Tournament details | |
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Dates | 26 July – 7 August |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (4th title) |
Runner-up | Netherlands |
Third place | Italy |
Fourth place | Australia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 48 |
Goals scored | 883 (18.4 per match) |
Attendance | 45,888 (956 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Rita Keszthelyi (21 goals) |
The women's water polo tournament at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held in Kazan, Russia from 26 July–7 August.
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.