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
Dates	26 July – 7 August
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches	48
Goals scored	883 (18.4 per match)
Attendance	45,888 (956 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rita Keszthelyi (21 goals)
Best player	Rachel Fattal
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Participating teams

Africa

•  South Africa

Americas

•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  United States

Asia

•  China
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan

Europe

•  France
•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Russia
•  Spain

Oceania

•  Australia
•  New Zealand

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: Fabio 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

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28 July 2015 20:10	Report	Spain	23–2	New Zealand	Kazan Attendance: 300 Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Fabio 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

3 August

1 August

Spain

5

United States

12

5 August

United States

8

Hungary

7

United States

8

3 August

1 August

Australia

6

Australia

12

Brazil

8

7 August

China

10

China

10

United States

5

3 August

1 August

Netherlands

4

Italy

9

Canada

5

5 August

Greece

6

Greece

8

Italy

9

Bronze medal match

3 August

1 August

Netherlands

10

7 August

Russia

9

Kazakhstan

1

Australia

10

Netherlands

10

Netherlands

21

Italy

12

Playoff between the Netherlands and Kazakhstan was held during a rainstorm

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place classification				5th place match
	5 August
	Spain	9
					7 August
	China	10
					China	13
	5 August
					Greece	12
	Greece	16
	Russia	15
					7th place match
					7 August
					Spain	15
					Russia	10

9th place bracket

	9th–12th place classification				9th place match
	3 August
	Canada	7
					5 August
	Hungary	10
					Hungary	22
	3 August
					Brazil	7
	Kazakhstan	5
	Brazil	10
					11th place match
					5 August
					Canada	20
					Kazakhstan	4

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place classification				13th place match
	1 August
	New Zealand	11
					3 August
	South Africa	3
					New Zealand	7
	1 August
					France	6
	Japan	6
	France	9
					15th place match
					3 August
					South Africa	7
					Japan	15

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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3 August 2015 20:10	Report	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

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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

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1 August 2015 12:10	Report	Japan	6–9	France	Kazan Attendance: 1,969 Referees: Fabio 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). Template:Waterpolo os

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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

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5 August 2015 17:00	Report	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

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

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5 August 2015 22:00	Report	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

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	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	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

Rank[1] Team  United States  Netherlands  Italy 4  Australia 5  China 6  Greece 7  Spain 8  Russia 9  Hungary 10  Brazil 11  Canada 12  Kazakhstan 13  New Zealand 14  France 15  Japan 16  South Africa

2015 Women's Water Polo World Champions  United States Fourth title Team Roster Sami Hill, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Alys Williams, Maggie Steffens (C), Courtney Mathewson, Kiley Neushul, Ashley Grossman, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Kami Craig, Ashleigh Johnson.[1] Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Top goalscorers

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

Awards

[3]

Most Valuable Player

• Rachel Fattal

Best Goalscorer

• Rita Keszthelyi – 21 goals

Media All-Star Team

• Ashleigh Johnson – Goalkeeper
• Kami Craig – Centre forward
• Zoe Arancini
• Roberta Bianconi
• Rachel Fattal
• Rita Keszthelyi
• Maud Megens

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
2. Draw information
3. “USA Women’s Water Polo Completes Golden Sweep at 2015 FINA World Championships” swimmingworldmagazine.com August 7, 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Records and statistics (reports by Omega)