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

The women's water polo tournament at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Kazan, Russia from 26 July to 7 August 2015.[1][2]

Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates26 July – 7 August
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Italy
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored883 (18.4 per match)
Attendance45,888 (956 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hungary Rita Keszthelyi
(21 goals)
Best playerUnited States Rachel Fattal
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Participating teams

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Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Format

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The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams and played a round-robin. The best placed team advances to the quarterfinal, while the second-and third best team advance to the playoffs. The last placed team will play in placement games for place 13–16. From the quarterfinals on, a knockout system will be used to determine the winner. The losers of the playoffs and quarterfinals will play in placement games to determine their final position.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 49 15 +34 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2   Canada 3 2 0 1 38 22 +16 4 Advanced to playoffs
3   Kazakhstan 3 1 0 2 25 35 −10 2
4   New Zealand 3 0 0 3 12 52 −40 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.
26 July 2015
09:30
Report[dead link] Canada   15–6   New Zealand Kazan
Attendance: 865
Referees:
Fábio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–3, 4–2, 4–0
M. Eggens, Fournier 3 Goals Myles 2
26 July 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] Kazakhstan   7–14   Spain Kazan
Attendance: 993
Referees:
Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–5, 1–1, 4–4
Mirshina 3 Goals Pareja 5

28 July 2015
20:10
Report[dead link] Spain   23–2   New Zealand Kazan
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Fábio Toffoli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 7–1, 5–1, 8–0
Tarragó 6 Goals D. Lewis, Lopes Da Silva 1
28 July 2015
21:30
Report[dead link] Canada   17–4   Kazakhstan Kazan
Attendance: 240
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–1, 3–2, 8–0
Eggens 5 Goals Mirshina 2

30 July 2015
13:30
Report[dead link] Canada   6–12   Spain Kazan
Attendance: 321
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Mark Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–4, 2–2, 1–1
M. Eggens 2 Goals Pareja 3
30 July 2015
17:30
Report[dead link] Kazakhstan   14–4   New Zealand Kazan
Attendance: 985
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–0, 4–1, 3–3
Akilbayeva 6 Goals D. Lewis 3

Group B

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 3 3 0 0 35 14 +21 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2   Netherlands 3 2 0 1 38 18 +20 4 Advanced to playoffs
3   Greece 3 1 0 2 36 22 +14 2
4   South Africa 3 0 0 3 6 61 −55 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.
26 July 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] Australia   8–7   Greece Kazan
Attendance: 1,035
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 2–1, 3–2
Zagame 2 Goals Tsoukala 4
26 July 2015
13:30
Report[dead link] South Africa   1–22   Netherlands Kazan
Attendance: 1,049
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–5, 0–3, 0–8
Versfeld 1 Goals Klaassen 6

28 July 2015
09:30
Report[dead link] Netherlands   10–9   Greece Kazan
Attendance: 280
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 5–2, 1–2
Van der Sloot 4 Goals Plevritou, Roumpesi 2
28 July 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] Australia   19–1   South Africa Kazan
Attendance: 456
Referees:
Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 3–1, 7–0, 3–0
Southern 5 Goals Versfeld 1

30 July 2015
20:10
Report[dead link] Australia   8–6   Netherlands Kazan
Attendance: 230
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–2, 3–2, 1–2
Southern, Zagame 2 Goals Sevenich 2
30 July 2015
21:30
Report[dead link] South Africa   4–20   Greece Kazan
Attendance: 130
Referees:
Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–6, 1–4, 1–5
Versfeld, White 2 Goals Asimaki 5

Group C

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 3 0 0 40 18 +22 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2   United States 3 2 0 1 39 14 +25 4 Advanced to playoffs
3   Brazil 3 1 0 2 19 36 −17 2
4   Japan 3 0 0 3 13 43 −30 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.
26 July 2015
17:30
Report[dead link] Brazil   2–13   United States Kazan
Attendance: 1,880
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–3, 1–2, 1–2
Chiappini, Oliveira 1 Goals Steffens 3
26 July 2015
20:10
Report[dead link] Japan   3–15   Italy Kazan
Attendance: 2,286
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Mark Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–3, 2–2, 0–5
three players 1 Goals Garibotti, Tabani 3

28 July 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] Italy   10–9   United States Kazan
Attendance: 529
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 2–4, 2–2
Bianconi 4 Goals Fattal 5
28 July 2015
13:30
Report[dead link] Brazil   11–8   Japan Kazan
Attendance: 543
Referees:
Stephane Roy (CAN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 4–3, 1–2
Chiappini 5 Goals Nakano 3

