2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Volleyball tournament in Bulgaria and Italy Men's European Championship Europe 2015 150px 9–18 October 16 4 4 FRA 1 FRA Antonin Rouzier 36 161370 2013 2017 The 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the Men's 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.European Championship’s official anthem Heroes video released http://eurovolley2015.net/news/European-Championship%E2%80%99s-official-anthem-Heroes-video-released/en https://web.archive.org/web/20160328162156/http://eurovolley2015.net/news/European-Championship%E2%80%99s-official-anthem-Heroes-video-released/en dead March 28, 2016 Eurovolley 20 October 2015 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.France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver http://www.fivb.org/en/Volleyball/viewPressRelease.asp?No=58000&Language=en FIVB 19 October 2015 Qualification 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification Hosts BUL ITA Top 5 teams of the 2013 edition directly qualified. RUS SRB FRA GER BEL Qualified through the qualification. BLR CRO CZE EST FIN NED POL SVK SLO Pools composition The drawing of lots was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 16 February 2015.DOL coming up on Monday to set the tone for much awaited men’s European Championship Final Round http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=19594&ID=5 16 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144617/http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=19594&ID=5 24 September 2015 dead 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.European ranking as of 25 September 2014 http://www.cev.lu/Rankings/Men.aspx 16 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160708005414/http://www.cev.lu/Rankings/Men.aspx 8 July 2016 dead Pool APool BPool CPool DBUL (5)ITA (2)POL (4)RUS (1)GER (6)FRA (7)BEL (10)SRB (2)CZE (13)CRO (22)BLR (20)SVK (9)NED (14)EST (17)SLO (11)FIN (8) Squads 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship Squads Venues Pool A and Final roundPool BPool CPool D, Playoffs and QuarterfinalsBUL Sofia, BulgariaITA Turin, ItalyBUL Varna, BulgariaITA Busto Arsizio, ItalyArmeets ArenaTorino PalavelaPalace of Culture and SportsPalaYamamayCapacity: 12,500Capacity: 8,300Capacity: 5,500Capacity: 5,000200px200px200px200px 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). Pool A main Volleyball complete CEV BUL NED GER CZE 1 2 0 0 9 4 292 273 H 1 1 1 0 8 6 317 305 1 0 1 1 5 6 239 223 0 0 1 2 3 9 223 270 QF PO PO Q green1 Quarterfinals blue1 Playoffs BUL NED GER CZE 9 Oct 17:30 CZE 1–3 NED 21–25 17–25 25–20 18–25 Report 9 Oct 20:30 BUL 3–0 GER 25–20 25–17 25–20 Report 10 Oct 17:30 NED 3–2 GER 17–25 25–23 22–25 25–21 15–13 Report 10 Oct 20:30 CZE 2–3 BUL 25–19 20–25 25–16 19–25 9–15 Report 11 Oct 17:45 GER 3–0 CZE 25–14 25–14 25–16 Report 11 Oct 20:45 NED 2–3 BUL 27–29 25–20 26–28 25–23 15–17 Report Pool B main Volleyball complete CEV FRA ITA EST CRO 2 1 0 0 9 3 282 237 2 0 1 0 8 3 250 229 H 1 0 0 2 4 6 211 220 0 0 0 3 0 9 169 226 QF PO PO Q green1 Quarterfinals blue1 Playoffs FRA ITA EST CRO 9 Oct 18:00 CRO 0–3 FRA 24–26 14–25 22–25 Report 9 Oct 21:00 ITA 3–0 EST 25–19 26–24 25–15 Report 10 Oct 17:30 FRA 3–1 EST 25–13 25–22 22–25 25–18 Report 10 Oct 20:30 CRO 0–3 ITA 22–25 21–25 19–25 Report 11 Oct 15:00 EST 3–0 CRO 25–19 25–18 25–10 Report 