2015 Men's European Volleyball League

2015 Men's European League
Tournament details
Host countryPoland Poland[1]
Dates3 July – 9 August (qualification)
13–14 August (final round)
Teams12
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Slovenia (1st title)
Runners-up Macedonia
Third place Poland
Fourth place Estonia
Tournament awards
MVPSlovenia Dejan Vinčič
Best SetterSlovenia Dejan Vinčič
Best OHNorth Macedonia Nikola Gjorgiev
Slovenia Klemen Čebulj
Best MBPoland Jan Nowakowski
Estonia Ardo Kreek
Best OPPNorth Macedonia Jovica Simovski
Best LiberoPoland Damian Wojtaszek
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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 Wałbrzych, Poland.

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

Teams

League round

  • All times are local.

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Estonia (Q) 10 10 0 29 30 7 4.286 914 784 1.166
2  Macedonia (Q) 10 7 3 21 24 13 1.846 858 802 1.070
3  Poland (Q) 10 6 4 16 22 18 1.222 901 861 1.046
4  Denmark 10 4 6 9 14 24 0.583 802 891 0.900
5  Austria 10 2 8 11 17 25 0.680 900 937 0.961
6  Israel 10 1 9 4 7 27 0.259 717 817 0.878
Source:
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Leg 1

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Jul20:25Austria 3–0 Israel25–1825–2225–19  75–59Report
4 Jul16:00Denmark 0–3 Poland22–2521–2514–25  57–75Report
4 Jul19:00Austria 3–1 Israel25–2225–1824–2625–20 99–86Report
5 Jul16:00Denmark 0–3 Poland15–2519–2516–25  50–75Report

Leg 2

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jul17:00Israel 0–3 Denmark19–2521–2523–25  63–75Report
10 Jul20:00Poland 3–2 Austria25–2025–1527–2923–2515–11115–100Report
10 Jul21:00Estonia 3–0 Macedonia25–925–1925–18  75–46Report
11 Jul19:30Israel 3–0 Denmark25–2025–1625–20  75–56Report
11 Jul20:00Poland 3–2 Austria25–2215–2526–2825–1815–12106–105Report
11 Jul20:00Estonia 3–1 Macedonia25–2125–2127–2925–21 102–92Report

Leg 3

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul20:00Estonia 3–0 Poland25–1725–1925–18  75–54Report
18 Jul20:00Estonia 3–1 Poland25–2218–2534–3225–17 102–96Report
18 Jul20:15Macedonia 3–0 Israel25–1325–1825–19  75–50Report
19 Jul17:30Macedonia 3–0 Israel29–2725–2025–19  79–66Report

Leg 4

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jul20:15Macedonia 2–3 Denmark27–2925–1825–1822–2516–18115–108Report
25 Jul20:25Austria 1–3 Estonia25–2321–2518–2523–25 87–98Report
26 Jul17:00Austria 2–3 Estonia23–2525–2225–1722–2511–15106–104Report
26 Jul17:30Macedonia 3–1 Denmark25–1622–2525–1826–24 98–83Report

Leg 5

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Jul17:00Israel 2–3 Poland24–2625–2125–1919–259–15102–106Report
31 Jul20:00Estonia 3–0 Denmark25–1725–1625–23  75–56Report
1 Aug19:30Israel 0–3 Poland20–2526–2822–25  68–78Report
1 Aug20:00Estonia 3–1 Denmark25–2130–2829–3125–19 109–99Report
1 Aug20:15Macedonia 3–0 Austria25–1825–1726–24  76–59Report
2 Aug17:30Macedonia 3–0 Austria25–2225–1925–22  75–63Report

Leg 6

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Aug20:00Estonia 3–0 Israel25–2125–1725–21  75–59Report
7 Aug17:00Poland 2–3 Macedonia24–2625–2226–2420–2512–15107–112Report
8 Aug16:00Denmark 3–2 Austria23–2522–2525–1925–2316–14111–106Report
8 Aug20:00Estonia 3–1 Israel21–2528–2625–1625–22 99–89Report
8 Aug17:00Poland 1–3 Macedonia25–1523–2519–2522–25 89–90Report
9 Aug16:00Denmark 3–2 Austria25–1723–2519–2525–2115–12107–100Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Slovenia (Q) 10 10 0 29 30 5 6.000 855 711 1.203
2  Greece 10 7 3 20 23 15 1.533 890 816 1.091
3  Turkey 10 5 5 13 19 20 0.950 878 889 0.988
4  Belarus 10 3 7 11 15 23 0.652 814 866 0.940
5  Croatia 10 3 7 10 15 24 0.625 836 880 0.950
6  Romania 10 2 8 7 10 25 0.400 742 853 0.870
Source:
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Leg 1

