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

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)
Runners-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)
Awards
Best playerUnited States Rachel Fattal
2015 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
3 m & 10 mmixed team
Synchronised
3 mmenwomenmixed
10 mmenwomenmixed
High diving
20 mwomen
27 mmen
Open water swimming
Single
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Team
5 kmmixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomenmixed
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomenmixed
Synchronised swimming
Solo
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Duet
Technicalwomenmixed
Freewomenmixed
Team
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Combinationwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmen

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]

Participating teams

For the complete team rosters, see Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's team rosters.
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Format

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

Group A

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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

1 August 2015
13:30 		Report 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 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 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 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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

3 August 2015
17:30 		Report 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 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 Australia  12–10 (PSO)  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 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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

1 August 2015
10:50 		Report 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 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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

3 August 2015
12:10 		Report 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 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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

5 August 2015
15:30 		Report 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 Greece  16–15 (PSO)  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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

5 August 2015
20:30 		Report 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 Italy  9–10 (PSO)  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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

3 August 2015
09:30 		Report 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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

3 August 2015
10:50 		Report 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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

5 August 2015
10:50 		Report 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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

5 August 2015
12:10 		Report 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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

7 August 2015
14:00 		Report 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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

7 August 2015
15:30 		Report China  13–12 (PSO)  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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

7 August 2015
20:30 		Report Australia  10–12 (PSO)  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

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

7 August 2015
22:00 		Report 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

Final ranking

Top goalscorers

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

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

Awards

[3]

Most Valuable Player
Best Goalscorer
Media All-Star Team

References

  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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