2014–15 Serie A1 (men's water polo)

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 →

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

Team information

Acquachiara
Canottieri
Posillipo

Location of teams in 2014-15 Serie A1

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

Team	City	Pool	Founded
Serie A1
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	5⁵	9

					4	BPM PN Sport Management	5³	6
4	BPM PN Sport Management	5	9

5	Carisa Rari Nantes Savona	4	8
									1	Pro Recco N.E PN	8	10³	11

									2	A.N. Brescia	4	10²	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)	Report	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)	Report	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)	Report	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
1	Liguria	3	Bogliasco, Pro Recco and Savona
3	Lazio	2	Lazio and Roma Vis Nova
3	Lombardy	2	Brescia and Como
5	Tuscany	1	Florentia
5	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