Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
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Team Serbia celebrates after the gold medal match | |
Tournament details | |
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Venue(s) | |
Dates | 27 July – 8 August |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runner-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 869 (18.1 per match) |
Attendance | 55,994 (1,167 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (22 goals)[1] |
Awards | |
Best player | |
Participating teams
Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
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Groups formed
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Format
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams and played a round-robin. The best placed team advanced to the quarterfinal, while the second-and third best team advanced to the playoffs. The last placed team played in placement games for place 13–16. From the quarterfinals on, a knockout system was used to determine the winner. The losers of the playoffs and quarterfinals played in placement games to determine their final position.
Preliminary round
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 1 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 34 | −22 | 1 |
Source: SportResult.com[dead link ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
27 July 2015 09:30 |
Report | Croatia |
12–7 | Kazan Attendance: 507 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), German Moller (ARG) | |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 6–2, 1–0, 1–3 | |||||
four players 2 | Goals | Conway 3 |
27 July 2015 10:45 |
Report | Brazil |
9–9 | Kazan Attendance: 700 Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Vojin Putniković (SRB) | |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–1, 3–4, 1–0 | |||||
Perrone 4 | Goals | Dong Tao, Zhang Chufeng 3 |
29 July 2015 20:45 |
Report | China |
2–8 | Kazan Attendance: 240 Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), György Kun (HUN) | |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–3, 1–1, 1–1 | |||||
Tan Feihu 2 | Goals | McElroy 3 |
29 July 2015 21:30 |
Report | Croatia |
10–9 | Kazan Attendance: 230 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Daniel Flahive (AUS) | |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 1–2, 1–3 | |||||
Sukno 3 | Goals | three players 2 |
31 July 2015 17:30 |
Report[dead link ] | Croatia |
17–1 | Kazan Attendance: 874 Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Masoud Rezvani (IRI) | |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–0, 7–0, 1–0 | |||||
three players 3 | Goals | Zhang Chufeng 1 |
31 July 2015 20:45 |
Report | Brazil |
6–10 | Kazan Attendance: 230 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN) | |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–3, 2–3, 1–1 | |||||
Silva 2 | Goals | Boyd, McElroy 2 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 0 |
Source: SportResult.com[dead link ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
27 July 2015 12:30 |
Report[dead link ] | Greece |
11–10 | Kazan Attendance: 883 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), György Kun (HUN) | |
Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–1, 3–2, 2–3 | |||||
Afroudakis 3 | Goals | four players 2 |
27 July 2015 18:45 |
Report | United States |
7–6 | Kazan Attendance: 1,932 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Daniel Flahive (AUS) | |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 2–2, 1–1 | |||||
Azevedo, Cupido 3 | Goals | Bugaychuk 3 |
29 July 2015 09:30 |
Report | Greece |
11–10 | Kazan Attendance: 839 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB) | |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 4–3, 3–1 | |||||
Fountoulis 4 | Goals | three players 2 |
29 July 2015 18:00 |
Report | Russia |
6–9 | Kazan Attendance: 2,350 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL) | |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–5, 3–1, 2–2 | |||||
Kholod 3 | Goals | Giorgetti 2 |
31 July 2015 18:30 |
Report[dead link ] | Greece |
15–11 | Kazan Attendance: 2,285 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP) | |
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 5–3, 2–4 | |||||
Fountoulis 4 | Goals | Nagaev 3 |
31 July 2015 21:30 |
Report | United States |
11–9 | Kazan Attendance: 214 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Peris (CRO) | |
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 2–1, 2–2 | |||||
Vavić 3 | Goals | Di Fulvio 4 |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13 | +39 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 37 | −20 | 2 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 46 | −29 | 0 |
Source: SportResult.com[dead link ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
27 July 2015 13:30 |
Report | South Africa |
10–6 | Kazan Attendance: 913 Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Sergey Naumov (RUS) | |
Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–2, 1–1, 2–1 | |||||
E. Le Roux, P. Le Roux 3 | Goals | Yañez 3 |
27 July 2015 17:30 |
Report[dead link ] | Hungary |
14–5 | Kazan Attendance: 1,180 Referees: Joseph Peila (USA), Cory Williams (NZL) | |
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–0, 5–2, 2–3 | |||||
Hárai 4 | Goals | Ushakov 2 |
29 July 2015 10:25 |
Report[dead link ] | Kazakhstan |
15–7 | Kazan Attendance: 1,016 Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Hatem Gaber (EGY) | |
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–3, 5–1, 2–1 | |||||
Axenov, Pekovich 4 | Goals | Yañez 3 |
29 July 2015 12:40 |
