2011 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

2011 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	2011
Super Final
FINA Women's Water Polo World League seasons
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The 2011 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the eighth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After playing in groups within the same continent, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Tianjin, China from June 14 to June 19, 2011. ^[1]

Super Final

• June, 14 – June 19, 2011, Tianjin, China

Seeding

Group A	Group B
United States   China   Greece   Italy	Russia   Australia   Spain   Canada

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	17 June 2011
	China	14
					18 June 2011
	Spain	12
					China	5
	17 June 2011
					Italy	7
	Italy	21
									19 June 2011
	Russia	20
									Italy	7
	17 June 2011
									United States	9
	Greece	8
					18 June 2011
	Australia	10
					Australia	5
	17 June 2011
					United States	11			Third place game
	United States	8
									19 June 2011
	Canada	6
									Australia	7
									China	5

Semifinals

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All times are CST (UTC+8)

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18 June 2011 17:30	Australia	7–8	United States	Tianjin, China
	Score by quarters:4-2, 2-3, 0-2, 1-1

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18 June 2011 19:00	China	5–7	Italy	Tianjin, China
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-1, 2-4, 0-0

Bronze medal match

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All times are CST (UTC+8)

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19 June 2011 17:30	Australia	7–5	China	Tianjin, China
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-2, 2-1, 2-0

Final

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All times are CST (UTC+8)

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19 June 2011 19:00	Italy	7–9	United States	Tianjin, China
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 3-1, 1-3, 2-3

5th–8th Places

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	18 June 2011
	Spain	12
					19 June 2011
	Russia	14
					Russia	14
	18 June 2011
					Canada	9
	Greece	9
	Canada	13
					Seventh place
					19 June 2011
					Spain	8
					Greece	14

Final ranking

Rank [1] Team   United States   Italy   Australia 4   China 5   Russia 6   Canada 7   Greece 8   Spain

2011 Women's FINA Water Polo World League  United States Sixth title Team Roster Betsey Armstrong, Heather Petri, Melissa Seidemann, Brenda Villa(C), Lauren Wenger, Courtney Mathewson, Jessica Steffens, Lolo Silver, Elsie Windes, Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kami Craig, Tumua Anae, Maggie Steffens, Anne Belden. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Individual awards

• Top Scorer
  •   Sofya Konukh  (RUS)— 14 goals
• Media All Star Team
  •   Elizabeth Armstrong  (USA)— Goalkeaper
  •   Olga Beliaeva  (RUS)— Center Forward
  •   Brenda Villa  (USA)
  •   Giulia Emmolo  (ITA)
  •   Sofya Konukh  (RUS)
  •   Kate Gynther  (AUS)
  •   Ma Huanhuan  (CHN)

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
2. “USA and Italy to battle out World League Super Final decider“ fina.org June 18, 2011.
3. “Unstoppable USA claims incredible sixth World League crown” fina.org June 19, 2011.