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

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{{Infobox international handball competition

| tourney_name =

| image = Kazan 2015 - Water polo - Men - Gold medal match - 215.JPG

| size = 250px

| caption = Team Serbia celebrates after the gold medal match

| country =

| dates = 27 July – 8 August

| num_teams = 16

| confederations = 5

| venues = {{flag|Russia}}

| cities = Kazan

| champion_other = {{wp|SRB}}

| count = 5

| second_other = {{wp|CRO}}

| third_other = {{wp|GRE}}

| fourth_other = {{wp|ITA}}

| matches = 48

| goals = 869

| attendance = {{#expr: 507 + 700 + 883 + 913 + 1180 + 1932 + 2279 + 2287 + 839 + 1016 + 1127 + 313 + 1016 + 2350 + 240 + 230 + 884 + 1065 + 890 + 640 + 874 + 2285 + 230 + 214 + 2263 + 218 + 269 + 2090 + 2896 + 213 + 753 + 821 + 421 + 213 + 1769 + 1996 + 693 + 455 + 450 + 308 + 1500 + 645 + 2486 + 1859 + 1677 + 2365 + 2165 + 2575}}

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Alexandr Axenov
(22 goals){{Cite web |url=http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MTOPSCORER.pdf |title=Top scorers |access-date=2015-07-27 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051704/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MTOPSCORER.pdf |url-status=dead }}

| player = {{flagicon|SRB}} Duško Pijetlović

| previous = Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

| next = Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

}}

Participating teams

{{for|the complete team rosters|Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's team rosters}}

class=wikitable width=70%
width=13% | Africa

! width=13% | Americas

! width=13% | Asia

! width=13% | Europe

! width=13% | Oceania

valign=top

| {{Wp|RSA}}

| {{wp|ARG}}
{{wp|BRA}}
{{Wp|CAN}}
{{Wp|USA}}

| {{wp|CHN}}
{{wp|JPN}}
{{Wp|KAZ}}

| {{Wp|CRO}}
{{Wp|GRE}}
{{Wp|HUN}}
{{Wp|ITA}}
{{wp|MNE}}
{{Wp|RUS}}
{{Wp|SRB}}

| {{Wp|AUS}}

=Groups formed=

The draw resulted in the following groups:

class="wikitable"
width=120| Group A

!width=120| Group B

!width=120| Group C

!width=120| Group D

{{wp|BRA}}

|{{wp|GRE}}

|{{wp|ARG}}

|{{wp|AUS}}

{{wp|CAN}}

|{{wp|ITA}}

|{{wp|HUN}}

|{{wp|JAP}}

{{wp|CHN}}

|{{wp|RUS}}

|{{wp|KAZ}}

|{{wp|MNE}}

{{wp|CRO}}

|{{wp|USA}}

|{{wp|RSA}}

|{{wp|SRB}}

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.

Preliminary round

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MSUMMARY.pdf SportResult.com]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

|winpoints=2

|team1=CRO |team2=CAN |team3=BRA |team4=CHN

|win_CRO=3 |draw_CRO=0 |loss_CRO=0 |gf_CRO=39|ga_CRO=17

|win_CAN=2 |draw_CAN=0 |loss_CAN=1 |gf_CAN=25|ga_CAN=20

|win_BRA=0 |draw_BRA=1 |loss_BRA=2 |gf_BRA=24|ga_BRA=29

|win_CHN=0 |draw_CHN=1 |loss_CHN=2 |gf_CHN=12|ga_CHN=34

|name_CRO={{wp|CRO}}

|name_CAN={{wp|CAN}}

|name_BRA={{wp|BRA}}

|name_CHN={{wp|CHN}}

|class_rules=1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Advanced to quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Advanced to playoffs