Report[dead link ] | South Africa |
4–17 | Kazan Attendance: 1,127 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Peter de Jong (NED) | |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–3, 2–4, 1–5 | |||||
Molyneux 2 | Goals | Dén. Varga 5 |
31 July 2015 09:30 |
Report[dead link ] | South Africa |
3–14 | Kazan Attendance: 884 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Hatem Gaber (EGY) | |
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–3, 1–5, 1–2 | |||||
three players 1 | Goals | Axenov 5 |
31 July 2015 10:30 |
Report[dead link ] | Hungary |
21–4 | Kazan Attendance: 1,065 Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Peter de Jong (NED) | |
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–1, 6–1, 6–0 | |||||
Dén. Varga 5 | Goals | López 2 |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 3 | Advanced to playoffs | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 45 | −22 | 0 |
Source: SportResult.com[dead link ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
27 July 2015 20:55 |
Report | Serbia |
11–8 | Kazan Attendance: 2,279 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) | |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 3–4, 2–1 | |||||
Filipović 3 | Goals | three players 2 |
27 July 2015 21:30 |
Report | Japan |
4–10 | Kazan Attendance: 2,287 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Hatem Gaber (EGY) | |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–2, 1–3, 1–3 | |||||
four players 1 | Goals | Campbell 3 |
29 July 2015 13:45 |
Report | Australia |
5–5 | Kazan Attendance: 313 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergey Naumov (RUS) | |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 1–1, 3–1 | |||||
Younger 3 | Goals | Janović 2 |
29 July 2015 17:30 |
Report | Serbia |
19–9 | Kazan Attendance: 1,016 Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Stephane Roy (CAN) | |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 6–2, 5–3, 6–3 | |||||
Nikić 6 | Goals | Okawa, Takei 3 |
31 July 2015 12:55 |
Report | Serbia |
10–9 | Kazan Attendance: 890 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Georgios Stacridis (GRE) | |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–4, 4–1 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Younger 3 |
31 July 2015 13:30 |
Report | Japan |
10–16 | Kazan Attendance: 640 Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA) | |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–5, 2–5, 4–3 | |||||
Takei 4 | Goals | Ivović, Radović 4 |
Knockout stage

- Championship bracket
Playoffs 2 August | Quarterfinals 4 August | Semifinals 6 August | Final 8 August | ||||||||||||||||
10 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | 10 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||
10 (3) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 (5) | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | 7 (4) | ||||||||||||||||||
17 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | 6 | Third place | |||||||||||||||||
10 | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | 7 (4) | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | 7 | 7 (2) | |||||||||||||||||
7 |
- 5th place bracket
5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
6 August | ||||||
11 | ||||||
8 August | ||||||
8 | ||||||
10 | ||||||
6 August | ||||||
9 | ||||||
13 | ||||||
9 | ||||||
Seventh place game | ||||||
8 August | ||||||
6 | ||||||
10 |
- 9th place bracket
9th–12th place semifinals | Ninth place game | |||||
4 August | ||||||
9 | ||||||
6 August | ||||||
7 | ||||||
7 (5) | ||||||
4 August | ||||||
7 (3) | ||||||
16 | ||||||
5 | ||||||
Eleventh place game | ||||||
6 August | ||||||
11 | ||||||
7 |
- 13th place bracket
13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place game | |||||
2 August | ||||||
10 (1) | ||||||
4 August | ||||||
10 (4) | ||||||
9 | ||||||
2 August | ||||||
13 | ||||||
6 | ||||||
14 | ||||||
15th place game | ||||||
4 August | ||||||
16 | ||||||
9 |
Playoffs
2 August 2015 13:15 |
Report | Canada |
2–8 | Kazan Attendance: 269 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Francesc Buch (ESP) | |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 1–2, 0–3 | |||||
Kudaba, Torakis 1 | Goals | Giorgetti, Gitto 2 |
2 August 2015 17:30 |
Report | Brazil |
3–7 | Kazan Attendance: 2,090 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) | |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 1–1, 1–3 | |||||
three players 1 | Goals | Mann 3 |
2 August 2015 18:30 |
Report | Kazakhstan |
8–12 | Kazan Attendance: 2,896 Referees: Joseph Peila (USA), Daniel Flahive (AUS) | |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 1–5, 2–2 | |||||
Gubarev 3 | Goals | Brguljan, Janović 3 |
2 August 2015 15:35 |
Report | South Africa |
1–17 | Kazan Attendance: 213 Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), German Moller (ARG) | |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–6, 0–2, 0–4 | |||||
E. Le Roux 1 | Goals | Younger 4 |
Quarterfinals
4 August 2015 17:30 |
Report | Croatia |
10–4 | Kazan Attendance: 1,769 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA) | |
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–0, 3–3, 3–1 | |||||
Muslim 3 | Goals | Klikovac 3 |
4 August 2015 18:30 |
Report | Greece |
7–7 | Kazan Attendance: 1,996 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) | |
Score by quarters: 1–0, 1–3, 3–1, 2–3 PSO: 5–4 | |||||
Fountoulis, Genidounias 2 | Goals | Younger 3 |
4 August 2015 20:45 |
Report | Hungary |
7–8 | Kazan Attendance: 693 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) | |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–2, 2–3 | |||||
