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

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9th–12th place semifinals

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5th–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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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
;Best Goalscorer
;All-Tournament Team