Sports season
The 2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is played between November 2014 and June 2015 and open to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Bergamo, Italy from 23 to 28 June 2015.[1][2]
In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw.[2] If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:
- Match won in normal time - 3 points
- Match won in shootout - 2 points
- Match lost in shootout - 1 point
- Match lost in normal time - 0 points
Europe
Preliminary round
The European preliminary round consisted of two group of four teams and a third group of five teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final.
Group A
18 Nov 2014 18:00 | Game 1 | Greece | 15 (8)–8 (4) | Romania | Athens, Greece |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–3, 1–1, 6–3 |
18 Nov 2014 19:00 | Game 2 | Hungary | 13 (7)–6 (5) | Slovakia | Debrecen, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 2–1, 4–0 |
9 Dec 2014 18:00 | Game 3 | Slovakia | 10 (4)–16 (8) | Greece | Nováky, Slovakia |
Score by quarters: 4–4, 0–4, 3–5, 3–3 |
10 Dec 2014 18:25 | Game 4 | Hungary | 20 (10)–10 (6) | Romania | Miskolc, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–3, 5–0, 5–4 |
14 Apr 2015 18:15 | Game 12 | Hungary | 12 (6)–11 (3) | Greece | Győr, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 2–3, 4–5 |
Group B
Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
Serbia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 85 | 46 | +39 | 18 |
Russia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 12 |
Spain | 6 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 66 | -11 | 6 |
Germany | 6 | 0 | 6 | 53 | 82 | -29 | 0 |
9 Dec 2014 19:00 | Game 3 | Germany | 10 (6)–19 (8) | Serbia | Hamburg, Germany |
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–5, 3–6, 1–5 |
9 Dec 2014 20:00 | Game 4 | Spain | 11 (8)–14 (5) | Russia | Terrassa, Spain |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 1–3, 2–6 |
20 Jan 2015 18:30 | Game 5 | Russia | 8 (3)–17 (8) | Serbia | Astrakhan, Russia |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 2–5, 3–4 |
20 Jan 2015 19:00 | Game 6 | Germany | 11 (5)–12 (8) | Spain | Bremen, Germany |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 1–2, 5–2 |
17 Feb 2015 19:00 | Game 7 | Spain | 9 (5)–15 (4) | Serbia | Madrid, Spain |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 2–5, 2–6 |
17 Mar 2015 19:00 | Game 10 | Russia | 9 (7)–8 (6) | Spain | Volgograd, Russia |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 1–1, 1–1 |
14 Apr 2015 20:30 | Game 12 | Spain | 14 (9)–8 (4) | Germany | Barcelona, Spain |
Score by quarters: 5–4, 4–0, 3–4, 2–0 |
Group C
(H)–Host Super Final
20 Jan 2015 20:00 | Game 7 | Italy | 7 (4)–8 (5) | Croatia | Turin, Italy |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–2, 2–1 |
19 Feb 2015 20:00 | Game 11 | Italy | 11 (5)–10 (6) | France | Lodi, Italy |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–1, 3–3 |
20 Mar 2015 20:30 | Game 16 | France | 14 (6)–6 (4) | Turkey | Paris, France |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 5–0, 2–1, 6–1 |
31 Mar 2015 18:00 | Game 17 | Italy | 17 (7)–6 (4) | Turkey | Syracuse, Italy |
Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–2, 4–1, 6–1 |
31 Mar 2015 20:00 | Game 18 | France | 8 (5)–14 (7) | Montenegro | Nancy, France |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 5–4, 1–3, 2–4 |
Intercontinental Qualification Tournament
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd Place
Final
5th-8th Places
5th-8th Places Semifinals
7th Place
5th Place
Super Final
In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage. The games were played in Bergamo, Italy from 23 to 28 June 2015.
