Croatia at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Croatia at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Croatia
FINA code	CRO
National federation	Croatian Swimming Federation
Website	www.croswim.org
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	24 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 26th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
1994 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1973–1991)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Croatia men's national water polo team Marko Bijač Luka Bukić Damir Burić Andro Bušlje Maro Joković Luka Lončar Petar Muslim Paulo Obradović Josip Pavić Fran Paškvalin Antonio Petković Anđelo Šetka Sandro Sukno	Water polo	Men's tournament	August 8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Croatian divers qualified for the individual spots and synchronized teams at the World Championships.^[1][2]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maja Borić	1 m springboard	195.60	35	—		did not advance
Marcela Marić	1 m springboard	183.30	36	—		did not advance
	3 m springboard	228.60	38	did not advance
Maja Borić Marcela Marić	3 m synchronized springboard	223.89	19	—		did not advance

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia has qualified two swimmers to compete in the open water marathon.^[3][4]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ivan Šitić	Men's 5 km	did not start
	Men's 10 km	2:00:05.7	59
Karla Šitić	Women's 5 km	did not start
	Women's 10 km	did not finish

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Croatian swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):^[5][6][7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sven Arnar Saemundsson	400 m freestyle	3:55.43	45	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:07.40	32	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:53.43	39	—		did not advance
Mario Todorović	50 m freestyle	22.71	30	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	50.66	49	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	24.00	25	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sanja Jovanović	50 m backstroke	28.40	14 Q	28.39	14	did not advance
Ana Radić	100 m breaststroke	1:10.83	41	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:29.71	28	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:17.04	29	did not advance
Matea Samardžić	100 m backstroke	1:04.07	44	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:14.05	26	did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia has qualified two synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rebecca Domika	Solo free routine	76.9667	18	did not advance
Rebecca Domika Mia Šestan	Duet free routine	76.0000	25	did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

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

Team roster

• Josip Pavić
• Damir Burić
• Antonio Petković
• Luka Lončar
• Maro Joković
• Luka Bukić
• Petar Muslim
• Andro Bušlje
• Sandro Sukno
• Fran Paškvalin
• Anđelo Šetka
• Paulo Obradović
• Marko Bijač

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	39	17	+22	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	25	20	+5	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Brazil	3	0	1	2	24	29	−5	1
4	China	3	0	1	2	12	34	−22	1

Source: SportResult.com^{[dead link]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

27 July 2015 09:30	Report[dead link]	Croatia	12–7	Canada	Kazan Attendance: 507 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 6–2, 1–0, 1–3
		four players 2	Goals	Conway 3

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29 July 2015 21:30	Report[dead link]	Croatia	10–9	Brazil	Kazan Attendance: 230 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 1–2, 1–3
		Sukno 3	Goals	three players 2

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31 July 2015 17:30	Report[dead link]	Croatia	17–1	China	Kazan Attendance: 874 Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–0, 7–0, 1–0
		three players 3	Goals	Zhang Chufeng 1

Quarterfinals

4 August 2015 17:30	Report[dead link]	Croatia	10–4	Montenegro	Kazan Attendance: 1,769 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–0, 3–3, 3–1
		Muslim 3	Goals	Klikovac 3

Semifinals

6 August 2015 20:30	Report[dead link]	Croatia	10–10	Greece	Kazan Attendance: 2,486 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 3–2, 2–4  PSO: 5–3
		four players 2	Goals	Vlahopoulos 3

Final

8 August 2015 22:00	Report[dead link]	Croatia	4–11	Serbia	Kazan Attendance: 2,575 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–3, 2–2, 0–4
		Sukno 2	Goals	Prlainović 3

References

1. Bradovski, Mihaela (26 July 2015). "Maja Borić i Marcela Marić daleko od finala na Svjetskom prvenstvu Kazanu" [Maja Borić and Marcela Marić failed to advance in the diving final in Kazan] (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
2. "Kazan 2015 (Diving) – Entry List by NAT". FINA. pp. 1–7. Retrieved 29 July 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "Kazan 2015 (Open Water Swimming) – Entry List by Nation – Men". FINA. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 29 July 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Kazan 2015 (Open Water Swimming) – Entry List by Nation – Women". FINA. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 29 July 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. "Svjetsko prvenstvo Kazan 2015 (Rusija)" [World Championships Kazan 2015 (Russia)] (in Croatian). Zagrebački plivački klub. Retrieved 29 July 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
7. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Entry List by NAT". FINA. pp. 78–132. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
8. "Kazan 2015 (Synchronized Swimming) – Entry List by NAT". FINA. pp. 1–10. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

External links

• Croatian Swimming Federation (in Croatian)