11 Oct 18:00 FRA 3–2 ITA 23–25 21–25 25–19 25–17 15–13 Report Pool C main Volleyball complete CEV POL BEL SLO BLR 3 0 0 0 9 1 260 200 2 0 0 1 6 4 232 232 1 0 0 2 5 6 266 252 0 0 0 3 0 9 151 225 QF PO PO Q green1 Quarterfinals blue1 Playoffs POL BEL SLO BLR 9 Oct 17:30 SLO 3–0 BLR 25–12 25–21 25–17 Report 9 Oct 20:30 POL 3–0 BEL 25–18 29–27 25–16 Report 10 Oct 17:30 BLR 0–3 BEL 17–25 18–25 17–25 Report 10 Oct 20:30 SLO 1–3 POL 21–25 30–28 26–28 13–25 Report 11 Oct 15:00 BEL 3–1 SLO 27–25 14–25 27–25 28–26 Report 11 Oct 18:00 BLR 0–3 POL 13–25 19–25 17–25 Report Pool D main Volleyball complete CEV RUS SRB FIN SVK 3 0 0 0 9 1 246 187 1 1 0 1 7 5 277 261 1 0 0 2 3 6 193 218 0 0 1 2 2 9 217 267 QF PO PO Q green1 Quarterfinals blue1 Playoffs RUS SRB FIN SVK 9 Oct 17:30 SVK 2–3 SRB 22–25 25–22 28–30 26–24 9–15 Report 9 Oct 20:30 RUS 3–0 FIN 25–20 25–19 25–23 Report 10 Oct 15:00 SRB 3–0 FIN 25–19 25–15 25–21 Report 10 Oct 18:00 SVK 0–3 RUS 14–25 10–25 15–25 Report 11 Oct 15:00 FIN 3–0 SVK 26–24 25–22 25–22 Report 11 Oct 18:00 SRB 1–3 RUS 23–25 25–21 18–25 20–25 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). Playoffs13 October Quarterfinals14 October Semifinals17 October – Sofia Final18 October – Sofia Third place BEL 0 GER 3 SRB 3 EST 2 NED 0 SLO 3 ITA 3 FIN 0 BUL 3 GER 0 FRA 3 SRB 1 POL 2 SLO 3 RUS 0 ITA 3 BUL 2 FRA 3 SLO 3 ITA 1 FRA 3 SLO 0 BUL 1 ITA 3 Playoffs 13 Oct 17:30 NED 0–3 SLO 16–25 19–25 22–25 Report 13 Oct 17:30 SRB 3–2 EST 21–25 14–25 25–8 25–22 15–13 Report 13 Oct 20:30 BEL 0–3 GER 16–25 29–31 17–25 Report 13 Oct 20:30 ITA 3–0 FIN 25–19 25–16 25–22 Report Quarterfinals 14 Oct 17:45 POL 2–3 SLO 17–25 19–25 25–23 25–19 14–16 Report 14 Oct 17:30 FRA 3–1 SRB 25–22 25–23 14–25 25–20 Report 14 Oct 20:45 BUL 3–0 GER 25–19 25–23 25–23 Report 14 Oct 20:30 RUS 0–3 ITA 20–25 19–25 19–25 Report Semifinals 17 Oct 17:45 SLO 3–1 ITA 25–13 23–25 25–20 25–20 Report 17 Oct 20:45 BUL 2–3 FRA 25–18 25–22 24–26 21–25 12–15 Report 3rd place match 18 Oct 17:30 BUL 1–3 ITA 20–25 14–25 25–23 20–25 Report Final 18 Oct 20:45 FRA 3–0 SLO 25–19 29–27 29–27 Report Final standing RankTeamFRASLOITA4BUL5POL6RUS7SRB8GER9NED10BEL11EST12FIN13CZE14SVK15CRO16BLR vb 2015 Men's European Championship FRA 1st 14–man rosterJonas Aguenier, Jenia Grebennikov, Antonin Rouzier, Benjamin Toniutti (c), Kévin Tillie, Earvin N'Gapeth, Kévin Le Roux, Julien Lyneel, Pierre Pujol, Nicolas Le Goff, Nicolas Maréchal, Franck Lafitte, Nicolas Rossard, Mory SidibéHead coachLaurent Tillie Awards 18em Most valuable player FRA Antonin Rouzier Best setter ITA Simone Giannelli Best outside spikers SLO Tine Urnaut FRA Earvin N'Gapeth Best middle blockers BUL Teodor Todorov BUL Viktor Yosifov Best opposite spiker ITA Ivan Zaytsev Best libero FRA Jenia Grebennikov Fair play award BUL Vladimir Nikolov References External links https://archive.today/20160905072327/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=700 Official website el Organizer website Regulations CEV website Volleyball Italy Bulgaria Europe Sports 2015 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship Men's European Volleyball Championship Men's European Volleyball Championship European Volleyball Championship Men's European Volleyball Championship Category:Busto Arsizio Category:2010s in Turin Category:Sports competitions in Sofia Category:Sports competitions in Turin Category:2010s in Sofia