Water Polo World Championships 2015

The 2015 World Water Polo Championships were held from July 24th to August 29th, 2015 in Kazan , Russia as part of the 2015 World Swimming Championships . For both men and women, 16 teams played for the world title.

Men

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Croatia	Greece	Hungary	Serbia
Canada	United States	Kazakhstan	Australia
Brazil	Italy	South Africa	Montenegro
People's Republic of China	Russia	Argentina	Japan

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	39:17	+22	6th
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	25:20	+5	4th
3	Brazil	3	0	1	2	24:29	−5	1
4th	People's Republic of China	3	0	1	2	12:34	−22	1

22nd of July	Croatia	-	Canada	12: 7
	Brazil	-	China	9: 9
24th July	China	-	Canada	2: 8
	Croatia	-	Brazil	10: 9
July 26th	Croatia	-	China	17: 1
	Brazil	-	Canada	6:10

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	37:31	+6	6th
2	United States	3	2	0	1	28:26	+2	4th
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	28:28	0	2
4th	Russia	3	0	0	3	23:31	−8	0

22nd of July	Greece	-	Italy	11:10
	United States	-	Russia	7: 6
24th July	Russia	-	Italy	6: 9
	Greece	-	United States	11:10
July 26th	Greece	-	Russia	15:11
	United States	-	Italy	11: 9

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	52:13	+39	6th
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	34:24	+10	4th
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	17:37	−20	2
4th	Argentina	3	0	0	3	17:46	−29	0

22nd of July	South Africa	-	Argentina	10: 6
	Hungary	-	Kazakhstan	14: 5
24th July	Kazakhstan	-	Argentina	15: 7
	South Africa	-	Hungary	4:17
July 26th	South Africa	-	Kazakhstan	3:14
	Hungary	-	Argentina	21: 4

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	32:18	+14	6th
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	26:26	0	3
3	Montenegro	3	1	1	1	21:25	−4	3
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	16:26	−10	0

22nd of July	Serbia	-	Montenegro	11: 8
	Japan	-	Australia	4:10
24th July	Australia	-	Montenegro	5: 5
	Serbia	-	Japan	19: 9
July 26th	Serbia	-	Australia	10: 9
	Japan	-	Montenegro	10:16

Main round

Main round
July 28th	South Africa	-	Australia	1:17
	Canada	-	Italy	2: 8
	Brazil	-	United States	3: 7
	Kazakhstan	-	Montenegro	8:12

Quarter finals

The group winners as well as the winners from the main round games qualify for the quarter-finals.

Quarter finals
30th July	Hungary	-	Italy	7: 8
	Serbia	-	United States	12: 7
	Croatia	-	Montenegro	10: 4
	Greece	-	Australia	12:11

The winners of the matches qualify for the semi-finals. The losers play for fifth to eighth place.

Placement games for 5th to 8th place

Foreplay

The matches are played before the placement games. Here a loser from the quarterfinals plays against another loser from the quarterfinals.

Preludes for places 5-8
August 1st	Montenegro	-	Australia	11: 8
	Hungary	-	United States	13: 9

Game for 7th place

Game for 7th place
3rd August	Australia	-	United States	6:10

Play for 5th place

Play for 5th place
3rd August	Montenegro	-	Hungary	10: 9

Semifinals

The semi-finals will be played by the winners of the quarter-finals.

Semifinals
August 1st	Italy	-	Serbia	6:10
	Croatia	-	Greece	15:13

Game for third place

3rd place match
3rd August	Greece	-	Italy	11: 9 (7: 7, 4: 2) PSO. 1

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final

final
3rd August	Croatia	-	Serbia	4:11

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	Serbia		SRB
2.	Croatia		CRO
3.	Greece		GRE
4th	Italy		ITA
5.	Montenegro		MNE
6th	Hungary		HUN
7th	United States		United States
8th.	Australia		OUT