30 July 2015
09:30
Report[dead link] Brazil   6–15   Italy Kazan
Attendance: 617
Referees:
Cory Williams (NZL), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–5, 3–3, 2–4
Oliveira 4 Goals Bianconi, Radicchi 3
30 July 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] Japan   2–17   United States Kazan
Attendance: 729
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–4, 1–6, 1–3
Nakano 2 Goals Steffens 4

Group D

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 3 2 1 0 38 25 +13 5 Advanced to quarterfinals
2   China 3 2 1 0 31 21 +10 5 Advanced to playoffs
3   Hungary 3 1 0 2 37 25 +12 2
4   France 3 0 0 3 12 47 −35 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.
26 July 2015
18:50
Report[dead link] Russia   16–5   France Kazan
Attendance: 2,164
Referees:
Peter de Jong (NED), Stephane Roy (CAN)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–2, 4–1, 4–1
Karimova, Prokofyeva 3 Goals Guillet 3
26 July 2015
21:30
Report[dead link] Hungary   8–9   China Kazan
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–1, 2–1, 1–3
Antal 2 Goals Zhao Zihan 4

28 July 2015
17:30
Report[dead link] France   4–13   China Kazan
Attendance: 1,700
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Peter de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–0, 1–6, 1–5
Guillet 2 Goals Niu Guannan 6
28 July 2015
18:50
Report[dead link] Hungary   11–13   Russia Kazan
Attendance: 2,123
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Joseph Peila (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 4–3, 1–5
Keszthelyi 3 Goals Lisunova 3

30 July 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] Hungary   18–3   France Kazan
Attendance: 372
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 1–1, 7–0, 5–1
Bujka 6 Goals Guillet 2
30 July 2015
18:50
Report[dead link] Russia   9–9   China Kazan
Attendance: 2,653
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Joseph Peila (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 3–2, 2–3
Karimova, Prokofyeva 3 Goals Niu Guannan 4

Knockout stage

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Championship bracket
Playoffs
1 August
Quarterfinals
3 August
Semifinals
5 August
Final
7 August
  Spain 5
  United States 12   United States 8
  Hungary 7   United States 8
  Australia 6
  Australia 12
  Brazil 8   China 10
  China 10   United States 5
  Netherlands 4
  Italy 9
  Canada 5   Greece 6
  Greece 8   Italy 9 Third place
  Netherlands 10
  Russia 9   Australia 10
  Kazakhstan 1   Netherlands 10   Italy 12
  Netherlands 21
 
Playoff between the Netherlands and Kazakhstan was held during a rainstorm
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place classification5th place match
 
      
 
5 August
 
 
  Spain9
 
7 August
 
  China10
 
  China13
 
5 August
 
  Greece12
 
  Greece16
 
 
  Russia15
 
7th place match
 
 
7 August
 
 
  Spain15
 
 
  Russia10
9th place bracket
 
9th–12th place classification9th place match
 
      
 
3 August
 
 
  Canada7
 
5 August
 
  Hungary10
 
  Hungary22
 
3 August
 
  Brazil7
 
  Kazakhstan5
 
 
  Brazil10
 
11th place match
 
 
5 August
 
 
  Canada20
 
 
  Kazakhstan4
13th place bracket
 
13th–16th place classification13th place match
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
  New Zealand11
 
3 August
 
  South Africa3
 
  New Zealand7
 
1 August
 
  France6
 
  Japan6
 
 
  France9
 
15th place match
 
 
3 August
 
 
  South Africa7
 
 
  Japan15

Playoffs

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

1 August 2015
13:30
Report[dead link] Canada   5–8   Greece Kazan
Attendance: 2,055
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 0–2, 1–2
Valin 2 Goals Charalampidi 3

1 August 2015
17:30
Report[dead link] Kazakhstan   1–21   Netherlands Kazan
Attendance: 2,150
Referees:
Joseph Peila (AUS), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–7, 0–6, 1–4
Mirshina 1 Goals Smit 5

1 August 2015
18:50
Report[dead link] United States   12–7   Hungary Kazan
Attendance: 780
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 4–1, 1–4
Fattal 4 Goals Keszthelyi 3

1 August 2015
20:10
Report[dead link] Brazil   8–10   China Kazan
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Stephane Roy (CAN), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 4–3, 2–2
Chiappini 5 Goals three players 2

Quarterfinals

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

3 August 2015
17:30
Report[dead link] Spain   5–8   United States Kazan
Attendance: 1,460
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–3, 2–1, 1–2
Espar 2 Goals Fattal, Neushul 2

3 August 2015
18:50
Report[dead link] Russia   9–10   Netherlands Kazan
Attendance: 2,319
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–3, 2–1, 2–2
Ivanova, Karimova 3 Goals Megens, Klaassen 3

