# Water polo at the 2015 European Games – Women's tournament

The women's water polo tournament at the 2015 European Games was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 20 June 2015.

## Qualification

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Number of berths | Nation(s) qualified |
| 2013 European Junior Water Polo Championships | 1–8 September 2013 | Istanbul | 6 | Greece Spain Netherlands Italy Hungary Russia |
| 2015 European Games Qualification Tournament A | 12–15 March 2015 | Nice | 2 | France Great Britain |
| 2015 European Games Qualification Tournament B | 12–14 March 2015 | Bratislava | 2 | Slovakia Israel |
| 2015 European Games Qualification Tournament C | 12–14 March 2015 | Belgrade | 2 | Germany Serbia |
| Total | | | 12 | |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+5).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 29 | +49 | 12 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 34 | +52 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 35 | +45 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 61 | −29 | 6 | 7–10th place semifinals |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 74 | −41 | 3 | 7–12th place quarterfinals |
| 6 | Israel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 94 | −76 | 0 | 7–12th place quarterfinals |
* 1 2 3 Greece 3 Pts, +5 GD; Netherlands 3 Pts, –1 GD; Hungary 3 Pts, –4 GD
| 12 June 2015 12:00 | Report | Netherlands | 29–1 | Israel | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 12 June 2015 12:00 | Report | Hungary | 21–4 | Germany | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 12 June 2015 13:45 | Report | Greece | 20–2 | Great Britain | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 13 June 2015 15:00 | Report | Israel | 3–23 | Hungary | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 13 June 2015 16:45 | Report | Great Britain | 8–10 | Germany | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 13 June 2015 20:30 | Report | Greece | 14–8 | Netherlands | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 14 June 2015 11:15 | Report | Germany | 10–1 | Israel | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 14 June 2015 16:45 | Report | Netherlands | 19–6 | Great Britain | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 14 June 2015 20:30 | Report | Hungary | 11–10 | Greece | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 15 June 2015 15:00 | Report | Great Britain | 13–9 | Israel | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 15 June 2015 16:45 | Report | Greece | 15–4 | Germany | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 15 June 2015 20:30 | Report | Netherlands | 14–9 | Hungary | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 16 June 2015 10:30 | Report | Greece | 19–4 | Israel | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 16 June 2015 12:15 | Report | Germany | 4–16 | Netherlands | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 16 June 2015 18:00 | Report | Hungary | 16–4 | Great Britain | Water Polo Arena, Baku |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 29 | +60 | 13 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 33 | +42 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 37 | +39 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 6 | 7–10th place semifinals |
| 5 | France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 83 | −56 | 3 | 7–12th place quarterfinals |
| 6 | Serbia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 80 | −54 | 0 | 7–12th place quarterfinals |
| 12 June 2015 13:45 | Report | Spain | 17–4 | Serbia | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 12 June 2015 15:30 | Report | Russia | 13–4 | Slovakia | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Brian Littlejohn (GBR) Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Brian Littlejohn (GBR) Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |||
| 12 June 2015 15:30 | Report | Bersneva, Khamzaeva 3 | Goals | Stankovianska 2 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Brian Littlejohn (GBR) Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |
| 12 June 2015 15:30 | Report | Italy | 22–5 | France | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 13 June 2015 11:15 | Report | France | 3–25 | Russia | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT) Cornelis van der Loo (NED) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT) Cornelis van der Loo (NED) |||
| 13 June 2015 11:15 | Report | Le Roux 2 | Goals | Bersneva, Fedotova 6 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT) Cornelis van der Loo (NED) |
| 13 June 2015 13:00 | Report | Serbia | 8–9 | Slovakia | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 13 June 2015 18:45 | Report | Spain | 10–8 | Italy | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 14 June 2015 13:00 | Report | Italy | 17–4 | Serbia | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 14 June 2015 15:00 | Report | Slovakia | 9–5 | France | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 14 June 2015 18:45 | Report | Russia | 12–8 | Spain | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Konstantinos Kyranis (GRE) Gábor Vogel (HUN) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Konstantinos Kyranis (GRE) Gábor Vogel (HUN) |||
| 14 June 2015 18:45 | Report | three players 3 | Goals | Aznar, Roldán 2 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Konstantinos Kyranis (GRE) Gábor Vogel (HUN) |
| 15 June 2015 11:15 | Report | Serbia | 7–9 | France | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 15 June 2015 13:00 | Report | Spain | 20–4 | Slovakia | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 15 June 2015 18:45 | Report | Italy | 11–11 | Russia | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Vlaho Radičević (CRO) Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Vlaho Radičević (CRO) Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 15 June 2015 18:45 | Report | Picozzi 6 | Goals | Gerzanich 3 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Vlaho Radičević (CRO) Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| 16 June 2015 14:15 | Report | Slovakia | 7–18 | Italy | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 16 June 2015 16:00 | Report | Russia | 28–3 | Serbia | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Erkan Türkkan (TUR) Massimo Angileri (MLT) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Erkan Türkkan (TUR) Massimo Angileri (MLT) |||
| 16 June 2015 16:00 | Report | Khamzaeva 6 | Goals | Damnjanović 2 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Erkan Türkkan (TUR) Massimo Angileri (MLT) |
| 16 June 2015 19:45 | Report | Spain | 20–5 | France | Water Polo Arena, Baku |

