The women's water polo tournament at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Kazan, Russia from 26 July to 7 August 2015.Draw information
Participating teams
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Format The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams and played a round-robin. The best placed team advances to the quarterfinal, while the second-and third best team advance to the playoffs. The last placed team will play in placement games for place 13–16. From the quarterfinals on, a knockout system will be used to determine the winner. The losers of the playoffs and quarterfinals will play in placement games to determine their final position.
Preliminary round
Group A All times are MSK (UTC+3).
Group B All times are MSK (UTC+3).
Group C All times are MSK (UTC+3).
Group D All times are MSK (UTC+3).
Knockout stage Championship bracket
5th place bracket
9th place bracket
13th place bracket
Playoffs All times are MSK (UTC+3).
Quarterfinals All times are MSK (UTC+3).
13th–16th place classification All times are MSK (UTC+3).
9th–12th place classification All times are MSK (UTC+3).
5th–8th place classification All times are MSK (UTC+3).
Semifinals All times are MSK (UTC+3).
15th place match All times are MSK (UTC+3).
13th place match All times are MSK (UTC+3).
11th place match All times are MSK (UTC+3).
9th place match All times are MSK (UTC+3).
7th place match All times are MSK (UTC+3).
5th place match All times are MSK (UTC+3).
Bronze medal match All times are MSK (UTC+3).
Gold medal match All times are MSK (UTC+3).
Ranking and statistics Final ranking
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Team Roster Sami Hill, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Alys Williams, Maggie Steffens (C), Courtney Mathewson, Kiley Neushul, Ashley Grossman, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Kami Craig, Ashleigh Johnson. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.
Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsShots 1 Rita Keszthelyi 21 35 60 2 Zhao Zihan 19 43 443 Rachel Fattal18 33 55 Niu Guannan 44 41 5 Izabella Chiappini 17 41 41 6 Monika Eggens 16 32 50 7 Eugeniya Ivanova 15 37 408 Barbara Bujka14 23 61 Yasemin Smit 32 44 Roser Tarragó 31 45 Source: SportResult
Awards “USA Women’s Water Polo Completes Golden Sweep at 2015 FINA World Championships” swimmingworldmagazine.com August 7, 2015.
Most Valuable Player Rachel Fattal
Best Goalscorer Rita Keszthelyi – 21 goals
Media All-Star Team Ashleigh Johnson – Goalkeeper Kami Craig – Centre forward Zoe Arancini Roberta Bianconi Rachel Fattal Rita Keszthelyi Maud Megens
References
External links Official website Records and statistics (reports by Omega)