2015 Men's European Volleyball League

2015 Men's European League
Official website
2015 CEV European League
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland[1]
Dates	3 July – 9 August (qualification) 13–14 August (final round)
Teams	12
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Slovenia (1st title)
MVP	Dejan Vinčič
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The 2015 Men's European Volleyball League was the 12th edition of the annual men's European Volleyball League, which features men's national volleyball teams from twelve European countries.

A preliminary league round was played from July 3 to August 9, and the final four tournament, which was held at Walbrzych, Poland.

Slovenia defeated Macedonia 3–0 in the final.^[2]

Teams

•  Austria
•  Belarus
•  Croatia
•  Denmark
•  Estonia
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Macedonia
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  Slovenia
•  Turkey

League round

• All times are local.

Pool A

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Estonia (Q)	10	0	29	30	7	4.286	914	784	1.166
2	Macedonia (Q)	7	3	21	24	13	1.846	858	802	1.070
3	Poland (Q)	6	4	16	22	18	1.222	901	861	1.046
4	Denmark	4	6	9	14	24	0.583	802	891	0.900
5	Austria	2	8	11	17	25	0.680	900	937	0.961
6	Israel	1	9	4	7	27	0.259	717	817	0.878

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jul	20:25	Austria	3–0	Israel	25–18	25–22	25–19			75–59	Report
4 Jul	16:00	Denmark	0–3	Poland	22–25	21–25	14–25			57–75	Report
4 Jul	19:00	Austria	3–1	Israel	25–22	25–18	24–26	25–20		99–86	Report
5 Jul	16:00	Denmark	0–3	Poland	15–25	19–25	16–25			50–75	Report

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	17:00	Israel	0–3	Denmark	19–25	21–25	23–25			63–75	Report
10 Jul	20:00	Poland	3–2	Austria	25–20	25–15	27–29	23–25	15–11	115–100	Report
10 Jul	21:00	Estonia	3–0	Macedonia	25–9	25–19	25–18			75–46	Report
11 Jul	19:30	Israel	3–0	Denmark	25–20	25–16	25–20			75–56	Report
11 Jul	20:00	Poland	3–2	Austria	25–22	15–25	26–28	25–18	15–12	106–105	Report
11 Jul	20:00	Estonia	3–1	Macedonia	25–21	25–21	27–29	25–21		102–92	Report

Leg 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jul	20:00	Estonia	3–0	Poland	25–17	25–19	25–18			75–54	Report
18 Jul	20:00	Estonia	3–1	Poland	25–22	18–25	34–32	25–17		102–96	Report
18 Jul	20:15	Macedonia	3–0	Israel	25–13	25–18	25–19			75–50	Report
19 Jul	17:30	Macedonia	3–0	Israel	29–27	25–20	25–19			79–66	Report

Leg 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jul	20:15	Macedonia	2–3	Denmark	27–29	25–18	25–18	22–25	16–18	115–108	Report
25 Jul	20:25	Austria	1–3	Estonia	25–23	21–25	18–25	23–25		87–98	Report
26 Jul	17:00	Austria	2–3	Estonia	23–25	25–22	25–17	22–25	11–15	106–104	Report
26 Jul	17:30	Macedonia	3–1	Denmark	25–16	22–25	25–18	26–24		98–83	Report

Leg 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	17:00	Israel	2–3	Poland	24–26	25–21	25–19	19–25	9–15	102–106	Report
31 Jul	20:00	Estonia	3–0	Denmark	25–17	25–16	25–23			75–56	Report
1 Aug	19:30	Israel	0–3	Poland	20–25	26–28	22–25			68–78	Report
1 Aug	20:00	Estonia	3–1	Denmark	25–21	30–28	29–31	25-19		109–99	Report
1 Aug	20:15	Macedonia	3–0	Austria	25–18	25–17	26–24			76–59	Report
2 Aug	17:30	Macedonia	3–0	Austria	25–22	25–19	25–22			75–63	Report

Leg 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	20:00	Estonia	3–0	Israel	25–21	25–17	25–21			75–59	Report
7 Aug	17:00	Poland	2–3	Macedonia	24–26	25–22	26–24	20–25	12–15	107–112	Report
8 Aug	16:00	Denmark	3–2	Austria	23–25	22–25	25–19	25–23	16–14	111–106	Report
8 Aug	20:00	Estonia	3–1	Israel	21–25	28–26	25–16	25–22		99–89	Report
8 Aug	17:00	Poland	1–3	Macedonia	25–15	23–25	19–25	22–25		89–90	Report
9 Aug	16:00	Denmark	3–2	Austria	25–17	23–25	19–25	25–21	15–12	107–100	Report

Pool B

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Slovenia (Q)	10	0	29	30	5	6.000	855	711	1.203
2	Greece	7	3	20	23	15	1.533	890	816	1.091
3	Turkey	5	5	13	19	20	0.950	878	889	0.988
4	Belarus	3	7	11	15	23	0.652	814	866	0.940
5	Croatia	3	7	10	15	24	0.625	836	880	0.950
6	Romania	2	8	7	10	25	0.400	742	853	0.870

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	20:00	Greece	3–0	Romania	25–22	25–20	25–21			75–63	Report
11 Jul	17:00	Turkey	0–3	Slovenia	21–25	21–25	19–25			61–75	Report
11 Jul	20:00	Greece	3–1	Romania	25–17	20–25	25–12	25–18		95–72	Report
11 Jul	20:30	Croatia	3–1	Belarus	25–23	19–25	25–18	25–19		94–85	Report
12 Jul	17:00	Turkey	1–3	Slovenia	26–24	24–26	15–25	23–25		88–100	Report
12 Jul	20:30	Croatia	1–3	Belarus	25–20	16–25	23–25	19–25		83–95	Report

