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

The women's water polo tournament at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Kazan, Russia from 26 July to 7 August 2015.

Participating teams

 * Africa
 * Americas
 * Asia
 * Europe
 * Oceania
 * Asia
 * Europe
 * Oceania
 * Europe
 * Oceania
 * Europe
 * Oceania
 * Oceania
 * Oceania
 * Oceania
 * Oceania
 * Oceania
 * Oceania
 * Oceania

Format
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.

Group A
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Group B
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Group C
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Group D
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Knockout stage

 * Championship bracket


 * 5th place bracket


 * 9th place bracket


 * 13th place bracket

Playoffs
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

13th–16th place classification
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

9th–12th place classification
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

5th–8th place classification
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Semifinals
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

15th place match
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

13th place match
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

11th place match
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

9th place match
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

7th place match
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

5th place match
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Bronze medal match
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Gold medal match
All times are MSK (UTC+3).

Final ranking
Sami Hill, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Alys Williams, Maggie Steffens (C), Courtney Mathewson, Kiley Neushul, Ashley Grossman, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Kami Craig, Ashleigh Johnson. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.
 * Team Roster

Top goalscorers
Source: SportResult

Awards

 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇺🇸 Rachel Fattal


 * Best Goalscorer
 * 🇭🇺 Rita Keszthelyi – 21 goals


 * Media All-Star Team
 * 🇺🇸 Ashleigh Johnson – Goalkeeper
 * 🇺🇸 Kami Craig – Centre forward
 * 🇦🇺 Zoe Arancini
 * 🇮🇹 Roberta Bianconi
 * 🇺🇸 Rachel Fattal
 * 🇭🇺 Rita Keszthelyi
 * Maud Megens