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Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

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Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Team Serbia celebrates after the gold medal match
Tournament details
Venue(s) Russia (in Kazan host cities)
Dates27 July – 8 August
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Serbia (5th title)
Runner-up Croatia
Third place Greece
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored869 (18.1 per match)
Attendance55,994 (1,167 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kazakhstan Alexandr Axenov
(22 goals)[1]
Best playerSerbia Duško Pijetlović[2]
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Participating teams

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Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
 South Africa  Argentina
 Brazil
 Canada
 United States
 China
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Croatia
 Greece
 Hungary
 Italy
 Montenegro
 Russia
 Serbia
 Australia

Groups formed

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The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Brazil  Greece  Argentina  Australia
 Canada  Italy  Hungary  Japan
 China  Russia  Kazakhstan  Montenegro
 Croatia  United States  South Africa  Serbia

Format

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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.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 3 0 0 39 17 +22 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 25 20 +5 4 Advanced to playoffs
3  Brazil 3 0 1 2 24 29 −5 1
4  China 3 0 1 2 12 34 −22 1
Source: SportResult.com[dead link]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
27 July 2015
09:30
Report[dead link] Croatia  12–7  Canada Kazan
Attendance: 507
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 6–2, 1–0, 1–3
four players 2 Goals Conway 3
27 July 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] Brazil  9–9  China Kazan
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–1, 3–4, 1–0
Perrone 4 Goals Dong Tao, Zhang Chufeng 3

29 July 2015
20:10
Report[dead link] China  2–8  Canada Kazan
Attendance: 240
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–3, 1–1, 1–1
Tan Feihu 2 Goals McElroy 3
29 July 2015
21:30
Report[dead link] Croatia  10–9  Brazil Kazan
Attendance: 230
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 1–2, 1–3
Sukno 3 Goals three players 2

31 July 2015
17:30
Report[dead link] Croatia  17–1  China Kazan
Attendance: 874
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–0, 7–0, 1–0
three players 3 Goals Zhang Chufeng 1
31 July 2015
20:10
Report[dead link] Brazil  6–10  Canada Kazan
Attendance: 230
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–3, 2–3, 1–1
Silva 2 Goals Boyd, McElroy 2

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 3 3 0 0 37 31 +6 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  United States 3 2 0 1 28 26 +2 4 Advanced to playoffs
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 28 28 0 2
4  Russia 3 0 0 3 23 31 −8 0
Source: SportResult.com[dead link]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
27 July 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] Greece  11–10  Italy Kazan
Attendance: 883
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–1, 3–2, 2–3
Afroudakis 3 Goals four players 2
27 July 2015
18:50
Report[dead link] United States  7–6  Russia Kazan
Attendance: 1,932
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 2–2, 1–1
Azevedo, Cupido 3 Goals Bugaychuk 3

29 July 2015
09:30
Report[dead link] Greece  11–10  United States Kazan
Attendance: 839
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 4–3, 3–1
Fountoulis 4 Goals three players 2
29 July 2015
18:50
Report[dead link] Russia  6–9  Italy Kazan
Attendance: 2,350
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–5, 3–1, 2–2
Kholod 3 Goals Giorgetti 2

31 July 2015
18:50
Report[dead link] Greece  15–11  Russia Kazan
Attendance: 2,285
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 5–3, 2–4
Fountoulis 4 Goals Nagaev 3
31 July 2015
21:30
Report[dead link] United States  11–9  Italy Kazan
Attendance: 214
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 2–1, 2–2
Vavić 3 Goals Di Fulvio 4

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 52 13 +39 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 34 24 +10 4 Advanced to playoffs
3  South Africa 3 1 0 2 17 37 −20 2
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 17 46 −29 0
Source: SportResult.com[dead link]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
27 July 2015
13:30
Report[dead link] South Africa  10–6  Argentina Kazan
Attendance: 913
Referees:
Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–2, 1–1, 2–1
E. Le Roux, P. Le Roux 3 Goals Yañez 3
27 July 2015
17:30
Report[dead link] Hungary  14–5  Kazakhstan Kazan
Attendance: 1,180
Referees:
Joseph Peila (USA), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–0, 5–2, 2–3
Hárai 4 Goals Ushakov 2

29 July 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] Kazakhstan  15–7  Argentina Kazan
Attendance: 1,016
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–3, 5–1, 2–1
Axenov, Pekovich 4 Goals Yañez 3
29 July 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] South Africa  4–17  Hungary Kazan
Attendance: 1,127
Referees:
Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Peter de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–3, 2–4, 1–5
Molyneux 2 Goals Dén. Varga 5

31 July 2015
09:30
Report[dead link] South Africa  3–14  Kazakhstan Kazan
Attendance: 884
Referees:
Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–3, 1–5, 1–2
three players 1 Goals Axenov 5
31 July 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] Hungary  21–4  Argentina Kazan
Attendance: 1,065
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Peter de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–1, 6–1, 6–0
Dén. Varga 5 Goals López 2

