2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Official website

Tournament details

Host nation

Netherlands /

Belgium

Dates

26 September – 4 October

Teams

Venues

5 (in 4 host cities)

Champions

Russia (19th title)

MVP

Tatiana Kosheleva

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The 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the tournament and hosted by Netherlands and Belgium from 26 September to 4 October 2015. The championship managers were the Dutch Olympic gold volleyball medalist Peter Blange and the former Belgian volleyball player Virginie De Carne.^[1] Russia defeated Netherlands 3–0 in the final to capture their 19th title,^[2] while Tatiana Kosheleva was elected most valuable player back to back.^[3]

Qualification

Main article: 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

Hosts
- Netherlands
- Belgium
Directly qualified after 2013 edition
- Russia
- Germany
- Serbia
- Croatia
- Italy
Qualified through qualification
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Hungary
- Poland
- Romania
- Slovenia
- Turkey

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in Antwerp, Belgium on 12 November 2014.^[4] 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.^[5]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Netherlands (7)	Belgium (8)	Russia (2)	Serbia (3)
Italy (1)	Turkey (4)	Croatia (9)	Germany (5)
Poland (6)	Hungary (18)	Bulgaria (10)	Romania (13)
Slovenia (25)	Azerbaijan (10)	Belarus (19)	Czech Republic (12)

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads.

Venues

Pool A	Pool B and Quarterfinals	Pool C	Championship round	Pool D
Apeldoorn, Netherlands	Antwerp, Belgium	Rotterdam, Netherlands		Eindhoven, Netherlands
Omnisport Apeldoorn	Lotto Arena	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam	Ahoy Rotterdam	Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven
Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 5,218	Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 14,021	Capacity: 4,000

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 are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals
	Qualified for the Playoffs

Pool A

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	244	172	1.419
2	Italy	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	250	211	1.185
3	Poland	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	222	248	0.895
4	Slovenia	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	164	249	0.659

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
26 Sep	15:30	Slovenia	0–3	Netherlands	12–25	14–25	22–25		48–75	Report
26 Sep	18:30	Italy	3–1	Poland	25–20	21–25	25–17	25–16	96–78	Report
27 Sep	15:30	Netherlands	3–1	Poland	25–15	25–11	19–25	25–18	94–69	Report
27 Sep	18:30	Slovenia	1–3	Italy	9–25	12–25	26–24	11–25	58–99	Report
28 Sep	17:00	Poland	3–0	Slovenia	25–18	25–19	25–21		75–58	Report
28 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	Italy	25–15	25–18	25–22		75–55	Report

Pool B

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Turkey	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	228	165	1.382
2	Belgium	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	203	178	1.140
3	Hungary	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	196	232	0.845
4	Azerbaijan	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	204	256	0.797

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
26 Sep	17:30	Hungary	0–3	Belgium	15–25	8–25	18–25		41–75	Report
26 Sep	20:30	Turkey	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–21	28–26	25–13		78–60	Report
27 Sep	16:00	Belgium	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–17	25–20	27–25		77–62	Report
27 Sep	19:00	Hungary	0–3	Turkey	20–25	20–25	14–25		54–75	Report
28 Sep	17:00	Azerbaijan	1–3	Hungary	16–25	28–26	22–25	16–25	82–101	Report
28 Sep	20:00	Belgium	0–3	Turkey	18–25	17–25	16–25		51–75	Report

Pool C

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	221	177	1.249
2	Belarus	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	230	241	0.954
3	Croatia	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	239	253	0.945
4	Bulgaria	0	3	2	4	9	0.444	258	277	0.931

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	15:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	6–25	14–25	25–27			45–77	Report
26 Sep	18:00	Croatia	0–3	Belarus	19–25	18–25	24–26			61–76	Report
27 Sep	15:00	Russia	3–0	Belarus	25–18	25–16	25–21			75–55	Report
27 Sep	18:00	Bulgaria	2–3	Croatia	23–25	25–22	25–14	22–25	13–15	108–101	Report
28 Sep	17:00	Belarus	3–2	Bulgaria	25–21	25–23	14–25	20–25	15–11	99–105	Report
28 Sep	20:00	Russia	0–3	Croatia	21–25	24–26	24–26			69–77	Report

Pool D

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	169	1.331
2	Germany	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	233	206	1.131
3	Czech Republic	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	193	196	0.985
4	Romania	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	169	249	0.679

