Water Polo, Men

Competition 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Shanghai CHN
Held 18 – 30 July 2011
Status Medal
Competitors 207
Countries 16

ITA, CRO, and HUN qualified for the 2012 London Olympics. SRB was already qualified as winner of the 2011 Water Polo Men’s World League.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Italy ITA 6 0 0
Matteo Aicardi / Arnaldo Deserti / Maurizio Felugo / Niccolò Figari / Pietro Figlioli / Deni Fiorentini / Valentino Gallo / Alex Giorgetti / Niccolò Gitto / Giacomo Pastorino / Amaurys Perez / Christian Presciutti / Stefano Tempesti
🥈 Serbia SRB 5 0 1
Milan Aleksić / Marko Avramović / Miloš Ćuk / Filip Filipović / Živko Gocić / Stefan Mitrović / Slobodan Nikić / Duško Pijetlović / Gojko Pijetlović / Andrija Prlainović / Nikola Rađen / Slobodan Soro / Vanja Udovičić
🥉 Croatia CRO 5 0 1
Samir Barać / Miho Bošković / Ivan Buljubašić / Damir Burić / Andro Bušlje / Nikša Dobud / Maro Joković / Frano Karač / Petar Muslim / Paulo Obradović / Fran Paškvalin / Josip Pavić / Sandro Sukno
4 Hungary HUN 4 0 2
Péter Biros / Miklós Gór-Nagy / Balázs Hárai / Norbert Hosnyánszky / Gergő Kiss / Norbert Madaras / Viktor Nagy / Ádám Steinmetz / Zoltán Szécsi / Márton Szivós / Dániel Varga / Dénes Varga / Zsolt Varga
5 Spain ESP 4 0 3
Iñaki Aguilar / Albert Español / Fran Fernández / Mario José García / Xavier García / Daniel López / Eric Marsal / Marc Minguell / Guillermo Molina / Iván Pérez / Felipe Perrone / Marc Roca / Xavi Vallès
6 United States USA 3 0 4
Brian Alexander / Tony Azevedo / Ryan Bailey / Layne Beaubien / Shea Buckner / Peter Hudnut / Tim Hutten / Merrill Moses / Jeff Powers / Jesse Smith / Andrew Stevens / Peter Varellas / Adam Wright
7 Montenegro MNE 4 0 3
Darko Brguljan / Draško Brguljan / Damjan Danilović / Aleksandar Ivović / Nikola Janović / Predrag Jokić / Mladen Klikovac / Antonio Petrović / Aleksandar Radović / Miloš Šćepanović / Denis Šefik / Milan Tičić / Nikola Vukčević
8 Germany GER 3 0 4
Erik Bukowski / Dennis Eidner / Roger Kong / Tobias Kreuzmann / Florian Naroska / Moritz Oeler / Marc Politze / Julian Real / Andreas Schlotterbeck / Fabian Schroedter / Paul Schüler / Marko Stamm / Alexander Tchigir
9 Australia AUS 4 0 2
Mitchell Baird / Richie Campbell / Tim Cleland / Joel Dennerley / Rhys Howden / Robert Maitland / Anthony Martin / Sam McGregor / Billy Miller / Luke Quinlivan / Aidan Roach / Gavin Woods / Aaron Younger
10 Canada CAN 3 0 3
Dusan Aleksic / Justin Boyd / Nicolas Constantin-Bicari / John Conway / Dusko Dakic / Devon Diggle / Kevin Graham / Con Kudaba / Jared McElroy / Robin Randall / Scott Robinson / Omar Touni / Oliver Vikalo
11 Japan JPN 2 0 4
Kan Aoyagi / Shota Hazui / Atsushi Naganuma / Satoshi Nagata / Keigo Okawa / Mitsuaki Shiga / Naoki Shimizu / Yusuke Shimizu / Yoshinori Shiota / Koji Takei / Katsuyuki Tanamura / Hiroki Wakamatsu / Akira Yanase
12 Romania ROU 1 0 5
Andrei Bușilă / Mihnea Chioveanu / Nicolae Diaconu / Mihai Drăgușin / Ramiro Georgescu / Alexandru Ghiban / Dimitri Goanță / Andrei Iosep / Kalman Kadar / Alexandru Matei-Guiman / Tiberiu Negrean / Cosmin Radu / Dragoș Stoenescu
13 Kazakhstan KAZ 2 0 3
Aleksandr Aksenov / Aleksey Demchenko / Aleksandr Fenochko / Sergey Gubaryov / Nikita Kokorin / Ravil Manafov / Aleksey Panfili / Roman Pilipenko / Mikhail Ruday / Murat Shakenov / Aleksandr Shvedov / Rustam Ukumanov / Yevgeny Zhilyayev
14 Brazil BRA 1 0 4
Vinícius Antonelli / Marcelinho das Chagas / João Felipe Coelho / Danilo Correa / Jonas Crivella / Marcelo Franco / Bernardo Gomes / Gustavo Guimarães / Henrique Miranda / Bernardo Rocha / Felipe Silva / Emilio Vieira
15 China CHN 1 0 4
Dong Tianyi / Ge Weiqing / Guo Junliang / Li Bin / Li Li / Liang Zhongxing / Pan Ning / Tan Feihu / Wang Yang / Wu Honghui / Xie Junmin / Yu Lijun / Zhang Chufeng
16 South Africa RSA 0 0 5
Grant Belcher / Ryan Bell / Wesley Bohata / Adam Kajee / Matthew Kemp / Gavin Kyte / Jason Kyte / Bevan Manson / Pat McCarthy / Nicholas Molyneux / Gareth Samuel / Donn Stewart / Jared Wingate-Pearse

