Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament
| Men's water polo tournament at the XVI Pan American Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | ||||||
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| Dates | October 23 – October 29 | ||||||
| Competitors | 104 from 8 nations | ||||||
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The men's tournament of water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico took place from October 23 to October 29, when the United States defeated Canada 7–3 for the gold medal. All games were held at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. The defending champions are the United States.[1] The winner of the competition has qualified directly for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, while the second through fourth-place finishing teams have qualified for the 2012 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament that was held in Edmonton, Canada.[1]
Qualification
A National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team for the water polo competition. Mexico, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.[1]
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 |  Mexico |
| 2010 South American Games* | March 20–25, 2010 |  Medellín |
3 |  Argentina Colombia  Brazil |
| 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games 1 | July 26–31, 2010 |  Mayagüez |
1 |  Venezuela |
| Replaced Puerto Rico 2 | – | – | 1 |  Cuba |
| Zone 3 | – | – | 1 |  United States |
| Zone 4 | – | – | 1 |  Canada |
| TOTAL | 8 | |||
^1 At the Central American and Caribbean Games, Venezuela competed, and finished higher than Trinidad and Tobago, but this qualifying round is open to nations from CCCAN only.[1]
^2 Puerto Rico withdrew and were replaced by Cuba.[2]
Format
- Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
- The third and fourth placed each group will crossover and play each other in the fifth to eighth place bracket.
- In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
- The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.
Preliminary round
All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)[3]
| Qualified for the semifinals |
Group A
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 6 |
| Cuba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 33 | -3 | 4 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 35 | -11 | 2 |
| Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 40 | -11 | 0 |
| October 23, 2011 17:00 |
Report | Colombia |
11–12 | Cuba |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Valcarce (ARG), Werner (BRA) |
| Score by quarters: 2 – 2, 3 – 3, 4 – 5, 2 – 2 | |||||
| Idarraga 3 | Goals | Cisneros 5 | |||
| October 23, 2011 18:15 |
Report | Canada |
16–4 | Mexico |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Moller (ARG), Wittstock (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 0 – 3, 0 – 6, 1 – 3, 3 – 4 | |||||
| Graham 4 | Goals | Perez, Garcia 2 | |||
| October 24, 2011 15:46 |
Report | Canada |
15–10 | Cuba |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Parades (COL), Stampalija (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 4 – 3, 4 – 4, 3 – 1, 4 – 2 | |||||
| Graham, Constantin 4 | Goals | 3 players 2 | |||
| October 24, 2011 18:15 |
Report | Colombia |
11–13 | Mexico |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Dester (BRA), Redding (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 2 – 3, 4 – 2, 1 – 4, 4 – 4 | |||||
| Idarraga 3 | Goals | Garcia 4 | |||
| October 25, 2011 15:45 |
Report | Canada |
15–7 | Colombia |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Moller (ARG), Maretzki (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 4 – 2, 2 – 1, 6 – 1, 3 – 3 | |||||
| Constantin 3 | Goals | Bejarano, Montoya 2 | |||
| October 25, 2011 18:15 |
Report | Mexico |
7–8 | Cuba |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Attendance: Werner (BRA), Arnoldo (VEN) |
| Score by quarters: 2 – 3, 2 – 1, 1 – 1, 2 – 3 | |||||
| O'Brien Jr. 3 | Goals | Jimenez, Cisneros 2 | |||
Group B
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 6 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 4 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 30 | -7 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 43 | -23 | 0 |
| October 23, 2011 14:30 |
Report | United States |
16–3 | Venezuela |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Dykman (CAN) and Callejas (MEX) |
| Score by quarters: 7 – 0, 5 – 2, 3 – 1, 1 – 0 | |||||
| Hutten 4 | Goals | 3 players, 1 | |||
