Water polo at the 2015 European Games

Water polo at the 2015 European Games
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The water polo tournaments at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan were held at the Baku Aquatics Centre in the Baku Games Cluster from 12 to 21 June 2015. 16 teams competed in the men's tournament and 12 teams in the women's tournament.^[1]

Water polo was not included in the earliest list of sports confirmed for the 2015 Games, as the European swimming authorities at that stage were minded not to take part. However, following negotiations with the organising authorities, a compromise was reached whereby, in 2015, these events were for junior players only - in effect, athletes between the ages of 16 and 17 for both men and women.

Qualification[]

Both of Azerbaijan's teams automatically qualify. The 2013 European Junior Championships will qualify automatically, as well as the qualification tournaments for the 2015 European Junior Championships will serve as qualification tournaments for the Games. Each qualifying team will be allowed to select 13 athletes for their team.^[2]

Men[]

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Number of berths	Nation(s) qualified
Host nation	–	–	1
2013 European Junior Water Polo Championships	8–15 September 2013	Gżira	7	Montenegro  Serbia  Italy  Hungary  Croatia  Russia  Spain
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament A	12–15 March 2015	Nijverdal	2	Greece  Ukraine
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament B		Graz	2	Slovakia  Turkey
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament C		Szczecin	2	France  Romania
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament D		Gżira	2	Germany  Malta
Total			16

Women[]

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Number of berths	Nation(s) qualified
Host nation	–	–	1
2013 European Junior Water Polo Championships	1–8 September 2013	Istanbul	6	Greece  Spain  Netherlands  Italy  Hungary  Russia
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament A	12–15 March 2015	Nice	2	France  Great Britain
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament B	12–14 March 2015	Bratislava	2	Slovakia  Israel
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament C		Belgrade	2	Germany  Serbia
Total			12

Medal summary[]

Events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men[3]	Serbia	Spain	Greece
Women	Russia	Spain	Greece

References[]