The 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the

Men's European Volleyball Championship The Men's European Volleyball Championship (''EuroVolley'') is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). The initial gap between championships was va ...

, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. It was held in

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

and

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

from 9 to 18 October 2015. For the first time the competition had an official song; "Heroes" featuring vocals by Niki Bakalov.

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

won their first title in the tournament by defeating

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, which went to the final for the first time, in straight sets.

Antonin Rouzier Antonin Rouzier (born 18 August 1986) is a French former professional volleyball player, a former member of the France men's national volleyball team, France national team. A participant in the Olympic Games 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio 2016, 2015 ...

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

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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.

Squads

Venues

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

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( UTC+03:00) and all times in Italy are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

*All times in Bulgaria are

( UTC+03:00) and all times in Italy are

( UTC+02:00).

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most valuable player *:

*Best setter *:

Simone Giannelli Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Umbria Volley, Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cu ...

*Best outside spikers *: Tine Urnaut *:

Earvin N'Gapeth Earvin Ngapeth (born 12 February 1991) is a French professional volleyball player, member of the France national volleyball team and Turkish club Fenerbahçe, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League (2015 and 2017), Fren ...

*Best middle blockers *: Teodor Todorov *:

Viktor Yosifov Viktor Yosifov () (born 16 October 1985) is a Bulgarian volleyball player. He is a member of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team. Yosifov is a bronze medallist of the 2009 European Championship. Sporting achievements Clubs * CEV Chall ...

*Best opposite spiker *: Ivan Zaytsev *Best libero *: Jenia Grebennikov *Fair play award *: Vladimir Nikolov

References

External links

Official websiteOrganizer websiteRegulationsCEV website
{{Portal bar, Volleyball, Italy, Bulgaria, Europe, Sports

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2015 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 Confédération Européenne de Volleyball, CEV. It was held in Bulgaria and It ...

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