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Australia at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Sporting event delegation


Australia competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

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Diving

Australia sent a team of eight divers to compete for the individual and synchronized events at the World Championships.[1]

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Mixed
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Open water swimming

Australia fielded a full team of eight swimmers to compete in the open water marathon.[2]

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Swimming

Australian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[3] Swimmers must qualify at the 2015 Australian Championships (for pool events) to confirm their places for the Worlds.

Thirty-six swimmers (22 men and 24 women) have been selected to compete for the Australian team, including defending World champions Christian Sprenger in the 100 m breaststroke and Cate Campbell in the 100 m freestyle.[4][5] 2012 Olympic silver medalist and two-time reigning World champion James Magnussen was set to compete, but later withdrew from the team because of a shoulder injury, having been ruled out to defend his Worlds title in the 100 m freestyle.[6][7]

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Victory Ceremony 400m freestyle
Victory Ceremony 4×100 metres freestyle relay
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Synchronized swimming

Australia has qualified a squad of eleven synchronized swimmers for the following events.

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Water polo

Men's tournament

Team roster
Group play
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Source: SportResult.com
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
21:30
Report Japan  410  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 Australia  55  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

31 July 2015
12:10
Report Serbia  109  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
Playoffs
2 August 2015
20:10
Report South Africa  117  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
4 August 2015
18:50
Report Greece  77  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
5th–8th place semifinals
6 August 2015
15:30
Report Montenegro  118  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
Seventh place game
8 August 2015
14:00
Report Australia  610  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

Women's tournament

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Source: SportResult.com
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.
26 July 2015
12:10
Report Australia  87  Greece Kazan
Attendance: 1,035
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 2–1, 3–2
Zagame 2 Goals Tsoukala 4

28 July 2015
10:50
Report Australia  191  South Africa Kazan
Attendance: 456
Referees:
Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 3–1, 7–0, 3–0
Southern 5 Goals Versfeld 1

30 July 2015
20:10
Report Australia  86  Netherlands Kazan
Attendance: 230
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–2, 3–2, 1–2
Southern, Zagame 2 Goals Sevenich 2
Quarterfinals
3 August 2015
20:10
Report Australia  77  China Kazan
Attendance: 370
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–1, 4–2, 1–1  PSO: 5–3
seven players 1 Goals Song Donglun, Zhao Zihan 2
Semifinals
5 August 2015
20:30
Report United States  86  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 1,007
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 1–0, 2–1
Fattal, Steffens 2 Goals six players 1
Third place game
7 August 2015
20:30
Report Australia  77  Italy Kazan
Attendance: 1,508
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–0, 2–2  PSO: 3–5
Southern, Webster 2 Goals Di Mario 3

References

  1. "Divers ready to make a splash in Kazan". Australian Olympic Committee. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. "Australian open water team has proud FINA history". Swimming Australia. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

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