Water_polo_at_the_2015_World_Aquatics_Championships_–_Women's_tournament
Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
2015 Women's Water Polo Tournament at World Aquatics Championship
The women's water polo tournament at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Kazan, Russia from 26 July to 7 August 2015.[1][2]
Tournament details | |
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Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 26 July – 7 August |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (4th title) |
Runner-up | Netherlands |
Third place | Italy |
Fourth place | Australia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 883 (18.4 per match) |
Attendance | 45,888 (956 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Rita Keszthelyi (21 goals) |
Best player | Rachel Fattal |
- Africa
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
- Oceania
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams and played a round-robin. The best placed team advances to the quarterfinal, while the second-and third best team advance to the playoffs. The last placed team will play in placement games for place 13–16. From the quarterfinals on, a knockout system will be used to determine the winner. The losers of the playoffs and quarterfinals will play in placement games to determine their final position.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 15 | +34 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs |
3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 2 | |
4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 52 | −40 | 0 |
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 09:30 |
Report | Canada | 15–6 | New Zealand | Kazan Attendance: 865 Referees: Fábio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–3, 4–2, 4–0 | |||||
M. Eggens, Fournier 3 | Goals | Myles 2 |
26 July 2015 10:50 |
Report | Kazakhstan | 7–14 | Spain | Kazan Attendance: 993 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–5, 1–1, 4–4 | |||||
Mirshina 3 | Goals | Pareja 5 |
28 July 2015 20:10 |
Report | Spain | 23–2 | New Zealand | Kazan Attendance: 300 Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Fábio Toffoli (BRA) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 7–1, 5–1, 8–0 | |||||
Tarragó 6 | Goals | D. Lewis, Lopes Da Silva 1 |
28 July 2015 21:30 |
Report | Canada | 17–4 | Kazakhstan | Kazan Attendance: 240 Referees: György Kun (HUN), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–1, 3–2, 8–0 | |||||
Eggens 5 | Goals | Mirshina 2 |
30 July 2015 13:30 |
Report | Canada | 6–12 | Spain | Kazan Attendance: 321 Referees: György Kun (HUN), Mark Koganov (AZE) |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–4, 2–2, 1–1 | |||||
M. Eggens 2 | Goals | Pareja 3 |
30 July 2015 17:30 |
Report | Kazakhstan | 14–4 | New Zealand | Kazan Attendance: 985 Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–0, 4–1, 3–3 | |||||
Akilbayeva 6 | Goals | D. Lewis 3 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | +21 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs |
3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 2 | |
4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 61 | −55 | 0 |
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 | 8–7 | 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 |
26 July 2015 13:30 |
Report | South Africa | 1–22 | Netherlands | Kazan Attendance: 1,049 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–5, 0–3, 0–8 | |||||
Versfeld 1 | Goals | Klaassen 6 |
28 July 2015 09:30 |
Report | Netherlands | 10–9 | Greece | Kazan Attendance: 280 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 5–2, 1–2 | |||||
Van der Sloot 4 | Goals | Plevritou, Roumpesi 2 |
28 July 2015 10:50 |
Report | Australia | 19–1 | 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 | 8–6 | 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 |
30 July 2015 21:30 |
Report | South Africa | 4–20 | Greece | Kazan Attendance: 130 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–6, 1–4, 1–5 | |||||
Versfeld, White 2 | Goals | Asimaki 5 |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs |
3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 2 | |
4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 43 | −30 | 0 |
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 17:30 |
Report | Brazil | 2–13 | United States | Kazan Attendance: 1,880 Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–3, 1–2, 1–2 | |||||
Chiappini, Oliveira 1 | Goals | Steffens 3 |
26 July 2015 20:10 |
Report | Japan | 3–15 | Italy | Kazan Attendance: 2,286 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Mark Koganov (AZE) |
Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–3, 2–2, 0–5 | |||||
three players 1 | Goals | Garibotti, Tabani 3 |
28 July 2015 12:10 |
Report | Italy | 10–9 | United States | Kazan Attendance: 529 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Cory Williams (NZL) |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 2–4, 2–2 | |||||
Bianconi 4 | Goals | Fattal 5 |
28 July 2015 13:30 |
Report | Brazil | 11–8 | Japan | Kazan Attendance: 543 Referees: Stephane Roy (CAN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 4–3, 1–2 | |||||
Chiappini 5 | Goals | Nakano 3 |
30 July 2015 09:30 |
