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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)

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

Qualification

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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 Malta Gżira 7  Montenegro
 Serbia
 Italy
 Hungary
 Croatia
 Russia
 Spain
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament A 12–15 March 2015 Netherlands Nijverdal 2  Greece
 Ukraine
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament B Austria Graz 2  Slovakia
 Turkey
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament C Poland Szczecin 2  France
 Romania
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament D Malta Gżira 2  Germany
 Malta
Total 16

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+5).

Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Bracket

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Eleventh place game

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

Ninth place game

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

Seventh place game

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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

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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

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21 June 2015
18:00
Report[usurped] Croatia  10–11  Greece 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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21 June 2015
19:30
Report[usurped] 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spain  7–8  Serbia 1st place, gold medalist(s) 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

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Serbia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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References

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  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.