2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship

2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nations	Netherlands; Belgium
Dates	26 September – 4 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Russia (19th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Tatiana Kosheleva
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Official website
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The 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was 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

Team	Method of qualification
Azerbaijan	Qualification Third round play-off winners
Belarus	Qualification Third round play-off winners
Belgium	Hosts
Bulgaria	Qualification Second round group D winners
Croatia	2013 edition fifth place
Czech Republic	Qualification Second round group C winners
Germany	2013 edition second place
Hungary	Qualification Second round group E winners
Italy	2013 edition sixth place
Netherlands	Hosts
Poland	Qualification Second round group B winners
Romania	Qualification Second round group F winners
Russia	2013 edition first place
Serbia	2013 edition fourth place
Slovenia	Qualification Third round play-off winners
Turkey	Qualification Second round group A winners

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position (as per criteria below). The three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the second stage, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed advanced to the playoffs.

Pool standing criteria

Number of matches won
Result points (3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 win; 2 points for 3–2 win; 1 point for 2–3 loss)
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

The second stage of the tournament consisted of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round. A playoff was played (involving group second and third places) to determine which teams joined the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, 3rd place match and final.

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

Venues

Pool A	Pool C	Championship round
Apeldoorn, Netherlands	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Omnisport Apeldoorn	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam	Rotterdam Ahoy
Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 14,000

Pool B and Championship round	Apeldoorn Rotterdam Eindhoven Antwerp class=notpageimage\| Tournament host cities	Pool D
Antwerp, Belgium		Eindhoven, Netherlands
Lotto Arena		Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven
Capacity: 5,200		Capacity: 4,000

Preliminary round

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

Pool A

venue: Omnisport, Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	244	172	1.419	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	250	211	1.185	Playoffs
3	Poland	3	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	222	248	0.895	Playoffs
4	Slovenia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	164	249	0.659

Source: CEV
(H) Host

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

venue: Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	228	165	1.382	Quarterfinals
2	Belgium (H)	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	203	178	1.140	Playoffs
3	Hungary	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	196	232	0.845	Playoffs
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	204	256	0.797

Source: CEV
(H) Host

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

venue: Topsportcentrum, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	221	177	1.249	Quarterfinals
2	Belarus	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	230	241	0.954	Playoffs
3	Croatia	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	239	253	0.945	Playoffs
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	2	4	9	0.444	258	277	0.931

Source: CEV

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

venue: Indoor-Sportcentrum, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	169	1.331	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	233	206	1.131	Playoffs
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	193	196	0.985	Playoffs
4	Romania	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	169	249	0.679

Source: CEV

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).

venues:

Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium

Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Playoffs 30 September		Quarterfinals 1 October		Semifinals 3 October		Final 4 October

		Netherlands	3
Belarus	2	Poland	1
Poland	3			Netherlands	3
				Turkey	0
		Turkey	3
Germany	3	Germany	2
Hungary	0					Netherlands	0
						Russia	3
		Russia	3
Italy	3	Italy	1
Croatia	0			Russia	3	Third place
				Serbia	1
		Serbia	3			Turkey	0
Belgium	3	Belgium	1			Serbia	3
Czech Republic	1

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
	Russia
	Netherlands
	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 (RUS)

Best setter

Maja Ognjenović (SRB)

Best outside spikers

Tatiana Kosheleva (RUS)

Anne Buijs (NED)

Best middle blockers

Irina Zaryazhko (RUS)

Eda Erdem Dündar (TUR)

Best opposite spiker

Lonneke Slöetjes (NED)

Best libero

Anna Malova (RUS)

Fair play award

Hans Nieukerke (NED)

References

Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)^[6]

^ 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". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
^ "European ranking as of 14 September 2015". Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
^ "2015 CEV Volleyball European Championship - Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

External links

Official website(Archived)
CEV Website
Results at todor66.com

[1] Uitgelicht: Peter Blangé en Virginie de Carne 18 September 2015 eurovolley2015.eu

[2] "Russia top latest European Ranking, eight teams entering Continental Olympic Qualification now known". cev.lu. 5 October 2015.

[3] "Tatiana Kosheleva's story of imposing dominance in European Volleyball". cev.lu. 5 October 2015.

[4] "DOL sets the tone for great Volleyball party in the Low Countries". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

[5] "European ranking as of 14 September 2015". Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[6] "2015 CEV Volleyball European Championship - Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

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Tournament details
Host nations	Netherlands Belgium
Dates	26 September – 4 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Russia (19th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Tatiana Kosheleva
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Official website
Official website
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