2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
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Last updated October 02, 2023

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]

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

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	6	6	0	87	57	+30	18
Greece	6	4	2	84	63	+21	12
Romania	6	2	4	58	88	-30	5
Slovakia	6	0	6	55	76	-21	1

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

20 Jan 2015 18:00	Game 5	Romania	14 (4)–13 (7)	Slovakia	Bucharest, Romania
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–3, 3–2, 2–0 OT: 5–4

20 Jan 2015 19:00	Game 6	Greece	13 (8)–15 (9)	Hungary	Athens, Greece
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 3–5, 3–3, 2–3

17 Feb 2015 17:30	Game 7	Romania	12 (5)–18 (7)	Greece	Bucharest, Romania
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–4, 4–7, 3–4

17 Feb 2015 18:00	Game 8	Slovakia	12 (4)–13 (4)	Hungary	Košice, Slovakia
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 3–5, 5–4

17 Mar 2015 18:00	Game 9	Romania	5 (3)–14 (7)	Hungary	Bucharest, Romania
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–5, 1–3, 1–4

17 Mar 2015 19:00	Game 10	Greece	11 (6)–6 (3)	Slovakia	Athens, Greece
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 3–1, 2–2

14 Apr 2015 18:00	Game 11	Slovakia	8 (5)–9 (4)	Romania	Bratislava, Slovakia
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 2–3, 1–2

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

18 Nov 2014 18:00	Game 1	Serbia	9 (5)–1 (1)	Spain	Niš, Serbia
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 0–0, 0–0, 4–0

18 Nov 2014 19:00	Game 2	Russia	12 (6)–9 (4)	Germany	Volgograd, Russia
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–3, 2–2

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 Feb 2015 19:30	Game 8	Germany	7 (4)–11 (4)	Russia	Stuttgart, Germany
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 1–3, 2–4

17 Mar 2015 18:00	Game 9	Serbia	14 (7)–8 (5)	Germany	Kragujevac, Serbia
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 3–1, 4–2

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 19:00	Game 11	Serbia	11 (6)–10 (4)	Russia	Kruševac, Serbia
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 2–2, 3–4

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

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	8	8	0	101	60	+41	24
Italy (H)	8	6	2	108	71	+37	17
Montenegro	8	4	4	94	81	+13	13
France	8	1	7	71	97	-26	3
Turkey	8	1	7	40	105	-65	3

(H)–Host Super Final

18 Nov 2014 20:30	Game 1	Croatia	13 (6)–3 (0)	Turkey	Zagreb, Croatia
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–0, 4–1, 3–2

18 Nov 2014 20:30	Game 2	France	9 (4)–15 (6)	Italy	Aix-en-Provence, France
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–4, 4–5

9 Dec 2014 18:00	Game 3	Montenegro	13 (6)–15 (4)	Italy	Budva, Montenegro
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 1–4, 4–2 OT: 2–4

9 Dec 2014 19:30	Game 4	France	7 (2)–14 (9)	Croatia	Montpellier, France
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–4, 4–3, 1–2

29 Dec 2014 16:45	Game 5	Croatia	14 (6)–8 (4)	Montenegro	Rijeka, Croatia
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 3–2, 5–2

20 Jan 2015 17:00	Game 6	Montenegro	15 (7)–4 (0)	Turkey	Budva, Montenegro
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–0, 3–1, 5–3

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

2 Feb 2015 21:00	Game 8	Turkey	9 (1)–7 (3)	France	Istanbul, Turkey
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–2, 6–2, 2–2

17 Feb 2015 19:00	Game 9	Montenegro	13 (6)–7 (4)	France	Budva, Montenegro
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–2, 3–2, 4–1

17 Feb 2015 21:00	Game 10	Turkey	3 (1)–16 (7)	Italy	Istanbul, Turkey
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–4, 1–5, 1–4

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 Feb 2015 21:00	Game 12	Turkey	4 (2)–11 (6)	Croatia	Istanbul, Turkey
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 0–1, 2–4

17 Mar 2015 18:00	Game 13	Croatia	15 (7)–9 (4)	France	Varaždin, Croatia
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–3, 2–3, 6–2

17 Mar 2015 20:00	Game 14	Italy	16 (8)–8 (3)	Montenegro	Genoa, Italia
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–1, 5–2, 3–3

20 Mar 2015 18:00	Game 15	Montenegro	11 (5)–12 (4)	Croatia	Budva, Montenegro
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 2–4, 4–4

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

14 Apr 2015 18:00	Game 19	Croatia	14 (8)–11 (3)	Italy	Split, Croatia
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–2, 1–4, 5–4

14 Apr 2015 21:00	Game 20	Turkey	5 (3)–12 (5)	Montenegro	Istanbul, Turkey
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1–3, 1–4

Intercontinental Qualification Tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	45	25	+20	9
United States	3	2	1	38	24	+14	6
Japan	3	1	2	30	39	-9	3
Argentina	3	0	3	23	48	-25	0

30 Mar 2015 18:30	Game 1	Japan	14 (9)–9 (5)	Argentina	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–1, 2–1, 3–3

30 Mar 2015 20:30	Game 2	Canada	10 (7)–9 (3)	United States	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–1, 0–5, 3–1

31 Mar 2015 17:00	Game 3	Canada	15 (7)–6 (4)	Argentina	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–1, 3–0, 5–2

31 Mar 2015 20:00	Game 4	Japan	6 (2)–10 (4)	United States	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–1, 3–4, 1–2

1 Apr 2015 17:00	Game 5	Canada	20 (8)–10 (5)	Japan	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 6–3, 6–2

1 Apr 2015 20:00	Game 6	United States	19 (10)–8 (5)	Argentina	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 5–1, 5–2, 4–1

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	36	20	+16	9
Brazil	3	2	1	32	29	+3	6
Kazakhstan	3	1	2	24	32	-8	3
China	3	0	3	21	32	-11	0

30 Mar 2015 15:30	Game 1	Brazil	10 (7)–13 (6)	Australia	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–4, 1–5, 2–2

30 Mar 2015 17:00	Game 2	Kazakhstan	10 (6)–9 (8)	China	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–3, 2–0, 2–1

31 Mar 2015 15:30	Game 3	Brazil	12 (6)–9 (4)	China	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 3–3, 3–2

31 Mar 2015 18:30	Game 4	Kazakhstan	7 (3)–13 (6)	Australia	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–1, 2–4, 2–3

1 Apr 2015 15:30	Game 5	Brazil	10 (7)–7 (3)	Kazakhstan	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 6–1, 1–2, 2–2

1 Apr 2015 18:30	Game 6	Australia	10 (6)–3 (3)	China	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 2–3, 2–0, 2–0

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A2

United States

17

B3

Kazakhstan

11

A2

United States

16

B1

Australia *

17

A4

Argentina

5

B1

Australia

14

B1

Australia

9

B2

Brazil

6

A3

Japan

8

B2

Brazil

11

B2

Brazil

14

Third place

B4

China

12

A1

Canada

10

A2

United States

19

B4

China

11

B4

China

7

Quarterfinals

2 Apr 2015 15:30	Game 1	Japan	8 (4)–11 (6)	Brazil	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–4, 2–3, 2–2

2 Apr 2015 17:00	Game 2	Canada	10 (4)–11 (9)	China	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 3–3, 3–2, 3–0

2 Apr 2015 18:30	Game 3	United States	17 (9)–11 (5)	Kazakhstan	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–2, 5–2, 3–4

2 Apr 2015 20:00	Game 4	Argentina	5 (3)–14 (6)	Australia	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 2–3, 0–5

Semifinals

3 Apr 2015 18:30	Game 1	United States	16 (7)–17 (7)	Australia	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–4, 2–1, 4–5 OT: 3–4

3 Apr 2015 20:00	Game 2	Brazil	14 (8)–12 (6)	China	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–1, 4–4, 2–2

3rd Place

4 Apr 2015 12:00	Game 1	United States	19 (11)–7 (2)	China	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 4–1, 4–2, 4–3

Final

4 Apr 2015 13:30	Game 1	Australia	9 (6)–6 (3)	Brazil	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 3–1, 0–2

5th-8th Places

5th–8th Places Semifinals		5th Place



Kazakhstan	19

Argentina	8
		Kazakhstan	12

		Japan	15
Japan	11

Canada	10
		7th Place



		Argentina	5

		Canada	18

5th-8th Places Semifinals

3 Apr 2015 15:30	Game 1	Kazakhstan	19 (11)–8 (5)	Argentina	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 6–3, 5–2, 5–2, 3–1

3 Apr 2015 17:00	Game 2	Japan	11 (6)–10 (6)	Canada	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–3, 2–2, 3–2

7th Place

4 Apr 2015 09:00	Game 1	Argentina	5 (2)–18 (10)	Canada	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–5, 1–5, 2–3

5th Place

4 Apr 2015 10:30	Game 1	Kazakhstan	12 (5)–15 (7)	Japan	Newport Beach, United States
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–3, 3–3, 4–5

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

Australia

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	L/R
1	Joel Dennerley	25 June 1987	Goalkeeper	R
2	Richie Campbell	18 September 1987		R
3	George Ford	24 February 1993		R
4	Johnno Cotterill	27 October 1989		R
5	Nathan Power	13 February 1993		R
6	Jarrod Gilchrist	13 June 1990		R
7	Aidan Roach	7 September 1990		R
8	Aaron Younger	25 September 1991		R
9	Joel Swift	14 June 1990		R
10	Martin Tyler	3 January 1991		R
11	Rhys Howden	2 April 1987		R
12	William Miller	21 February 1988		R
13	James Clark	22 March 1991	Goalkeeper	R

Brazil

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	L/R
1	Vinicius Antonelli	1 March 1990	Goalkeeper	R
2	Jonas Crivella	30 April 1988		R
3	Guilherme Gomes	12 July 1996		R
4	Ives Alonso	12 October 1980		R
5	Paulo Salemi	8 August 1993		R
6	Bernardo Gomes	12 November 1993		R
7	Adrian Delgado	7 April 1990		R
8	Felipe Santos	8 August 1984		R
9	Bernardo Rocha	3 July 1989		R
10	Felipe Perrone	27 February 1986		R
11	Gustavo Guimaraes	24 January 1994		R
12	Josip Vrlic	25 April 1986		R
13	Thye Bezerra	22 August 1987	Goalkeeper	R

China

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	L/R
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

Hungary

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	L/R	Height	Weight
1	Viktor Nagy	24 July 1984	Goalkeeper	R
2	Miklós Gór-Nagy	8 January 1983		R
3	Norbert Madaras	1 December 1979		R	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
4	Balázs Erdélyi	16 February 1990		R
5	Márton Vámos	24 June 1992		R	199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
6	Norbert Hosnyánszky	4 March 1984		R
7	Ferenc Salamon	11 November 1988		R
8	Dániel Angyal	29 March 1992		R
9	Dániel Varga	25 September 1983		R
10	Dénes Varga	29 March 1987		R	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
11	Toni Német	14 January 1994		R
12	Balázs Hárai	5 April 1987		R
13	Attila Decker	25 August 1987	Goalkeeper	R

Italy

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	L/R	Height	Weight
1	Stefano Tempesti	9 June 1979	Goalkeeper	R	203 cm (6 ft 8 in)	97 kg (214 lb)
2	Francesco Di Fulvio	15 August 1993		R	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)
3	Alessandro Velotto	12 February 1995		R	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	79 kg (174 lb)
4	Pietro Figlioli	29 May 1984		R	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)	97 kg (214 lb)
5	Alex Giorgetti	24 December 1987		R	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)
6	Andrea Fondelli	27 February 1994		R	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)
7	Nicholas Presciutti	14 December 1993		R	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	92 kg (203 lb)
8	Valentino Gallo	17 July 1985		R
9	Niccolo' Gitto	12 October 1986		R	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	89 kg (196 lb)
10	Stefano Luongo	5 January 1990		R
11	Matteo Aicardi	19 April 1986		R	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)	104 kg (229 lb)
12	Fabio Baraldi	21 March 1990		R
13	Marco Del Lungo	1 March 1990	Goalkeeper	R	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)

Serbia

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	L/R
1	Gojko Pijetlovic	7 August 1983	Goalkeeper	R
2	Dusan Mandic	16 June 1994		R
3	Zivko Gocic	22 August 1982		R
4	Sava Randjelovic	17 July 1993		R
5	Milos Cuk	21 December 1990		R
6	Dusko Pijetlovic	25 April 1985		R
7	Slobodan Nikic	25 January 1983		R
8	Milan Aleksic	13 May 1986		R
9	Nikola Jakšić	17 January 1997		R
10	Filip Filipovic	2 May 1987		R
11	Andrija Prlainovic	28 April 1987		R
12	Stefan Mitrovic	29 March 1988		R
13	Branislav Mitrovic	30 January 1985	Goalkeeper	R

United States

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	L/R
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

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	46	26	+20	6
Brazil	3	2	1	35	33	+2	6
Croatia	3	2	1	39	33	+6	6
China	3	0	3	19	47	–28	0

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

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	3	3	0	40	26	+14	9
Italy	3	2	1	31	30	+1	6
Australia	3	1	2	23	28	–5	3
United States	3	0	3	26	36	–10	0

23 June 2015 16:00	Game 1	Serbia	13 (9)–7 (3)	United States	Bergamo, Italy
		Score by quarters: 6–3, 3–0, 3–1, 1–3

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 18:40	Game 3	Australia	10 (4)–9 (1)	United States	Bergamo, Italy
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 2–4, 4–4

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

25 June 2015 16:00	Game 5	Serbia	12 (6)–8 (5)	Australia	Bergamo, Italy
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 3–1, 3–2

25 June 2015 20:00	Game 6	United States	10 (3)–13 (7)	Italy	Bergamo, Italy
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–4, 3–2, 4–4

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

2A

Brazil

9

3B

Australia

8

2A

Brazil

9

1B

Serbia

13

4A

China

10

1B

Serbia

25

1B

Serbia

9

3A

Croatia

6

3A

Croatia (pen.)

10⁽⁴⁾

2B

Italy

10⁽²⁾

3A

Croatia

11

Third place

4B

United States

6

1A

Hungary

7

2A

Brazil (pen.)

10⁽¹⁴⁾

4B

United States

8

4B

United States

10⁽¹³⁾

Quarterfinals

26 June 2015 16:00	Game 1	Brazil	9 (3)–8 (4)	Australia	Bergamo, Italy
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–2, 2–2

26 June 2015 17:20	Game 2	Hungary	7 (3)–8 (3)	United States	Bergamo, Italy
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–1, 3–3, 1–2

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		5th Place



Australia	13

China	3
		Australia	9

		Hungary	6
Italy	5

Hungary	10
		7th Place



		China	9

		Italy	16

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

28 June 2015 17:20	Game 1	Australia	9 (3)–6 (3)	Hungary	Bergamo, Italy
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 4–2, 2–1

Finals

Semifinals		Final



Brazil	9

Serbia	13
		Serbia	9

		Croatia	6
Croatia	11

United States	6
		3rd Place



		Brazil (pen.)	10⁽¹⁴⁾

		United States	10⁽¹³⁾

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

27 June 2015 20:00	Game 2	Croatia	11 (5)–6 (4)	United States	Bergamo, Italy
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–0, 4–2

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

RANK^[1]	TEAM
	Serbia
	Croatia
	Brazil
4.	United States
5.	Australia
6.	Hungary
7.	Italy
8.	China

2015 FINA Men's World League
Serbia Ninth title

Top Scorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Tony Azevedo	Dusan Mandic	Josip Pavic

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Contents

Europe

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

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

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

5th-8th Places

5th-8th Places Semifinals

7th Place

5th Place

Finals

Semifinals

3rd Place

Final

Final ranking

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