Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Participating teams Groups formed The draw resulted in the following groups: 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 Medalists Individual awards Most Valuable Player Duško Pijetlović Best Goalscorer Alexandr Axenov – 22 goals All-Tournament Team 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