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

Women's water polo
2011 World Aquatics Championships
Tournament details
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates17–29 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Greece (1st title)
Runner-up China
Third place Russia
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored949 (19.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Blanca Gil
(25 goals)
Best playerChina Ma Huanhuan
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Shanghai, China from 17 to 29 July 2011.

Qualification

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  China
2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup August 17–22, 2010 New Zealand Christchurch 4  United States
 Australia
 Russia
 Greece
2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World League Various locations 2  Canada
 Hungary
Europe 3  Netherlands
 Italy
 Spain
Americas Qualification tournament February 21–27, 2011 Brazil São Paulo 2  Cuba
 Brazil
Asian Games November 15–17, 2010 China Guangzhou 2  Kazakhstan
 Uzbekistan
Africa 1  South Africa
Oceania 1  New Zealand
TOTAL 16

Greece did not qualify through the World League or the World Cup, but was allowed to qualify for the tournament because China (the third team to qualify through the World Cup) had already qualified through the host nation slot, and Greece was the highest non-qualifying finisher in the World Cup.

Preliminary round

Qualified for QF
Will play QF qualification
Advanced to placement matches

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

Group A

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 2 1 0 37 18 +19 5
 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 29 19 +10 4
 Hungary 3 1 1 1 37 31 +6 3
 Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 13 48 −35 0
July 17, 2011
09:30
Match 1 Netherlands  7–7  United States Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Caputi (ITA), Margets (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 3–2, 1–2
Vermeer 3 Goals Wenger 3

July 17, 2011
10:50
Match 2 Kazakhstan  6–21  Hungary Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Ni (CHN), Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–6, 3–6, 0–4
Vassilyeva, Gritsenko 2 Goals Keszthelyi 5

July 19, 2011
18:20
Match 14 Hungary  7–16  United States Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 650
Referees:
Bock (GER), Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 3–5, 0–4
Szűcs 3 Goals Mathewson 3

July 19, 2011
19:40
Match 15 Netherlands  13–3  Kazakhstan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Cabral (BRA), Wengenroth (SUO)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–1, 3–0, 3–1
Vermeer 4 Goals Gritsenko 2

July 21, 2011
13:30
Match 20 Netherlands  9–9  Hungary Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Caputi (ITA), Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–0, 3–3, 3–5
Cabout, van Belkum 4 Goals Bujka 3

July 21, 2011
17:00
Match 21 Kazakhstan  4–14  United States Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Menendez (CUB)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 0–4, 0–4, 1–2
Chebotova 2 Goals Dries, Craig 3

Group B

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 43 17 +26 6
 Australia 3 2 0 1 46 16 +30 4
 New Zealand 3 1 0 2 27 29 −2 2
 Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 14 68 −54 0
July 17, 2011
12:10
Match 3 Australia  7–10  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–3, 2–3, 3–2
Webster 2 Goals five players 2

July 17, 2011
13:30
Match 4 New Zealand  19–6  Uzbekistan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Pinker (RSA), Borrell (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–1, 6–1, 4–2
Hudson 6 Goals Halikova 3

July 19, 2011
09:30
Match 9 Uzbekistan  6–22  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Menendez (CUB), Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–6, 1–6, 1–7, 2–3
Sarancha 2 Goals Alogbo 5

July 19, 2011
10:50
Match 10 Australia  12–4  New Zealand Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Ni (CHN), Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–0, 4–2, 3–2
Ralph 3 Goals Mason 2

July 21, 2011
18:20
Match 22 Australia  27–2  Uzbekistan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Wengenroth (SUI), Gonzalez (PUR)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 9–0, 6–1, 9–0
three players 4 Goals Sarancha, Plyusova 1

July 21, 2011
19:40
Match 23 New Zealand  4–11  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Naumov (RUS), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 1–2, 0–2
four players 1 Goals Csikos 4

Group C

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Greece 3 3 0 0 27 22 +5 6
 Russia 3 2 0 1 38 18 +20 4
 Spain 3 1 0 2 29 32 –3 2
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 16 38 –22 0
July 17, 2011
15:00
Match 5 Brazil  4–15  Russia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Flahive (AUS), Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–2, 2–2, 0–5
four players 1 Goals Belyaeva 4

July 17, 2011
16:20
Match 6 Greece  10–9  Spain Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Remnet (NED), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 3–2, 2–3
Asimaki, Gerolymou 3 Goals Gil Sorli 3

July 19, 2011
12:10
Match 11 Spain  8–18  Russia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Flahive (AUS), Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–4, 3–6, 1–4
three players 2 Goals Prokofyeva 5

