Tournament details | |
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Dates | 18 – 30 July |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | China (in Shanghai host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Italy (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Serbia |
Third place | Croatia |
Fourth place | Hungary |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 48 |
Goals scored | 898 (19 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 | ||
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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 |
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. [1] [2] [3]
The top three teams (excluding the already qualified Serbia) qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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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 [4] | – | – | 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 |
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Hungary | Australia | Brazil | Germany |
Kazakhstan | China | Canada | Italy |
Montenegro | Romania | Croatia | South Africa |
Spain | Serbia | Japan | United States |
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. [5]
Played | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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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 [6] | 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 |
July 18, 2011 10:50 | Match 2 [7] | 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 |
July 20, 2011 18:20 | Match 14 [8] | 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 |
July 20, 2011 19:40 | Match 15 [9] | 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 |
July 22, 2011 17:00 | Match 21 [10] | 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 |
July 22, 2011 18:20 | Match 22 [11] | 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 |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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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 [12] | 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 |
July 18, 2011 21:00 | Match 8 [13] | 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 |
July 20, 2011 09:30 | Match 9 [14] | 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 |
July 20, 2011 21:00 | Match 16 [15] | 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 |
July 22, 2011 19:40 | Match 23 [16] | 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 |
July 22, 2011 21:00 | Match 24 [17] | 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 |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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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 [18] | 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 |
July 18, 2011 17:00 | Match 5 [19] | 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 |
July 20, 2011 10:50 | Match 10 [20] | 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 |
July 20, 2011 12:10 | Match 11 [21] | 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 |
July 22, 2011 09:30 | Match 17 [22] | 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 |
July 22, 2011 10:50 | Match 18 [23] | 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 |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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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 [24] | 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 |
July 18, 2011 19:40 | Match 7 [25] | 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 |
July 20, 2011 13:30 | Match 12 [26] | 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 |
July 20, 2011 17:00 | Match 13 [27] | 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 |
July 22, 2011 12:10 | Match 19 [28] | 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 |
July 22, 2011 13:30 | Match 20 [29] | 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 |
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 |
The group winners have a bye into the quarterfinals.
July 24, 2011 12:10 | Match 27 [30] | 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 |
July 24, 2011 15:30 | Match 28 [31] | 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 |
July 24, 2011 16:50 | Match 29 [32] | 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 |
July 24, 2011 21:00 | Match 30 [33] | 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 |
July 26, 2011 14:00 | Match 35 [34] | 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 |
July 26, 2011 15:20 | Match 36 [35] | 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 |
July 26, 2011 16:40 | Match 37 [36] | 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 |
July 26, 2011 21:00 | Match 38 [37] | 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 |
July 28, 2011 16:50 | Match 43 [38] | 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 |
July 28, 2011 21:00 | Match 44 [39] | 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 |
July 30, 2011 16:00 | Match 47 [40] | 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 |
July 30, 2011 21:00 | Match 48 [41] | 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 |
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 [42] | 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 |
July 28, 2011 15:30 | Match 42 [43] | 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 |
July 30, 2011 09:30 | Match 45 [44] | 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 |
July 30, 2011 10:50 | Match 46 [45] | 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 |
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 [46] | 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 |
July 26, 2011 12:40 | Match 34 [47] | 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 |
July 28, 2011 09:30 | Match 39 [48] | 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 |
July 28, 2011 10:50 | Match 40 [49] | 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 |
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 [50] | 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 |
July 24, 2011 10:50 | Match 26 [51] | 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 |
July 26, 2011 08:40 | Match 31 [52] | 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 |
July 26, 2011 10:00 | Match 32 [53] | 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 |
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