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2011 Men's World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	13 June – 19 June
Teams	48 (from 5 confederations)
Champions	Brazil Emanuel Rego Alison Cerutti (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil Márcio Araújo Ricardo Santos
Third place	Germany Julius Brink Jonas Reckermann
Fourth place	Latvia Mārtiņš Pļaviņš Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
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The men's tournament was held from June 13 to 19, 2011 in Rome, Italy. ^[1]

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Round of 32 as pool winners or runners-up
	Qualified for the Round of 32 as one of the best four third-placed teams
	Qualified for the Lucky Losers Playoffs
	Eliminated

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Jennings–Wong	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	140	92	1.522	Round of 32
2	Rogers–Dalhausser	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	116	101	1.149
3	Cès–Cès	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	114	118	0.966	3rd place ranking
4	Morais–Silva	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	67	126	0.532	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
13 Jun	Cès–Cès	2–0	Morais–Silva	21–11	21–10
	Rogers–Dalhausser	0–2	Jennings–Wong	20–22	12–21
14 Jun	Jennings–Wong	2–1	Cès–Cès	19–21	21–9	15–10
	Rogers–Dalhausser	2–0	Morais–Silva	21–13	21–13
15 Jun	Jennings–Wong	2–0	Morais–Silva	21–12	21–8
	Rogers–Dalhausser	2–0	Cès–Cès	21–19	21–13

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Emanuel–Alison	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	142	115	1.235	Round of 32
2	Søderberg–Hoyer	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	150	145	1.034
3	Lochhead–Pitman	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	133	130	1.023	3rd place ranking
4	Babich–Ioisher	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	92	127	0.724	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
14 Jun	Søderberg–Hoyer	2–0	Babich–Ioisher	22–20	21–13
	Emanuel–Alison	2–0	Lochhead–Pitman	21–19	21–18
15 Jun	Lochhead–Pitman	2–0	Babich–Ioisher	21–19	21–14
	Emanuel–Alison	2–1	Søderberg–Hoyer	21–18	22–24	15–10
16 Jun	Søderberg–Hoyer	2–1	Lochhead–Pitman	21–18	17–21	17–15
	Emanuel–Alison	2–0	Babich–Ioisher	21–13	21–13

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Araújo–Ricardo	3	2	1	5	5	4	1.250	163	155	1.052	Round of 32
2	Gabathuler–Schnider	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	151	136	1.110
3	Redmann–Saxton	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	145	145	1.000	3rd place ranking
4	Boersma–Spijkers	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	109	132	0.826	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
14 Jun	Boersma–Spijkers	0–2	Redmann–Saxton	18–21	17–21
	Araújo–Ricardo	2–1	Gabathuler–Schnider	21–15	19–21	20–18
15 Jun	Gabathuler–Schnider	2–1	Redmann–Saxton	21–17	19–21	15–21
	Araújo–Ricardo	1–2	Boersma–Spijkers	21–12	17–21	10–15
16 Jun	Boersma–Spijkers	0–2	Gabathuler–Schnider	14–21	12–21
	Araújo–Ricardo	2–1	Redmann–Saxton	23–21	17–21	15–11

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brink–Reckermann	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	86	1.465	Round of 32
2	Heuscher–Bellaguarda	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	133	148	0.899
3	Kądzioła–Szałankiewicz	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	130	130	1.000	3rd place ranking
4	Likholetov–Pastukhov	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	111	136	0.816	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
14 Jun	Heuscher–Bellaguarda	2–1	Kądzioła–Szałankiewicz	22–20	14–21	16–14
	Brink–Reckermann	2–0	Likholetov–Pastukhov	21–11	21–13
15 Jun	Likholetov–Pastukhov	0–2	Kądzioła–Szałankiewicz	16–21	20–22
	Brink–Reckermann	2–0	Heuscher–Bellaguarda	21–13	21–17
16 Jun	Heuscher–Bellaguarda	2–1	Likholetov–Pastukhov	21–17	15–21	15–13
	Brink–Reckermann	2–0	Kądzioła–Szałankiewicz	21–18	21–14