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2015

| time= 09:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175538/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M01.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1= 12

| team2= {{wp|CAN}}

| score2= 7

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 507

| referees= Radosław Koryzna (POL), German Moller (ARG)

| Q1= 4–2

| Q2= 6–2

| Q3= 1–0

| Q4= 1–3

| goals1= four players 2

| goals2= Conway 3

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2015

| time= 10:45

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090557/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M02.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|BRA}}

| score1= 9

| team2= {{wp|CHN}}

| score2= 9

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 700

| referees= Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Vojin Putniković (SRB)

| Q1= 3–4

| Q2= 2–1

| Q3= 3–4

| Q4= 1–0

| goals1= Perrone 4

| goals2= Dong Tao, Zhang Chufeng 3

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2015

| time= 20:45

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202057/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M15.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CHN}}

| score1= 2

| team2= {{wp|CAN}}

| score2= 8

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 240

| referees= Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), György Kun (HUN)

| Q1= 0–3

| Q2= 0–3

| Q3= 1–1

| Q4= 1–1

| goals1= Tan Feihu 2

| goals2= McElroy 3

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2015

| time= 21:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160920013018/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M16.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1= 10

| team2= {{wp|BRA}}

| score2= 9

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 230

| referees= Mark Koganov (AZE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)

| Q1= 4–2

| Q2= 4–2

| Q3= 1–2

| Q4= 1–3

| goals1= Sukno 3

| goals2= three players 2

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2015

| time= 17:30

| report= [http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M21.pdf Report]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

| team1= {{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1= 17

| team2= {{wp|CHN}}

| score2= 1

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 874

| referees= Daniel Flahive (AUS), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)

| Q1= 4–1

| Q2= 5–0

| Q3= 7–0

| Q4= 1–0

| goals1= three players 3

| goals2= Zhang Chufeng 1

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2015

| time= 20:45

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211432/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M22.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|BRA}}

| score1= 6

| team2= {{wp|CAN}}

| score2= 10

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 230

| referees= Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN)

| Q1= 0–3

| Q2= 3–3

| Q3= 2–3

| Q4= 1–1

| goals1= Silva 2

| goals2= Boyd, McElroy 2

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MSUMMARY.pdf SportResult.com]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

|winpoints=2

|team1=GRE |team2=USA |team3=ITA |team4=RUS

|win_GRE=3 |draw_GRE=0 |loss_GRE=0 |gf_GRE=37|ga_GRE=31

|win_USA=2 |draw_USA=0 |loss_USA=1 |gf_USA=28|ga_USA=26

|win_ITA=1 |draw_ITA=0 |loss_ITA=2 |gf_ITA=28|ga_ITA=28

|win_RUS=0 |draw_RUS=0 |loss_RUS=3 |gf_RUS=23|ga_RUS=31

|name_GRE={{wp|GRE}}

|name_USA={{wp|USA}}

|name_ITA={{wp|ITA}}

|name_RUS={{wp|RUS}}

|class_rules=1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Advanced to quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Advanced to playoffs

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2015

| time= 12:30

| report= [http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M03.pdf Report]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

| team1= {{wp-rt|GRE}}

| score1= 11

| team2= {{wp|ITA}}

| score2= 10

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 883

| referees= Francesc Buch (ESP), György Kun (HUN)

| Q1= 4–4

| Q2= 2–1

| Q3= 3–2

| Q4= 2–3

| goals1= Afroudakis 3

| goals2= four players 2

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2015

| time= 18:45

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20150911070515/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M04.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1= 7

| team2= {{wp|RUS}}

| score2= 6

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 1,932

| referees= Boris Margeta (SLO), Daniel Flahive (AUS)

| Q1= 3–1

| Q2= 1–2

| Q3= 2–2

| Q4= 1–1

| goals1= Azevedo, Cupido 3

| goals2= Bugaychuk 3

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2015

| time= 09:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20150806220242/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M10.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|GRE}}

| score1= 11

| team2= {{wp|USA}}

| score2= 10

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 839

| referees= Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)

| Q1= 3–3

| Q2= 1–3

| Q3= 4–3

| Q4= 3–1

| goals1= Fountoulis 4

| goals2= three players 2

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2015

| time= 18:00

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180156/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M09.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|RUS}}

| score1= 6

| team2= {{wp|ITA}}

| score2= 9

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 2,350

| referees= Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL)

| Q1= 1–1

| Q2= 0–5

| Q3= 3–1

| Q4= 2–2

| goals1= Kholod 3

| goals2= Giorgetti 2

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2015

| time= 18:30

| report= [http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M23.pdf Report]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

| team1= {{wp-rt|GRE}}

| score1= 15

| team2= {{wp|RUS}}

| score2= 11

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 2,285

| referees= Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP)