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 3 3 0 0 40 26 +14 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  Australia 3 1 1 1 24 19 +5 3 Advanced to playoffs
3  Montenegro 3 1 1 1 29 26 +3 3
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 23 45 −22 0
Source: SportResult.com[dead link]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
27 July 2015
20:10
Report[dead link] Serbia  11–8  Montenegro Kazan
Attendance: 2,279
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 3–4, 2–1
Filipović 3 Goals three players 2
27 July 2015
21:30
Report[dead link] Japan  4–10  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 2,287
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–2, 1–3, 1–3
four players 1 Goals Campbell 3

29 July 2015
13:30
Report[dead link] Australia  5–5  Montenegro Kazan
Attendance: 313
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 1–1, 3–1
Younger 3 Goals Janović 2
29 July 2015
17:30
Report[dead link] Serbia  19–9  Japan Kazan
Attendance: 1,016
Referees:
Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Stephane Roy (CAN)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 6–2, 5–3, 6–3
Nikić 6 Goals Okawa, Takei 3

31 July 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] Serbia  10–9  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 890
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Georgios Stacridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–4, 4–1
three players 2 Goals Younger 3
31 July 2015
13:30
Report[dead link] Japan  10–16  Montenegro Kazan
Attendance: 640
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–5, 2–5, 4–3
Takei 4 Goals Ivović, Radović 4

Knockout stage

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Serbian team with gold medal on a Serbian stamp
Croatian team won the silver medal
Championship bracket
Playoffs
2 August
Quarterfinals
4 August
Semifinals
6 August
Final
8 August
 Croatia 10
 Kazakhstan 8  Montenegro 4
 Montenegro 12  Croatia (pen.) 10 (5)
 Greece 10 (3)
 Greece (pen.) 7 (5)
 South Africa 1  Australia 7 (4)
 Australia 17  Croatia 4
 Serbia 11
 Hungary 7
 Canada 2  Italy 8
 Italy 8  Italy 6 Third place
 Serbia 10
 Serbia 12  Greece (pen.) 7 (4)
 Brazil 3  United States 7  Italy 7 (2)
 United States 7
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
6 August
 
 
 Montenegro11
 
8 August
 
 Australia8
 
 Montenegro10
 
6 August
 
 Hungary9
 
 Hungary13
 
 
 United States9
 
Seventh place game
 
 
8 August
 
 
 Australia6
 
 
 United States10
9th place bracket
 
9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
 Canada9
 
6 August
 
 Kazakhstan7
 
 Canada (pen.)7 (5)
 
4 August
 
 Brazil7 (3)
 
 Brazil16
 
 
 South Africa5
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
6 August
 
 
 Kazakhstan11
 
 
 South Africa7
13th place bracket
 
13th–16th place semifinals13th place game
 
      
 
2 August
 
 
 China10 (1)
 
4 August
 
 Russia (pen.)10 (4)
 
 Russia9
 
2 August
 
 Japan13
 
 Argentina6
 
 
 Japan14
 
15th place game
 
 
4 August
 
 
 China16
 
 
 Argentina9

Playoffs

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2 August 2015
13:30
Report[dead link] Canada  2–8  Italy Kazan
Attendance: 269
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), Francesc Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 1–2, 0–3
Kudaba, Torakis 1 Goals Giorgetti, Gitto 2

2 August 2015
17:30
Report[dead link] Brazil  3–7  United States Kazan
Attendance: 2,090
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 1–1, 1–3
three players 1 Goals Mann 3

2 August 2015
18:50
Report[dead link] Kazakhstan  8–12  Montenegro Kazan
Attendance: 2,896
Referees:
Joseph Peila (USA), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 1–5, 2–2
Gubarev 3 Goals Brguljan, Janović 3

2 August 2015
20:10
Report[dead link] South Africa  1–17  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 213
Referees:
Ni Shi Wei (CHN), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–6, 0–2, 0–4
E. Le Roux 1 Goals Younger 4

Quarterfinals

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4 August 2015
17:30
Report[dead link] Croatia  10–4  Montenegro Kazan
Attendance: 1,769
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–0, 3–3, 3–1
Muslim 3 Goals Klikovac 3

4 August 2015
18:50
Report[dead link] Greece  7–7  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 1,996
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 1–3, 3–1, 2–3  PSO: 5–4
Fountoulis, Genidounias 2 Goals Younger 3

4 August 2015
20:10
Report[dead link] Hungary  7–8  Italy Kazan
Attendance: 693
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–2, 2–3
Dán. Varga 3 Goals Di Fulvio, Luongo 2

4 August 2015
21:30
Report[dead link] Serbia  12–7  United States Kazan
Attendance: 455
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–3, 2–1, 3–1
Pijetlović 4 Goals Bonanni 2

13th–16th place semifinals

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2 August 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] China  10–10  Russia Kazan
Attendance: 2,263
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–4, 2–1, 3–3  PSO: 1–4
Tan Feihu 4 Goals four players 2

