Water polo at the 2015 European Games – Men's tournament

The men's water polo tournament at the 2015 European Games was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 13 to 21 June 2015.[2]

Water polo at the 2015 European Games – Men's tournament
Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates13–21 June
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Serbia (1st title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Greece
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Top scorer(s)Germany Denis Strelezkij[1]
(25 goals)

Qualification

Means of qualificationDateVenueNumber
of berths
Nation(s)
qualified
Host nation1  Azerbaijan
2013 European Junior Water Polo Championships8–15 September 2013 Gżira7  Montenegro
 Serbia
 Italy
 Hungary
 Croatia
 Russia
 Spain
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament A12–15 March 2015 Nijverdal2  Greece
 Ukraine
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament B Graz2  Slovakia
 Turkey
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament C Szczecin2  France
 Romania
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament D Gżira2  Germany
 Malta
Total16

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+5).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Italy33003919+209Quarterfinals
2  Russia32014222+206Playoffs
3  France31022329−63
4  Ukraine30031650−34013–16th place semifinals
13 June 2015
15:00
Report[usurped]Russia  20–7  UkraineWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Miodrag Stefanović (SRB)
Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 5–0, 2–2, 6–3, 7–2
Krug 5GoalsDzyadyk, Leshchenko 2
13 June 2015
16:45
Report[usurped]Italy  12–5  FranceWater Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015
09:30
Report[usurped]Ukraine  3–12  FranceWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER)
Massimo Angileri (MLT)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 1–5, 1–1
three players 1GoalsChandieu 3
14 June 2015
20:30
Report[usurped]Italy  9–8  RussiaWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Juan Colominas (ESP)
Radu Matache (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–0, 4–1, 0–5
Del Basso 4GoalsZinnurov 4

15 June 2015
13:00
Report[usurped]Italy  18–6  UkraineWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
Martina Kuníková (SVK)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 6–2, 4–3, 4–1
Del Basso 4GoalsDulin, Leshchenko 2
15 June 2015
16:45
Report[usurped]Russia  14–6  FranceWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB)
Gábor Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–3, 4–1, 3–0
Salimov 3GoalsMarion-Vernoux 2

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Hungary33005014+369Quarterfinals
2  Germany32013521+146Playoffs
3  Romania31021734−173
4  Azerbaijan (H)30031649−33013–16th place semifinals
Source: Baku 2015[usurped]
(H) Hosts
13 June 2015
13:00
Report[usurped]Hungary  9–8  GermanyWater Polo Arena, Baku
13 June 2015
18:45
Report[usurped]Azerbaijan  6–9  RomaniaWater Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015
09:30
Report[usurped]Romania  5–10  GermanyWater Polo Arena, Baku
14 June 2015
18:45
Report[usurped]Hungary  23–3  AzerbaijanWater Polo Arena, Baku

15 June 2015
15:00
Report[usurped]Hungary  18–3  RomaniaWater Polo Arena, Baku
15 June 2015
18:45
Report[usurped]Azerbaijan  7–17  GermanyWater Polo Arena, Baku

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Croatia32104129+127Quarterfinals
2  Greece32013928+116Playoffs
3  Montenegro31113433+14
4  Turkey30031539−24013–16th place semifinals
13 June 2015
09:30
Report[usurped]Croatia  17–6  TurkeyWater Polo Arena, Baku
13 June 2015
20:30
Report[usurped]Montenegro  12–16  GreeceWater Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015
11:15
Report[usurped]Turkey  3–11  GreeceWater Polo Arena, Baku
14 June 2015
15:00
Report[usurped]Montenegro  11–11  CroatiaWater Polo Arena, Baku

15 June 2015
09:30
Report[usurped]Montenegro  11–6  TurkeyWater Polo Arena, Baku
15 June 2015
20:30
Report[usurped]Croatia  13–12  GreeceWater Polo Arena, Baku

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Spain33004622+249Quarterfinals
2  Serbia32014118+236Playoffs
3  Slovakia31022936−73
4  Malta30031555−40013–16th place semifinals
13 June 2015
09:30
Report[usurped]Spain  22–4  MaltaWater Polo Arena, Baku
13 June 2015
11:15
Report[usurped]Serbia  14–5  SlovakiaWater Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015
13:00
Report[usurped]Malta  8–15  SlovakiaWater Polo Arena, Baku
14 June 2015
16:45
Report[usurped]Serbia  9–10  SpainWater Polo Arena, Baku

15 June 2015
09:30
Report[usurped]Serbia  18–3  MaltaWater Polo Arena, Baku
15 June 2015
11:15
Report[usurped]Spain  14–9  SlovakiaWater Polo Arena, Baku

Final round

Bracket

Championship bracket
Playoffs
16 June
Quarterfinals
17 June
Semifinals
19 June
Final
21 June
 Spain14
 Russia11  Russia9
 Montenegro8  Spain9
 Croatia8
 Croatia18
 Germany13  Germany12
 Slovakia7  Spain7
 Serbia8
 Hungary13
 Greece16  Greece (PSO)15
 France7  Greece12Third place
 Serbia (PSO)13
 Italy7  Croatia10
 Serbia8  Serbia8  Greece11
 Romania2
5th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
19 June
 
