Water Polo, Men

Competition 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Kazan RUS
Held 27 July – 8 August 2015
Status Medal
Competitors 207
Countries 16

CRO and GRE qualified for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. SRB was already qualified as winner of the 2015 Water Polo Men’s World League.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Serbia SRB 6 0 0
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 CRO 5 0 1
Marko Bijač / Luka Bukić / Damir Burić / Andro Bušlje / Maro Joković / Luka Lončar / Petar Muslim / Paulo Obradović / Fran Paškvalin / Josip Pavić / Antonio Petković / Anđelo Šetka / Sandro Sukno
🥉 Greece GRE 5 0 1
Christos Afroudakis / Vangelis Delakas / Georgios Dervisis / Konstantinos Flegkas / Giannis Fountoulis / Stefanos Galanopoulos / Konstantinos Genidounias / Alexandros Gounas / Christodoulos Kolomvos / Kostas Mourikis / Emmanouil Mylonakis / Kyriakos Pontikeas / Angelos Vlachopoulos
4 Italy ITA 3 0 4
Matteo Aicardi / Fabio Baraldi / Marco Del Lungo / Francesco Di Fulvio / Pietro Figlioli / Andrea Fondelli / Massimo Giacoppo / Alex Giorgetti / Niccolò Gitto / Stefano Luongo / Nicholas Presciutti / Stefano Tempesti / Alessandro Velotto
5 Montenegro MNE 4 1 2
Darko Brguljan / Draško Brguljan / Uroš Čučković / Aleksandar Ivović / Mlađan Janović / Predrag Jokić / Filip Klikovać / Dejan Lazović / Nikola Murisić / Vjekoslav Pasković / Aleksandar Radović / Miloš Šćepanović / Aleksa Ukropina
6 Hungary HUN 4 0 2
Dániel Angyal / Krisztián Bedő / Attila Decker / Balázs Erdélyi / Miklós Gór-Nagy / Balázs Hárai / Norbert Hosnyánszky / Norbert Madaras / Viktor Nagy / Márton Szivós / Márton Vámos / Dániel Varga / Dénes Varga
7 United States USA 4 0 3
Tony Azevedo / McQuin Baron / Bret Bonanni / Alex Bowen / Luca Cupido / Jackson Kimbell / John Mann / Merrill Moses / Alex Obert / Alex Roelse / Josh Samuels / Jesse Smith / Nikola Vavic
8 Australia AUS 2 1 4
Richie Campbell / Johnno Cotterill / Joel Dennerley / Mitch Emery / George Ford / Jarrod Gilchrist / Rhys Howden / Tyler Martin / Nathan Power / Aidan Roach / James Stanton-French / Joel Swift / Aaron Younger
9 Canada CAN 4 0 2
Dusan Aleksic / Justin Boyd / Nicolas Constantin-Bicari / John Conway / Kevin Graham / Matt Halajian / Con Kudaba / David Lapins / Jared McElroy / Robin Randall / Alec Taschereau / George Torakis / Oliver Vikalo
10 Brazil BRA 1 1 4
Vinícius Antonelli / Jonas Crivella / Adrià Baches / Bernardo Gomes / Guilherme Gomes / Ives Alonso / Gustavo Guimarães / Felipe Perrone / Bernardo Rocha / Paulo Salemi / Felipe Silva / Josip Vrlić
11 Kazakhstan KAZ 3 0 3
Aleksandr Aksenov / Aleksandr Fedorov / Sergey Gubaryov / Anton Koliadenko / Ravil Manafov / Yevgeny Medvedev / Branko Peković / Roman Pilipenko / Murat Shakenov / Valery Shlemov / Aleksey Shmider / Rustam Ukumanov / Vladimir Ushakov
12 South Africa RSA 1 0 5
Nardus Badenhorst / Wesley Bohata / Devon Card / João de Carvalho / Dwayne Flatscher / Nicholas Hock / Dayne Jagga / Etienne le Roux / Pierre le Roux / Julian Lewis / Nicholas Molyneux / Dean Whyte / Jared Wingate-Pearse
13 Japan JPN 2 0 3
Seiya Adachi / Atsushi Arai / Tomoyoshi Fukushima / Shota Hazui / Atsuto Iida / Yuki Kadono / Keigo Okawa / Mitsuaki Shiga / Yusuke Shimizu / Koji Takei / Katsuyuki Tanamura / Akira Yanase / Kenya Yasuda
14 Russia RUS 1 0 4
Anton Antonov / Artyom Ashayev / Aleksey Bugaychuk / Igor Bychkov / Viktor Ivanov / Dmitry Kholod / Sergey Lisunov / Lev Magomayev / Ivan Nagayev / Artyom Odintsov / Konstantin Stepanyuk / Vladislav Timakov / Albert Zinnatullin
15 China CHN 1 1 3
Chen Jinghao / Chen Zhongxian / Dong Tao / Hu Zhangxin / Li Li / Li Lun / Liang Nianxiang / Liang Zhiwei / Lu Wenhui / Tan Feihu / Wu Honghui / Xie Zekai / Zhang Chufeng
16 Argentina ARG 0 0 5
Tomás Bulgheroni / Iván Carabantes / Esteban Corsi / Julián Daszczyk / Franco Demarchi / Tomás Galimberti / Emanuel López / Diego Malnero / Juan Pablo Montané / Andrés Monutti / Franco Testa / Ramiro Veich / Germán Yáñez