| Q1= 5–2

| Q2= 3–2

| Q3= 5–3

| Q4= 2–4

| goals1= Fountoulis 4

| goals2= Nagaev 3

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2015

| time= 21:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20150911044354/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M24.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1= 11

| team2= {{wp|ITA}}

| score2= 9

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 214

| referees= Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Peris (CRO)

| Q1= 4–4

| Q2= 3–2

| Q3= 2–1

| Q4= 2–2

| goals1= Vavić 3

| goals2= Di Fulvio 4

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MSUMMARY.pdf SportResult.com]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

|winpoints=2

|team1=HUN |team2=KAZ |team3=RSA |team4=ARG

|win_RSA=1 |draw_RSA=0 |loss_RSA=2 |gf_RSA=17|ga_RSA=37

|win_HUN=3 |draw_HUN=0 |loss_HUN=0 |gf_HUN=52|ga_HUN=13

|win_ARG=0 |draw_ARG=0 |loss_ARG=3 |gf_ARG=17|ga_ARG=46

|win_KAZ=2 |draw_KAZ=0 |loss_KAZ=1 |gf_KAZ=34|ga_KAZ=24

|name_RSA={{wp|RSA}}

|name_HUN={{wp|HUN}}

|name_ARG={{wp|ARG}}

|name_KAZ={{wp|KAZ}}

|class_rules=1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Advanced to quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Advanced to playoffs

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2015

| time= 13:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305094632/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M05.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|RSA}}

| score1= 10

| team2= {{wp|ARG}}

| score2= 6

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 913

| referees= Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Sergey Naumov (RUS)

| Q1= 6–2

| Q2= 1–2

| Q3= 1–1

| Q4= 2–1

| goals1= E. Le Roux, P. Le Roux 3

| goals2= Yañez 3

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2015

| time= 17:30

| report= [http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M06.pdf Report]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

| team1= {{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1= 14

| team2= {{wp|KAZ}}

| score2= 5

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 1,180

| referees= Joseph Peila (USA), Cory Williams (NZL)

| Q1= 4–0

| Q2= 3–0

| Q3= 5–2

| Q4= 2–3

| goals1= Hárai 4

| goals2= Ushakov 2

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2015

| time= 10:25

| report= [http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M11.pdf Report]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

| team1= {{wp-rt|KAZ}}

| score1= 15

| team2= {{wp|ARG}}

| score2= 7

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 1,016

| referees= Nenad Peris (CRO), Hatem Gaber (EGY)

| Q1= 5–2

| Q2= 3–3

| Q3= 5–1

| Q4= 2–1

| goals1= Axenov, Pekovich 4

| goals2= Yañez 3

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2015

| time= 12:40

| report= [http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M12.pdf Report]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

| team1= {{wp-rt|RSA}}

| score1= 4

| team2= {{wp|HUN}}

| score2= 17

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 1,127

| referees= Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Peter de Jong (NED)

| Q1= 1–5

| Q2= 0–3

| Q3= 2–4

| Q4= 1–5

| goals1= Molyneux 2

| goals2= Dén. Varga 5

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2015

| time= 09:30

| report= [http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M17.pdf Report]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

| team1= {{wp-rt|RSA}}

| score1= 3

| team2= {{wp|KAZ}}

| score2= 14

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 884

| referees= Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Hatem Gaber (EGY)

| Q1= 0–4

| Q2= 1–3

| Q3= 1–5

| Q4= 1–2

| goals1= three players 1

| goals2= Axenov 5

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2015

| time= 10:30

| report= [http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M18.pdf Report]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

| team1= {{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1= 21

| team2= {{wp|ARG}}

| score2= 4

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 1,065

| referees= Sergey Naumov (RUS), Peter de Jong (NED)

| Q1= 6–2

| Q2= 3–1

| Q3= 6–1

| Q4= 6–0

| goals1= Dén. Varga 5

| goals2= López 2

}}

=Group D=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MSUMMARY.pdf SportResult.com]{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

|winpoints=2

|team1=SRB |team2=AUS |team3=MNE |team4=JPN

|win_SRB=3 |draw_SRB=0 |loss_SRB=0 |gf_SRB=40|ga_SRB=26

|win_JPN=0 |draw_JPN=0 |loss_JPN=3 |gf_JPN=23|ga_JPN=45

|win_MNE=1 |draw_MNE=1 |loss_MNE=1 |gf_MNE=29|ga_MNE=26

|win_AUS=1 |draw_AUS=1 |loss_AUS=1 |gf_AUS=24|ga_AUS=19

|name_SRB={{wp|SRB}}

|name_JPN={{wp|JPN}}

|name_MNE={{wp|MNE}}

|name_AUS={{wp|AUS}}

|class_rules=1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Advanced to quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Advanced to playoffs