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 6
2 Montenegro MNE 2 0 1 4
3 Spain ESP 1 0 2 2
4 Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 11-10 Montenegro MNE
Spain ESP 18-5 Kazakhstan KAZ
Hungary HUN 16-5 Kazakhstan KAZ
Spain ESP 7-9 Montenegro MNE
Hungary HUN 12-11 Spain ESP
Montenegro MNE 16-5 Kazakhstan KAZ

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Serbia SRB 3 0 0 6
2 Australia AUS 2 0 1 4
3 Romania ROU 1 0 2 2
4 China CHN 0 0 3 0

Matches

Serbia SRB 17-5 China CHN
Australia AUS 9-8 Romania ROU
Serbia SRB 12-5 Romania ROU
Australia AUS 12-7 China CHN
Serbia SRB 12-9 Australia AUS
Romania ROU 14-10 China CHN

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Croatia CRO 3 0 0 6
2 Canada CAN 2 0 1 4
3 Japan JPN 1 0 2 2
4 Brazil BRA 0 0 3 0

Matches

Croatia CRO 14-5 Brazil BRA
Canada CAN 11-5 Japan JPN
Croatia CRO 11-4 Canada CAN
Japan JPN 13-11 Brazil BRA
Croatia CRO 18-7 Japan JPN
Canada CAN 13-9 Brazil BRA

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Italy ITA 3 0 0 6
2 Germany GER 2 0 1 4
3 United States USA 1 0 2 2
4 South Africa RSA 0 0 3 0

Matches

Italy ITA 17-1 South Africa RSA
United States USA 7-9 Germany GER
Italy ITA 8-5 United States USA
Germany GER 16-8 South Africa RSA
Italy ITA 7-6 Germany GER
United States USA 20-3 South Africa RSA

Play-Offs

Spain ESP 9-8 Australia AUS
United States USA 17-4 Canada CAN
Montenegro MNE 8-4 Romania ROU
Germany GER 8-6 Japan JPN

Quarter-Finals

Italy ITA 10-6 Spain ESP
Serbia SRB 9-4 Germany GER
Croatia CRO 9-6 Montenegro MNE
Hungary HUN 9-8 United States USA

Semi-Finals

Italy ITA 9-8 Croatia CRO
Serbia SRB 15-14
After Extra Time
Hungary HUN
Spain ESP 10-9 Montenegro MNE
United States USA 9-8 Germany GER
Australia AUS 15-9 Japan JPN
Canada CAN 12-8 Romania ROU
Kazakhstan KAZ 8-7 China CHN
Brazil BRA 7-4 South Africa RSA

Finals

Italy ITA 8-7
After Extra Time
Serbia SRB
Croatia CRO 12-11 Hungary HUN
Spain ESP 11-10 United States USA
Montenegro MNE 8-5 Germany GER
Australia AUS 8-6 Canada CAN
Japan JPN 18-15 Romania ROU
Kazakhstan KAZ 9-7 Brazil BRA
China CHN 9-4 South Africa RSA