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 16
Venues 4 (in 4 host cities)
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The 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship will be the 29th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. It will be held in Bulgaria and Italy from 9 to 18 October 2015.

Qualification

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 16 February 2015.[1] The European ranking, as of 25 September 2014, is shown in brackets, except the hosts, Bulgaria ranked 5th and Italy ranked 2nd.[2]

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
 Bulgaria (Hosts)  Italy (Hosts)  Poland (4)  Russia (1)
 Germany (6)  France (7)  Belgium (9)  Serbia (3)
 Czech Republic (12)  Croatia (23)  Belarus (23)  Slovakia (10)
3rd round winners 3rd round winners 3rd round winners  Finland (8)

Venues

Pool A and Final round Pool B Pool C Pool D, Playoffs and Quarterfinals
Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria Italy Turin, Italy Bulgaria Varna, Bulgaria Italy 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

  1. Match points
  2. Numbers of matches won
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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

Qualified for the Quarterfinals
Qualified for the Playoffs

Pool A

Matches Sets Points
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
2  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
4  Spain /  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Oct 17:30 Czech Republic   Spain /  Netherlands              
9 Oct 20:30 Bulgaria   Germany              
10 Oct 17:30 Spain  / Netherlands   Germany              
10 Oct 20:30 Czech Republic   Bulgaria              
11 Oct 17:45 Germany   Czech Republic              
11 Oct 20:45 Spain  / Netherlands   Bulgaria              

Pool B

Matches Sets Points
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
2  France 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
3  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
4  Estonia /  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Oct 18:00  Estonia /  Sweden  Italy              
9 Oct 21:00 France   Croatia              
10 Oct 15:00 Italy   Croatia              
10 Oct 18:00  Estonia /  Sweden  France              
11 Oct 15:00 Croatia     Estonia /  Sweden              
11 Oct 18:00 Italy   France              

Pool C

Matches Sets Points
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
2  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
3  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
4  Slovenia /  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Oct 17:30 Slovenia  / Portugal   Belarus              
9 Oct 20:30 Poland   Belgium              
10 Oct 17:30 Belarus   Belgium              
10 Oct 20:30  Slovenia /  Portugal  Poland              
11 Oct 15:00 Belgium   Slovenia /  Portugal              
11 Oct 18:00 Belarus   Poland              

Pool D

Matches Sets Points
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
2  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
3  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
4  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Oct 17:00 Slovakia   Serbia              
9 Oct 20:30 Russia   Finland              
10 Oct 15:00 Serbia   Finland              
10 Oct 18:00 Slovakia   Russia              
11 Oct 15:00 Finland   Slovakia              
11 Oct 18:00 Serbia   Russia              

Final round

Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
    14 October – Sofia        
13 October – Sofia
 1st Pool A  
 2nd Pool C   17 October – Sofia
       
 3rd Pool A        
  14 October – Busto Arsizio
13 October – Busto Arsizio        
 1st Pool B  
 2nd Pool D   18 October – Sofia
       
 3rd Pool B        
  14 October – Sofia
13 October – Sofia      
 1st Pool C  
 2nd Pool A   17 October – Sofia
       
 3rd Pool C         3rd place match
  14 October – Busto Arsizio
13 October – Busto Arsizio         18 October – Sofia
 1st Pool D  
 2nd Pool B      
       
 3rd Pool D        

Playoffs

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Oct                    
13 Oct                    
13 Oct                    
13 Oct                    

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Oct                    
14 Oct                    
14 Oct                    
14 Oct                    

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Oct                    
17 Oct                    

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Oct                    

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Oct                    

Final standing

Rank Team
1st
2nd
3rd
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Outside Spiker
  • Best Middle Blocker

  • Best Setter
  • Best Opposite Spiker
  • Best Libero

References

External links