Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Men's water polo tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games
Men's water polo tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 23 – October 29
Competitors	104 from 8 nations
Medalists
	United States
	Canada
	Brazil
	«2007 2015»

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	46	21	+25	6
Cuba	3	2	1	30	33	-3	4
Mexico	3	1	2	24	35	-11	2
Colombia	3	0	3	29	40	-11	0

October 23, 2011 17:00	Report^{[dead link]}	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^{[dead link]}	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^{[dead link]}	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^{[dead link]}	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	37	15	+22	6
Brazil	3	2	1	34	26	+8	4
Argentina	3	1	2	23	30	-7	2
Venezuela	3	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^{[dead link]}	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^{[dead link]}	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^{[dead link]}	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^{[dead link]}	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^{[dead link]}	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^{[dead link]}	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^{[dead link]}	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
		October 29
United States	12
		United States	7
October 27
		Canada	3
Brazil	6

Canada	8
		Third place

		October 29

		Cuba	7

		Brazil	14

Semifinals

October 27, 2011 15:30	Report^{[dead link]}	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^{[dead link]}	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
United States 11th title

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record	Olympic Qualification
	United States	5 – 0 – 0	Qualifies directly for 2012 Olympic Games
	Canada	4 – 0 – 1	2012 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
	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