2014–15 Serie A1 (men's water polo)

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

Serie A1

Season	2014–15
Champions	Pro Recco 29th title
Relegated	Roma Florentia
Champions League	Pro Recco Brescia Sport Management
Euro Cup	Acquachiara Canottieri
Matches played	158
Goals scored	2,988 (18.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Antonio Petković (81 goals)
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
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Team information

 

 

Acquachiara
Canottieri
Posillipo

 

Bogliasco

 

Brescia

 

Como

 

Florentia

 

Lazio
Roma

 

Recco

 

Savona

 

S.M. Verona

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Location of teams in 2014-15 Serie A1

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

Serie A1
Team	City	Pool	Founded	Colours
Acquachiara	Napoli	Piscina Felipe Scandone	1998
Brescia	Brescia	Centro Natatorio Mompiano	1973
Bogliasco	Bogliasco	Stadio del Gianni Vassallo	1951
Canottieri	Napoli	Piscina Felipe Scandone	1916
Como	Como	Piscina Olimpionica	1919
Florentia	Florence	Piscina Goffredo Nannini	1904
Lazio	Rome	Salaria Sport Village	1904
Posillipo	Napoli	Piscina Felipe Scandone	1925
Pro Recco	Recco	Piscina comunale di Sori	1913
Roma Vis Nova	Rome	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto	1979
Savona	Savona	Piscina Carlo Zanelli	1948
Sport Management	Verona	Centro Natatorio Sportivo Belvedere	1987

Regular season

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	Pro Recco N.E PN	22	21	0	1	330	128	+202	63
2	A.N. Brescia	22	20	1	1	269	143	+126	61
3	Carpisa YamamaY Acquachiara	22	16	2	4	248	208	+40	50
4	BPM PN Sport Management	22	14	2	6	201	168	+33	44
5	Carisa Rari Nantes Savona	22	11	1	10	189	204	−15	34
6	C.N. Posillipo	22	10	2	10	198	188	+10	32
7	C.C. Napoli	22	8	2	12	185	206	−21	26
8	R.N. Bogliasco	22	8	0	14	195	237	−42	24
9	S.S. Lazio Nuoto	22	7	1	14	224	268	−44	22
10	Como Nuoto	22	6	1	15	156	212	−56	19
11	Roma Vis Nova PN	22	3	1	18	167	255	−88	10
12	R.N. Florentia	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Pro Recco N.E PN	13	13
	8	R.N. Bogliasco	6	4
								1	Pro Recco N.E PN	5^5	9
								4	BPM PN Sport Management	5^3	6
	4	BPM PN Sport Management	5	9
	5	Carisa Rari Nantes Savona	4	8
															1	Pro Recco N.E PN	8	10^3	11
															2	A.N. Brescia	4	10^2	7
	2	A.N. Brescia	10	12
	7	C.C. Napoli	6	7
								2	A.N. Brescia	15	13				Third place
								3	Carpisa YamamaY Acquachiara	7	7
	3	Carpisa YamamaY Acquachiara	6	11	12										3	Carpisa YamamaY Acquachiara	13	5
	6	C.N. Posillipo	12	10	8										4	BPM PN Sport Management	14	8

Final

• 1st leg

10 May 20:45 (UTC+2)		Pro Recco N.E PN	8–4	A.N. Brescia	Piscina Comunale, Sori Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Colombo, Severo
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–2, 2–0, 2–2
		Giorgetti, Aicardi 2	Goals	Molina 3

• 2nd leg

13 May 19:00 (UTC+2)		A.N. Brescia	12–13	Pro Recco N.E PN	Piscina La Marmora, Brescia Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Caputi, Ercoli
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–3, 1–3, 3–2  OT: pen. 2–3
		Molina 4	Goals	Felugo, Fondelli 2

• 3rd leg

16 May 19:30 (UTC+2)		Pro Recco N.E PN	11–7	A.N. Brescia	Piscina Comunale, Sori Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Gomez, Ceccarelli
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 2–1, 3–1
		five players 2	Goals	Rizzo 3

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.

	5th–8th placement semifinals							5th place match
	5	Carisa Rari Nantes Savona	11	4	3
	8	R.N. Bogliasco	9	5	13
								8	R.N. Bogliasco	12	8
								7	C.C. Napoli	13	9
	6	C.N. Posillipo	7	7	5
	7	C.C. Napoli	12	5	7

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	Campania	3	Acquachiara, Canottieri and Posillipo
	Liguria	3	Bogliasco, Pro Recco and Savona
3	Lazio	2	Lazio and Roma Vis Nova
	Lombardy	2	Brescia and Como
5	Tuscany	1	Florentia
	Veneto	1	Sport Management

Final standing

Qualified for the 2015–16 LEN Champions League Qualified for the 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup Relegation to the 2015–16 Serie A2 Rank Team       Pro Recco N.E PN     A.N. Brescia     BPM PN Sport Management 4   Carpisa YamamaY Acquachiara 5   C.C. Napoli 6   R.N. Bogliasco 7   C.N. Posillipo 8   Carisa Rari Nantes Savona 9   S.S. Lazio Nuoto 10   Como Nuoto 11   Roma Vis Nova PN 12   R.N. Florentia

2014-15 Serie A1 Champions Pro Recco 29th Title 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

References

1. . Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-05.

External links

• (in Italian)