2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship

2015 Men's European Championship

Official website

CEV

Tournament details

Host nation

Bulgaria &

Italy

Dates

9–18 October

Teams

Venues

4 (in 4 host cities)

Champions

France (1st title)

MVP

Antonin Rouzier

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The 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. It was held in Bulgaria and Italy from 9 to 18 October 2015. For the first time the competition had an official song; "Heroes" featuring vocals by Niki Bakalov.^[1]

France won their first title in the tournament by defeating Slovenia, which went to the final for the first time, in straight sets. Antonin Rouzier was elected the Most Valuable Player.^[2]

Qualification

Main article: 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

Hosts
- Bulgaria
- Italy
Top 5 teams of the 2013 edition directly qualified.
- Russia
- Serbia
- France
- Germany
- Belgium
Qualified through the qualification.
- Belarus
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Finland
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Slovenia

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 16 February 2015.^[3] First, the hosts and the team which was chosen by the hosts were seeded at the top of each pool. Then the next 4 teams which ranked highest in the previous edition were drawn. Finally, the other teams were drawn. Numbers in brackets denote the European ranking as of 25 September 2015.^[4]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Bulgaria (5)	Italy (2)	Poland (4)	Russia (1)
Germany (6)	France (7)	Belgium (10)	Serbia (2)
Czech Republic (13)	Croatia (22)	Belarus (20)	Slovakia (9)
Netherlands (14)	Estonia (17)	Slovenia (11)	Finland (8)

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship Squads.

Venues

Pool A and Final round	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D, Playoffs and Quarterfinals
Sofia, Bulgaria	Turin, Italy	Varna, Bulgaria	Busto Arsizio, Italy
Arena Armeec	Torino Palavela	Palace of Culture and Sports	PalaYamamay
Capacity: 12,500	Capacity: 8,300	Capacity: 5,500	Capacity: 5,000

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

All times in Bulgaria are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00) and all times in Italy are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals
	Qualified for the Playoffs

Pool A

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	3	0	7	9	4	2.250	292	273	1.070
2	Netherlands	2	1	6	8	6	1.333	317	305	1.039
3	Germany	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	239	223	1.072
4	Czech Republic	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	223	270	0.826

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Oct	17:30	Czech Republic	1–3	Netherlands	21–25	17–25	25–20	18–25		81–95	Report
9 Oct	20:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Germany	25–20	25–17	25–20			75–57	Report
10 Oct	17:30	Netherlands	3–2	Germany	17–25	25–23	22–25	25–21	15–13	104–107	Report
10 Oct	20:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Bulgaria	25–19	20–25	25–16	19–25	9–15	98–100	Report
11 Oct	17:45	Germany	3–0	Czech Republic	25–14	25–14	25–16			75–44	Report
11 Oct	20:45	Netherlands	2–3	Bulgaria	27–29	25–20	26–28	25–23	15–17	118–117	Report

Pool B

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	282	237	1.190
2	Italy	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	250	229	1.092
3	Estonia	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	211	220	0.959
4	Croatia	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	169	226	0.748

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Oct	18:00	Croatia	0–3	France	24–26	14–25	22–25			60–76	Report
9 Oct	21:00	Italy	3–0	Estonia	25–19	26–24	25–15			76–58	Report
10 Oct	17:30	France	3–1	Estonia	25–13	25–22	22–25	25–18		97–78	Report
10 Oct	20:30	Croatia	0–3	Italy	23–25	21–25	19–25			62–75	Report
11 Oct	15:00	Estonia	3–0	Croatia	25–19	25–18	25–10			75–47	Report
11 Oct	18:00	France	3–2	Italy	23–25	21–25	25–19	25–17	15–13	109–99	Report

Pool C

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	260	200	1.300
2	Belgium	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	232	232	1.000
3	Slovenia	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	266	252	1.056
4	Belarus	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	151	225	0.671

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
9 Oct	17:30	Slovenia	3–0	Belarus	25–12	25–21	25–17		75–50	Report
9 Oct	20:30	Poland	3–0	Belgium	25–18	29–27	25–16		79–61	Report
10 Oct	17:30	Belarus	0–3	Belgium	17–25	18–25	17–25		52–75	Report
10 Oct	20:30	Slovenia	1–3	Poland	21–25	30–28	26–28	13–25	90–106	Report
11 Oct	15:00	Belgium	3–1	Slovenia	27–25	14–25	27–25	28–26	96–101	Report
11 Oct	18:00	Belarus	0–3	Poland	13–25	19–25	17–25		49–75	Report

Pool D

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	246	187	1.316
2	Serbia	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	277	261	1.061
3	Finland	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	193	218	0.885
4	Slovakia	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	217	267	0.813

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Oct	17:30	Slovakia	2–3	Serbia	22–25	25–22	28–30	26–24	9–15	110–116	Report
9 Oct	20:30	Russia	3–0	Finland	25–20	25–19	25–23			75–62	Report
10 Oct	15:00	Serbia	3–0	Finland	25–19	25–15	25–21			75–55	Report
10 Oct	18:00	Slovakia	0–3	Russia	14–25	10–25	15–25			39–75	Report
11 Oct	15:00	Finland	3–0	Slovakia	26–24	25–22	25–22			76–68	Report
11 Oct	18:00	Serbia	1–3	Russia	23–25	25–21	18–25	20–25		86–96	Report

