The 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the tenth edition of the annual event

FINA Water Polo World League

The FINA Water Polo World League began in 2002 to capitalize on increased worldwide popularity of water polo created by recent Olympic Games, especially in Europe, North America and Australia. Competition between the world’s best male players began on national teams in a season format with a prize...

, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA

Fina

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. After a preliminary round, the Super Final was held in Firenze

Firenze

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, Italy

Italy

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 from June 21–26, 2011. Serbia

Serbia

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 ended up being champions, defending the title acquired the previous year.

Preliminary round

Team qualified for Super Final

Africa

The African tournament was supposed to be held in Algiers

Algiers

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, Algeria

Algeria

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 from May 13–15, but was cancelled.

Americas

The American preliminary round was held in Costa Mesa, California

Costa Mesa, California

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, United States

United States

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 from May 13–15. United States advanced to the Super Final.

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

Asia/Oceania

The Asia and Oceania region was feature a two-legged tournament, in Auckland

Auckland

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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 (May 9–13) and Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

Australia

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(May 16–20). 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
	8	8	0	110	47	+63	24
	8	6	2	72	65	+7	17
	8	4	4	86	61	+25	12
	8	2	6	76	81	−5	7
	8	0	8	44	134	−90	0

Europe

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

Team
	6	5	1	70	45	+25	14
	6	3	3	60	60	0	11
	6	3	3	58	62	−4	9
	6	1	5	44	65	−21	2

Group B

Team
	6	6	0	75	30	+45	17
	6	4	2	54	48	+6	13
	6	2	4	49	52	−3	6
	6	0	6	20	68	−48	0

Group C

Team
	6	6	0	68	41	+27	17
	6	4	2	57	41	+16	13
	6	2	4	42	49	−7	6
	6	0	6	31	67	−35	0

Group A

Team
	3	3	0	37	19	+18	8
	3	2	1	34	26	+8	7
	3	1	2	22	27	−5	3
	3	0	3	17	38	−21	0

July 21

	13 – 2
	10 – 4

July 22

	13 – 6
	13 – 12

July 23

	11 – 5
	9 – 12

Group B

Team
	3	3	0	36	19	+27	9
	3	2	1	21	22	−1	5
	3	1	2	24	28	−4	4
	3	0	3	22	34	−12	0

July 21

	8 – 6
	6 – 12

July 22

	5 – 11
	13 – 8

July 23

	8 – 5
	8 – 13

Quarter-finals

June 27

	7 – 6
	10 – 9
	19 – 7
	5 – 15

Medal round

5th–8th places

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
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External links

• FINA Official website – Water Polo World League