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

Tournament details
Venue(s)	China (in Shanghai host cities)
Dates	18 – 30 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (3rd title)
Runner-up	Serbia
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	898 (18.71 per match)
Attendance	28,500 (594 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cosmin Radu (20 goals)
Best player	Filip Filipović
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2011 FINA World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Synchronised
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Open water swimming
Single
5 km	men	women
10 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team
5 km	mixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Synchronised swimming
Solo
Technical		women
Free		women
Duet
Technical		women
Free		women
Team
Technical		women
Free		women
Combination		women
Water polo
Tournament	men	women
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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	China
2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League		Various	2	Serbia  Montenegro
2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup	July 27– August 1, 2010	Oradea	4	Croatia  Spain  United States  Romania
Europe	–	–	3	Italy  Hungary  Germany
Americas Qualification tournament	January 9– January 13, 2011	Victoria	2	Canada  Brazil
Asian Games	November 18–25, 2010	Guangzhou	2	Kazakhstan  Japan
Africa	–	–	1	South Africa
Oceania	–	–	1	Australia
TOTAL			16

Groups formed※

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Hungary	Australia	Brazil	Germany
Kazakhstan	China	Canada	Italy
Montenegro	Romania	Croatia	South Africa
Spain	Serbia	Japan	United States

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※

Team v t e	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	0	39	26	+13	6
Montenegro	3	2	0	1	35	23	+12	4
Spain	3	1	0	2	36	26	+10	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	15	50	–35	0

July 18, 2011 09:30	Match 1	Hungary	11–10	Montenegro	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 600 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–4, 4–1
		Biros 4	Goals	Janović, Ivović 2

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July 18, 2011 10:50	Match 2	Kazakhstan	5–18	Spain	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 550 Referees: Cabral (BRA), Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–4, 2–5, 2–6
		Zhilyayev 3	Goals	four players 3

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July 20, 2011 18:20	Match 14	Spain	7–9	Montenegro	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 650 Referees: Caputi (ITA), Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–1, 3–3
		Minguell, Vallès 2	Goals	Janović, Brguljan 2

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July 20, 2011 19:40	Match 15	Hungary	16–5	Kazakhstan	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 600 Referees: Peris (CRO), Deslieres (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–0, 3–2, 5–2
		four players 3	Goals	Zhilyayev 2

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July 22, 2011 17:00	Match 21	Hungary	12–11	Spain	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 650 Referees: Peris (CRO), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–3, 2–1, 1–2
		Madaras, Hárai 3	Goals	Perez 3

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July 22, 2011 18:20	Match 22	Kazakhstan	5–16	Montenegro	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 450 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Gonzalez (PUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–5, 0–2, 3–4
		Zhilyayev 3	Goals	Radovic 4

Group B※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	3	3	0	0	41	19	+22	6
Australia	3	2	0	1	30	27	+3	4
Romania	3	1	0	2	27	31	–4	2
China	3	0	0	3	22	43	–21	0

July 18, 2011 12:10	Match 3	Romania	8–9	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 3–3, 1–4
		Three players 2	Goals	Miller 3

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July 18, 2011 21:00	Match 8	Serbia	17–5	China	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 400 Referees: Flahive (AUS), Reemnet (NED)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–0, 2–2, 7–2
		Filipović 4	Goals	Five players 1

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July 20, 2011 09:30	Match 9	Serbia	12–5	Romania	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 350 Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 3–1, 3–2
		Pijetlović 4	Goals	Radu 2

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July 20, 2011 21:00	Match 16	Australia	12–7	China	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 550 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 3–2, 7–1
		Campbell, Younger 3	Goals	Pan Ning, Li Bin 2

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July 22, 2011 19:40	Match 23	Serbia	12–9	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 550 Referees: Caputi (ITA), Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–1, 3–2, 2–3
		Filipović 5	Goals	three players 2

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July 22, 2011 21:00	Match 24	Romania	14–10	China	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 550 Referees: Rotsart (USA), Deslieres (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 5–0, 4–4
		Radu 8	Goals	Pan Ning 3

Group C※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	0	43	16	+27	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	28	25	+3	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	25	40	–15	2
Brazil	3	0	0	3	25	40	–15	0

July 18, 2011 13:30	Match 4	Brazil	5–14	Croatia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 250 Referees: Gonzalez (PUR), Ciric (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–3, 3–4, 1–2
		Crivella 2	Goals	Bošković 4

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July 18, 2011 17:00	Match 5	Japan	5–11	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 700 Referees: Williams (NZL), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 0–3, 2–3
		five players 1	Goals	Graham 5

