysoula Tsoukala, Antiopi Melidoni , Ilektra-Maria Psouni, Kyriaki Liosi , Alkisti Avramidou, Alexandra Asimaki, Antigoni Roumpesi, Angeliki Gerolymou, Triantafyllia Manolioudaki, Antonakou Stavroula, Georgia Loula, Eleni Goula	George Morfesis
2	People's Republic of China	Yang Jun, Teng Fei (C), Liu Ping, Sun Yujun, He Jin, Sun Yating, Song Donglun, Chen Yuan, Wang Yi, Ma Huanhuan, Sun Huizi, Zhang Lei, Wang Ying	Juan Jané Giralt
3	Russia	Marija Kovtunowskaja, Nadeschda Fedotowa, Jekaterina Prokofjewa, Sofja Konuch (C), Alexandra Antonowa, Natalja Ryschowa-Alenitschewa, Jekaterina Lisunowa, Evgenija Sobolewa, Jekaterina Tankejewa, Olga Beljajewa, Anna Kargenija Iwanowa, Julija Gaufler	Alexander Kabanov
4th	Italy	Giulia Gorlero, Simona Abbate, Elisa Casanova (C), Francesca Pomeri, Martina Savioli, Allegra Lapi, Marta Colaiocco, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Enrica Emmolo, Giulia Rambaldi Guidasci, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti, Elena Gigli	Fabio Conti
5	Australia	Alicia McCormack, Gemma Jane Beadsworth, Sophie Smith, Rebecca Rippon, Jane Moran, Bronwen Knox, Rowena Webster, Kate Gynther (C), Glencora Ralph, Holly Jane Lincoln Smith, Melissa Rippon, Nicola Zagame, Victoria Jayne Brown	Greg McFadden
6th	United States	Elizabeth Armstrong , Heather Petri, Melissa Jon Seidemann, Brenda Villa (C), Lauren Wenger, Margaret Ann Steffens, Courtney Mathewson, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes, Kelly Rulon, Annika Madsen Dries, Tumuaialii Anae	Adam Krikoryan
7th	Netherlands	Ilse van der Meijden, Miloushka Yasemin Smit (C), Frederike Cabout, Biurakn Hakhverdian, Sabrina van der Sloot, Nomi Stomphorst, Iefke van Belkum, Robbin Remers, Jantien Cabout, Nienke Vermeer, Lieke Claassen, Simone Koot, Anne Heinis	Mauro Maugeri
8th	Canada	Rachel Riddell, Krystina Alogbo (C), Katrina Monton, Emily Csikos, Joëlle Békhazi, Whitney Genoway, Stephanie Valin, Dominique Perreault, Monica Eggens, Christine Robinson, Tara Campbell, Marina Radu, Marissa Janssens	Patrick Oaten
9	Hungary	Orsolya Kasó, Dóra Czigány, Dóra Antal, Anna Illés, Gabriella Szűcs, Orsolya Takács, Rita Drávucz (C), Rita Keszthelyi, Ildikó Tóth, Barbara Bujka, Rita Poszkoli, Katalin Menczinger, Edina Gangl	András Merész
10	Cuba	Mairelis Lisandra Zunzunegui Mórgan (C), Daniela Santos Escalona, ​​Yeliana Caridad Bravo Curró, Hirovis Hernández Consuegra, Danay Gutiérrez Moré, Mayelin Bernal Villa, Yanet López Hernández, Yadira Oms Barroso, Nana Morales Marrero, Santysana Sanaosa, Pujbeldaceldacana Truffin Abréu, Arisney Ramos Betancourt	Francisco Trueba Veitía
11	Spain	Ana María Copado Amorós, Blanca Gil Sorlí, Anna Espar i Llaquet, Helena Lloret i Gómez, Matilde Ortiz Reyes, Paula Chillida i Esforzado, Lorena Miranda Dorado, María del Pilar Peña Carrasco, Andrea Blas Martínez, Ona Meseguer Flaqué, María del Carmen García Godoy, Marta Bach i Pascual, Laura Ester Ramos	Miguel Ángel Oca
12	New Zealand	Carina Harache, Emily Laura Cox (C), Kelly Fiona Mason, Danielle Marie Lewis, Amy Bettina Logan, Alexandra Rose Boyd, Ashley Elizabeth Smallfield, Lauren Jane Sieprath, Johanna Helena Theelen, Casie Lauren Bowry, Kirsten Patricia Hudson, Alexandra Jasmine Myles, Brooke Ali Millar	Eelco Uri
13	Kazakhstan	Galina Rytowa (C), Lyudmila Tschegodajewa, Aischan Akylbajewa, Anna Turowa, Kamila Sakirowa, Kamila Marina, Natalja Alexandrowa, Darja Wassiljewa, Agata Tnaschewa, Marina Grizenko, Jelena Tschebotowa, Assem Mussarowa, Jelena Starodubzewa	Ryan Castle
14th	Brazil	Tess Oliveira, Cecilia Canetti, Marina Zablith, Marina Canetti, Mirella Coutinho, Izabella Chiappini, Cristina Beer (C), Luiza Carvalho, Fernanda Lissoni, Gabriela Gozani, Maria Barbara Amaro, Gabriela Dias, Manuela Canetti	Roberto Chiappini
15th	South Africa	Leigh Maarschalk, Kimberly Patricia Schmidt, Kimberly Kay, Shelley Kirsty Faulmann, Megan Catherine Schooling, Laura Marie Barrett, Christine Joan Barretto, Lee Anne Keet, Delaine Monique Christian, Sarah Lee Harris, Nicolette Poulos (C), Kelsey White, Jemma Dendy Young	Mark Evans
16	Uzbekistan	Jelena Duchanowa, Diana Dadabajewa, Alexandra Sarantscha, Jessenija Piftor, Evgenija Iwanowa, Lilija Umarowa, Natalja Pljussowa (C), Anna Shtscheglowa, Ramilja Halikowa, Ekaterina Morozova, Anastassija Ossipenko, Anna Pljussowa, Guselja Hamitowa	Akbar Sadikov
		(C) = team captain

Web links

• Homepage of the World Swimming Championships 2011
• World association FINA
• Results at OMEGA Timing
• waterpolo-world