Final round

All times in Bulgaria are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00) and all times in Italy are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

14 October – Sofia

13 October – Sofia

Bulgaria

Belgium

17 October – Sofia

Germany

Germany

Bulgaria

14 October – Busto Arsizio

13 October – Busto Arsizio

France

Serbia

18 October – Sofia

Serbia

Estonia

France

14 October – Sofia

13 October – Sofia

Slovenia

Poland

Netherlands

17 October – Sofia

Slovenia

3rd place match

14 October – Busto Arsizio

13 October – Busto Arsizio

Italy

18 October – Sofia

Russia

Italy

Bulgaria

Italy

Finland

Italy

Playoffs

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	17:30	Netherlands	0–3	Slovenia	16–25	19–25	22–25			57–75	Report
13 Oct	17:30	Serbia	3–2	Estonia	21–25	14–25	25–8	25–22	15–13	100–93	Report
13 Oct	20:30	Belgium	0–3	Germany	16–25	29–31	17–25			62–81	Report
13 Oct	20:30	Italy	3–0	Finland	25–19	25–16	25–22			75–57	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Oct	17:45	Poland	2–3	Slovenia	17–25	19–25	25–23	25–19	14–16	100–108	Report
14 Oct	17:30	France	3–1	Serbia	25–22	25–23	14–25	25–20		89–90	Report
14 Oct	20:45	Bulgaria	3–0	Germany	25–19	25–23	25–23			75–65	Report
14 Oct	20:30	Russia	0–3	Italy	20–25	19–25	19–25			58–75	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Oct	17:45	Slovenia	3–1	Italy	25–13	23–25	25–20	25–20		98–78	Report
17 Oct	20:45	Bulgaria	2–3	France	25–18	25–22	24–26	21–25	12–15	107–106	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Oct	17:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	20–25	14–25	25–23	20–25		79–98	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Oct	20:45	France	3–0	Slovenia	25–19	29–27	29–27			83–73	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	France
02 !	Slovenia
03 !	Italy
4	Bulgaria
5	Poland
6	Russia
7	Serbia
8	Germany
9	Netherlands
10	Belgium
11	Estonia
12	Finland
13	Czech Republic
14	Slovakia
15	Croatia
16	Belarus

2015 Men's European Championship
France 1st title

14–man Roster

Jonas Aguenier, Jenia Grebennikov, Antonin Rouzier, Benjamin Toniutti

, Kévin Tillie, Earvin N'Gapeth, Kévin Le Roux, Julien Lyneel, Pierre Pujol, Nicolas Le Goff, Nicolas Maréchal, Franck Lafitte, Nicolas Rossard, Mory Sidibé

Head Coach

Laurent Tillie

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Antonin Rouzier

Best Setter

Simone Giannelli

Best Outside Spikers

Tine Urnaut

Earvin N'Gapeth

Best Middle Blockers

Teodor Todorov

Viktor Yosifov

Best Opposite Spiker

Ivan Zaytsev

Best Libero

Jenia Grebennikov

Fair Play Award

Vladimir Nikolov

References

↑ "European Championship’s official anthem Heroes video released". Eurovolley. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
↑ "France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver". FIVB. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
↑ "DOL coming up on Monday to set the tone for much awaited men’s European Championship Final Round". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
↑ "European ranking as of 25 September 2014". Retrieved 16 February 2015.

External links

European Volleyball Championship

Men's

Tournaments	Italy 1948 Bulgaria 1950 France 1951 Romania 1955 Czechoslovakia 1958 Romania 1963 Turkey 1967 Italy 1971 Yugoslavia 1975 Finland 1977 France 1979 Bulgaria 1981 East Germany 1983 Netherlands 1985 Belgium 1987 Sweden 1989 Germany 1991 Finland 1993 Greece 1995 Netherlands 1997 Austria 1999 Czech Republic 2001 Germany 2003 Italy&Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Russia 2007 Turkey 2009 Austria&Czech Republic 2011 Denmark&Poland 2013 Bulgaria&Italy 2015 Poland 2017

Qualification	1948 1950 1951 1955 1958 1963 1967 1971 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Squads	1948 1950 1951 1955 1958 1963 1967 1971 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Czechoslovakia 1949 Bulgaria 1950 France 1951 Romania 1955 Czechoslovakia 1958 Romania 1963 Turkey 1967 Italy 1971 Yugoslavia 1975 Finland 1977 France 1979 Bulgaria 1981 East Germany 1983 Netherlands 1985 Belgium 1987 West Germany 1989 Italy 1991 Czech Republic 1993 Netherlands 1995 Czech Republic 1997 Italy 1999 Bulgaria 2001 Turkey 2003 Croatia 2005 Belgium/Luxembourg 2007 Poland 2009 Italy/Serbia 2011 Germany/Switzerland 2013 Netherlands/Belgium 2015 Azerbaijan/Georgia 2017

Qualification	1949 1950 1951 1955 1958 1963 1967 1971 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Squads	1949 1950 1951 1955 1958 1963 1967 1971 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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