Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The men's water polo tournament at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Kazan, Russia from 27 July to 8 August 2015.[3][4]

Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Team Serbia celebrates after the gold medal match
Tournament details
Dates27 July – 8 August
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Serbia (5th title)
Runner-up Croatia
Third place Greece
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches48
Goals scored869 (18.1 per match)
Attendance55,994 (1,167 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alexandr Axenov
(22 goals)[1]
Best player Duško Pijetlović[2]

Participating teams

Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

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.

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 Serbia
Milan Aleksić
Miloš Ćuk
Filip Filipović
Živko Gocić
Nikola Jakšić
Dušan Mandić
Branislav Mitrović
Stefan Mitrović
Slobodan Nikić
Duško Pijetlović
Gojko Pijetlović
Andrija Prlainović
Sava Ranđelović
 Croatia
Marko Bijač
Luka Bukić
Damir Burić
Andro Bušlje
Maro Joković
Luka Lončar
Petar Muslim
Paulo Obradović
Josip Pavić
Fran Paškvalin
Antonio Petković
Anđelo Šetka
Sandro Sukno
 Greece
Christos Afroudakis
Evangelos Delakas
Georgios Dervisis
Konstantinos Flegkas
Ioannis Fountoulis
Stefanos Galanopoulos
Konstantinos Genidounias
Alexandros Gounas
Christodoulos Kolomvos
Konstantinos Mourikis
Emmanouil Mylonakis
Kyriakos Pontikeas
Angelos Vlachopoulos

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 3 0 0 39 17 +22 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 25 20 +5 4 Advanced to playoffs
3  Brazil 3 0 1 2 24 29 5 1
4  China 3 0 1 2 12 34 22 1
Source: SportResult.com
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  127  Canada 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
10:50
Report Brazil  99  China 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
20:10
Report China  28  Canada 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  109  Brazil 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 Croatia  171  China 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
20:10
Report Brazil  610  Canada 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
1  Greece 3 3 0 0 37 31 +6 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  United States 3 2 0 1 28 26 +2 4 Advanced to playoffs
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 28 28 0 2
4  Russia 3 0 0 3 23 31 8 0
Source: SportResult.com
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
12:10
Report Greece  1110  Italy 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
18:50
Report United States  76  Russia 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  1110  United States 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
18:50
Report Russia  69  Italy 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
18:50
Report Greece  1511  Russia 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  119  Italy 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
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 52 13 +39 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 34 24 +10 4 Advanced to playoffs
3  South Africa 3 1 0 2 17 37 20 2
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 17 46 29 0
Source: SportResult.com
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  106  Argentina 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 Hungary  145  Kazakhstan 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
10:50
Report Kazakhstan  157  Argentina 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
12:10
Report South Africa  417  Hungary 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 South Africa  314  Kazakhstan 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
10:50
Report Hungary  214  Argentina 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
1  Serbia 3 3 0 0 40 26 +14 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  Australia 3 1 1 1 24 19 +5 3 Advanced to playoffs
3  Montenegro 3 1 1 1 29 26 +3 3
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 23 45 22 0
Source: SportResult.com
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
20:10
Report Serbia  118  Montenegro 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  410  Australia 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
13:30
Report Australia  55  Montenegro 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  199  Japan 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
12:10
Report Serbia  109  Australia 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  1016  Montenegro 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

Serbian team with gold medal on a Serbian stamp
Croatian team won the silver medal
Championship bracket
Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
    4 August        
2 August
  Croatia  10
  Kazakhstan  8 6 August
    Montenegro  4  
  Montenegro  12     Croatia (pen.)  10 (5)
  4 August
2 August     Greece  10 (3)  
  Greece (pen.)  7 (5)
  South Africa  1 8 August
    Australia  7 (4)  
  Australia  17     Croatia  4
  4 August
2 August     Serbia  11
  Hungary  7
  Canada  2 6 August
    Italy  8  
  Italy  8     Italy  6 Third place game
  4 August
2 August     Serbia  10   8 August
  Serbia  12
  Brazil  3   Greece (pen.)  7 (4)
    United States  7  
  United States  7     Italy  7 (2)
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
6 August
 
 
 Montenegro11
 
8 August
 
 Australia8
 
 Montenegro10
 
6 August
 
 Hungary9
 
 Hungary13
 
 
 United States9
 
Seventh place game
 
 
8 August
 
 
 Australia6
 
 
 United States10
9th place bracket
 
9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
 Canada9
 
6 August
 
 Kazakhstan7
 
 Canada (pen.)7 (5)
 
4 August
 
 Brazil7 (3)
 
 Brazil16
 
 
 South Africa5
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
6 August
 
 
 Kazakhstan11
 
 
 South Africa7
13th place bracket
 
13th–16th place semifinals13th place game
 
      
 
2 August
 
 
 China10 (1)
 
4 August
 
 Russia (pen.)10 (4)
 
 Russia9
 
2 August
 
 Japan13
 
 Argentina6
 
 
 Japan14
 
15th place game
 
 
4 August
 
 
 China16
 
 
 Argentina9

Playoffs

2 August 2015
13:30
Report Canada  28  Italy 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  37  United States 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
18:50
Report Kazakhstan  812  Montenegro 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
20:10
Report South Africa  117  Australia 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  104  Montenegro 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
18:50
Report Greece  77  Australia 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
20:10
Report Hungary  78  Italy 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  127  United States 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
10:50
Report China  1010  Russia 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
12:10
Report Argentina  614  Japan 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
12:10
Report Canada  97  Kazakhstan 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
13:30
Report Brazil  165  South Africa 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  118  Australia 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  139  United States 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  1010  Greece 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  610  Serbia 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  169  Argentina 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
10:50
Report Russia  913  Japan 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
10:50
Report Kazakhstan  117  South Africa 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
12:10
Report Canada  77  Brazil 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  610  United States 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  109  Hungary 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  77  Italy Kazan
Attendance: 2,165
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
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  411  Serbia Kazan
Attendance: 2,575
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–3, 2–2, 0–4
Sukno 2 Goals Prlainović 3

Final ranking

Awards

Most Valuable Player[2]
Best Goalscorer
  • Alexandr Axenov – 22 goals
All-Tournament Team[2][5]

References

  1. Top scorers
  2. "Duško Pijetlović named MVP of men's water polo tournament at FINA Worlds". kazan2015.com. 8 August 2015.
  3. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. Draw information
  5. "Στην καλύτερη 7άδα του πόλο δύο "ερυθρόλευκοι"". reader.gr (in Greek). 9 August 2015.
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