Water polo at the 2015 European Games

Water polo at the 2015 European Games
Venue	Baku Aquatics Centre
Dates	12–21 June 2015
Competitors	364 (208 men, 156 women) from 16(men), 12(women) nations

The water polo tournaments at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan were held at the Baku Aquatics Centre in the Baku Games Cluster from 12 to 21 June 2015. 16 teams competed in the men's tournament and 12 teams in the women's tournament.

Water polo was not included in the earliest list of sports confirmed for the 2015 Games, as the European swimming authorities at that stage were minded not to take part. However, following negotiations with the organising authorities, a compromise was reached whereby, in 2015, these events were for junior players only - in effect, athletes between the ages of 16 and 17 for both men and women.

Qualification

Both of Azerbaijan's teams automatically qualify. The 2013 European Junior Championships will qualify automatically, as well as the qualification tournaments for the 2015 European Junior Championships will serve as qualification tournaments for the Games. Each qualifying team will be allowed to select 13 athletes for their team.

Men

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 European Games – Men's tournament

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Number of berths	Nation(s) qualified
Host nation	–	–	1	Azerbaijan
2013 European Junior Water Polo Championships	8–15 September 2013	Gżira	7	Montenegro Serbia Italy Hungary Croatia Russia Spain
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament A	12–15 March 2015	Nijverdal	2	Greece Ukraine
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament B		Graz	2	Slovakia Turkey
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament C		Szczecin	2	France Romania
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament D		Gżira	2	Germany Malta
Total			16

Women

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 European Games – Women's tournament

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Number of berths	Nation(s) qualified
Host nation	–	–	1	Azerbaijan
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		Belgrade	2	Germany Serbia
Total			12

Medal summary

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Serbia Marko Janković Petar Kasum Jasmin Kolašinac Nikola Lukić Vladan Mitrović Dragoljub Rogač Kristian Šulc Stefan Todorovski Marko Tubić Petar Velkić Matija Vlahović Đorđe Vučinić Uroš Vuković	Spain Oriol Albacete Jordi Chico Álex de la Fuente Josu Fernández Álvaro García Pablo Gómez Álvaro Granados Guillermo Palomar Nikolas Paúl Josep Puig Oriol Rodríguez Marc Salvador Francisco Valera	Greece Kimon Alexiou Konstantinos Chondrokoukis Nikolaos Delagrammatikas Nikolaos Gardikas Grigorios Giannopoulos Nikolaos Kalargyros Foivos Kalis Adamantios Mantis Dimitrios Nikolaidis Alexandros Papanastasiou Nikolaos Papasifakis Polymeris Siordilis Dimitrios Skoumpakis
Women	Russia Maria Bersneva Anastasia Fedotova Daria Gerzanich Evgeniia Golovina Anna Isakova Polina Kempf Bella Khamzaeva Elena Kotanchyan Alena Serzhantova Svetlana Stepakhina Veronika Vakhitova Elizaveta Zaplatina Aleksandra Zelenkovskaia	Spain Alejandra Aznar Carmen Baringo Alba Bonamusa Paula Crespí Helena Dalmases Sandra Domene Laura Gómez Blanca Goset Mireia Guiralt Paula Leitón Elia Montoya Anna Roldán Paula Rutgers	Greece Adamantia Doureka Nikoleta Eleftheriadou Eleni Elliniadi Michaela Kalogerakou Silia Logotheti Evangelia Loudi Ifigenia Mavrota Maria Patra Vasiliki Plevritou Elisavet Protopapas Artemis Safeti Eleni Sotireli Ioanna Stamatopoulou