2014–15 Serie A1 (men's water polo) explained

Competition:	Serie A1
Season:	2014–15
Winners:	Pro Recco 29th title
Relegated:	Roma Florentia
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Pro Recco Brescia Sport Management
Continentalcup2:	Euro Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Acquachiara Canottieri
League Topscorer:	Antonio Petković (81 goals)
Matches:	158
Total Goals:	2988
Biggest Home Win:	Pro Recco 23–3 Roma Brescia 24–4 Florentia
Biggest Away Win:	Florentia 3–24 Pro Recco
Highest Scoring:	Lazio 14–19 Acquachiara
Prevseason:	2013–14
Nextseason:	2015–16

The 2014–15 Serie A1 is the 96th season of the Serie A1, Italy's premier Water polo league.

Team information

The following 12 clubs compete in the Serie A1 during the 2014–15 season:

bgcolor=dodgerblue align="center" colspan="17"	Serie A1
Team	City	Pool	Founded	Colours
Acquachiara	Napoli	Piscina Felipe Scandone
Brescia	Brescia	Centro Natatorio Mompiano
Bogliasco	Bogliasco	Stadio del Gianni Vassallo
Canottieri	Napoli	Piscina Felipe Scandone
Como	Como	Piscina Olimpionica
Florentia	Florence	Piscina Goffredo Nannini
Lazio	Rome	Salaria Sport Village
Posillipo	Napoli	Piscina Felipe Scandone
Pro Recco	Recco	Piscina comunale di Sori
Roma Vis Nova	Rome	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto
Savona	Savona	Piscina Carlo Zanelli
Sport Management	Verona	Centro Natatorio Sportivo Belvedere

Regular season

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1		22	21	0	1	330	128	+202	63
2		22	20	1	1	269	143	+126	61
3		22	16	2	4	248	208	+40	50
4		22	14	2	6	201	168	+33	44
5		22	11	1	10	189	204	−15	34
6		22	10	2	10	198	188	+10	32
7		22	8	2	12	185	206	−21	26
8		22	8	0	14	195	237	−42	24
9		22	7	1	14	224	268	−44	22
10		22	6	1	15	156	212	−56	19
11		22	3	1	18	167	255	−88	10
12		22	1	1	20	162	307	−145	4

	Championship Playoff
	Relegation

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

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1. round (2014.10.04) Acquachiara – Roma Vis Nova 11–7 AN Brescia – Lazio 18–6 Como – Florentia 12–6 Posillipo – S.M. Verona 5–6 Pro Recco – Bogliasco 16–6 Savona – CC Napoli 8–4

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2. round (2014.10.11) Bogliasco – Savona 9–7 CC Napoli – AN Brescia 5–12 Florentia – Pro Recco 3–24 Lazio – Posillipo 12–13 Roma Vis Nova – Como 3–8 S.M. Verona – Acquachiara 11–9

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3. round (2014.10.18) Acquachiara – Lazio 13–11 AN Brescia – Savona 7–4 Como – S.M. Verona 6–7 Florentia – Bogliasco 5–13 Posillipo – CC Napoli 6–8 Pro Recco – Roma Vis Nova 23–3

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4. round (2014.10.25) Bogliasco – AN Brescia 8–15 CC Napoli – Acquachiara 8–13 Lazio – Como 8–9 Roma Vis Nova – Florentia 11–6 Savona – Posillipo 5–2 S.M. Verona – Pro Recco 6–8

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5. round (2014.11.08) Acquachiara – Savona 11–6 Como – CC Napoli 6–8 Florentia – S.M. Verona 0–9 Posillipo – AN Brescia 8–10 Pro Recco – Lazio 19–5 Roma Vis Nova – Bogliasco 12–8

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6. round (2014.11.15) AN Brescia – Acquachiara 7–4 Bogliasco – Posillipo 8–10 CC Napoli – Pro Recco 6–20 Lazio – Florentia 10–6 Savona – Como 8–8 S.M. Verona – Roma Vis Nova 13–8

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7. round (2014.12.03) Acquachiara – Posillipo 10–6 Como – AN Brescia 3–9 Florentia – CC Napoli 9–12 Pro Recco – Savona 15–5 Roma Vis Nova – Lazio 9–11 S.M. Verona – Bogliasco 13–8

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8. round (2014.12.06) AN Brescia – Pro Recco 7–6 Bogliasco – Acquachiara 12–13 CC Napoli – Roma Vis Nova 12–7 Lazio – S.M. Verona 8–8 Posillipo – Como 9–6 Savona – Florentia 17–4

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9. round (2014.12.13) Como – Acquachiara 5–11 Lazio – Bogliasco 14–9 Florentia – AN Brescia 7–14 Pro Recco – Posillipo 8–6 Roma Vis Nova – Savona 5–7 S.M. Verona – CC Napoli 11–10

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10. round (2014.12.20) Acquachiara – Pro Recco 6–14 AN Brescia – Roma Vis Nova 19–7 CC Napoli – Lazio 8–9 Como – Bogliasco 6–9 Posillipo – Florentia 10–10 Savona – S.M. Verona 11–9

