Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
International handball competition
Participating teams
The draw resulted in the following groups:
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
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 [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.
27 July 2015 09:30
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Croatia
12 –7
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
29 July 2015 21:30
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Croatia
10 –9
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
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 [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.
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 [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.
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 [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.
Knockout stage
Serbian team with gold medal on a Serbian stamp
Croatian team won the silver medal
Championship bracket
5th place bracket
9th place bracket
13th place bracket
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
13th–16th place semifinals
2 August 2015 10:50
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China
10–10
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
9th–12th place semifinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
2015 FINA Men's World champions
Serbia Fifth title
Team Roster [ 3]
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
Head coach : Dejan Savić .
Medalists
Individual awards
Most Valuable Player[ 2]
Best Goalscorer
All-Tournament Team[ 2] [ 7]
References
External links
Editions Tournaments
Squads