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July 20, 2011 10:50	Match 10	Canada	4–11	Croatia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 300 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 0–3, 0–2
		four players 1	Goals	Dobud 4

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July 20, 2011 12:10	Match 11	Brazil	11–13	Japan	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 500 Referees: Brgulian (MNE), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 1–3, 4–4
		Silva, Franco 3	Goals	Shimizu 4

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July 22, 2011 09:30	Match 17	Brazil	9–13	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 400 Referees: Brgulian (MNE), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–4, 3–4, 4–3
		Guimaraes 3	Goals	Diggle 5

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July 22, 2011 10:50	Match 18	Japan	7–18	Croatia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 500 Referees: Ni (CHN), Balfanvayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–3, 2–4, 3–5
		three players 2	Goals	Joković 3

Group D※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	32	12	+20	6
Germany	3	2	0	1	31	22	+9	4
United States	3	1	0	2	32	20	+12	2
South Africa	3	0	0	3	12	53	–41	0

July 18, 2011 18:20	Match 6	United States	7–9	Germany	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 800 Referees: Brgulian (MNE), Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–2, 4–1, 1–2
		Azevedo 2	Goals	Oeler 3

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July 18, 2011 19:40	Match 7	Italy	17–1	South Africa	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 450 Referees: Balfanvayev (KAZ), Menedez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 3–0, 5–0, 4–1
		Deserti 4	Goals	Kyte 1

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July 20, 2011 13:30	Match 12	South Africa	8–16	Germany	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 500 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 1–4, 3–5
		Kyte, Bell 3	Goals	Oeler 6

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July 20, 2011 17:00	Match 13	United States	5–8	Italy	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 650 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 1–3, 2–1
		Alexander 2	Goals	Gitto, Felugo 2

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July 22, 2011 12:10	Match 19	United States	20–3	South Africa	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 450 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Menendez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 4–1, 5–0, 6–2
		Azevedo 5	Goals	three players 1

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July 22, 2011 13:30	Match 20	Italy	7–6	Germany	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 600 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–1, 2–0
		Aicardi 3	Goals	Real, Ploitze 2

Knockout stage※

Championship bracket

	Playoffs 24 July 2011					Quarterfinals 26 July 2011					Semifinals 28 July 2011					Final 30 July 2011
						Hungary		9
	Canada		4			United States		8
	United States		17								Hungary		14
											Serbia		15
						Serbia		9
	Japan		6			Germany		4
	Germany		8													Serbia		7
																Italy		8
						Croatia		9
	Montenegro		8			Montenegro		6
	Romania		4								Croatia		8			Third place
											Italy		9
						Italy		10								Hungary		11
	Spain		9			Spain		6								Croatia		12
	Australia		8

Playoff round※

The group winners have a bye into the quarterfinals.

July 24, 2011 12:10	Match 27	Montenegro	8–4	Romania	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 600 Referees: Tulga (TUR), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 3–0, 2–1
		Brguljan, Jokic 2	Goals	Radu 2

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July 24, 2011 15:30	Match 28	Spain	9–8	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 750 Referees: Brgulian (MNE), Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 3–4, 1–2
		Perrone, García 3	Goals	three players 2

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July 24, 2011 16:50	Match 29	Canada	4–17	United States	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 800 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Korzyna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–6, 2–4, 0–2
		Diggle 2	Goals	four players 3

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July 24, 2011 21:00	Match 30	Japan	6–8	Germany	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 550 Referees: Peris (CRO), Cabral (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–1, 2–3, 1–1
		Shimizu 4	Goals	Stamm 3

Quarterfinals※

July 26, 2011 14:00	Match 35	Hungary	9–8	United States	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 450 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 3–2, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	Varellas, Bailey 3

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July 26, 2011 15:20	Match 36	Serbia	9–4	Germany	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 500 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 0–1, 4–3, 3–0
		Filipović 4	Goals	four players 1

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July 26, 2011 16:40	Match 37	Croatia	9–6	Montenegro	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 350 Referees: Tulga (TUR), Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 4–0, 1–3
		Joković 4	Goals	Radović 2

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July 26, 2011 21:00	Match 38	Italy	10–6	Spain	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 650 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 3–1, 2–1
		Figlioli 4	Goals	six players 1

Semifinals※

July 28, 2011 16:50	Match 43	Hungary	14–15	Serbia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 7–5, 3–3, 1–4  OT: 1–2
		Madaras 4	Goals	Filipović, Prlainović 3

