Participating teams
Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
Groups formed The draw resulted in the following groups: Group A Group B Group C Group D
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.
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Championship bracket
5th place bracket
9th place bracket
13th place bracket
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
13th–16th place semifinals
9th–12th place semifinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games as winner of 2015 World League RankTeam45678910111213141516
Team Roster Gojko Pijetlović, Dušan Mandić, Živko Gocić, Radomir Drašović, Miloš Ćuk, Duško Pijetlović, Slobodan Nikić, Milan Aleksić, Nikola Jakšić, Filip Filipović, Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, Branislav Mitrović Head coach: Dejan Savić.
Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze Gojko PijetlovićDušan MandićŽivko Gocić (c)Sava RanđelovićMiloš ĆukDuško PijetlovićSlobodan NikićMilan AleksićNikola JakšićFilip FilipovićAndrija PrlainovićStefan MitrovićBranislav MitrovićHead coach: Dejan Savić Josip Pavić (c)Damir BurićAntonio PetkovićLuka LončarMaro JokovićLuka BukićPetar MuslimAndro BušljeSandro SuknoFran PaškvalinAnđelo ŠetkaPaulo ObradovićMarko BijačHead coach: Ivica Tucak Konstantinos FlegkasEmmanouil MylonakisGeorgios DervisisKonstantinos GenidouniasIoannis FountoulisKyriakos PontikeasChristos Afroudakis (c)Evangelos DelakasKonstantinos MourikisChristodoulos KolomvosAlexandros GounasAngelos VlachopoulosStefanos GalanopoulosHead coach: Thodoris Vlachos
Individual awards Most Valuable Player Duško Pijetlović
Best Goalscorer Alexandr Axenov – 22 goals
All-Tournament TeamΣτην καλύτερη 7άδα του πόλο δύο "ερυθρόλευκοι" Josip Pavić Duško Pijetlović Francesco Di Fulvio Ioannis Fountoulis Petar Muslim Alexandr Axenov Aaron Younger
References
External links 16th FINA World Championships 2015 FINA Water Polo website Official website Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Men Water Polo XVI World Championship 2015 Kazan www.todor66.com