Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The men's water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

tournament at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming...

in Shanghai, China

Shanghai

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was held from July 18 to July 30. The top three teams (excluding the already qualified Serbia) qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...

Qualification

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies
Host Nation	–	–	1
2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League The 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the ninth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round organized by continent, the Super Final was held in Niš, Serbia from July 13–18, 2010...		Various locations	2
2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup The 14th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Oradea, Romania from July 27 to August 1, 2010.-Format:8 teams qualified for the 2010 FINA World Cup. They were split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals...	July 27– August 1, 2010	Oradea	4
Europe	–	–	3
Americas Qualification tournament	January 9– January 13, 2011	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...	2
Asian Games Water polo at the 2010 Asian Games Water polo at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from November 13 to 25, 2010. In this tournament, 9 teams played in the men's competition, while the woman's tournament made their first participation with 4 teams.-Medal table:...	November 18 – November 25, 2010	Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...	2
Africa	–	–	1
Oceania	–	–	1
TOTAL			16

Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8

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	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Qualified for the playoff round
	Advance to placement matches

The draw for the competition was held on April 15, 2011.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two teams shall have equal points, further classification shall be established as follows:

The team winning the game between them shall be placed higher.
If the game between them was tied, then the results against the highest placed team(s) in the group shall be considered.
The first comparison shall be based on goal difference, and if still tied, then based on goals scored.
The comparison shall be made first compared to the highest placed team (or teams, if tied) in the group.
If still tied, the results against the next highest placed team (or teams, if tied) shall be used in succession until all results have been considered.
If still tied, the teams shall shoot penalty shots to determine which team shall be placed higher. Each team shall nominate five players and a goalkeeper who will participate in the penalty shoot out. The team shall shoot five penalty shots at the goal of the other team, alternating shots. If a tie exists after each team has taken five shots, then teams shall take sets of alternate shots until one team scores and the other does not. The procedure shall be conducted following the final game of the round or at the first practical opportunity.

If there is more than one tie in a group, the highest placed tie shall be determined first.

If three or more teams shall have equal points, further classification shall be established as follows:

The results among the tied teams shall determine which team is placed highest.
If, at any time during the application of the procedure set out in this paragraph, the highest placed team is determined and the number of tied teams is reduced to two, then the above paragraph shall be used to determine which of the two remaining teams is placed higher.
The comparison shall be made first, upon the points of the games among the tied teams, second, the goal difference, and third, based upon goals scored.
If still tied, the games played against the highest placed team (or teams, if tied) shall be considered.
The first comparison shall be based on goal difference, and if still tied, then based on goals scored.
If still tied, the results against the next highest placed team (or teams, if tied) shall be used in succession until all results have been considered.
If still tied, the teams shall shoot penalty shots to determine which team shall be placed highest. Each team shall nominate five players and a goalkeeper who will participate in the penalty shoot out. Each team shall shoot five penalty shots at its opponent’s goal in alternate succession. The first team shall take its first penalty shot and then each other team shall take its first penalty shot, etc. If a tie shall exist after that procedure, the teams shall then take sets of alternate shots until one team misses and the other(s) score. The procedure shall be conducted following the final game of the round or at the first practical opportunity.

If there is more than one tie in a group, the highest placed tie shall be determined first.

Source:

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Thirteenth place game

Final ranking

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

Pietro Figlioli

Pietro Figlioli is an Italian water polo player. Figlioli was part of Australia's Olympic squad for the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the Australian squad that finished 10th at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne and won the bronze medal at the 2007 FINA Water...

, Alex Giorgetti, Maurizio Felugo, Niccolo Figari, Valentino Gallo, Christian Presciutti, Deni Fiorentini, Matteo Aicardi, Amaldo Deserti, Giacomo Pastorino.>

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

Best Goalkeeper

Topscorer — 20 goals

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