Report | Brazil | 6–15 | Italy | Kazan Attendance: 617 Referees: Cory Williams (NZL), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–5, 3–3, 2–4 | |||||
Oliveira 4 | Goals | Bianconi, Radicchi 3 |
30 July 2015 10:50 |
Report | Japan | 2–17 | United States | Kazan Attendance: 729 Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–4, 1–6, 1–3 | |||||
Nakano 2 | Goals | Steffens 4 |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 5 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 5 | Advanced to playoffs |
3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 2 | |
4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 47 | −35 | 0 |
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 18:50 |
Report | Russia | 16–5 | France | Kazan Attendance: 2,164 Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), Stephane Roy (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–2, 4–1, 4–1 | |||||
Karimova, Prokofyeva 3 | Goals | Guillet 3 |
26 July 2015 21:30 |
Report | Hungary | 8–9 | China | Kazan Attendance: 200 Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–1, 2–1, 1–3 | |||||
Antal 2 | Goals | Zhao Zihan 4 |
28 July 2015 17:30 |
Report | France | 4–13 | China | Kazan Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Peter de Jong (NED) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–0, 1–6, 1–5 | |||||
Guillet 2 | Goals | Niu Guannan 6 |
28 July 2015 18:50 |
Report | Hungary | 11–13 | Russia | Kazan Attendance: 2,123 Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Joseph Peila (USA) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 4–3, 1–5 | |||||
Keszthelyi 3 | Goals | Lisunova 3 |
30 July 2015 12:10 |
Report | Hungary | 18–3 | France | Kazan Attendance: 372 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 5–1, 1–1, 7–0, 5–1 | |||||
Bujka 6 | Goals | Guillet 2 |
30 July 2015 18:50 |
Report | Russia | 9–9 | China | Kazan Attendance: 2,653 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Joseph Peila (USA) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 3–2, 2–3 | |||||
Karimova, Prokofyeva 3 | Goals | Niu Guannan 4 |
- Championship bracket
Playoffs 1 August | Quarterfinals 3 August | Semifinals 5 August | Final 7 August | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States | 12 | United States | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Hungary | 7 | United States | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Australia | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Australia | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Brazil | 8 | China | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
China | 10 | United States | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Canada | 5 | Greece | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Greece | 8 | Italy | 9 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Russia | 9 | Australia | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 1 | Netherlands | 10 | Italy | 12 | ||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 21 |
- 5th place bracket
5th–8th place classification | 5th place match | |||||
5 August | ||||||
Spain | 9 | |||||
7 August | ||||||
China | 10 | |||||
China | 13 | |||||
5 August | ||||||
Greece | 12 | |||||
Greece | 16 | |||||
Russia | 15 | |||||
7th place match | ||||||
7 August | ||||||
Spain | 15 | |||||
Russia | 10 |
- 9th place bracket
9th–12th place classification | 9th place match | |||||
3 August | ||||||
Canada | 7 | |||||
5 August | ||||||
Hungary | 10 | |||||
Hungary | 22 | |||||
3 August | ||||||
Brazil | 7 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 5 | |||||
Brazil | 10 | |||||
11th place match | ||||||
5 August | ||||||
Canada | 20 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 4 |
- 13th place bracket
13th–16th place classification | 13th place match | |||||
1 August | ||||||
New Zealand | 11 | |||||
3 August | ||||||
South Africa | 3 | |||||
New Zealand | 7 | |||||
1 August | ||||||
France | 6 | |||||
Japan | 6 | |||||
France | 9 | |||||
15th place match | ||||||
3 August | ||||||
South Africa | 7 | |||||
Japan | 15 |
Playoffs
1 August 2015 13:30 |
Report | Canada | 5–8 | Greece | Kazan Attendance: 2,055 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 0–2, 1–2 | |||||
Valin 2 | Goals | Charalampidi 3 |
1 August 2015 17:30 |
Report | Kazakhstan | 1–21 | Netherlands | Kazan Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Joseph Peila (AUS), Cory Williams (NZL) |
Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–7, 0–6, 1–4 | |||||
Mirshina 1 | Goals | Smit 5 |
1 August 2015 18:50 |
Report | United States | 12–7 | Hungary | Kazan Attendance: 780 Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 4–1, 1–4 | |||||
Fattal 4 | Goals | Keszthelyi 3 |
1 August 2015 20:10 |
Report | Brazil | 8–10 | China | Kazan Attendance: 350 Referees: Stephane Roy (CAN), Dion Willis (RSA) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 4–3, 2–2 | |||||
Chiappini 5 | Goals | three players 2 |
Quarterfinals
3 August 2015 17:30 |
Report | Spain | 5–8 | United States | Kazan Attendance: 1,460 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–3, 2–1, 1–2 | |||||
Espar 2 | Goals | Fattal, Neushul 2 |
3 August 2015 18:50 |