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2015

| time= 20:55

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213908/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M07.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|SRB}}

| score1= 11

| team2= {{wp|MNE}}

| score2= 8

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 2,279

| referees= Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)

| Q1= 2–1

| Q2= 4–2

| Q3= 3–4

| Q4= 2–1

| goals1= Filipović 3

| goals2= three players 2

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2015

| time= 21:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195208/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M08.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|JPN}}

| score1= 4

| team2= {{wp|AUS}}

| score2= 10

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 2,287

| referees= Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Hatem Gaber (EGY)

| Q1= 0–2

| Q2= 2–2

| Q3= 1–3

| Q4= 1–3

| goals1= four players 1

| goals2= Campbell 3

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2015

| time= 13:45

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192528/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M13.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|AUS}}

| score1= 5

| team2= {{wp|MNE}}

| score2= 5

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 313

| referees= Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergey Naumov (RUS)

| Q1= 0–2

| Q2= 1–1

| Q3= 1–1

| Q4= 3–1

| goals1= Younger 3

| goals2= Janović 2

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2015

| time= 17:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172853/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M14.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|SRB}}

| score1= 19

| team2= {{wp|JPN}}

| score2= 9

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 1,016

| referees= Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Stephane Roy (CAN)

| Q1= 2–1

| Q2= 6–2

| Q3= 5–3

| Q4= 6–3

| goals1= Nikić 6

| goals2= Okawa, Takei 3

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2015

| time= 12:55

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230559/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M19.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|SRB}}

| score1= 10

| team2= {{wp|AUS}}

| score2= 9

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 890

| referees= Radosław Koryzna (POL), Georgios Stacridis (GRE)

| Q1= 3–2

| Q2= 2–2

| Q3= 1–4

| Q4= 4–1

| goals1= three players 2

| goals2= Younger 3

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2015

| time= 13:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052938/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M20.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|JPN}}

| score1= 10

| team2= {{wp|MNE}}

| score2= 16

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 640

| referees= Dion Willis (RSA), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)

| Q1= 2–3

| Q2= 2–5

| Q3= 2–5

| Q4= 4–3

| goals1= Takei 4

| goals2= Ivović, Radović 4

}}

Knockout stage

File:RS053-15.jpg

File:Kazan 2015 - Water polo - Men - Gold medal match - 031.JPG

;Championship bracket

{{12TeamBracket

| RD1= Playoffs
2 August

| RD2= Quarterfinals
4 August

| RD3= Semifinals
6 August

| RD4=Final
8 August

| RD4b=Third place

| team-width=

| score-width=

| RD1-seed1 =

| RD1-team1 ={{wp|KAZ}}

| RD1-score1 =8

| RD1-seed2 =

| RD1-team2 ={{wp|MNE}}

| RD1-score2 =12

| RD1-seed3 =

| RD1-team3 ={{wp|RSA}}

| RD1-score3 =1

| RD1-seed4 =

| RD1-team4 ={{wp|AUS}}

| RD1-score4 =17

| RD1-seed5 =

| RD1-team5 ={{wp|CAN}}

| RD1-score5 =2

| RD1-seed6 =

| RD1-team6 ={{wp|ITA}}

| RD1-score6 =8

| RD1-seed7 =

| RD1-team7 ={{wp|BRA}}

| RD1-score7 =3

| RD1-seed8 =

| RD1-team8 ={{wp|USA}}

| RD1-score8 =7

| RD2-seed1 =

| RD2-team1 ={{wp|CRO}}

| RD2-score1 =10

| RD2-seed2 =

| RD2-team2 ={{wp|MNE}}

| RD2-score2 =4

| RD2-seed3 =

| RD2-team3 ={{wp|GRE}} (pen.)