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Erdmann–Matysik	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	145	127	1.142	Round of 32
2	Heyer–Chevallier	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	138	131	1.053
3	Doppler–Mellitzer	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	133	134	0.993	3rd place ranking
4	Klemperer–Koreng	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	122	146	0.836	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
13 Jun	Heyer–Chevallier	2–0	Doppler–Mellitzer	27–25	21–19
	Klemperer–Koreng	2–0	Erdmann–Matysik	7–21	21–15	16–14
15 Jun	Erdmann–Matysik	2–1	Doppler–Mellitzer	17–21	21–18	15–8
	Klemperer–Koreng	1–2	Heyer–Chevallier	12–21	21–18	12–15
16 Jun	Erdmann–Matysik	2–0	Heyer–Chevallier	21–19	21–17
	Klemperer–Koreng	0–2	Doppler–Mellitzer	14–21	19–21

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Fijałek–Prudel	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	129	107	1.206	Round of 32
2	Xu–Wu	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	137	123	1.114
3	Tomatis–Lupo	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	104	119	0.874	3rd place ranking
4	Skarlund–Spinnangr	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	118	139	0.849	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
14 Jun	Skarlund–Spinnangr	0–2	Tomatis–Lupo	17–21	18–21
	Xu–Wu	0–2	Fijałek–Prudel	18–21	22–24
15 Jun	Fijałek–Prudel	2–0	Tomatis–Lupo	21–19	21–14
	Xu–Wu	2–1	Skarlund–Spinnangr	19–21	21–17	15–11
16 Jun	Skarlund–Spinnangr	0–2	Fijałek–Prudel	18–21	16–21
	Xu–Wu	2–0	Tomatis–Lupo	21–16	21–13

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Fuerbringer–Lucena	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	138	110	1.255	Round of 32
2	Thiago–Harley	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	123	128	0.961
3	Geor–Gia	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	118	126	0.937	3rd place ranking
4	Boehm–Kapa	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	119	134	0.888	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
13 Jun	Geor–Gia	2–0	Boehm–Kapa	21–16	21–14
	Fuerbringer–Lucena	2–0	Thiago–Harley	21–14	21–17
14 Jun	Thiago–Harley	2–0	Geor–Gia	21–13	21–19
	Fuerbringer–Lucena	2–0	Boehm–Kapa	21–16	21–19
15 Jun	Thiago–Harley	1–2	Boehm–Kapa	21–18	19–21	10–15
	Fuerbringer–Lucena	2–1	Geor–Gia	18–21	21–13	15–10

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Nummerdor–Schuil	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	102	1.235	Round of 32
2	Bruno–Benjamin	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	150	157	0.955
3	Mesa–Lario	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	141	139	1.014	3rd place ranking
4	Sidorenko–Dyachenko	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	127	146	0.870	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
13 Jun	Nummerdor–Schuil	2–0	Sidorenko–Dyachenko	21–19	21–15
	Bruno–Benjamin	2–1	Mesa–Lario	15–21	21–18	23–21
15 Jun	Mesa–Lario	2–0	Sidorenko–Dyachenko	21–16	24–22
	Bruno–Benjamin	0–2	Nummerdor–Schuil	14–21	18–21
16 Jun	Nummerdor–Schuil	2–0	Mesa–Lario	21–17	21–19
	Bruno–Benjamin	2–1	Sidorenko–Dyachenko	26–24	18–21	15–10

