page_title: 2015 World Aquatics Championships
section_title: Aquatics palace and arena for water polo
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 World Aquatics Championships / Venues / Aquatics palace and arena for water polo
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Дворец водных видов спорта в Казани, средний бассейн English: Aquatics Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, middle swimming pool
context_page_description: The 16th FINA World Championships, also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams, athletes and the number of medals were the most ever amongst these championships. This was the first time the World Aquatics Championships partially overlaps with the FINA World Masters Championships that have a number of athletes, countries and medals which are the most ever also.
  Competitions were held in six sports in three main competition venues. The new FINA High Diving discipline has been presented on the XX FINA Technical Congress and has been officially included to the FINA World Aquatics Championships program starting from the 15th FINA World Championships 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. In this 16th FINA World Championships first time the mixed-pair duets in the synchronized swimming were included and first time the mixed command competitions in each sports were carried. This Championship is one of the qualifying events for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
  At these Championships 31 countries were awarded with a medal.
context_section_description: Construction period: September 2009 – October 2012
  The capacity of the venue is 4,200 seats. The temporary open arena for water polo with capacity 3,500 is set near the Aquatics palace.
  The building consists of three pools: 
  Diving – 33.3×25 m pool (allowable operating depth is 5.5 m);
  Synchronized swimming – 50×25 m (maximum operating depth is 3.0 m);
  Training pool – 50×25 m (practicing pool depth is 2.2 m).
  This special indoor swimming pool is situated on the picturesque bank of the Kazanka River. Diving and synchronized swimming play-offs are held there.
  The temporary open arena for water polo with 3,500 was built close near Aquatics Palace, using its service and support systems.
caption: Aquatics palace inside
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