2015 Men's European Volleyball League

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.

2015 Men's European League
Tournament details
Host nationPoland Poland[1]
Dates3 July – 9 August (qualification)
13–14 August (final round)
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
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
Official website
2015 CEV European League

A preliminary league round was played from July 3 to August 9, and the final four tournament, which was held at Walbrzych, Poland.

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

Teams

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League round

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  • All times are local.

Pool A

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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: [citation needed]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Leg 1

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Jul 20:25 Austria   3–0   Israel 25–18 25–22 25–19     75–59 Report
4 Jul 16:00 Denmark   0–3   Poland 22–25 21–25 14–25     57–75 Report
4 Jul 19:00 Austria   3–1   Israel 25–22 25–18 24–26 25–20   99–86 Report
5 Jul 16:00 Denmark   0–3   Poland 15–25 19–25 16–25     50–75 Report

Leg 2

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jul 17:00 Israel   0–3   Denmark 19–25 21–25 23–25     63–75 Report
10 Jul 20:00 Poland   3–2   Austria 25–20 25–15 27–29 23–25 15–11 115–100 Report
10 Jul 21:00 Estonia   3–0   Macedonia 25–9 25–19 25–18     75–46 Report
11 Jul 19:30 Israel   3–0   Denmark 25–20 25–16 25–20     75–56 Report
11 Jul 20:00 Poland   3–2   Austria 25–22 15–25 26–28 25–18 15–12 106–105 Report
11 Jul 20:00 Estonia   3–1   Macedonia 25–21 25–21 27–29 25–21   102–92 Report

Leg 3

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul 20:00 Estonia   3–0   Poland 25–17 25–19 25–18     75–54 Report
18 Jul 20:00 Estonia   3–1   Poland 25–22 18–25 34–32 25–17   102–96 Report
18 Jul 20:15 Macedonia   3–0   Israel 25–13 25–18 25–19     75–50 Report
19 Jul 17:30 Macedonia   3–0   Israel 29–27 25–20 25–19     79–66 Report

Leg 4

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jul 20:15 Macedonia   2–3   Denmark 27–29 25–18 25–18 22–25 16–18 115–108 Report
25 Jul 20:25 Austria   1–3   Estonia 25–23 21–25 18–25 23–25   87–98 Report
26 Jul 17:00 Austria   2–3   Estonia 23–25 25–22 25–17 22–25 11–15 106–104 Report
26 Jul 17:30 Macedonia   3–1   Denmark 25–16 22–25 25–18 26–24   98–83 Report

Leg 5

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Jul 17:00 Israel   2–3   Poland 24–26 25–21 25–19 19–25 9–15 102–106 Report
31 Jul 20:00 Estonia   3–0   Denmark 25–17 25–16 25–23     75–56 Report
1 Aug 19:30 Israel   0–3   Poland 20–25 26–28 22–25     68–78 Report
1 Aug 20:00 Estonia   3–1   Denmark 25–21 30–28 29–31 25–19   109–99 Report
1 Aug 20:15 Macedonia   3–0   Austria 25–18 25–17 26–24     76–59 Report
2 Aug 17:30 Macedonia   3–0   Austria 25–22 25–19 25–22     75–63 Report

Leg 6

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Aug 20:00 Estonia   3–0   Israel 25–21 25–17 25–21     75–59 Report
7 Aug 17:00 Poland   2–3   Macedonia 24–26 25–22 26–24 20–25 12–15 107–112 Report
8 Aug 16:00 Denmark   3–2   Austria 23–25 22–25 25–19 25–23 16–14 111–106 Report
8 Aug 20:00 Estonia   3–1   Israel 21–25 28–26 25–16 25–22   99–89 Report
8 Aug 17:00 Poland   1–3   Macedonia 25–15 23–25 19–25 22–25   89–90 Report
9 Aug 16:00 Denmark   3–2   Austria 25–17 23–25 19–25 25–21 15–12 107–100 Report

Pool B

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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: [citation needed]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Leg 1