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
26 Sep	15:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Romania	25–13	25–18	25–15		75–46	Report
26 Sep	18:00	Serbia	3–0	Germany	25–18	25–22	25–19		75–59	Report
27 Sep	15:00	Romania	1–3	Germany	14–25	26–24	15–25	19–25	74–99	Report
27 Sep	18:00	Czech Republic	0–3	Serbia	20–25	23–25	18–25		61–75	Report
28 Sep	17:00	Germany	3–0	Czech Republic	25–17	25–23	25–17		75–57	Report
28 Sep	20:00	Romania	0–3	Serbia	20–25	14–25	15–25		49–75	Report

Championship round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

1 October – Rotterdam

30 September – Rotterdam

Netherlands

Belarus

3 October – Rotterdam

Poland

Poland

Netherlands

1 October – Antwerp

30 September – Antwerp

Turkey

Turkey

Germany

4 October – Rotterdam

Germany

Hungary

Netherlands

1 October – Rotterdam

30 September – Rotterdam

Russia

Italy

3 October – Rotterdam

Italy

Croatia

Russia

3rd place match

1 October – Antwerp

30 September – Antwerp

Serbia

4 October – Rotterdam

Serbia

Belgium

Turkey

Belgium

Czech Republic

Serbia

Playoffs

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	17:00	Italy	3–0	Croatia	25–22	25–21	25–20			75–63	Report
30 Sep	17:30	Germany	3–0	Hungary	25–18	25–17	25–14			75–49	Report
30 Sep	20:00	Belarus	2–3	Poland	17–25	13–25	25–22	25–20	12–15	92–107	Report
30 Sep	20:30	Belgium	3–1	Czech Republic	25–12	23–25	25–21	25–9		98–67	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	17:00	Russia	3–1	Italy	30–28	20–25	25–23	25–20		100–96	Report
1 Oct	17:30	Turkey	3–2	Germany	25–20	21–25	20–25	25–23	15–12	106–105	Report
1 Oct	20:00	Netherlands	3–1	Poland	25–16	23–25	25–16	25–16		98–73	Report
1 Oct	20:30	Serbia	3–1	Belgium	19–25	29–27	25–11	25–18		98–81	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Oct	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	Turkey	25–22	25–18	28–26			78–66	Report
3 Oct	18:30	Russia	3–1	Serbia	25–23	25–23	21–25	25–22		96–93	Report

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	14:00	Turkey	0–3	Serbia	19–25	17–25	18–25			54–75	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	17:00	Netherlands	0–3	Russia	14–25	20–25	20–25			54–75	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Russia
02 !	Netherlands
03 !	Serbia
4	Turkey
5	Germany
6	Belgium
7	Italy
8	Poland
9	Belarus
10	Croatia
11	Czech Republic
12	Hungary
13	Bulgaria
14	Azerbaijan
15	Romania
16	Slovenia

2015 Women's European Championship
Russia 19th title

14–woman Roster

Nataliya Obmochaeva, Tatiana Kosheleva, Yana Shcherban, Aleksandra Pasynkova, Anna Malova, Victoria Kuzyakina, Evgeniya Startseva, Ekaterina Kosianenko, Ekaterina Lyubushkina, Ekaterina Orlova, Irina Fetisova, Irina Zaryazhko, Natalia Malykh, Kseniia Ilchenko

Head Coach

Yuri Marichev

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

Tatiana Kosheleva

Best Outside Spikers

Tatiana Kosheleva

Anne Buijs

Best Opposite Spiker

Lonneke Slöetjes

Best Setter

Maja Ognjenović

Best Middle Blockers

Irina Zaryazhko

Eda Erdem Dündar

Best Libero

Anna Malova

Fair Play Award

Hans Nieukerke

References

↑ Uitgelicht: Peter Blangé en Virginie de Carne 18 September 2015 eurovolley2015.eu
↑ "Russia top latest European Ranking, eight teams entering Continental Olympic Qualification now known". cev.lu. 5 October 2015.
↑ "Tatiana Kosheleva's story of imposing dominance in European Volleyball". cev.lu. 5 October 2015.
↑ "DOL sets the tone for great Volleyball party in the Low Countries". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
↑ "European ranking as of 14 September 2015". Retrieved 25 September 2015.

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