Dán. Varga 3 | Goals | Di Fulvio, Luongo 2 |
4 August 2015 21:30 |
Report | Serbia |
12–7 | Kazan Attendance: 455 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Nenad Peris (CRO) | |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–3, 2–1, 3–1 | |||||
Pijetlović 4 | Goals | Bonanni 2 |
13th–16th place semifinals
2 August 2015 10:45 |
Report | China |
10–10 | Kazan Attendance: 2,263 Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Masoud Rezvani (IRI) | |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–4, 2–1, 3–3 PSO: 1–4 | |||||
Tan Feihu 4 | Goals | four players 2 |
2 August 2015 12:40 |
Report | Argentina |
6–14 | Kazan Attendance: 218 Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Hatem Gaber (EGY) | |
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–2, 2–4, 2–4 | |||||
Carabantes, Demarchi 3 | Goals | Takei 4 |
9th–12th place semifinals
4 August 2015 12:40 |
Report | Canada |
9–7 | Kazan Attendance: 421 Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), German Moller (ARG) | |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–0, 2–3, 1–2 | |||||
Conway 4 | Goals | Axenov 3 |
4 August 2015 13:35 |
Report | Brazil |
16–5 | Kazan Attendance: 213 Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Hatem Gaber (EGY) | |
Score by quarters: 7–3, 2–2, 3–0, 4–0 | |||||
Vrlic 5 | Goals | five players 1 |
5th–8th place semifinals
6 August 2015 15:30 |
Report | Montenegro |
11–8 | Kazan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB) | |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–1, 4–4, 2–2 | |||||
Janović 4 | Goals | three players 2 |
6 August 2015 17:00 |
Report | Hungary |
13–9 | Kazan Attendance: 645 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS) | |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 2–2, 4–3 | |||||
Hárai 4 | Goals | Azevedo, Bonanni 3 |
Semifinals
6 August 2015 20:30 |
Report | Croatia |
10–10 | Kazan Attendance: 2,486 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Daniel Flahive (AUS) | |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 3–2, 2–4 PSO: 5–3 | |||||
four players 2 | Goals | Vlahopoulos 3 |
6 August 2015 22:00 |
Report | Italy |
6–10 | Kazan Attendance: 1,859 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL) | |
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–4, 2–1, 2–1 | |||||
Fondelli 2 | Goals | S. Mitrovic 3 |
15th place game
4 August 2015 09:30 |
Report | China |
16–9 | Kazan Attendance: 753 Referees: Joseph Peila (USA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) | |
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–4, 4–2, 3–1 | |||||
Dong Tao 4 | Goals | Yanez 5 |
13th place game
4 August 2015 10:30 |
Report | Russia |
9–13 | Kazan Attendance: 821 Referees: György Kun (HUN), Masoud Rezvani (IRI) | |
Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–3, 2–5, 2–2 | |||||
Bychkov 3 | Goals | Okawa 3 |
Eleventh place game
6 August 2015 10:30 |
Report | Kazakhstan |
11–7 | Kazan Attendance: 450 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) | |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–2, 2–1, 4–2 | |||||
Axenov 7 | Goals | P. Le Roux 3 |
Ninth place game
6 August 2015 12:30 |
Report | Canada |
7–7 | Kazan Attendance: 308 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) | |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 2–3, 2–1 PSO: 5–3 | |||||
Conway, Kubada 2 | Goals | Delgado 3 |
Seventh place game
8 August 2015 14:00 |
Report | Australia |
6–10 | Kazan Attendance: 1,677 Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Francesc Buch (ESP) | |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–2, 1–4, 2–2 | |||||
Younger 2 | Goals | Azevedo 4 |
Fifth place game
8 August 2015 15:30 |
Report | Montenegro |
10–9 | Kazan Attendance: 2,365 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Joseph Peila (USA) | |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 2–2, 4–4 | |||||
Ivović 3 | Goals | three players 2 |
Third place game
8 August 2015 20:30 |
Report | Greece |
7–7 | Kazan Attendance: 2,165 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Third place game. | |
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–2, 4–4, 0–1 PSO: 4–2 | |||||
Vlahopoulos 3 | Goals | Aicardi, Figlioli 2 |
Final
8 August 2015 22:00 |
Report | Croatia |
4–11 | Kazan Attendance: 2,575 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Final. | |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–3, 2–2, 0–4 | |||||
Sukno 2 | Goals | Prlainović 3 |
Final ranking
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Medalists
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player[2]
- Best Goalscorer
Alexandr Axenov – 22 goals
Josip Pavić
Duško Pijetlović
Francesco Di Fulvio
Ioannis Fountoulis
Petar Muslim
Alexandr Axenov
Aaron Younger
References
- ↑ "Top scorers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Duško Pijetlović named MVP of men's water polo tournament at FINA Worlds". kazan2015.com. 8 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ↑ "Serbia men's team roster at 16th FINA World Championship" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-31.
- ↑ "Croatia men's team roster at 16th FINA World Championship" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-17.
- ↑ "Greece men's team roster at 16th FINA World Championship" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-06.
- ↑ Στην καλύτερη 7άδα του πόλο δύο "ερυθρόλευκοι"
External links
- 16th FINA World Championships 2015 FINA Water Polo website
- Official website
- Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Archived 2020-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Men Water Polo XVI World Championship 2015 Kazan www.todor66.com