Pool J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Herrera–Gavira	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	151	133	1.135	Round of 32
2	Semenov–Koshkarev	3	2	1	5	5	4	1.250	164	165	0.994
3	Müllner–Horst	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	139	139	1.000	3rd place ranking
4	Laciga–Weingart	3	0	3	3	2	6	0.333	150	167	0.898	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
13 Jun	Semenov–Koshkarev	2–1	Laciga–Weingart	21–17	17–21	22–20
	Herrera–Gavira	2–0	Müllner–Horst	21–19	21–15
14 Jun	Müllner–Horst	2–1	Laciga–Weingart	18–21	21–17	15–8
	Herrera–Gavira	1–2	Semenov–Koshkarev	21–14	21–23	14–16
15 Jun	Semenov–Koshkarev	1–2	Müllner–Horst	21–14	20–22	10–15
	Herrera–Gavira	2–0	Laciga–Weingart	32–30	21–16

Pool K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pļaviņš–Šmēdiņš	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	99	1.273	Round of 32
2	Gibb–Rosenthal	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	134	135	0.993
3	Vesik–Jaani	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	131	129	1.016	3rd place ranking
4	Prokopiev–Bogatov	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	98	126	0.778	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
13 Jun	Pļaviņš–Šmēdiņš	2–0	Prokopiev–Bogatov	21–18	21–16
	Gibb–Rosenthal	2–1	Vesik–Jaani	17–21	24–22	17–15
15 Jun	Pļaviņš–Šmēdiņš	2–0	Vesik–Jaani	21–16	21–15
	Gibb–Rosenthal	2–0	Prokopiev–Bogatov	21–17	21–18
16 Jun	Vesik–Jaani	2–0	Prokopiev–Bogatov	21–17	21–12
	Gibb–Rosenthal	0–2	Pļaviņš–Šmēdiņš	15–21	19–21

Pool L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Beneš–Kubala	2	2	0	4	6	2	3.000	151	137	1.102	Round of 32
2	Samoilovs–Sorokins	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	128	130	0.985
3	Nicolai–Martino	3	1	2	4	4	5	0.800	154	157	0.981	3rd place ranking
4	Gunnarsson–Brinkborg	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	146	155	0.942	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
13 Jun	Nicolai–Martino	2–1	Samoilovs–Sorokins	21–17	15–21	15–11
	Beneš–Kubala	2–1	Gunnarsson–Brinkborg	21–19	20–22	15–13
14 Jun	Nicolai–Martino	1–2	Gunnarsson–Brinkborg	21–17	21–23	13–15
	Beneš–Kubala	2–0	Samoilovs–Sorokins	21–19	21–16
15 Jun	Gunnarsson–Brinkborg	0–2	Samoilovs–Sorokins	16–21	21–23
	Beneš–Kubala	2–1	Nicolai–Martino	17–21	21–19	15–8

Pool M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ferramenta–Pedro	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	140	108	1.296	Round of 32
2	Dollinger–Windscheif	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	122	132	0.924
3	Ingrosso–Ingrosso	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	123	128	0.961	3rd place ranking
4	Barsouk–Yutvalin	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	119	136	0.875	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
13 Jun	Ingrosso–Ingrosso	2–0	Barsouk–Yutvalin	21–14	21–16
	Ferramenta–Pedro	2–0	Dollinger–Windscheif	21–12	21–16
14 Jun	Dollinger–Windscheif	2–1	Barsouk–Yutvalin	15–21	22–20	15–13
	Ferramenta–Pedro	2–1	Ingrosso–Ingrosso	20–22	21–10	15–13
16 Jun	Ingrosso–Ingrosso	0–2	Dollinger–Windscheif	18–21	18–21
	Ferramenta–Pedro	2–0	Barsouk–Yutvalin	21–19	21–16

3rd place ranked teams

The eight best third-placed teams will advance to the round of 32.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Müllner–Horst	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	139	139	1.000	Round of 32
2	Redmann–Saxton	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	145	145	1.000
3	Nicolai–Martino	3	1	2	4	4	5	0.800	154	157	0.981
4	Lochhead–Pitman	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	133	130	1.023
5	Vesik–Jaani	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	131	129	1.016
6	Mesa–Lario	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	141	139	1.014
7	Kądzioła–Szałankiewicz	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	130	130	1.000
8	Doppler–Mellitzer	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	133	134	0.993
9	Cès–Cès	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	114	118	0.966	Eliminated
10	Ingrosso–Ingrosso	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	123	128	0.961
11	Geor–Gia	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	118	126	0.937
12	Tomatis–Lupo	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	104	119	0.874