3 August 2015
20:10
Report[dead link] Australia   12–10   China Kazan
Attendance: 370
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–1, 4–2, 1–1  PSO: 5–3
seven players 1 Goals Song Donglun, Zhao Zihan 2

3 August 2015
21:30
Report[dead link] Italy   9–6   Greece Kazan
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–3, 3–2, 2–1
Di Mario 4 Goals Charalampidi 3

13th–16th place classification

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

1 August 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] New Zealand   11–3   South Africa Kazan
Attendance: 1,357
Referees:
Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–0, 4–3, 3–0
Myles 3 Goals three players 1

1 August 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] Japan   6–9   France Kazan
Attendance: 1,969
Referees:
Fábio Toffoli (BRA), Peter de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–4, 1–1, 1–2
Nakano 2 Goals Guillet 5

9th–12th place classification

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

3 August 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] Canada   7–10   Hungary Kazan
Attendance: 274
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 3–2, 1–4
Wright 2 Goals Keszthelyi 4

3 August 2015
13:30
Report[dead link] Kazakhstan   5–10   Brazil Kazan
Attendance: 155
Referees:
Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–4, 2–4, 2–0
Mirshina 3 Goals Chiappini 3

5th–8th place classification

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

5 August 2015
15:30
Report[dead link] Spain   9–10   China Kazan
Attendance: 297
Referees:
Joseph Peila (USA), Joseph Peila (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–4, 2–2
Forca 3 Goals Song Donglun, Zhao Zihan 4

5 August 2015
17:00
Report[dead link] Greece   16–15   Russia Kazan
Attendance: 690
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–4, 3–2, 4–3  PSO: 4–3
Roumpesi 3 Goals Ivanova 4

Semifinals

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

5 August 2015
20:30
Report[dead link] United States   8–6   Australia Kazan
Attendance: 1,007
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 1–0, 2–1
Fattal, Steffens 2 Goals six players 1

5 August 2015
22:00
Report[dead link] Italy   9–10   Netherlands Kazan
Attendance: 717
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 1–0, 3–0  PSO: 4–5
Radicchi 2 Goals Megens 4

15th place match

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

3 August 2015
09:30
Report[dead link] South Africa   7–15   Japan Kazan
Attendance: 329
Referees:
Peter de Jong (NED), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–2, 3–8, 4–3
White 2 Goals Nakano 4

13th place match

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

3 August 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] New Zealand   7–6   France Kazan
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Stephane Roy (CAN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 1–2, 2–0
Myles 2 Goals Millot, Tardy 2

11th place match

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

5 August 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] Canada   20–4   Kazakhstan Kazan
Attendance: 235
Referees:
Anne Grandin (FRA), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–1, 5–2, 6–0
M. Eggens 5 Goals Mirshina 2

9th place match

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

5 August 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] Hungary   22–7   Brazil Kazan
Attendance: 205
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 6–2, 6–0, 5–3
Keszthelyi 5 Goals Chiappini, Zablith 2

7th place match

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

7 August 2015
14:00
Report[dead link] Spain   15–10   Russia Kazan
Attendance: 1,336
Referees:
Radoslaw Korzyna (POL), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–4, 4–1, 3–2
Tarragó 4 Goals Ivanova 3

5th place match

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

7 August 2015
15:30
Report[dead link] China   13–12   Greece Kazan
Attendance: 940
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 2–1, 2–3  PSO: 4–3
Niu Guannan 5 Goals Asimaki 4

Bronze medal match

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

7 August 2015
20:30
Report[dead link] Australia   10–12   Italy   Kazan
Attendance: 1,508
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–0, 2–2  PSO: 3–5
Southern, Webster 2 Goals Di Mario 3

Gold medal match

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All times are MSK (UTC+3).

7 August 2015
22:00
Report[dead link]   United States   5–4   Netherlands   Kazan
Attendance: 2,305
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–1, 3–1, 0–1
Fattal 2
Musselman, Neushul, Mathewson 1
Goals Megens 2
Smit, Klaassen 1

Ranking and statistics

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Final ranking

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Goals Shots %
1   Rita Keszthelyi] 21 35 60
2   Zhao Zihan 19 43 44
3   Rachel Fattal 18 33 55
  Niu Guannan 44 41
5   Izabella Chiappini 17 41 41
6   Monika Eggens 16 32 50
7   Eugeniya Ivanova 15 37 40
8   Barbara Bujka 14 23 61
  Yasemin Smit 32 44
  Roser Tarragó 31 45

Source: SportResult Archived 2020-12-11 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

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[3]

Most Valuable Player
Best Goalscorer
Media All-Star Team

References

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  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ Draw information
  3. ^ “USA Women’s Water Polo Completes Golden Sweep at 2015 FINA World Championships” swimmingworldmagazine.com August 7, 2015.
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