| RD2-score3 =7{{nbsp}}(5)

| RD2-seed4 =

| RD2-team4 ={{wp|AUS}}

| RD2-score4 =7{{nbsp}}(4)

| RD2-seed5 =

| RD2-team5 ={{wp|HUN}}

| RD2-score5 =7

| RD2-seed6 =

| RD2-team6 ={{wp|ITA}}

| RD2-score6 =8

| RD2-seed7 =

| RD2-team7 ={{wp|SRB}}

| RD2-score7 =12

| RD2-seed8 =

| RD2-team8 ={{wp|USA}}

| RD2-score8 =7

| RD3-seed1 =

| RD3-team1 ={{wp|CRO}} (pen.)

| RD3-score1 =10{{nbsp}}(5)

| RD3-seed2 =

| RD3-team2 ={{wp|GRE}}

| RD3-score2 =10{{nbsp}}(3)

| RD3-seed3 =

| RD3-team3 ={{wp|ITA}}

| RD3-score3 =6

| RD3-seed4 =

| RD3-team4 ={{wp|SRB}}

| RD3-score4 =10

| RD4-seed1 =

| RD4-team1 ={{wp|CRO}}

| RD4-score1 =4

| RD4-seed2 =

| RD4-team2 ={{wp|SRB}}

| RD4-score2 =11

| RD4b-seed1 =

| RD4b-team1 ={{wp|GRE}} (pen.)

| RD4b-score1 =7{{nbsp}}(4)

| RD4b-seed2 =

| RD4b-team2 ={{wp|ITA}}

| RD4b-score2 =7{{nbsp}}(2)

}}

;5th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=5th–8th place semifinals

|RD2=Fifth place game

|Consol=Seventh place game

|6 August|{{wp|MNE}}|11|{{wp|AUS}}|8

|6 August|{{wp|HUN}}|13|{{wp|USA}}|9

|8 August|{{wp|MNE}}|10|{{wp|HUN}}|9

|8 August|{{wp|AUS}}|6|{{wp|USA}}|10

}}

;9th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=9th–12th place semifinals

|RD2=Ninth place game

|Consol=Eleventh place game

|4 August|{{wp|CAN}}|9|{{wp|KAZ}}|7

|4 August|{{wp|BRA}}|16|{{wp|RSA}}|5

|6 August|{{wp|CAN}} (pen.)|7 (5)|{{wp|BRA}}|7 (3)

|6 August|{{wp|KAZ}}|11|{{wp|RSA}}|7

}}

;13th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=13th–16th place semifinals

|RD2=13th place game

|Consol=15th place game

|2 August|{{wp|CHN}}|10 (1)|{{wp|RUS}} (pen.)|10 (4)

|2 August|{{wp|ARG}}|6|{{wp|JPN}}|14

|4 August|{{wp|RUS}}|9|{{wp|JPN}}|13

|4 August|{{wp|CHN}}|16|{{wp|ARG}}|9

}}

=Playoffs=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 2 August 2015

| time= 13:15

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090532/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M27.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CAN}}

| score1= 2

| team2= {{wp|ITA}}

| score2= 8

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 269

| referees= Mark Koganov (AZE), Francesc Buch (ESP)

| Q1= 0–2

| Q2= 1–1

| Q3= 1–2

| Q4= 0–3

| goals1= Kudaba, Torakis 1

| goals2= Giorgetti, Gitto 2

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 2 August 2015

| time= 17:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20150911081338/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M28.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|BRA}}

| score1= 3

| team2= {{wp|USA}}

| score2= 7

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 2,090

| referees= Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)

| Q1= 0–2

| Q2= 1–1

| Q3= 1–1

| Q4= 1–3

| goals1= three players 1

| goals2= Mann 3

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 2 August 2015

| time= 18:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230620/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M29.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|KAZ}}

| score1= 8

| team2= {{wp|MNE}}

| score2= 12

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 2,896

| referees= Joseph Peila (USA), Daniel Flahive (AUS)

| Q1= 3–2

| Q2= 2–3

| Q3= 1–5

| Q4= 2–2

| goals1= Gubarev 3

| goals2= Brguljan, Janović 3

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 2 August 2015

| time= 15:35

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200501/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M30.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|RSA}}