| October 23, 2011 15:45 |
Report | Argentina |
8–10 | Brazil |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Menendez (CUB), Stampalija (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 2 – 3, 1 – 1, 3 – 3, 2 – 2 | |||||
| Echenique 3 | Goals | 4 players 2 | |||
| October 24, 2011 14:30 |
Report | United States |
8–5 | Brazil |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Menendez (CUB), Bohm (AHO) |
| Score by quarters: 2 - 0, 2 - 2, 1 - 2, 3 - 1 | |||||
| Bailey, Hutten 3 | Goals | 5 players, 1 | |||
| October 24, 2011 17:00 |
Report | Argentina |
8–7 | Venezuela |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Mejia (MEX), Burt (CAN) |
| Score by quarters: 2 - 1, 4 - 0, 1 - 2, 1 - 4 | |||||
| Yañez 3 | Goals | Fernandez 3 | |||
| October 25, 2011 14:30 |
Report | United States |
15–7 | Argentina |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Del Valle (PUR), Madera (CUB) |
| Score by quarters: 3 - 2, 3 - 2, 4 - 2, 3 - 1 | |||||
| Powers 3 | Goals | Echenique 2 | |||
| October 25, 2011 17:00 |
Report | Venezuela |
10–19 | Brazil |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Stampalija (CRO), Callejas (MEX) |
| Score by quarters: 1 - 2, 4 - 5, 5 - 6, 0 - 6 | |||||
| 3 players, 2 | Goals | Emilio Vieira 4 | |||
Elimination stage
Crossover
| October 27, 2011 12:30 |
Report | Colombia |
9–10 | Argentina |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–3, 1–3, 1–1 | |||||
| October 27, 2011 14:00 |
Report | Venezuela |
5–7 | Mexico |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 1–1, 0–2 | |||||
Seventh place match
| October 29, 2011 12:30 |
Report | Colombia |
11–9 | Venezuela |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara |
| Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–5, 1–1, 5–3 | |||||
| Bejarano 3 | Goals | Fernandez 3 | |||
Fifth place match
| October 29, 2011 14:00 |
Report | Argentina |
12–10 | Mexico |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–1, 5–2, 2–5 | |||||
| Enchenique 5 | Goals | Pulido 6 | |||
Finals Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| October 27 | |||||||
| Cuba |
2 | ||||||
| United States |
12 | ||||||
| October 29 | |||||||
| United States |
7 | ||||||
| Canada |
3 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| October 27 | October 29 | ||||||
| Brazil |
6 | Cuba |
7 | ||||
| Canada |
8 | Brazil |
14 | ||||
Semifinals
| October 27, 2011 15:30 |
Report | Cuba |
2–12 | United States |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Bohm (AHO), Stampalija (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 0 – 4, 0 – 2, 2 – 2, 0 – 4 | |||||
| Jimenez 2 | Goals | Powers 3 | |||
| October 27, 2011 17:00 |
Report | Brazil |
6–8 | Canada |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara |
| Score by quarters: 4 – 1, 0 – 1, 1 – 3, 1 – 3 | |||||
| Crivella 2 | Goals | Graham 3 | |||
Bronze medal match
| October 29, 2011 15:30 |
Report | Brazil |
14–7 | Cuba |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Bohm (AHO), Valcarce (ARG) |
| Score by quarters: 4 – 4, 3 – 0, 2 – 3, 5 – 0 | |||||
| Rocha 3 | Goals | Rivas 4 | |||
Gold medal match
| October 29, 2011 17:00 |
Report | United States |
7–3 | Canada |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Stampalija (CRO), Werner (BRA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 1–0, 2–1 | |||||
| Azevedo 3 | Goals | Graham 2 | |||
| 2011 Pan American Games Winners |
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United States 11th title |
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record | Olympic Qualification |
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United States | 5 – 0 – 0 | Qualifies directly for 2012 Olympic Games |
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Canada | 4 – 0 – 1 | 2012 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament |
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Brazil | 3 – 0 – 2 | 2012 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament |
| 4 | Cuba | 2 – 0 – 3 | Declined invitation to 2012 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament |
| 5 | Argentina | 3 – 0 – 2 | 2012 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament |
| 6 | Mexico | 2 – 0 – 3 | Declined invitation to 2012 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament |
| 7 | Colombia | 1 – 0 – 4 | Declined invitation to 2012 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament |
| 8 | Venezuela | 0 – 0 – 5 | 2012 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament |
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