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

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 per match)
Attendance	45,888 (956 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rita Keszthelyi; (21 goals)
Best player	Rachel Fattal
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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[]

Africa

South 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	49	15	+34	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	1	38	22	+16	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	25	35	−10	2	Advanced to playoffs
4	New Zealand	3	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	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
		3	Goals	Pareja 5

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	, 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	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
		6	Goals	3

Group B[]

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	35	14	+21	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	38	18	+20	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	2	36	22	+14	2	Advanced to playoffs
4	South Africa	3	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
		1	Goals	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	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
		, 2	Goals	Asimaki 5

Group C[]

All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	40	18	+22	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	1	39	14	+25	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Brazil	3	1	2	19	36	−17	2	Advanced to playoffs
4	Japan	3	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	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
		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	Advanced to playoffs
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

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	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
		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, 3

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

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	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
		3	Goals	three players 1

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
		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
		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	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	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
		2	Goals	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
		2	Goals	, 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	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, 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
3	Niu Guannan	18	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[]

^ ^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.
^ Draw information
^ “USA Women’s Water Polo Completes Golden Sweep at 2015 FINA World Championships” swimmingworldmagazine.com August 7, 2015.

External links[]

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "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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