| score1= 1

| team2= {{wp|AUS}}

| score2= 17

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 213

| referees= Ni Shi Wei (CHN), German Moller (ARG)

| Q1= 1–5

| Q2= 0–6

| Q3= 0–2

| Q4= 0–4

| goals1= E. Le Roux 1

| goals2= Younger 4

}}

=Quarterfinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 4 August 2015

| time= 17:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062334/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M35.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1= 10

| team2= {{wp|MNE}}

| score2= 4

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 1,769

| referees= Radosław Koryzna (POL), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)

| Q1= 1–0

| Q2= 3–0

| Q3= 3–3

| Q4= 3–1

| goals1= Muslim 3

| goals2= Klikovac 3

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 4 August 2015

| time= 18:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181449/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M36.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|GRE}}

| score1= 7

| team2= {{wp|AUS}}

| score2= 7

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 1,996

| referees= Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)

| Q1= 1–0

| Q2= 1–3

| Q3= 3–1

| Q4= 2–3

| PS= 5–4

| goals1= Fountoulis, Genidounias 2

| goals2= Younger 3

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 4 August 2015

| time= 20:45

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160920013815/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M37.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1= 7

| team2= {{wp|ITA}}

| score2= 8

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 693

| referees= Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)

| Q1= 2–2

| Q2= 2–1

| Q3= 1–2

| Q4= 2–3

| goals1= Dán. Varga 3

| goals2= Di Fulvio, Luongo 2

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 4 August 2015

| time= 21:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20150911005502/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M38.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|SRB}}

| score1= 12

| team2= {{wp|USA}}

| score2= 7

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 455

| referees= Francesc Buch (ESP), Nenad Peris (CRO)

| Q1= 4–2

| Q2= 3–3

| Q3= 2–1

| Q4= 3–1

| goals1= Pijetlović 4

| goals2= Bonanni 2

}}

=13th–16th place semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 2 August 2015

| time= 10:45

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204458/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M25.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CHN}}

| score1= 10

| team2= {{wp|RUS}}

| score2= 10

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 2,263

| referees= Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)

| Q1= 1–2

| Q2= 4–4

| Q3= 2–1

| Q4= 3–3

| PS= 1–4

| goals1= Tan Feihu 4

| goals2= four players 2

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 2 August 2015

| time= 12:40

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062329/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M26.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|ARG}}

| score1= 6

| team2= {{wp|JPN}}

| score2= 14

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 218

| referees= Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Hatem Gaber (EGY)

| Q1= 0–4

| Q2= 2–2

| Q3= 2–4

| Q4= 2–4

| goals1= Carabantes, Demarchi 3

| goals2= Takei 4

}}

=9th–12th place semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 4 August 2015

| time= 12:40

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160920012651/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M33.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CAN}}

| score1= 9

| team2= {{wp|KAZ}}

| score2= 7

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 421

| referees= Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), German Moller (ARG)

| Q1= 1–2

| Q2= 5–0

| Q3= 2–3

| Q4= 1–2

| goals1= Conway 4

| goals2= Axenov 3

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 4 August 2015

| time= 13:35

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235235/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M34.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|BRA}}

| score1= 16

| team2= {{wp|RSA}}

| score2= 5

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 213

| referees= Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Hatem Gaber (EGY)

| Q1= 7–3

| Q2= 2–2

| Q3= 3–0

| Q4= 4–0

| goals1= Vrlic 5

| goals2= five players 1

}}

=5th–8th place semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 6 August 2015

| time= 15:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230524/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M41.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|MNE}}

| score1= 11

| team2= {{wp|AUS}}

| score2= 8

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 1,500

| referees= Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)

| Q1= 4–1

| Q2= 1–1

| Q3= 4–4

| Q4= 2–2

| goals1= Janović 4

| goals2= three players 2

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 6 August 2015

| time= 17:00

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20150911070455/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M42.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1= 13

| team2= {{wp|USA}}

| score2= 9

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 645

| referees= Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS)

| Q1= 4–2

| Q2= 3–2

| Q3= 2–2

| Q4= 4–3

| goals1= Hárai 4

| goals2= Azevedo, Bonanni 3

}}

=Semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 6 August 2015

| time= 20:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184705/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M43.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1= 10