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Knockout round

Round of 32

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
17 Jun	Mesa–Lario	0–2	Emanuel–Alison	16–21	15–21
17 Jun	Xu–Wu	0–2	Semenov–Koshkarev	19–21	17–21
17 Jun	Ferramenta–Pedro	2–1	Samoilovs–Sorokins	21–19	14–21	15–10
17 Jun	Fuerbringer–Lucena	2–1	Müllner–Horst	21–18	17–21	15–8
17 Jun	Fijałek–Prudel	2–0	Redmann–Saxton	21–18	21–19
17 Jun	Beneš–Kubala	1–2	Bruno–Benjamin	21–19	17–21	9–15
17 Jun	Rogers–Dalhausser	2–0	Gibb–Rosenthal	21–14	21–18
17 Jun	Brink–Reckermann	2–0	Vesik–Jaani	21–17	21–19
17 Jun	Kądzioła–Szałankiewicz	0–2	Araújo–Ricardo	13–21	17–21
17 Jun	Gabathuler–Schnider	1–2	Dollinger–Windscheif	21–12	18–21	12–15
17 Jun	Herrera–Gavira	2–1	Heuscher–Bellaguarda	18–21	21–13	15–13
17 Jun	Nummerdor–Schuil	0–2	Nicolai–Martino	17–21	22–24
17 Jun	Erdmann–Matysik	2–0	Lochhead–Pitman	21–15	21–14
17 Jun	Pļaviņš–Šmēdiņš	2–0	Thiago–Harley	21–15	21–12
17 Jun	Søderberg–Hoyer	2–0	Heyer–Chevallier	21–18	21–18
17 Jun	Jennings–Wong	1–2	Doppler–Mellitzer	21–17	16–21	16–18

Round of 16

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
17 Jun	Semenov–Koshkarev	0–2	Emanuel–Alison	17–21	17–21
17 Jun	Fuerbringer–Lucena	1–2	Ferramenta–Pedro	19–21	21–15	13–15
17 Jun	Bruno–Benjamin	0–2	Fijałek–Prudel	13–21	16–21
17 Jun	Brink–Reckermann	2–1	Rogers–Dalhausser	17–21	21–19	18–16
17 Jun	Dollinger–Windscheif	1–2	Araújo–Ricardo	20–22	21–19	21–23
17 Jun	Nicolai–Martino	1–2	Herrera–Gavira	18–21	21–18	11–15
17 Jun	Pļaviņš–Šmēdiņš	2–1	Erdmann–Matysik	21–17	16–21	19–17
17 Jun	Doppler–Mellitzer	0–2	Søderberg–Hoyer	12–21	18–21

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
18 Jun	Ferramenta–Pedro	0–2	Emanuel–Alison	20–22	16–21
18 Jun	Brink–Reckermann	2–0	Fijałek–Prudel	21–15	21–16
18 Jun	Herrera–Gavira	0–2	Araújo–Ricardo	18–21	17–21
18 Jun	Søderberg–Hoyer	0–2	Pļaviņš–Šmēdiņš	19–21	17–21

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
18 Jun	Brink–Reckermann	0–2	Emanuel–Alison	15–21	15–21
18 Jun	Pļaviņš–Šmēdiņš	0–2	Araújo–Ricardo	20–22	16–21

Bronze medal Match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
19 Jun	Pļaviņš–Šmēdiņš	1–2	Brink–Reckermann	20–22	21–18	11–15

Gold medal Match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
19 Jun	Araújo–Ricardo	0–2	Emanuel–Alison	16–21	15–21

References

1. World's best arriving in Rome for 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships, FIVB, June 12, 2011