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 edit

Means of qualification Date Venue Number
of berths
Nation(s)
qualified
Host nation 1   Azerbaijan
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

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+5).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 3 0 0 39 19 +20 9 Quarterfinals
2   Russia 3 2 0 1 42 22 +20 6 Playoffs
3   France 3 1 0 2 23 29 −6 3
4   Ukraine 3 0 0 3 16 50 −34 0 13–16th place semifinals
13 June 2015
15:00
Report[usurped] Russia   20–7   Ukraine Water Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Miodrag Stefanović (SRB)
Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 5–0, 2–2, 6–3, 7–2
Krug 5 Goals Dzyadyk, Leshchenko 2
13 June 2015
16:45
Report[usurped] Italy   12–5   France Water Polo Arena, Baku

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

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

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 3 3 0 0 50 14 +36 9 Quarterfinals
2   Germany 3 2 0 1 35 21 +14 6 Playoffs
3   Romania 3 1 0 2 17 34 −17 3
4   Azerbaijan (H) 3 0 0 3 16 49 −33 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Baku 2015[usurped]
(H) Hosts
13 June 2015
13:00
Report[usurped] Hungary   9–8   Germany Water Polo Arena, Baku
13 June 2015
18:45
Report[usurped] Azerbaijan   6–9   Romania Water Polo Arena, Baku

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

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

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia 3 2 1 0 41 29 +12 7 Quarterfinals
2   Greece 3 2 0 1 39 28 +11 6 Playoffs
3   Montenegro 3 1 1 1 34 33 +1 4
4   Turkey 3 0 0 3 15 39 −24 0 13–16th place semifinals
13 June 2015
09:30
Report[usurped] Croatia   17–6   Turkey Water Polo Arena, Baku
13 June 2015
20:30
Report[usurped] Montenegro   12–16   Greece Water Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015
11:15
Report[usurped] Turkey   3–11   Greece Water Polo Arena, Baku
14 June 2015
15:00
Report[usurped] Montenegro   11–11   Croatia Water Polo Arena, Baku

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

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 46 22 +24 9 Quarterfinals
2   Serbia 3 2 0 1 41 18 +23 6 Playoffs
3   Slovakia 3 1 0 2 29 36 −7 3
4   Malta 3 0 0 3 15 55 −40 0 13–16th place semifinals
13 June 2015
09:30
Report[usurped] Spain   22–4   Malta Water Polo Arena, Baku
13 June 2015
11:15
Report[usurped] Serbia   14–5   Slovakia Water Polo Arena, Baku

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

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

Final round edit

Bracket edit

Championship bracket
Playoffs
16 June
Quarterfinals
17 June
Semifinals
19 June
Final
21 June
  Spain 14
  Russia 11   Russia 9
  Montenegro 8   Spain 9
  Croatia 8
  Croatia 18
  Germany 13   Germany 12
  Slovakia 7   Spain 7
  Serbia 8
  Hungary 13
  Greece 16   Greece (PSO) 15
  France 7   Greece 12 Third place
  Serbia (PSO) 13
  Italy 7   Croatia 10
  Serbia 8   Serbia 8   Greece 11
  Romania 2
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 edit

16 June 2015
14:15
Report[usurped] Russia   11–8   Montenegro Water 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 2 Goals Saveljić 3
16 June 2015
16:00
Report[usurped] Greece   16–7   France Water Polo Arena, Baku
16 June 2015
18:00
Report[usurped] Germany   13–7   Slovakia Water Polo Arena, Baku
16 June 2015
19:45
Report[usurped] Serbia   8–2   Romania Water Polo Arena, Baku

Quarterfinals edit

17 June 2015
14:15
Report[usurped] Russia   9–14   Spain Water Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Gábor Vogel (HUN)
Cornelis van der Loo (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–2, 2–6, 1–3
Egorov 3 Goals Granados 4
17 June 2015
16:00
Report[usurped] Greece   15–13   Hungary Water 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   Croatia Water Polo Arena, Baku
17 June 2015
19:45
Report[usurped] Serbia   8–7   Italy Water Polo Arena, Baku

13–16th place semifinals edit

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

9–12th place semifinals edit

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

5–8th place semifinals edit

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

Semifinals edit

19 June 2015
19:00
Report[usurped] Spain   9–8   Croatia Water Polo Arena, Baku
Referees:
Radu Matache (ROU)
Daniele Bianco (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–0, 2–4
De la Fuente 3 Goals Dašić 4
19 June 2015
20:30
Report[usurped] Greece   12–13   Serbia Water 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 2 Goals Kasum, Šulc 2

15th place game edit

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

13th place game edit

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

Eleventh place game edit

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

Ninth place game edit

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

Seventh place game edit

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

Fifth place game edit

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

Bronze medal game edit

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 3 Goals Papanastasiou 3

Final edit

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 3 Goals Janković 3

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Individual Statistics – Leading Scorers" (PDF). baku2015.com. 21 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "LEN Ligue Européenne de Natatation - Home Page". len.eu. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18.