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Croatia CRO 3 0 0 6
2 Canada CAN 2 0 1 4
3 Brazil BRA 0 1 2 1
4 China CHN 0 1 2 1

Matches

Croatia CRO 12-7 Canada CAN
Brazil BRA 9-9 China CHN
Croatia CRO 10-9 Brazil BRA
Canada CAN 8-2 China CHN
Croatia CRO 17-1 China CHN
Canada CAN 10-6 Brazil BRA

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Greece GRE 3 0 0 6
2 United States USA 2 0 1 4
3 Italy ITA 1 0 2 2
4 Russia RUS 0 0 3 0

Matches

Greece GRE 11-10 Italy ITA
United States USA 7-6 Russia RUS
Greece GRE 11-10 United States USA
Italy ITA 9-6 Russia RUS
Greece GRE 15-11 Russia RUS
Italy ITA 9-11 United States USA

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 6
2 Kazakhstan KAZ 2 0 1 4
3 South Africa RSA 1 0 2 2
4 Argentina ARG 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 14-5 Kazakhstan KAZ
South Africa RSA 10-6 Argentina ARG
Hungary HUN 17-4 South Africa RSA
Kazakhstan KAZ 15-7 Argentina ARG
Hungary HUN 21-4 Argentina ARG
Kazakhstan KAZ 14-3 South Africa RSA

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Serbia SRB 3 0 0 6
2 Australia AUS 1 1 1 3
3 Montenegro MNE 1 1 1 3
4 Japan JPN 0 0 3 0

Matches

Serbia SRB 11-8 Montenegro MNE
Australia AUS 10-4 Japan JPN
Serbia SRB 19-9 Japan JPN
Montenegro MNE 5-5 Australia AUS
Serbia SRB 10-9 Australia AUS
Montenegro MNE 16-10 Japan JPN

Play-Offs

Italy ITA 8-2 Canada CAN
Montenegro MNE 12-8 Kazakhstan KAZ
United States USA 7-3 Brazil BRA
Australia AUS 17-1 South Africa RSA

Quarter-Finals

Serbia SRB 12-7 United States USA
Croatia CRO 10-4 Montenegro MNE
Greece GRE 12-11
Penalty Shoot Out 		Australia AUS
Italy ITA 8-7 Hungary HUN

Semi-Finals

Serbia SRB 10-6 Italy ITA
Croatia CRO 15-13
Penalty Shoot Out 		Greece GRE
Montenegro MNE 11-8 Australia AUS
Hungary HUN 13-9 United States USA
Canada CAN 9-7 Kazakhstan KAZ
Brazil BRA 16-5 South Africa RSA
Japan JPN 14-6 Argentina ARG
Russia RUS 14-11
Penalty Shoot Out 		China CHN

Finals

Serbia SRB 11-4 Croatia CRO
Greece GRE 11-9
Penalty Shoot Out 		Italy ITA
Montenegro MNE 10-9 Hungary HUN
United States USA 10-6 Australia AUS
Canada CAN 12-10
Penalty Shoot Out 		Brazil BRA
Kazakhstan KAZ 11-7 South Africa RSA
Japan JPN 13-9 Russia RUS
China CHN 16-9 Argentina ARG