| team2= {{wp|GRE}}

| score2= 10

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 2,486

| referees= Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Daniel Flahive (AUS)

| Q1= 3–1

| Q2= 2–3

| Q3= 3–2

| Q4= 2–4

| PS= 5–3

| goals1= four players 2

| goals2= Vlahopoulos 3

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 6 August 2015

| time= 22:00

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175510/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M44.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|ITA}}

| score1= 6

| team2= {{wp|SRB}}

| score2= 10

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 1,859

| referees= Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL)

| Q1= 0–4

| Q2= 2–4

| Q3= 2–1

| Q4= 2–1

| goals1= Fondelli 2

| goals2= S. Mitrovic 3

}}

=15th place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 4 August 2015

| time= 09:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174301/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M31.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CHN}}

| score1= 16

| team2= {{wp|ARG}}

| score2= 9

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 753

| referees= Joseph Peila (USA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)

| Q1= 6–2

| Q2= 3–4

| Q3= 4–2

| Q4= 3–1

| goals1= Dong Tao 4

| goals2= Yanez 5

}}

=13th place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 4 August 2015

| time= 10:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112838/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M32.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|RUS}}

| score1= 9

| team2= {{wp|JPN}}

| score2= 13

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 821

| referees= György Kun (HUN), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)

| Q1= 4–3

| Q2= 1–3

| Q3= 2–5

| Q4= 2–2

| goals1= Bychkov 3

| goals2= Okawa 3

}}

=Eleventh place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 6 August 2015

| time= 10:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174801/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M39.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|KAZ}}

| score1= 11

| team2= {{wp|RSA}}

| score2= 7

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 450

| referees= Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)

| Q1= 4–2

| Q2= 1–2

| Q3= 2–1

| Q4= 4–2

| goals1= Axenov 7

| goals2= P. Le Roux 3

}}

=Ninth place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 6 August 2015

| time= 12:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052818/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M40.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CAN}}

| score1= 7

| team2= {{wp|BRA}}

| score2= 7

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 308

| referees= Mark Koganov (AZE), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)

| Q1= 2–2

| Q2= 1–1

| Q3= 2–3

| Q4= 2–1

| PS= 5–3

| goals1= Conway, Kubada 2

| goals2= Delgado 3

}}

=Seventh place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 8 August 2015

| time= 14:00

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20150911001237/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M45.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|AUS}}

| score1= 6

| team2= {{wp|USA}}

| score2= 10

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 1,677

| referees= Nenad Peris (CRO), Francesc Buch (ESP)

| Q1= 3–2

| Q2= 0–2

| Q3= 1–4

| Q4= 2–2

| goals1= Younger 2

| goals2= Azevedo 4

}}

=Fifth place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 8 August 2015

| time= 15:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160920012716/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M46.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|MNE}}

| score1= 10

| team2= {{wp|HUN}}

| score2= 9

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 2,365

| referees= Mark Koganov (AZE), Joseph Peila (USA)

| Q1= 2–2

| Q2= 2–1

| Q3= 2–2

| Q4= 4–4

| goals1= Ivović 3

| goals2= three players 2

}}

=Third place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 8 August 2015

| time= 20:30

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103505/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M47.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|GRE}}

| score1= 7

| team2= {{wp|ITA}}

| score2= 7

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 2,165

| referees= Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL) {{Commons category|Water Polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships — Men's Bronze medal match|Third place game}}

| Q1= 1–0

| Q2= 2–2

| Q3= 4–4

| Q4= 0–1

| PS= 4–2

| goals1= Vlahopoulos 3

| goals2= Aicardi, Figlioli 2

}}

=Final=

{{Waterpolobox

| date= 8 August 2015

| time= 22:00

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20150823190113/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/M48.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1= 4

| team2= {{wp|SRB}}

| score2= 11

| location= Kazan

| attendance= 2,575

| referees= Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) {{Commons category|Water Polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships — Men's Gold medal match|Final}}

| Q1= 2–2

| Q2= 0–3

| Q3= 2–2

| Q4= 0–4

| goals1= Sukno 2

| goals2= Prlainović 3

}}

Final ranking

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{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc|Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games
width=10px bgcolor=skyblue|Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games as winner of 2015 World League