 
 Russia16
 
21 June
 
 Germany9
 
 Russia6
 
19 June
 
 Italy11
 
 Hungary10
 
 
 Italy11
 
Seventh place
 
 
21 June
 
 
 Germany6
 
 
 Hungary15
9th place bracket
 
9–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
17 June
 
 
 Montenegro9
 
19 June
 
 Slovakia8
 
 Montenegro15
 
17 June
 
 France4
 
 France7
 
 
 Romania5
 
Eleventh place
 
 
19 June
 
 
 Slovakia7
 
 
 Romania8
13th place bracket
 
13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
16 June
 
 
 Ukraine9
 
17 June
 
 Turkey11
 
 Turkey11
 
16 June
 
 Azerbaijan6
 
 Azerbaijan8
 
 
 Malta7
 
15th place
 
 
17 June
 
 
 Ukraine13
 
 
 Malta8

Playoffs

16 June 2015
14:15
Report[usurped]Russia  11–8  MontenegroWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE)
Cornelis van der Loo (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–1, 3–4, 3–1
four players 2GoalsSaveljić 3
16 June 2015
16:00
Report[usurped]Greece  16–7  FranceWater Polo Arena, Baku
16 June 2015
18:00
Report[usurped]Germany  13–7  SlovakiaWater Polo Arena, Baku
16 June 2015
19:45
Report[usurped]Serbia  8–2  RomaniaWater Polo Arena, Baku

Quarterfinals

17 June 2015
14:15
Report[usurped]Russia  9–14  SpainWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Gábor Vogel (HUN)
Cornelis van der Loo (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–2, 2–6, 1–3
Egorov 3GoalsGranados 4
17 June 2015
16:00
Report[usurped]Greece  15–13  HungaryWater Polo Arena, Baku
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 3–1, 1–3  PSO: 5–3
17 June 2015
18:00
Report[usurped]Germany  12–18  CroatiaWater Polo Arena, Baku
17 June 2015
19:45
Report[usurped]Serbia  8–7  ItalyWater Polo Arena, Baku

13–16th place semifinals

16 June 2015
10:30
Report[usurped]Ukraine  9–11  TurkeyWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Andrej Laginja (SLO)
Christian Landmann (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–1, 1–3, 5–2
Dzyadyk 4GoalsYalçın 3
16 June 2015
12:15
Report[usurped]Azerbaijan  8–7  MaltaWater Polo Arena, Baku

9–12th place semifinals

17 June 2015
18:00
Report[usurped]Montenegro  9–8  SlovakiaWater Polo Arena, Baku
17 June 2015
19:45
Report[usurped]France  7–5  RomaniaWater Polo Arena, Baku

5–8th place semifinals

19 June 2015
15:00
Report[usurped]Russia  16–9  GermanyWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Konstantinos Kyranis (GRE)
Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 5–4, 4–2
Pronin 3GoalsManolakis 4
19 June 2015
17:30
Report[usurped]Hungary  10–11  ItalyWater Polo Arena, Baku

Semifinals

19 June 2015
19:00
Report[usurped]Spain  9–8  CroatiaWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Radu Matache (ROU)
Daniele Bianco (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–0, 2–4
De la Fuente 3GoalsDašić 4
19 June 2015
20:30
Report[usurped]Greece  12–13  SerbiaWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Gábor Vogel (HUN)
Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–0, 2–1  PSO: 5–6
Alexiou, Giannopoulos 2GoalsKasum, Šulc 2

15th place game

17 June 2015
14:15
Report[usurped]Ukraine  13–8  MaltaWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Raul Torres (ESP)
Christian Landmann (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–2, 4–2, 3–2
Dzyadyk, Popyk 5GoalsPlumpton 5

13th place game

17 June 2015
16:00
Report[usurped]Turkey  11–6  AzerbaijanWater Polo Arena, Baku

Eleventh place game

19 June 2015
12:00
Report[usurped]Slovakia  7–8  RomaniaWater Polo Arena, Baku

Ninth place game

19 June 2015
13:30
Report[usurped]Montenegro  15–4  FranceWater Polo Arena, Baku

Seventh place game

21 June 2015
13:00
Report[usurped]Germany  6–15  HungaryWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Florent Blanchard (FRA)
Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 1–3, 1–4
Manolakis 2GoalsBurián 5

Fifth place game

21 June 2015
14:30
Report[usurped]Russia  6–11  ItalyWater Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–3, 1–4, 2–2
six players 1Goalsfour players 2

Bronze medal game

21 June 2015
18:00
Report[usurped]Croatia  10–11  Greece Water Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Gábor Vogel (HUN)
Raul Torres (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–1, 5–3, 1–2
Kreković 3GoalsPapanastasiou 3

Final

21 June 2015
19:30
Report[usurped] Spain  7–8  Serbia Water Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE)
Daniele Bianco (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–1, 2–4, 1–1
De la Fuente 3GoalsJanković 3

Final standings

RankTeam
 Serbia
 Spain
 Greece
4  Croatia
5  Italy
6  Russia
7  Hungary
8  Germany
9  Montenegro
10  France
11  Romania
12  Slovakia
13  Turkey
14  Azerbaijan
15  Ukraine
16  Malta

See also

References