July 19, 2011
13:30
Match 12 Brazil  8–11  Greece Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Juhász (HUN), Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 1–3, 2–3
eight players 1 Goals four players 2

July 21, 2011
09:30
Match 17 Brazil  4–12  Spain Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Rustamova (UZB), Margeta Boris (SLO)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–4, 0–3, 2–2
Carvalho 2 Goals Gil Sorli 5

July 21, 2011
10:50
Match 18 Greece  6–5  Russia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Borrell (ESP), Juhász (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 1–1, 2–1
Roumpesi, Antonakou 2 Goals Soboleva 2

Group D

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 3 0 0 40 15 +25 6
 China 3 2 0 1 50 21 +29 4
 Cuba 3 0 1 2 19 40 −21 1
 South Africa 3 0 1 2 16 49 −33 1
July 17, 2011
17:40
Match 7 Italy  12–4  Cuba Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Juhász (HUN), Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–1, 3–0, 3–2
three players 3 Goals Hernendez Consuegra, Gutierrez More 2

July 17, 2011
19:00
Match 8 South Africa  5–22  China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Deslieres (CAN), Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–6, 2–5, 2–6
White, Dendy Young 2 Goals Ma Huanhuan 6

July 19, 2011
17:00
Match 13 Italy  18–2  South Africa Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Rustamova (UZB)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–0, 5–0, 4–0
Casanova 4 Goals Schooling, Harris 1

July 19, 2011
21:00
Match 16 China  19–6  Cuba Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Balfanbayev (KAZ), Gonzalez (PUR)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 4–0, 5–2, 4–2
Wang Yi 4 Goals Hernendez Consuegra, Gutierrez More 2

July 21, 2011
12:10
Match 19 South Africa  9–9  Cuba Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Reemnet (NED), Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 1–1, 4–4
Harris 5 Goals Bravo Curro, Hernandez Consuegra 3

July 21, 2011
21:00
Match 24 Italy  10–9  China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Koganov (AZE), Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 3–3, 1–3
Bianconi 3 Goals Wang Yi 3

Final rounds

Quarterfinals qualification

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 23, 2011
12:10
Match 27 Netherlands  14–6  New Zealand Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Balfanbayev (KAZ), Cabral (BRA)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 2–0, 3–3, 3–1
Cabout, van Belkum 3 Goals Mason, Shieprath 2

July 23, 2011
15:30
Match 28 Hungary  9–10  Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Borrell (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–3, 4–2
four players 2 Goals Webster 4

July 23, 2011
16:50
Match 29 Russia  26–4  Cuba Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 750
Referees:
Pinker (RSA), Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 8–0, 6–1, 7–2
Lisunova 5 Goals Hernendez Consuegra 2

July 23, 2011
21:00
Match 30 Spain  6–15  China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–7, 1–2, 2–3, 1–3
Gil Sorli 3 Goals Ma Huanhuan 5
Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
July 25
 
 
 United States7
 
July 27
 
 Russia9
 
 Russia12
 
July 25
 
 China13
 
 Canada7
 
July 29
 
 China9
 
 China8
 
July 25
 
 Greece 9
 
 Greece12
 
July 27
 
 Netherlands10
 
 Greece14
 
July 25
 
 Italy11 Third place
 
 Italy14
 
July 29
 
 Australia12
 
 Russia8
 
 
 Italy7
 
5th place bracket
 
Semi-finals5th place match
 
      
 
July 27
 
 
 United States8
 
July 29
 
 Canada4
 
 United States5
 
July 27
 
 Australia10
 
 Netherlands7
 
 
 Australia12
 
7th match
 
 
July 29
 
 
 Canada7
 
 
 Netherlands8
9th place bracket
 
Semi-finals9th place match
 
      
 
July 25
 
 
 New Zealand10
 
July 27
 
 Cuba11
 
 Cuba7
 
July 25
 
 Hungary12
 
 Hungary17
 
 
 Spain13
 
11th place match
 
 
July 27
 
 
 New Zealand7
 
 
 Spain15
13th place bracket
 
Semi-finals13th place match
 
      
 
July 23
 
 
 Kazakhstan14
 
July 25
 
 Uzbekistan13
 
 Kazakhstan9
 
July 23
 
 Brazil5
 
 Brazil10
 
 
 South Africa9
 
15th place match
 
 
July 25
 
 
 Uzbekistan5
 
 
 South Africa6

13th-16th place classification

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 23, 2011
09:30
Match 25 Kazakhstan  14–13  Uzbekistan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Gonzalez (PUR), Juhaz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 4–2, 4–5
Vassilyeva 4 Goals Halikova 8

