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


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 qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Qualification

Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time
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

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

;Championship bracket

Playoff round

The group winners have a bye into the quarterfinals.
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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Final

Classification 5–8 bracket

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7th place game

5th place game

Classification 9–12 bracket

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11th place game

9th place game

Classification 13–16 bracket

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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

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
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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		'
Slobodan Soro
Marko Avramović
Živko Gocić
Vanja Udovičić
Miloš Ćuk
Duško Pijetlović
Slobodan Nikić
Milan Aleksić
Nikola Rađen
Filip Filipović
Andrija Prlainović
Stefan Mitrović
Gojko Pijetlović
Josip Pavić
Damir Burić
Miho Bošković
Nikša Dobud
Maro Joković
Petar Muslim
Frano Karač
Andro Bušlje
Sandro Sukno
Samir Barač
Fran Paskvalin
Paulo Obradović
Ivan Buljubašić

Individual awards