Squads
China |
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | L/R | Height | Weight | 1 | Wu Honghui | 10 April 1980 | Goalkeeper | R | | | 2 | Tan Feihu | 1 January 1987 | | R | | | 3 | Hu Zhangxin | 14 June 1991 | | R | | | 4 | Dong Tao | 21 December 1990 | | R | | | 5 | Lu Wenhui | 19 May 1994 | | R | | | 6 | Li Li | 28 February 1988 | | R | | | 7 | Chen Zhongxian | 12 June 1996 | | R | | | 8 | Gu Liang | 21 October 1991 | | R | | | 9 | Xie Ze Kai | 15 February 1996 | | R | | | 10 | Chen Jinghao | 1 August 1989 | | R | | | 11 | Zhang Chu Feng | 7 September 1989 | | R | | | 12 | Nianxiang Liang | 6 September 1990 | | R | | | 13 | Zhiwei Liang | 15 October 1992 | Goalkeeper | R | | | |
Croatia |
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | L/R | Height | Weight | 1 | Josip Pavic | 15 January 1982 | Goalkeeper | R | | | 2 | Damir Buric | 2 December 1980 | | R | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in) | 117 kg (258 lb) | 3 | Antonio Petkovic | 11 January 1986 | | R | | | 4 | Luka Loncar | 26 June 1987 | | R | | | 5 | Maro Jokovic | 1 October 1987 | | R | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 6 | Luka Bukic | 30 April 1994 | | R | | | 7 | Ante Vukicevic | 24 February 1993 | | R | | | 8 | Andro Buslje | 4 January 1986 | | R | | | 9 | Sandro Sukno | 30 June 1990 | | R | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | 103 kg (227 lb) | 10 | Fran Paskvalin | 22 November 1984 | | R | | | 11 | Andelo Setka | 14 September 1985 | | R | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 12 | Paulo Obradovic | 9 March 1986 | | R | | | 13 | Marko Bijac | 12 January 1991 | Goalkeeper | R | | | |
United States |
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | L/R | Height | Weight | 1 | Merrill Moses | 13 August 1977 | Goalkeeper | R | | | 2 | Connor Virjee | 16 March 1992 | | R | | | 3 | Alex Obert | 18 December 1991 | | R | | | 4 | Jackson Kimbell | 19 September 1994 | | R | | | 5 | Alex Roelse | 19 January 1995 | | R | | | 6 | Luca Cupido | 9 November 1995 | | R | | | 7 | Josh Samuels | 8 July 1991 | | R | | | 8 | Tony Azevedo | 21 November 1981 | | R | | | 9 | Alex Bowen | 4 September 1993 | | R | | | 10 | Bret Bonanni | 20 January 1994 | | R | | | 11 | Jesse Smith | 27 April 1983 | | R | | | 12 | John Mann | 27 June 1985 | | R | | | 13 | Baron McQuin | 27 October 1995 | Goalkeeper | R | | | |
Preliminary round
Group A
23 June 2015 17:20 | Game 1 | Hungary | 18 (9)–8 (3) | China | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–1, 3–5, 6–0 |
23 June 2015 18:40 | Game 2 | Brazil | 17 (9)–10 (5) | Croatia | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 6–2, 6–1, 2–4 |
24 June 2015 16:00 | Game 3 | Brazil | 15 (9)–7 (5) | China | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–3, 4–1, 2–1 |
24 June 2015 17:20 | Game 4 | Hungary | 12 (5)–15 (9) | Croatia | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–4, 3–3, 4–3 |
25 June 2015 17:20 | Game 5 | Hungary | 16 (9)–3 (2) | Brazil | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 6–1, 4–1, 3–0 |
25 June 2015 18:40 | Game 6 | China | 4 (1)–14 (7) | Croatia | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–4, 2–3, 1–4 |
Group B
23 June 2015 20:00 | Game 2 | Australia | 5 (3)–7 (1) | Italy | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–1, 0–5, 2–1 |
24 June 2015 20:00 | Game 4 | Serbia | 15 (8)–11 (5) | Italy | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–3, 1–3, 6–3 |
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
26 June 2015 18:40 | Game 3 | Croatia | 14 (5)–12 (6) | Italy | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–5, 3–0, 2–4 OT: 4–2 (pen.) |
26 June 2015 20:00 | Game 4 | China | 10 (5)–25 (13) | Serbia | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 5–6, 0–7, 3–5, 2–7 |
5th-8th Places
5th-8th Places Semifinals
27 June 2015 16:00 | Game 1 | Australia | 13 (7)–3 (2) | China | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–1, 3–1, 3–0 |
27 June 2015 17:20 | Game 2 | Italy | 5 (2)–10 (5) | Hungary | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 1–3, 2–2 |
7th Place
28 June 2015 16:00 | Game 1 | China | 9 (6)–16 (9) | Italy | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–6, 2–2, 1–5 |
5th Place
Finals
Semifinals
27 June 2015 18:40 | Game 1 | Brazil | 9 (4)–13 (5) | Serbia | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–1, 2–5, 3–3 |
3rd Place
28 June 2015 18:40 | Game 1 | Brazil | 24 (2)–23 (6) | United States | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 3–2, 5–2 OT: 14–13 (pen.) |
Final
28 June 2015 20:00 | Game 1 | Serbia | 9 (2)–6 (4) | Croatia | Bergamo, Italy |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 3–1, 4–1 |
Final ranking
| 2015 FINA Men's World League | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png) Serbia Ninth title | |
References
- ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b "FINA Water Polo World League 2015 Rules & Regulations for National Federations" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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