July 23, 2011
10:50
Match 26 Brazil  10–9  South Africa Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Alexandrescu (ROU), Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–1, 2–2, 2–4
Canetti, Carvalho 2 Goals Harris 4

Quarterfinals

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 25, 2011
14:00
Match 35 United States  7–9  Russia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–2, 1–5, 1–2
Seidemann, Wenger 2 Goals Prokofyeva 5

July 25, 2011
15:20
Match 37 Greece  12–10  Netherlands Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Brgulian (MNE), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–1, 2–3, 2–2
Roumpesi 3 Goals van Belkum 3

July 25, 2011
16:40
Match 38 Italy  14–12  Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Juhaz (HUN), Borrell (ESP)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 4–0, 4–6, 0–1  OT: 1–1  PSO: 5–3
Bianconi 4 Goals four players 2

July 25, 2011
21:00
Match 36 Canada  7–9  China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 850
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 3–3, 0–1
Csikos 3 Goals Sun Yating 3

9th-12th place classification

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 25, 2011
11:20
Match 33 New Zealand  10–11  Cuba Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Ni (CHN), Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 3–2, 1–3
Bowry 3 Goals Gutierrez More 5

July 25, 2011
12:40
Match 34 Hungary  17–13  Spain Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Deslieres (CAN), Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–3, 4–3, 3–4
Bujka 5 Goals Gil Sorli 5

15th place match

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 25, 2011
8:40
Match 31 Uzbekistan  5–6  South Africa Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Gonzalez (PUR), Menendez (CUB)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–2, 2–1, 1–2
five players 1 Goals Kay, Harris 2

13th place match

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 25, 2011
10:00
Match 32 Kazakhstan  9–5  Brazil Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Flahive (AUS), Reemnet (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 2–0, 3–2
Vassilyeva, Chebotova 3 Goals Zablith, Coutinho 2

5th-8th place classification

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 27, 2011
12:10
Match 41 United States  8–4  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Naumov (RUS), Menendez (CUB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–0, 2–1, 2–1
Petri 2 Goals Csikos 2

July 27, 2011
15:30
Match 42 Netherlands  7–12  Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 900
Referees:
Juhaz (HUN), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 3–3, 1–1
van Belkum 3 Goals Knox 4

Semifinals

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 27, 2011
16:50
Match 44 Greece  14–11  Italy Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 950
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Borrell (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–3, 3–3, 3–3
three players 3 Goals Bianconi, Rambaldi Guidasci 3

July 27, 2011
21:00
Match 43 Russia  12–13  China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 1,400
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–3, 3–2, 3–4
Fedotova, Tankeeva 3 Goals Sun Yating, Wang Yi 4

11th place match

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 27, 2011
09:30
Match 39 New Zealand  7–15  Spain Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Deslieres (CAN), Cabral (BRA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–6, 2–4, 2–2
Mason, Sieprath 2 Goals Gil Sorli 7

9th place match

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 27, 2011
10:50
Match 40 Cuba  7–12  Hungary Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Wengenroth (SUI), Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 0–5, 2–1
Hernandez Consuegra, Gutierrez More 3 Goals Czigány 3

7th place match

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 29, 2011
09:30
Match 45 Canada  7–8  Netherlands Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–3, 3–4, 1–1
Csikos 3 Goals three players 2

5th place match

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 29, 2011
10:50
Match 46 United States  5–10  Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Deslieres (CAN), Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–4, 2–4, 1–1
Villa, Dries 2 Goals Knox 4

Bronze medal match

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 29, 2011
16:00
Match 47 Russia  8–7  Italy Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 1,000
Referees:
Gyorgy Juhaz (HUN), Steven Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 2–1, 2–6, 0–0
Belyaeva 3
Prokofyeva, Konukh 2
Ryzhova-Alenicheva 1
Goals Casanova, Bianconi 2
Abbate, Savioli, Frassinetti 1

Gold medal match

All times are CST (UTC+8)

July 29, 2011
21:00
Match 48 China  8–9  Greece Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 1,600
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Mario Brgulian (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–2, 4–4, 2–1
Liu Ping, Wang Yi 2
Teng Fei, Sun Yujun, He Jin, Song Donglun 1
Goals Asimaki, Roumpesi 3
Melidoni, Liosi, Manolioudaki 1

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Best Goalscorer
Media All-Star Team

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