Report | Russia | 9–10 | Netherlands | Kazan Attendance: 2,319 Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–3, 2–1, 2–2 | |||||
Ivanova, Karimova 3 | Goals | Megens, Klaassen 3 |
3 August 2015 20:10 |
Report | Australia | 12–10 | 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 |
3 August 2015 21:30 |
Report | Italy | 9–6 | Greece | Kazan Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–3, 3–2, 2–1 | |||||
Di Mario 4 | Goals | Charalampidi 3 |
13th–16th place classification
1 August 2015 10:50 |
Report | New Zealand | 11–3 | South Africa | Kazan Attendance: 1,357 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–0, 4–3, 3–0 | |||||
Myles 3 | Goals | three players 1 |
1 August 2015 12:10 |
Report | Japan | 6–9 | France | Kazan Attendance: 1,969 Referees: Fábio Toffoli (BRA), Peter de Jong (NED) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–4, 1–1, 1–2 | |||||
Nakano 2 | Goals | Guillet 5 |
9th–12th place classification
3 August 2015 12:10 |
Report | Canada | 7–10 | Hungary | Kazan Attendance: 274 Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Cory Williams (NZL) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 3–2, 1–4 | |||||
Wright 2 | Goals | Keszthelyi 4 |
3 August 2015 13:30 |
Report | Kazakhstan | 5–10 | Brazil | Kazan Attendance: 155 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–4, 2–4, 2–0 | |||||
Mirshina 3 | Goals | Chiappini 3 |
5th–8th place classification
5 August 2015 15:30 |
Report | Spain | 9–10 | China | Kazan Attendance: 297 Referees: Joseph Peila (USA), Joseph Peila (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–4, 2–2 | |||||
Forca 3 | Goals | Song Donglun, Zhao Zihan 4 |
5 August 2015 17:00 |
Report | Greece | 16–15 | Russia | Kazan Attendance: 690 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–4, 3–2, 4–3 PSO: 4–3 | |||||
Roumpesi 3 | Goals | Ivanova 4 |
Semifinals
5 August 2015 20:30 |
Report | United States | 8–6 | 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 |
5 August 2015 22:00 |
Report | Italy | 9–10 | Netherlands | Kazan Attendance: 717 Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 1–0, 3–0 PSO: 4–5 | |||||
Radicchi 2 | Goals | Megens 4 |
15th place match
3 August 2015 09:30 |
Report | South Africa | 7–15 | Japan | Kazan Attendance: 329 Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), German Moller (ARG) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–2, 3–8, 4–3 | |||||
White 2 | Goals | Nakano 4 |
13th place match
3 August 2015 10:50 |
Report | New Zealand | 7–6 | France | Kazan Attendance: 400 Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Stephane Roy (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 1–2, 2–0 | |||||
Myles 2 | Goals | Millot, Tardy 2 |
11th place match
5 August 2015 10:50 |
Report | Canada | 20–4 | Kazakhstan | Kazan Attendance: 235 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Cory Williams (NZL) |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–1, 5–2, 6–0 | |||||
M. Eggens 5 | Goals | Mirshina 2 |
9th place match
5 August 2015 12:10 |
Report | Hungary | 22–7 | Brazil | Kazan Attendance: 205 Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Dion Willis (RSA) |
Score by quarters: 5–2, 6–2, 6–0, 5–3 | |||||
Keszthelyi 5 | Goals | Chiappini, Zablith 2 |
7th place match
7 August 2015 14:00 |
Report | Spain | 15–10 | Russia | Kazan Attendance: 1,336 Referees: Radoslaw Korzyna (POL), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–4, 4–1, 3–2 | |||||
Tarragó 4 | Goals | Ivanova 3 |
5th place match
7 August 2015 15:30 |
Report | China | 13–12 | Greece | Kazan Attendance: 940 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 2–1, 2–3 PSO: 4–3 | |||||
Niu Guannan 5 | Goals | Asimaki 4 |
Bronze medal match
7 August 2015 20:30 |
Report | Australia | 10–12 | 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 |
Gold medal match
7 August 2015 22:00 |
Report | United States | 5–4 | Netherlands | Kazan Attendance: 2,305 Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–1, 3–1, 0–1 | |||||
Fattal 2 Musselman, Neushul, Mathewson 1 |
Goals | Megens 2 Smit, Klaassen 1 |
Final ranking
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Sami Hill, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Alys Williams, Maggie Steffens (C), Courtney Mathewson, Kiley Neushul, Ashley Grossman, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Kami Craig, Ashleigh Johnson.[1] Head coach: Adam Krikorian. |
Top goalscorers
Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
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1 | Rita Keszthelyi] | 21 | 35 | 60 |
2 | Zhao Zihan | 19 | 43 | 44 |
3 | Rachel Fattal | 18 | 33 | 55 |
Niu Guannan | 44 | 41 | ||
5 | Izabella Chiappini | 17 | 41 | 41 |
6 | Monika Eggens | 16 | 32 | 50 |
7 | Eugeniya Ivanova | 15 | 37 | 40 |
8 | Barbara Bujka | 14 | 23 | 61 |
Yasemin Smit | 32 | 44 | ||
Roser Tarragó | 31 | 45 |
Source: SportResult
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Best Goalscorer
- Rita Keszthelyi – 21 goals
- Media All-Star Team
- Ashleigh Johnson – Goalkeeper
- Kami Craig – Centre forward
- Zoe Arancini
- Roberta Bianconi
- Rachel Fattal
- Rita Keszthelyi
- Maud Megens
- "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- “USA Women’s Water Polo Completes Golden Sweep at 2015 FINA World Championships” swimmingworldmagazine.com August 7, 2015.