space	country	Athletes
1	Serbia	Gojko Pijetlović , Dušan Mandić , Živko Gocić , Sava Ranđelović , Miloš Ćuk , Duško Pijetlović , Slobodan Nikić , Milan Aleksić , Nikola Jakšić , Filip Filipović , Andrija Prlainović , Stefan Mitrović , Branislav Mitrović
2	Croatia	Josip Pavić , Damir Burić , Antonio Petković , Luka Lončar , Maro Joković , Luka Bukić , Petar Muslim , Andro Bušlje , Sandro Sukno , Fran Paskvalin , Anđelo Šetka , Paulo Obradović , Marko Bijač
3	Greece	Konstandinos Flengas , Emmanouil Mylonakis , Georgios Dervisis , Konstandinos Genidounias , Ioannis Foundoulis , Kyriakos Pondikeas , Christos Afroudakis , Evangelos Delakas , Konstandinos Mourikis , Christodoulos Kolomvos , Alexandros Gounas , Angelos Vlachopoulos , Stefanos Galanopoulos
4th	Italy	Stefano Tempesti , Francesco Di Fulvio , Alessandro Velotto , Pietro Figlioli , Alex Giorgetti , Andrea Fondelli , Massimo Giacoppo , Nicholas Presciutti , Niccolò Gitto , Stefano Luongo , Matteo Aicardi , Fabio Baraldi , Marco Del Lungo
5	Montenegro	Dejan Lazović , Draško Brguljan , Vjekoslav Pasković , Uroš Čučković , Darko Brguljan , Aleksandar Radović , Mlađan Janović , Aleksa Ukropina , Aleksandar Ivović , Nikola Murišić , Filip Klikovac , Predrag Jokić , Miloš Šćepanović
6th	Hungary	Viktor Nagy , Miklós Gór-Nagy , Norbert Madaras , Balázs Erdélyi , Márton György Vámos , Norbert Hosnyánszky , Dániel Angyal , Márton Szivós , Dániel Varga , Dénes Varga , Krisztián Bedő , Balázs Hárai. , Attila Decker
7th	United States	Merrill Moses , Nikola Vavic , Alex Obert , Jackson Kimbell , Alex Roelse , Luca Cupido , Josh Samuels , Tony Azevedo , Alex Bowen , Bret Bonanni , Jesse Smith , John Mann , McQuin Baron
8th	Australia	James Stanton-French , Richard Campbell , George Ford , John Cotterill , Nathan Power , Jarrod Gilchrist , Aiden Roach , Aaron Younger , Joel Swift , Mitchell Emery , Rhys Howden , Tyler Martin , Joel Dennerley

Women

space	country	Athletes
1	United States	Samantha Hill , Madeline Musselman , Melissa Seidemann , Rachel Fattal , Alys Williams , Margaret Steffens , Courtney Mathewson , Kiley Neushul , Ashley Grossman , Kaleigh Gilchrist , Makenzie Fischer , Kami Craig , Ashleigh Johnson
2	Netherlands	Laura Aarts , Miloushka Smit , Dagmar Genee , Catharina van der Sloot , Amarens Genee , Nomi Stomphorst , Marloes Nijhuis , Vivian Sevenich , Maud Megens , Isabella van Toorn , Lieke Klaassen , Leonie van der Molen , Debby Willemsz
3	Italy	Giulia Gorlero , Chiara Tabani , Arianna Garibotti , Elisa Queirolo , Federica Radicchi , Rosaria Aiello , Tania Di Mario , Roberta Bianconi , Giulia Emmolo , Francesca Pomeri , Laura Barzon , Teresa Frassinetti , Laura Teani
4th	Australia	Lea Yanitsas , Gemma Beadsworth , Hannah Buckling , Holly Lincoln-Smith , Keesje Gofers , Bronwen Knox , Rowie Webster , Glennie McGhie , Zoe Arancini , Ash Southern , Bronte Halligan , Nicola Zagame , Kelsey Wakefield
5	China	Jun Yang , Jianing Tian , Xiaohan Mei , Dunhan Xiong , Guannan Niu , Yating Sun , Donglun Song , Cong Zhang , Zihan Zhao , Weiwei Zhang , Xinyan Wang , Jing Zhang , Lin Peng
6th	Greece	Eleni Kouvdou , Christina Tsoukala , Stefania Charalampidi , Christina Kotsia , Margarita Plevritou , Alkisti Avramidou , Alexandra Asimaki , Antigoni Roubessi , Ioanna Charalampidi , Triandafyllia Manolioudaki , Eleftheria Plevritou , Eleni Xenaki , Chrysoula Diamandopoulou
7th	Spain	Laura Ester , Marta Bach , Anna Espar , Paula Leiton , Matilde Ortiz , Jennifer Pareja , Clara Espar , Pilar Peña , Judith Forca , Roser Tarragó , Maica García , Laura López , Patricia Herrera
8th	Russia	Jewgenija Abdrisjakowa , Jewgenija Ivanova , Nadeschda Jarondaikina , Elwina Karimowa , Anna Karnauch , Ekaterina Lissunowa , Ekaterina Prokofjewa , Anastassija Simanovich , Ekaterina Subatschowa , Tatiana Zubkova , Ekaterina Tankejewa , Anna Timofeeva , Anastassija Werchogljadowa

Final (August 7, 2015): United States  : Netherlands ( 5-4 )

Match for 3rd place (7 August 2015): Australia: Italy (7: 7, 3: 5 after PSO. ¹ )

Match for 5th place (August 7, 2015): China  : Greece (9: 9, 4 : 3 after PSO. ¹ )

Game for 7th place (August 7, 2015): Spain  : Russia ( 15:10 )

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Web links

• The schedule of the Water Polo World Cup on the website of the Fédération Internationale de Natation
• Results page of the Fédération Internationale de Natation