Water polo at the 2015 European Games explained

Event:Water polo
Games:2015 European Games
Venue:Baku Aquatics Centre
Dates:12–21 June 2015
Competitors:364 (208 men, 156 women)
Nations:16(men), 12(women)

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.[1]

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.[2]

Men

See 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
2013 European Junior Water Polo Championships 8–15 September 2013 Gżira7





2015 European Games Qualification Tournament A12–15 March 20152
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament B2
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament C2
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament D2
Total 16

Women

See 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
2013 European Junior Water Polo Championships 1–8 September 2013 Istanbul6




2015 European Games Qualification Tournament A12–15 March 20152
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament B12–14 March 20152
2015 European Games Qualification Tournament C2
Total 12

Medal summary

Events

Men[3]
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

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

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
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

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

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.uec.ch/documents/news/2013/baku_2015_newsletter_eu_v2.pdf Newsletter 1
  2. http://www.olympics.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/BEGOC-Sport-Qualification-AQ-v2.2.pdf Qualification system version 2.2
  3. Web site: Water Polo – Medallists by Event. baku2015.com. 21 June 2015. 26 April 2022. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20150624160922/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/WP/pdf/WP0000000_C93_36.pdf. 24 June 2015.