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

The women's water polo
Water polo
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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

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

was held from July 17 to July 29.

Qualification

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1
2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup The 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the fifteenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from August 17 to August 22, 2010.-Format:8 teams qualified for the 2010...	August 17– August 22, 2010	Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...	4	*
2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World League		Various locations	2
Europe	–	–	3
Americas Qualification tournament	February 21– February 27, 2011	São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...	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 15 – November 17, 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

China qualified as the third team from the World Cup, but already had qualified through the host nation slot. This meant, Greece the highest finisher in the World Cup that had not qualified through the World League or World Cup qualified for the tournament.

Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8

UTC+8

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	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Qualified for the playoff round
	Advanced 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



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