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11. round (2014.01.10) Bogliasco – CC Napoli 9–7 Florentia – Acquachiara 10–12 Lazio – Savona 12–13 Pro Recco – Como 16–5 Roma Vis Nova – Posillipo 9–10 S.M. Verona – AN Brescia 6–7

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12. round (2015.01.17) Roma Vis Nova – Acquachiara 9–10 Lazio – AN Brescia 9–15 Florentia – Como 9–13 S.M. Verona – Posillipo 13–9 Bogliasco – Pro Recco 5–20 CC Napoli – Savona 10–4

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13. round (2015.01.24) Savona – Bogliasco 12–9 AN Brescia – CC Napoli 13–9 Pro Recco – Florentia 16–5 Posillipo – Lazio 11–4 Como – Roma Vis Nova 9–8 Acquachiara – S.M. Verona 11–11

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14. round (2015.01.31) Lazio – Acquachiara 14–19 Savona – AN Brescia 8–12 S.M. Verona – Como 9–3 Bogliasco – Florentia 10–6 CC Napoli – Posillipo 7–7 Roma Vis Nova – Pro Recco 4–21

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15. round (2015.02.07) AN Brescia – Bogliasco 16–9 Acquachiara – CC Napoli 12–11 Como – Lazio 8–7 Florentia – Roma Vis Nova 14–11 Posillipo – Savona 12–7 Pro Recco – S.M. Verona 9–4

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16. round (2015.02.21) Savona – Acquachiara 5–13 CC Napoli – Como 9–7 S.M. Verona – Florentia 15–9 AN Brescia – Posillipo 10–6 Lazio – Pro Recco 11–18 Bogliasco – Roma Vis Nova 11–6

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17. round (2015.03.07) Acquachiara – AN Brescia 7–7 Posillipo – Bogliasco 16–7 Pro Recco – CC Napoli 12–6 Florentia – Lazio 11–16 Como – Savona 8–9 Roma Vis Nova – S.M. Verona 6–8

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18. round (2015.03.11) Posillipo – Acquachiara 7–8 AN Brescia – Como 13–5 CC Napoli – Florentia 8–4 Savona – Pro Recco 7–13 Lazio – Roma Vis Nova 9–10 Bogliasco – S.M. Verona 5–6

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19. round (2015.03.14) Pro Recco – AN Brescia 9–8 Acquachiara – Bogliasco 15–12 Roma Vis Nova – CC Napoli 7–7 S.M. Verona – Lazio 16–11 Como – Posillipo 7–12 Florentia – Savona 12–14

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20. round (2015.03.21) Acquachiara – Como 12–11 Bogliasco – Lazio 7–10 AN Brescia – Florentia 24–4 Posillipo – Pro Recco 3–11 Savona – Roma Vis Nova 11–9 CC Napoli – S.M. Verona 5–7

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21. round (2015.04.11) Pro Recco – Acquachiara 15–11 Roma Vis Nova – AN Brescia 7–16 Lazio – CC Napoli 14–17 Bogliasco – Como 13–4 Florentia – Posillipo 13–19 S.M. Verona – Savona 7–10

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22. round (2015.04.18) CC Napoli – Bogliasco 8–9 Acquachiara – Florentia 17–9 Savona – Lazio 11–13 Como – Pro Recco 7–17 Posillipo – Roma Vis Nova 11–9 AN Brescia – S.M. Verona 10–6

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Championship playoff

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

Final

• 1st leg

• 2nd leg

• 3rd leg

Pro Recco N.E PN won Championship final series 3–0.

5th – 8th placement

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 16 May 2015.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Antonio Petković	Acquachiara	81
2	Andrija Prlainović	Pro Recco	64
3	Darko Brguljan	Canottieri	62
4	Aleksandar Radović	Posillipo	60
5	Stefano Luongo	Acquachiara	59
6	Michele Luongo	SM Verona	58
7	Guillermo Molina	AN Brescia	56
8	Valentino Gallo	Posillipo	50
9	Đorđe Filipović	SM Verona	48
10	Valerio Rizzo	AN Brescia	45

Number of teams by regions

	Regions	No. teams	Teams
1		3	Acquachiara, Canottieri and Posillipo
		3	Bogliasco, Pro Recco and Savona
3		2	Lazio and Roma Vis Nova
		2	Brescia and Como
5		1	Florentia
		1	Sport Management

Final standing

width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc		Qualified for the 2015–16 LEN Champions League
width=10px bgcolor=#bbebff		Qualified for the 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup
width=10px bgcolor=#ffcccc		Relegation to the 2015–16 Serie A2

1 Stefano Tempesti (c), 2 Duško Pijetlović, 3 Andrija Prlainović, 4 Pietro Figlioli 5 Alex Giorgetti, 6 Maurizio Felugo, 7 Massimo Giacoppo, 8 Francesco Di Fulvio 9 Niccolò Figari, 10 Andrea Fondelli, 11 Matteo Aicardi 12 Niccolò Gitto, 13 Giacomo Pastorino
Head coach
Igor Milanović

External links

• Italian Water Polo Federaration

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2014-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102546/http://www.federnuoto.it/discipline/pallanuoto/campionato-a1-maschile.html?view=calendario&cpt=1&fas=55&grn=67 . 2014-10-06 . dead .