The men's water polo tournament at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Shanghai, China from 18 to 30 July 2011.
The top three teams (excluding the already qualified Serbia) qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Qualification Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified Host nation – – 1 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League Various 2 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup July 27– August 1, 2010 Oradea 4 Europe Water Polo teams – – 3 Americas Qualification tournament January 9– January 13, 2011 Victoria 2 Asian Games November 18–25, 2010 Guangzhou 2 Africa – – 1 Oceania – – 1 TOTAL 16
Groups formed The draw resulted in the following groups: Group A Group B Group C Group D
Preliminary round All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Qualified for the quarterfinals Qualified for the playoff round Advance to placement matches
The draw for the competition was held on April 15, 2011.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Championship bracket
Playoff round The group winners have a bye into the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Classification 5–8 bracket
7th place game
5th place game
Classification 9–12 bracket
11th place game
9th place game
Classification 13–16 bracket
15th place game
13th place game
Final ranking
Qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games Qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games as winner of the 2011 World League Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Team Roster Stefano Tempesti, Amaurys Perez, Niccolo Gitto, Pietro Figlioli, Alex Giorgetti, Maurizio Felugo, Niccolo Figari, Valentino Gallo, Christian Presciutti, Deni Fiorentini, Matteo Aicardi, Arnaldo Deserti, Giacomo Pastorino Head coach: Sandro Campagna
Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze Stefano Tempesti (c)Amaurys PerezNiccolo GittoPietro FiglioliAlex GiorgettiMaurizio FelugoNiccolo FigariValentino GalloChristian PresciuttiDeni FiorentiniMatteo AicardiArnaldo DesertiGiacomo PastorinoHead coach: Sandro Campagna Slobodan SoroMarko AvramovićŽivko GocićVanja Udovičić (c)Miloš ĆukDuško PijetlovićSlobodan NikićMilan AleksićNikola RađenFilip FilipovićAndrija PrlainovićStefan MitrovićGojko PijetlovićHead coach: Dejan Udovičić Josip PavićDamir BurićMiho BoškovićNikša DobudMaro JokovićPetar MuslimFrano KaračAndro BušljeSandro SuknoSamir Barač (c)Fran PaskvalinPaulo ObradovićIvan BuljubašićHead coach: Ratko Rudić
Individual awards Most Valuable Player
Best Goalkeeper
Topscorer — 20 goals
References
External links 14th FINA World Championships 2011 FINA Water Polo website Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Men Water Polo XIV World Championship 2011 www.todor66.com