2 August 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] Argentina  6–14  Japan Kazan
Attendance: 218
Referees:
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–2, 2–4, 2–4
Carabantes, Demarchi 3 Goals Takei 4

9th–12th place semifinals

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4 August 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] Canada  9–7  Kazakhstan Kazan
Attendance: 421
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–0, 2–3, 1–2
Conway 4 Goals Axenov 3

4 August 2015
13:30
Report[dead link] Brazil  16–5  South Africa Kazan
Attendance: 213
Referees:
Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
Score by quarters: 7–3, 2–2, 3–0, 4–0
Vrlic 5 Goals five players 1

5th–8th place semifinals

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6 August 2015
15:30
Report[dead link] Montenegro  11–8  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 1,500
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–1, 4–4, 2–2
Janović 4 Goals three players 2

6 August 2015
17:00
Report[dead link] Hungary  13–9  United States Kazan
Attendance: 645
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 2–2, 4–3
Hárai 4 Goals Azevedo, Bonanni 3

Semifinals

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6 August 2015
20:30
Report[dead link] Croatia  10–10  Greece Kazan
Attendance: 2,486
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 3–2, 2–4  PSO: 5–3
four players 2 Goals Vlahopoulos 3

6 August 2015
22:00
Report[dead link] Italy  6–10  Serbia Kazan
Attendance: 1,859
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–4, 2–1, 2–1
Fondelli 2 Goals S. Mitrovic 3

15th place game

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4 August 2015
09:30
Report[dead link] China  16–9  Argentina Kazan
Attendance: 753
Referees:
Joseph Peila (USA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–4, 4–2, 3–1
Dong Tao 4 Goals Yanez 5

13th place game

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4 August 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] Russia  9–13  Japan Kazan
Attendance: 821
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–3, 2–5, 2–2
Bychkov 3 Goals Okawa 3

Eleventh place game

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6 August 2015
10:50
Report[dead link] Kazakhstan  11–7  South Africa Kazan
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–2, 2–1, 4–2
Axenov 7 Goals P. Le Roux 3

Ninth place game

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6 August 2015
12:10
Report[dead link] Canada  7–7  Brazil Kazan
Attendance: 308
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 2–3, 2–1  PSO: 5–3
Conway, Kubada 2 Goals Delgado 3

Seventh place game

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8 August 2015
14:00
Report[dead link] Australia  6–10  United States Kazan
Attendance: 1,677
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Francesc Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–2, 1–4, 2–2
Younger 2 Goals Azevedo 4

Fifth place game

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8 August 2015
15:30
Report[dead link] Montenegro  10–9  Hungary Kazan
Attendance: 2,365
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), Joseph Peila (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 2–2, 4–4
Ivović 3 Goals three players 2

Third place game

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8 August 2015
20:30
Report[dead link] Greece  7–7  Italy Kazan
Attendance: 2,165
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–2, 4–4, 0–1  PSO: 4–2
Vlahopoulos 3 Goals Aicardi, Figlioli 2

Final

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8 August 2015
22:00
Report[dead link] Croatia  4–11  Serbia Kazan
Attendance: 2,575
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–3, 2–2, 0–4
Sukno 2 Goals Prlainović 3

Final ranking

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
 Serbia [4]

Gojko Pijetlović
Dušan Mandić
Živko Gocić (c)
Sava Ranđelović
Miloš Ćuk
Duško Pijetlović
Slobodan Nikić
Milan Aleksić
Nikola Jakšić
Filip Filipović
Andrija Prlainović
Stefan Mitrović
Branislav Mitrović

Head coach:
Dejan Savić

 Croatia [5]

Josip Pavić (c)
Damir Burić
Antonio Petković
Luka Lončar
Maro Joković
Luka Bukić
Petar Muslim
Andro Bušlje
Sandro Sukno
Fran Paškvalin
Anđelo Šetka
Paulo Obradović
Marko Bijač

Head coach:
Ivica Tucak

 Greece [6]

Konstantinos Flegkas
Emmanouil Mylonakis
Georgios Dervisis
Konstantinos Genidounias
Ioannis Fountoulis
Kyriakos Pontikeas
Christos Afroudakis (c)
Evangelos Delakas
Konstantinos Mourikis
Christodoulos Kolomvos
Alexandros Gounas
Angelos Vlachopoulos
Stefanos Galanopoulos

Head coach:
Thodoris Vlachos

Individual awards

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Most Valuable Player[2]
Best Goalscorer
All-Tournament Team[2][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Top scorers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  2. ^ a b c "Duško Pijetlović named MVP of men's water polo tournament at FINA Worlds". kazan2015.com. 8 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Serbia men's team roster at 16th FINA World Championship" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-31.
  5. ^ "Croatia men's team roster at 16th FINA World Championship" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-17.
  6. ^ "Greece men's team roster at 16th FINA World Championship" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-06.
  7. ^ Στην καλύτερη 7άδα του πόλο δύο "ερυθρόλευκοι"
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