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.
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.
Qualification
Hosts
Top 5 teams of the 2013 edition directly qualified.
Qualified through the qualification.
Pools composition The drawing of lots was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 16 February 2015. 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.
Pool APool BPool CPool D (5) (2) (4) (1) (6) (7) (10) (2) (13) (22) (20) (9) (14) (17) (11) (8)
Squads
Venues Pool A and Final roundPool BPool CPool D, Playoffs and Quarterfinals Sofia, Bulgaria Turin, Italy Varna, Bulgaria Busto Arsizio, ItalyArmeets ArenaTorino PalavelaPalace of Culture and SportsPalaYamamayCapacity: 12,500Capacity: 8,300Capacity: 5,500Capacity: 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).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
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).
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516
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
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
External links
Organizer website Regulations CEV website