2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:Men's European Championship
Continent:Europe
Year:2015
Size:150px
Host:
Dates:9–18 October
Teams:16
Venues:4
Cities:4
Champions:FRA
Title Number:1
Mvp: Antonin Rouzier
Website:CEV
Matches:36
Attendance:161370
Last:2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship
Next:2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship

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.[1]

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.[2]

Qualification

See main article: 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification.

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 16 February 2015.[3] 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.[4]

width=25%Pool Awidth=25%Pool Bwidth=25%Pool Cwidth=25%Pool D
(5) (2) (4) (1)
(6) (7) (10) (2)
(13) (22) (20) (9)
(14) (17) (11) (8)

Venues

width=25%Pool A and Final roundwidth=25%Pool Bwidth=25%Pool Cwidth=25%Pool D, Playoffs and Quarterfinals
Sofia, Bulgaria Turin, Italy Varna, Bulgaria Busto Arsizio, Italy
Armeets ArenaTorino PalavelaPalace of Culture and SportsPalaYamamay
Capacity: 12,500Capacity: 8,300Capacity: 5,500Capacity: 5,000

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  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

Pool D

Final round

Final

Final standing

width=40Rankwidth=180Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
14–man roster
Jonas 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 Sidibé
Head coach
Laurent Tillie

Awards

Antonin Rouzier

Simone Giannelli

Tine Urnaut

Earvin N'Gapeth

Teodor Todorov

Viktor Yosifov

Ivan Zaytsev

Jenia Grebennikov

Vladimir Nikolov

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: European Championship’s official anthem Heroes video released. 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.
  2. Web site: France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver. FIVB. 19 October 2015.
  3. News: DOL coming up on Monday to set the tone for much awaited men’s European Championship Final Round. 16 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144617/http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=19594&ID=5. 24 September 2015. dead.
  4. News: European ranking as of 25 September 2014 . 16 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160708005414/http://www.cev.lu/Rankings/Men.aspx . 8 July 2016 . dead .