Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
The men's water polo tournament at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Kazan, Russia from 27 July to 8 August 2015.
Participating teams
;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 advanced to the quarterfinal, while the second-and third best team advanced to the playoffs. The last placed team played in placement games for place 13–16. From the quarterfinals on, a knockout system was used to determine the winner. The losers of the playoffs and quarterfinals played in placement games to determine their final position.Medals
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
;Championship bracket;5th place bracket
;9th place bracket
;13th place bracket
Playoffs
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Quarterfinals
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13th–16th place semifinals
----9th–12th place semifinals
----5th–8th place semifinals
----Semifinals
----15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games | |
Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games as winner of 2015 World League |
Team Rosters
Gojko Pijetlović, Dušan Mandić, Živko Gocić, Sava Ranđelović, Miloš Ćuk, Duško Pijetlović, Slobodan Nikić, Milan Aleksić, Nikola Jakšić, Filip Filipović, Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, and Branislav Mitrović.Head Coach: Dejan Savić.
Awards
;Most Valuable Player- Duško Pijetlović
- Alexandr Axenov – 22 goals
- Josip Pavić
- Duško Pijetlović
- Francesco Di Fulvio
- Ioannis Fountoulis
- Petar Muslim
- Alexandr Axenov
- Aaron Younger