Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Groups formed
The draw resulted in the following groups:

Format
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams and played a round-robin. The best placed team advanced to the quarterfinal, while the second-and third best team advanced to the playoffs. The last placed team played in placement games for place 13–16. From the quarterfinals on, a knockout system was used to determine the winner. The losers of the playoffs and quarterfinals played in placement games to determine their final position.

Knockout stage

 * Championship bracket


 * 5th place bracket


 * 9th place bracket


 * 13th place bracket

Individual awards

 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇷🇸 Duško Pijetlović


 * Best Goalscorer
 * 🇰🇿 Alexandr Axenov – 22 goals


 * All-Tournament Team
 * Josip Pavić
 * 🇷🇸 Duško Pijetlović
 * 🇮🇹 Francesco Di Fulvio
 * Ioannis Fountoulis
 * Petar Muslim
 * 🇰🇿 Alexandr Axenov
 * 🇦🇺 Aaron Younger