Leg 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jul	18:00	Romania	3–0	Belarus	25–22	25–20	25–21			75–63	Report
17 Jul	20:00	Greece	3–1	Turkey	25–23	26–24	23–25	25–22		99–94	Report
18 Jul	18:00	Romania	3–1	Belarus	23–25	25–23	32–30	25–23		105–101	Report
18 Jul	20:00	Greece	3–1	Turkey	25–14	20–25	32–30	25–17		102–86	Report
18 Jul	20:00	Slovenia	3–0	Croatia	25–22	25–19	25–21			75–62	Report
19 Jul	19:00	Slovenia	3–0	Croatia	25–22	25–23	26–24			75–69	Report

Leg 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jul	19:00	Turkey	3–1	Romania	31–29	25–21	20–25	25–21		101–96	Report
25 Jul	17:00	Belarus	0–3	Slovenia	21–25	22–25	15–25			58–75	Report
25 Jul	19:00	Turkey	3–0	Romania	25–11	26–24	25–22			76–57	Report
25 Jul	20:30	Croatia	2–3	Greece	25–21	22–25	25–23	15–25	12–15	99–109	Report
26 Jul	17:00	Belarus	2–3	Slovenia	25–22	9–25	14–25	25–22	9–15	82–109	Report
26 Jul	20:30	Croatia	1–3	Greece	25–23	17–25	18–25	17–25		77–98	Report

Leg 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	20:30	Greece	3–0	Belarus	25–21	25–15	25–21			75–57	Report
31 Jul	17:00	Turkey	3–2	Croatia	23–25	27–25	18–25	25–23	15–10	108–108	Report
31 Jul	18:00	Romania	0–3	Slovenia	14–25	22–25	17–25			53–75	Report
31 Jul	20:30	Greece	0–3	Belarus	23–25	21–25	16–25			60–75	Report
1 Aug	17:00	Romania	0–3	Slovenia	21–25	15–25	25–27			61–77	Report
1 Aug	20:30	Turkey	3–0	Croatia	25–22	25–15	25–22			75–59	Report

Leg 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Aug	20:30	Belarus	2–3	Turkey	25–20	23–25	25–14	13–25	9–15	95–99	Report
8 Aug	20:00	Slovenia	3–1	Greece	25–13	26–24	18–25	25–23		94–85	Report
8 Aug	20:30	Croatia	3–2	Romania	25–18	25–20	20–25	21–25	19–17	110–105	Report
9 Aug	19:00	Slovenia	3–1	Greece	25–23	25–20	23–25	26–24		99–92	Report
9 Aug	20:30	Belarus	3–1	Turkey	25–23	23–25	25–19	26–24		99–91	Report
9 Aug	20:30	Croatia	3–0	Romania	25–23	25–17	25–14			75–54	Report

Final four

The top placed team from each group and the best second-placed team qualified for the final four. The fourth participant was the organizer of the tournament.^[3]

Qualified teams^[4]

•  Poland (Host)
•  Estonia
•  Slovenia
•  Macedonia

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 August 17:00 CEST
	Poland	0
	Slovenia	3
					14 August 20:00 CEST
					Slovenia	3
					Macedonia	0
					Third place
	13 August 20:00 CEST			14 August 17:00 CEST
	Estonia	0		Poland	3
	Macedonia	3			Estonia	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Aug	17:00	Poland	0–3	Slovenia	15–25	21–25	21–25			57–75	Report
13 Aug	20:00	Estonia	0–3	Macedonia	23–25	22–25	22–25			67–75	Report

Third place game

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	17:00	Poland	3–0	Estonia	25–22	25–23	25–20			75–65	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	20:00	Slovenia	3–0	Macedonia	25–21	25–20	25–17			75–58	Report

Final standings

Qualified for the 2016 World League Rank Team  Slovenia  Macedonia  Poland 4  Estonia 5  Greece 6  Turkey 7  Denmark 8  Belarus 9  Croatia 10  Austria 11  Romania 12  Israel

2015 European League Champions  Slovenia 1st title 12–man Roster Pajenk, Šket, Gasparini, Vinčić, Kozamernik, Klobucar, Kovačič, Pokersnik, Ropret, Urnaut, Cebulj, Pavlovič Head Coach Giani

Awards

Most Valuable Player Dejan Vinčič Best Setter Dejan Vinčič Best Outside Spikers Nikola Gjorgiev Klemen Čebulj

Best Middle Blockers Jan Nowakowski Ardo Kreek Best Opposite Spiker Jovica Simovski Best Libero Damian Wojtaszek Fair Play Award  Macedonia

References

1. CEV (2015-07-10). "CEV confirm Walbrzych, Poland as host of men’s European League Final Four". Retrieved 2015-07-10.
2. CEV (2015-08-15). "Slovenia win European League title!". Retrieved 2012-08-15.
3. Janusz Uznański - spokesman for the Polish Volleyball Federation (2015-08-09). "Composition of the European League Final Four in Walbrzych".
4. CEV (2015-08-09). "Slovenia emulate Estonia with tenth straight win, Greece miss out on Final Four spot, Former Y.R. of Macedonia is through".

External links

• Official website