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=mwch|format=dmy }}

!Team

bgcolor=skyblue

|{{gold1}}

|align=left|{{wp|SRB}}

bgcolor=#ccffcc

|{{silver2}}

|align=left|{{wp|CRO}}

bgcolor=#ccffcc

|{{bronze3}}

|align=left|{{wp|GRE}}

4

|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}

5

|align=left|{{wp|MNE}}

6

|align=left|{{wp|HUN}}

7

|align=left|{{wp|USA}}

8

|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}

9

|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}

10

|align=left|{{wp|BRA}}

11

|align=left|{{wp|KAZ}}

12

|align=left|{{wp|RSA}}

13

|align=left|{{wp|JPN}}

14

|align=left|{{wp|RUS}}

15

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

16

|align=left|{{wp|ARG}}

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{{Winners|wp|2015 FINA Men's World champions|SRB|Fifth}}

width=95%
align=center

|

|Team Roster

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.

{{col-end}}

Medalists

class="wikitable"
style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:gold;" | Gold

! style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:silver;" | Silver

! style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:#CC9966;" | Bronze

style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wp|SRB}} {{cite web |url=http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MSRB-R.pdf |title=Serbia men's team roster at 16th FINA World Championship|website=SportResult.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831021815/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MSRB-R.pdf|archive-date=2021-08-31}}

Gojko Pijetlović
Dušan Mandić
Živko Gocić (c)
Sava Ranđelović
Miloš Ćuk
Duško Pijetlović
Slobodan Nikić
Milan Aleksić
Nikola Jakšić
Filip Filipović
Andrija Prlainović
Stefan Mitrović
Branislav Mitrović

Head coach:
Dejan Savić

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wp|CRO}} {{cite web |url=https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MCRO-R.pdf |title=Croatia men's team roster at 16th FINA World Championship|website=SportResult.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717081742/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MCRO-R.pdf|archive-date=2020-07-17}}

Josip Pavić (c)
Damir Burić
Antonio Petković
Luka Lončar
Maro Joković
Luka Bukić
Petar Muslim
Andro Bušlje
Sandro Sukno
Fran Paškvalin
Anđelo Šetka
Paulo Obradović
Marko Bijač

Head coach:
Ivica Tucak

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wp|GRE}} {{cite web |url=http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MGRE-R.pdf |title=Greece men's team roster at 16th FINA World Championship|website=SportResult.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706153138/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2015/MGRE-R.pdf|archive-date=2022-07-06}}

Konstantinos Flegkas
Emmanouil Mylonakis
Georgios Dervisis
Konstantinos Genidounias
Ioannis Fountoulis
Kyriakos Pontikeas
Christos Afroudakis (c)
Evangelos Delakas
Konstantinos Mourikis
Christodoulos Kolomvos
Alexandros Gounas
Angelos Vlachopoulos
Stefanos Galanopoulos

Head coach:
Thodoris Vlachos

Individual awards

;Most Valuable Player{{cite web|url=http://kazan2015.com/en/news_items/3312|title=Duško Pijetlović named MVP of men's water polo tournament at FINA Worlds|website=kazan2015.com|date=8 August 2015|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112726/http://kazan2015.com/en/news_items/3312|url-status=dead}}

;Best Goalscorer

;All-Tournament Team

[https://web.archive.org/web/20180802071434/https://www.reader.gr/sports/stin-kalyteri-7ada-toy-polo-dyo-erythroleykoi Στην καλύτερη 7άδα του πόλο δύο "ερυθρόλευκοι"]

References

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External links

  • [https://www.fina.org/competitions/312/16th-fina-world-championships-2015/results?disciplines=WP&event=676aef67-c2d3-4803-ac1d-1215c8cc5bf3 16th FINA World Championships 2015] FINA Water Polo website
  • [http://kazan2015.com/en/sports/water_polo Official website]
  • [https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/res.asp?event=WCH2015 Records and statistics (reports by Omega)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716124615/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/res.asp?event=WCH2015 |date=2020-07-16 }}
  • [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/World/Men_2015.html Men Water Polo XVI World Championship 2015 Kazan] www.todor66.com

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2015

Men