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2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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The 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is 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 will be held in Firenze, Italy from June 21–26, 2011.[1] Serbia is the defending champion.

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.[1] 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

The Asia and Oceania region was feature a two-legged tournament, in Auckland, New Zealand (May 9–13) and Sydney, Australia (May 16–20).[1] The four teams was play a round robin in each location, with the results from both legs combined. Australia and China advanced to 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

Europe is 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 was played in a home-and-away format over five months.

Group A

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 62 −4 9
 North Macedonia 6 1 5 44 65 −21 2

Group B

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

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 −35 0

Super Final

The Super Final will be held in Firenze, Italy from June 21–26.[1]

Group A

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

July 21

Serbia  13 – 2  China
Italy  10 – 4  United States

July 22

United States  13 – 6  China
Serbia  13 – 12  Italy

July 23

Serbia  11 – 5  United States
China  9 – 12  Italy

Group B

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
 Croatia 3 3 0 36 19 +27 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

July 21

Montenegro  8 – 6  Canada
Australia  6 – 12  Croatia

July 22

Montenegro  5 – 11  Croatia
Australia  13 – 8  Canada

July 23

Montenegro  8 – 5  Australia
Canada  8 – 13  Croatia

Quarter-finals

June 27

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
 
 Italy
 
June 25
 
 Serbia
 
 United States5
 
 
 Serbia8
 
Bronze-final
 
 
June 26
 
 
 Croatia
 
 
 United States

5th–8th places

 
Semi-finals5th place match
 
      
 
June 25
 
 
 Australia14
 
June 26
 
 China4
 
 Australia
 
June 25
 
 Montenegro
 
 Montenegro16
 
 
 Canada7
 
7th place match
 
 
June 26
 
 
 China
 
 
 Canada

Final ranking

References