2015 Men's European Volleyball League

2015 Men's European League
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	3 July – 9 August (qualification); 13–14 August (final round)
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Slovenia (1st title)
Runners-up	Macedonia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Estonia
Tournament awards
MVP	Dejan Vinčič
Best Setter	Dejan Vinčič
Best OH	Nikola Gjorgiev ; Klemen Čebulj
Best MB	Jan Nowakowski ; Ardo Kreek
Best OPP	Jovica Simovski
Best Libero	Damian Wojtaszek
Official website
	2015 CEV European League
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Last updated July 04, 2023

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.

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

Leg 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	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

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	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

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

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

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

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	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

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

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

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

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-finals		Final

13 August 17:00 CEST

Poland	0
		14 August 20:00 CEST
Slovenia	3
		Slovenia	3
13 August 20:00 CEST
		Macedonia	0
Estonia	0

Macedonia	3
		Third place

		14 August 17:00 CEST

		Poland	3

		Estonia	0

Semifinals

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

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

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

Rank	Team
	Slovenia
	Macedonia
	Poland
4	Estonia
5	Greece
6	Turkey
7	Denmark
7	Belarus
9	Croatia
9	Austria
11	Romania
11	Israel

	Qualified for the 2016 World League

2015 European League champions
Slovenia 1st title

**12-man roster**
Alen Pajenk, Alen Šket, Mitja Gasparini, Dejan Vinčić, Jan Kozamernik, Jan Klobucar, Jani Kovačič, Jan Pokersnik, Ropret, Tine Urnaut, Klemen Cebulj, Uroš Pavlovič
Head coach
Andrea Giani

Awards

Most valuable player
Dejan Vinčič
Best setter
Dejan Vinčič
Best outside spikers
Nikola Gjorgiev
Klemen Čebulj
Best middle blockers
Jan Nowakowski
Ardo Kreek
Best opposite spiker
Jovica Simovski
Best libero
Damian Wojtaszek
Fair play award
Macedonia

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References

↑ 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.
↑ CEV (2015-08-15). "Slovenia win European League title!". Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
↑ 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.
↑ 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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[Poland_as_host-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.

[Slovenia_win-2] CEV (2015-08-15). "Slovenia win European League title!". Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2012-08-15.

[Schedule_for_the_Final_Four-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.

[Qualified_teams_for_the_Final_Four-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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Tournament details
Host nation	Poland ^[1]
Dates	3 July – 9 August (qualification) 13–14 August (final round)
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Slovenia (1st title)
Runners-up	Macedonia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Estonia
Tournament awards
MVP	Dejan Vinčič
Best Setter	Dejan Vinčič
Best OH	Nikola Gjorgiev Klemen Čebulj
Best MB	Jan Nowakowski Ardo Kreek
Best OPP	Jovica Simovski
Best Libero	Damian Wojtaszek
Official website
2015 CEV European League
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2015 Men's European Volleyball League

Contents

Teams

League round

Pool A

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Leg 6

Pool B

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Leg 4

Leg 5

Final four

Bracket

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Awards

Related Research Articles

References

External links