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July 28, 2011 21:00	Match 44	Croatia	8–9	Italy	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–2, 3–5, 4–1
		Bošković 3	Goals	Giorgetti 3

Bronze medal game※

July 30, 2011 16:00	Match 47	Hungary	11–12	Croatia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 5–3, 2–1
		Varga, Biros 3	Goals	Bošković 4

Final※

July 30, 2011 21:00	Match 48	Serbia	7–8	Italy	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Tulga (TUR), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–0, 1–4, 3–1  OT: 1–2
		Filipović 3	Goals	Aicardi 3

Classification 5–8 bracket※

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	July 28
	United States	9
					July 30
	Germany	8
					United States	10
	July 28
					Spain	11
	Montenegro	9
	Spain	10
					Seventh place
					July 30
					Germany	5
					Montenegro	8

July 28, 2011 12:10	Match 41	United States	9–8	Germany	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 350 Referees: Caputi (ITA), Menendez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 0–2, 1–2
		Bailey 2	Goals	Kreuzmann, Oeler 2

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July 28, 2011 15:30	Match 42	Montenegro	9–10	Spain	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–5, 2–1, 2–2
		Radović 3	Goals	Vallès 3

7th place game※

July 30, 2011 09:30	Match 45	Germany	5–8	Montenegro	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 350 Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–3, 1–1, 0–0
		Real, Schüler 2	Goals	Radović, Brguljan 2

5th place game※

July 30, 2011 10:50	Match 46	United States	10–11	Spain	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 350 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0-4, 3-2, 3-2, 4-3
		Varellas 3	Goals	Molina Rios, Perez Vargas 3

Classification 9–12 bracket※

	Semi-finals				Ninth place
	July 26
	Romania	8
					July 28
	Canada	12
					Canada	6
	July 26
					Australia	8
	Australia	15
	Japan	9
					Eleventh place
					July 28
					Romania	15
					Japan	18

July 26, 2011 11:20	Match 33	Romania	8–12	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 350 Referees: Peris (CRO), Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 3–3, 1–3
		Radu, Negrean 3	Goals	Boyd 4

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July 26, 2011 12:40	Match 34	Australia	15–9	Japan	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Referees: Ciric (SRB), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 6–4, 1–1, 3–1, 5–3
		three players 3	Goals	Takei 3

11th place game※

July 28, 2011 09:30	Match 39	Romania	15–18	Japan	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 200 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–5, 3–5, 5–5
		Kadar 4	Goals	Shiota 8

9th place game※

July 28, 2011 10:50	Match 40	Canada	6–8	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 300 Referees: Brgulian (MNE), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 2–3, 1–3
		Graham 3	Goals	Younger 2

Classification 13–16 bracket※

	Semi-finals				Thirteenth place
	July 24
	Kazakhstan	8
					July 26
	China	7
					Kazakhstan	9
	July 24
					Brazil	7
	Brazil	7
	South Africa	4
					Fifteenth place
					July 26
					China	9
					South Africa	4

July 24, 2011 09:30	Match 25	Kazakhstan	8–7	China	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–0, 1–3
		Pilipenko, Panfili 2	Goals	Liang, Xie 2

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July 24, 2011 10:50	Match 26	Brazil	7–4	South Africa	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 700 Referees: Juhaz (HUN), Rustamova (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 0–1, 1–2, 2–1
		Franco 2	Goals	Manson 2

15th place game※

July 26, 2011 08:40	Match 31	China	9–4	South Africa	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 250 Referees: Menendez (CUB), Cabral (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 2–0, 2–1
		Yu Lijun, Li Bin 2	Goals	Bell 2

13th place game※

July 26, 2011 10:00	Match 32	Kazakhstan	9–7	Brazil	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 250 Referees: Pinker (RSA), Makita (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–3, 2–2, 3–2
		Zhilyayev 3	Goals	Silva 2

Final ranking※

Medalists※

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Italy Stefano Tempesti (c) 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	Serbia Slobodan Soro Marko Avramović Živko Gocić Vanja Udovičić (c) Miloš Ćuk Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Rađen Filip Filipović Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Gojko Pijetlović Head coach: Dejan Udovičić	Croatia Josip Pavić Damir Burić Miho Bošković Nikša Dobud Maro Joković Petar Muslim Frano Karač Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Samir Barač (c) Fran Paskvalin Paulo Obradović Ivan Buljubašić Head coach: Ratko Rudić

Individual awards※

• Most Valuable Player

•  Filip Filipović (SRB)

• Best Goalkeeper

•  Stefano Tempesti (ITA)

• Topscorer

•  Cosmin Radu (ROU) — 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