## Classification round
### Bracket

| 7–12th place quarterfinals | 7–12th place quarterfinals | 7–12th place quarterfinals | 7–10th place semifinals | 7–10th place semifinals | 7–10th place semifinals | 7th place | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | | B4 | Slovakia | 10 | | | |
| A5 | Great Britain | 3 | B6 | Serbia | 6 | | | |
| B6 | Serbia | 11 | | | | B4 | Slovakia | 11 |
| | | | | | | A4 | Germany | 13 |
| | | | A4 | Germany | 10 | | | |
| A6 | Israel | 9 | B5 | France | 8 | | | |
| B5 | France (PSO) | 11 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11th place | 11th place | 11th place | 9th place | 9th place | 9th place |
| | | | A5 | Great Britain | 10 | B6 | Serbia | 7 |
| | | | A6 | Israel | 5 | B5 | France | 3 |

### 7–12th place quarterfinals

| 17 June 2015 10:30 | Report | Great Britain | 3–11 | Serbia | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 17 June 2015 12:15 | Report | Israel | 9–11 | France | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku |||

### Eleventh place game

| 18 June 2015 13:00 | Report | Great Britain | 10–5 | Israel | Water Polo Arena, Baku |

### 7–10th place semifinals

| 18 June 2015 14:30 | Report | Serbia | 6–10 | Slovakia | Water Polo Arena, Baku |
| 18 June 2015 17:00 | Report | France | 8–10 | Germany | Water Polo Arena, Baku |

### Ninth place game

| 20 June 2015 12:00 | Report | Serbia | 7–3 | France | Water Polo Arena, Baku |

### Seventh place game

| 20 June 2015 13:30 | Report | Slovakia | 11–13 | Germany | Water Polo Arena, Baku |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| | | | B1 | Russia | 17 | | | |
| A2 | Netherlands | 12 | B3 | Italy | 7 | | | |
| B3 | Italy | 18 | | | | B1 | Russia (PSO) | 17 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Spain | 16 |
| | | | A1 | Greece | 6 | | | |
| A3 | Hungary | 5 | B2 | Spain | 9 | | | |
| B2 | Spain | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5th place | 5th place | 5th place | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | A2 | Netherlands | 9 | B3 | Italy | 7 |
| | | | A3 | Hungary | 10 | A1 | Greece | 8 |

### Quarterfinals

| 17 June 2015 10:30 | Report | Netherlands | 12–18 | Italy | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Vlaho Radičević (CRO) Ivan Raković (SRB) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Vlaho Radičević (CRO) Ivan Raković (SRB) |||
| 17 June 2015 10:30 | Report | Rogge 3 | Goals | Cocchiere 6 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Vlaho Radičević (CRO) Ivan Raković (SRB) |
| 17 June 2015 12:15 | Report | Hungary | 5–8 | Spain | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR) Boris Obradović (MNE) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR) Boris Obradović (MNE) |||
| 17 June 2015 12:15 | Report | Farkas 3 | Goals | Aznar 3 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR) Boris Obradović (MNE) |

### Semifinals

| 18 June 2015 18:30 | Report | Italy | 7–17 | Russia | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER) Radu Matache (ROU) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER) Radu Matache (ROU) |||
| 18 June 2015 18:30 | Report | Altamura, Millo 2 | Goals | Bersneva 4 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER) Radu Matache (ROU) |
| 18 June 2015 20:00 | Report | Spain | 9–6 | Greece | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB) Mark Koganov (AZE) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB) Mark Koganov (AZE) |||
| 18 June 2015 20:00 | Report | Aznar 4 | Goals | Mavrota, Protopapas 2 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB) Mark Koganov (AZE) |

### Fifth place game

| 20 June 2015 15:00 | Report | Netherlands | 9–10 | Hungary | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB) Radu Matache (ROU) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB) Radu Matache (ROU) |||
| 20 June 2015 15:00 | Report | Mulder 3 | Goals | three players 2 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB) Radu Matache (ROU) |

### Bronze medal game

| 20 June 2015 18:00 | Report | Italy | 7–8 | Greece | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS) Juan Colominas (ESP) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS) Juan Colominas (ESP) |||
| 20 June 2015 18:00 | Report | Cocchiere 5 | Goals | Protopapas 3 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS) Juan Colominas (ESP) |

### Final

| 20 June 2015 19:30 | Report | Russia | 17–16 | Spain | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) Vlaho Radičević (CRO) |
| Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) Vlaho Radičević (CRO) |||
| 20 June 2015 19:30 | Report | Gerzanich 3 | Goals | Aznar 3 | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) Vlaho Radičević (CRO) |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Russia |
| | Spain |
| | Greece |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Hungary |
| 6 | Netherlands |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Slovakia |
| 9 | Serbia |
| 10 | France |
| 11 | Great Britain |
| 12 | Israel |