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jul 20:00 Greece   3–0   Romania 25–22 25–20 25–21     75–63 Report
11 Jul 17:00 Turkey   0–3   Slovenia 21–25 21–25 19–25     61–75 Report
11 Jul 20:00 Greece   3–1   Romania 25–17 20–25 25–12 25–18   95–72 Report
11 Jul 20:30 Croatia   3–1   Belarus 25–23 19–25 25–18 25–19   94–85 Report
12 Jul 17:00 Turkey   1–3   Slovenia 26–24 24–26 15–25 23–25   88–100 Report
12 Jul 20:30 Croatia   1–3   Belarus 25–20 16–25 23–25 19–25   83–95 Report

Leg 2

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul 18:00 Romania   3–0   Belarus 25–22 25–20 25–21     75–63 Report
17 Jul 20:00 Greece   3–1   Turkey 25–23 26–24 23–25 25–22   99–94 Report
18 Jul 18:00 Romania   3–1   Belarus 23–25 25–23 32–30 25–23   105–101 Report
18 Jul 20:00 Greece   3–1   Turkey 25–14 20–25 32–30 25–17   102–86 Report
18 Jul 20:00 Slovenia   3–0   Croatia 25–22 25–19 25–21     75–62 Report
19 Jul 19:00 Slovenia   3–0   Croatia 25–22 25–23 26–24     75–69 Report

Leg 3

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jul 19:00 Turkey   3–1   Romania 31–29 25–21 20–25 25–21   101–96 Report
25 Jul 17:00 Belarus   0–3   Slovenia 21–25 22–25 15–25     58–75 Report
25 Jul 19:00 Turkey   3–0   Romania 25–11 26–24 25–22     76–57 Report
25 Jul 20:30 Croatia   2–3   Greece 25–21 22–25 25–23 15–25 12–15 99–109 Report
26 Jul 17:00 Belarus   2–3   Slovenia 25–22 9–25 14–25 25–22 9–15 82–109 Report
26 Jul 20:30 Croatia   1–3   Greece 25–23 17–25 18–25 17–25   77–98 Report

Leg 4

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jul 20:30 Greece   3–0   Belarus 25–21 25–15 25–21     75–57 Report
31 Jul 17:00 Turkey   3–2   Croatia 23–25 27–25 18–25 25–23 15–10 108–108 Report
31 Jul 18:00 Romania   0–3   Slovenia 14–25 22–25 17–25     53–75 Report
31 Jul 20:30 Greece   0–3   Belarus 23–25 21–25 16–25     60–75 Report
1 Aug 17:00 Romania   0–3   Slovenia 21–25 15–25 25–27     61–77 Report
1 Aug 20:30 Turkey   3–0   Croatia 25–22 25–15 25–22     75–59 Report

Leg 5

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Aug 20:30 Belarus   2–3   Turkey 25–20 23–25 25–14 13–25 9–15 95–99 Report
8 Aug 20:00 Slovenia   3–1   Greece 25–13 26–24 18–25 25–23   94–85 Report
8 Aug 20:30 Croatia   3–2   Romania 25–18 25–20 20–25 21–25 19–17 110–105 Report
9 Aug 19:00 Slovenia   3–1   Greece 25–23 25–20 23–25 26–24   99–92 Report
9 Aug 20:30 Belarus   3–1   Turkey 25–23 23–25 25–19 26–24   99–91 Report
9 Aug 20:30 Croatia   3–0   Romania 25–23 25–17 25–14     75–54 Report

Final four

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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

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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

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug 17:00 Poland   0–3   Slovenia 15–25 21–25 21–25     57–75 Report
13 Aug 20:00 Estonia   0–3   Macedonia 23–25 22–25 22–25     67–75 Report

Third place game

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug 17:00 Poland   3–0   Estonia 25–22 25–23 25–20     75–65 Report

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Aug 20:00 Slovenia   3–0   Macedonia 25–21 25–20 25–17     75–58 Report

Final standings

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Awards

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References

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  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 – spokesman for the Polish Volleyball Federation (2015-08-09). "Composition of the European League Final Four in Walbrzych". 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.
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