Dates 27 July – 8 August Runner-up Croatia Fourth place Italy Best player Duško Pijetlović Goals scored 869 | Champions Serbia (5th title) Third place Greece Start date 2015 Match 48 Venues 1 | |
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Teams 16 (from 5 confederations) | ||
The men's water polo tournament at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held in Kazan, Russia from 27 July–8 August.
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Participating teams
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.
Knockout stage
References
Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA