Water polo at the 2015 European Games – Men's tournament

Water polo at the 2015 European Games – Men's tournament
	Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–21 June
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (6th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Greece
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Top scorer(s)	Denis Strelezkij ; (25 goals)

Last updated October 22, 2025

The men's water polo tournament at the 2015 European Games was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 13 to 21 June 2015.^[2]

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Number of berths	Nation(s) qualified
Host nation	–	–	1	Azerbaijan
2013 European Junior Water Polo Championships	8–15 September 2013	Gżira	7	Montenegro Serbia Italy Hungary Croatia Russia Spain
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament A	12–15 March 2015	Nijverdal	2	Greece Ukraine
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament B		Graz	2	Slovakia Turkey
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament C		Szczecin	2	France Romania
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament D		Gżira	2	Germany Malta
Total			16

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	39	19	+20	9	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	3	2	1	42	22	+20	6	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	2	23	29	−6	3	Playoffs
4	Ukraine	3	0	3	16	50	−34	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Baku 2015 ^{[ usurped ]}

13 June 2015 15:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Russia	20–7	Ukraine	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Miodrag Stefanović (SRB) Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters:5–0, 2–2, 6–3, 7–2
		Krug 5	Goals	Dzyadyk, Leshchenko 2

13 June 2015 16:45	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Italy	12–5	France	Water Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015 09:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Ukraine	3–12	France	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER) Massimo Angileri (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 1–5, 1–1
		three players 1	Goals	Chandieu 3

14 June 2015 20:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Italy	9–8	Russia	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Juan Colominas (ESP) Radu Matache (ROU)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–0, 4–1, 0–5
		Del Basso 4	Goals	Zinnurov 4

15 June 2015 13:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Italy	18–6	Ukraine	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Brian Littlejohn (GBR) Martina Kuníková (SVK)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 6–2, 4–3, 4–1
		Del Basso 4	Goals	Dulin, Leshchenko 2

15 June 2015 16:45	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Russia	14–6	France	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB) Gábor Vogel (HUN)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 2–3, 4–1, 3–0
		Salimov 3	Goals	Marion-Vernoux 2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	50	14	+36	9	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	35	21	+14	6	Playoffs
3	Romania	3	1	2	17	34	−17	3	Playoffs
4	Azerbaijan (H)	3	0	3	16	49	−33	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Baku 2015 ^{[ usurped ]}
(H) Hosts

13 June 2015 13:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Hungary	9–8	Germany	Water Polo Arena, Baku

13 June 2015 18:45	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Azerbaijan	6–9	Romania	Water Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015 09:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Romania	5–10	Germany	Water Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015 18:45	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Hungary	23–3	Azerbaijan	Water Polo Arena, Baku

15 June 2015 15:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Hungary	18–3	Romania	Water Polo Arena, Baku

15 June 2015 18:45	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Azerbaijan	7–17	Germany	Water Polo Arena, Baku

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	2	1	0	41	29	+12	7	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	39	28	+11	6	Playoffs
3	Montenegro	3	1	1	1	34	33	+1	4	Playoffs
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	15	39	−24	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Baku 2015 ^{[ usurped ]}

13 June 2015 09:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Croatia	17–6	Turkey	Water Polo Arena, Baku

13 June 2015 20:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Montenegro	12–16	Greece	Water Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015 11:15	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Turkey	3–11	Greece	Water Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015 15:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Montenegro	11–11	Croatia	Water Polo Arena, Baku

15 June 2015 09:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Montenegro	11–6	Turkey	Water Polo Arena, Baku

15 June 2015 20:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Croatia	13–12	Greece	Water Polo Arena, Baku

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	46	22	+24	9	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	2	1	41	18	+23	6	Playoffs
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	29	36	−7	3	Playoffs
4	Malta	3	0	3	15	55	−40	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Baku 2015 ^{[ usurped ]}

13 June 2015 09:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Spain	22–4	Malta	Water Polo Arena, Baku

13 June 2015 11:15	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Serbia	14–5	Slovakia	Water Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015 13:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Malta	8–15	Slovakia	Water Polo Arena, Baku

14 June 2015 16:45	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Serbia	9–10	Spain	Water Polo Arena, Baku

15 June 2015 09:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Serbia	18–3	Malta	Water Polo Arena, Baku

15 June 2015 11:15	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Spain	14–9	Slovakia	Water Polo Arena, Baku

Final round

Bracket

Championship bracket

Playoffs 16 June		Quarterfinals 17 June		Semifinals 19 June		Final 21 June

		Spain	14
Russia	11	Russia	9
Montenegro	8			Spain	9
				Croatia	8
		Croatia	18
Germany	13	Germany	12
Slovakia	7					Spain	7
						Serbia	8
		Hungary	13
Greece	16	Greece (PSO)	15
France	7			Greece	12	Third place
				Serbia (PSO)	13
		Italy	7			Croatia	10
Serbia	8	Serbia	8			Greece	11
Romania	2

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

19 June

Russia	16
		21 June
Germany	9
		Russia	6
19 June
		Italy	11
Hungary	10

Italy	11
		Seventh place

		21 June

		Germany	6

		Hungary	15

9th place bracket

9–12th place semifinals		Ninth place

17 June

Montenegro	9
		19 June
Slovakia	8
		Montenegro	15
17 June
		France	4
France	7

Romania	5
		Eleventh place

		19 June

		Slovakia	7

		Romania	8

13th place bracket

13–16th place semifinals		13th place

16 June

Ukraine	9
		17 June
Turkey	11
		Turkey	11
16 June
		Azerbaijan	6
Azerbaijan	8

Malta	7
		15th place

		17 June

		Ukraine	13

		Malta	8

Playoffs

16 June 2015 14:15	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Russia	11–8	Montenegro	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE) Cornelis van der Loo (NED)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 1–1, 3–4, 3–1
		four players 2	Goals	Saveljić 3

16 June 2015 16:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Greece	16–7	France	Water Polo Arena, Baku

16 June 2015 18:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Germany	13–7	Slovakia	Water Polo Arena, Baku

16 June 2015 19:45	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Serbia	8–2	Romania	Water Polo Arena, Baku

Quarterfinals

17 June 2015 14:15	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Russia	9–14	Spain	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Gábor Vogel (HUN) Cornelis van der Loo (NED)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 2–2, 2–6, 1–3
		Egorov 3	Goals	Granados 4

17 June 2015 16:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Greece	15–13 (PSO)	Hungary	Water Polo Arena, Baku
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 3–1, 1–3 PSO:5–3

17 June 2015 18:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Germany	12–18	Croatia	Water Polo Arena, Baku

17 June 2015 19:45	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Serbia	8–7	Italy	Water Polo Arena, Baku

13–16th place semifinals

16 June 2015 10:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Ukraine	9–11	Turkey	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Andrej Laginja (SLO) Christian Landmann (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–1, 1–3, 5–2
		Dzyadyk 4	Goals	Yalçın 3

16 June 2015 12:15	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Azerbaijan	8–7	Malta	Water Polo Arena, Baku

9–12th place semifinals

17 June 2015 18:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Montenegro	9–8	Slovakia	Water Polo Arena, Baku

17 June 2015 19:45	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	France	7–5	Romania	Water Polo Arena, Baku

5–8th place semifinals

19 June 2015 15:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Russia	16–9	Germany	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Konstantinos Kyranis (GRE) Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 4–1, 5–4, 4–2
		Pronin 3	Goals	Manolakis 4

19 June 2015 17:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Hungary	10–11	Italy	Water Polo Arena, Baku

Semifinals

19 June 2015 19:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Spain	9–8	Croatia	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Radu Matache (ROU) Daniele Bianco (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–0, 2–4
		De la Fuente 3	Goals	Dašić 4

19 June 2015 20:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Greece	12–13 (PSO)	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Gábor Vogel (HUN) Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–0, 2–1 PSO: 5–6
		Alexiou, Giannopoulos 2	Goals	Kasum, Šulc 2

15th place game

17 June 2015 14:15	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Ukraine	13–8	Malta	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Raul Torres (ESP) Christian Landmann (GER)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–2, 4–2, 3–2
		Dzyadyk, Popyk 5	Goals	Plumpton 5

13th place game

17 June 2015 16:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Turkey	11–6	Azerbaijan	Water Polo Arena, Baku

Eleventh place game

19 June 2015 12:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Slovakia	7–8	Romania	Water Polo Arena, Baku

Ninth place game

19 June 2015 13:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Montenegro	15–4	France	Water Polo Arena, Baku

Seventh place game

21 June 2015 13:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Germany	6–15	Hungary	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Florent Blanchard (FRA) Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 1–3, 1–4
		Manolakis 2	Goals	Burián 5

Fifth place game

21 June 2015 14:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Russia	6–11	Italy	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR) Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 0–3, 1–4, 2–2
		six players 1	Goals	four players 2

Bronze medal game

21 June 2015 18:00	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Croatia	10–11	Greece	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Gábor Vogel (HUN) Raul Torres (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–1, 5–3, 1–2
		Kreković 3	Goals	Papanastasiou 3

Final

21 June 2015 19:30	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Spain	7–8	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE) Daniele Bianco (ITA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 1–1, 2–4, 1–1
		De la Fuente 3	Goals	Janković 3

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Serbia
	Spain
	Greece
4	Croatia
5	Italy
6	Russia
7	Hungary
8	Germany
9	Montenegro
10	France
11	Romania
12	Slovakia
13	Turkey
14	Azerbaijan
15	Ukraine
16	Malta

References

↑ "Individual Statistics – Leading Scorers" (PDF). baku2015.com. 21 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
↑ "LEN Ligue Européenne de Natatation - Home Page". len.eu. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18.

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[1] "Individual Statistics – Leading Scorers" (PDF). baku2015.com. 21 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[2] "LEN Ligue Européenne de Natatation - Home Page". len.eu. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18.

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Water polo at the 2015 European Games – Men's tournament

Contents

Qualification

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

Bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

13–16th place semifinals

9–12th place semifinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

15th place game

13th place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

See also

References