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jul20:00Greece 3–0 Romania25–2225–2025–21  75–63Report
11 Jul17:00Turkey 0–3 Slovenia21–2521–2519–25  61–75Report
11 Jul20:00Greece 3–1 Romania25–1720–2525–1225–18 95–72Report
11 Jul20:30Croatia 3–1 Belarus25–2319–2525–1825–19 94–85Report
12 Jul17:00Turkey 1–3 Slovenia26–2424–2615–2523–25 88–100Report
12 Jul20:30Croatia 1–3 Belarus25–2016–2523–2519–25 83–95Report

Leg 2

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul18:00Romania 3–0 Belarus25–2225–2025–21  75–63Report
17 Jul20:00Greece 3–1 Turkey25–2326–2423–2525–22 99–94Report
18 Jul18:00Romania 3–1 Belarus23–2525–2332–3025–23 105–101Report
18 Jul20:00Greece 3–1 Turkey25–1420–2532–3025–17 102–86Report
18 Jul20:00Slovenia 3–0 Croatia25–2225–1925–21  75–62Report
19 Jul19:00Slovenia 3–0 Croatia25–2225–2326–24  76–69Report

Leg 3

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jul19:00Turkey 3–1 Romania31–2925–2120–2525–21 101–96Report
25 Jul17:00Belarus 0–3 Slovenia21–2522–2515–25  58–75Report
25 Jul19:00Turkey 3–0 Romania25–1126–2425–22  76–57Report
25 Jul20:30Croatia 2–3 Greece25–2122–2525–2315–2512–1599–109Report
26 Jul17:00Belarus 2–3 Slovenia25–229–2514–2525–229–1582–109Report
26 Jul20:30Croatia 1–3 Greece25–2317–2518–2517–25 77–98Report

Leg 4

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jul20:30Greece 3–0 Belarus25–2125–1525–21  75–57Report
31 Jul17:00Turkey 3–2 Croatia23–2527–2518–2525–2315–10108–108Report
31 Jul18:00Romania 0–3 Slovenia14–2522–2517–25  53–75Report
31 Jul20:30Greece 0–3 Belarus23–2521–2516–25  60–75Report
1 Aug17:00Romania 0–3 Slovenia21–2515–2525–27  61–77Report
1 Aug20:30Turkey 3–0 Croatia25–2225–1525–22  75–59Report

Leg 5

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug20:30Belarus 2–3 Turkey25–2023–2525–1413–259–1595–99Report
8 Aug20:00Slovenia 3–1 Greece25–1326–2418–2525–23 94–85Report
8 Aug20:30Croatia 3–2 Romania25–1825–2020–2521–2519–17110–105Report
9 Aug19:00Slovenia 3–1 Greece25–2325–2023–2526–24 99–92Report
9 Aug20:30Belarus 3–1 Turkey25–2323–2525–1926–24 99–91Report
9 Aug20:30Croatia 3–0 Romania25–2325–1725–14  75–54Report

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]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 August 17:00 CEST
 
 
 Poland0
 
14 August 20:00 CEST
 
 Slovenia3
 
 Slovenia3
 
13 August 20:00 CEST
 
 Macedonia0
 
 Estonia0
 
 
 Macedonia3
 
Third place
 
 
14 August 17:00 CEST
 
 
 Poland3
 
 
 Estonia0

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug17:00Poland 0–3 Slovenia15–2521–2521–25  57–75Report
13 Aug20:00Estonia 0–3 Macedonia23–2522–2522–25  67–75Report

Third place game

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug17:00Poland 3–0 Estonia25–2225–2325–20  75–65Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug20:00Slovenia 3–0 Macedonia25–2125–2025–17  75–58Report

Final standings

Awards

References

  1. ↑ CEV (2015-07-10). "CEV confirm Walbrzych, Poland as host of men's European League Final Four". Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  2. ↑ CEV (2015-08-15). "Slovenia win European League title!". Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  3. ↑ Janusz Uznański (2015-08-09). "Sklad Final Four Ligi Europejskiej w Wałbrzychu". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  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". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-10.