2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship

2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Official website
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Tournament details
Host nation  Netherlands /  Belgium
Dates 26 September – 4 October
Teams 16
Venues 5 (in 4 host cities)
Champions  Russia (19th title)
MVP Russia 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

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 B and Quarterfinals Pool C Championship round Pool D
Netherlands Apeldoorn, Netherlands Belgium Antwerp, Belgium Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands 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

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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 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 Set 5 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 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 Set 5 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 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 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 Set 5 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).

Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
    1 October – Rotterdam        
30 September – Rotterdam
  Netherlands  3
  Belarus  2 3 October – Rotterdam
    Poland  1  
  Poland  3     Netherlands  3
  1 October – Antwerp
30 September – Antwerp     Turkey  0  
  Turkey  3
  Germany  3 4 October – Rotterdam
    Germany  2  
  Hungary  0     Netherlands  0
  1 October – Rotterdam
30 September – Rotterdam     Russia  3
  Russia  3
  Italy  3 3 October – Rotterdam
    Italy  1  
  Croatia  0     Russia  3 3rd place match
  1 October – Antwerp
30 September – Antwerp     Serbia  1   4 October – Rotterdam
  Serbia  3
  Belgium  3   Turkey  0
    Belgium  1  
  Czech Republic  1     Serbia  3

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

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player
Russia Tatiana Kosheleva
  • Best Outside Spikers
Russia Tatiana Kosheleva
Netherlands Anne Buijs
  • Best Opposite Spiker
Netherlands Lonneke Slöetjes
  • Best Setter
Serbia Maja Ognjenović
  • Best Middle Blockers
Russia Irina Zaryazhko
Turkey Eda Erdem Dündar
  • Best Libero
Russia Anna Malova
  • Fair Play Award
Netherlands Hans Nieukerke

References

  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". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "European ranking as of 14 September 2015". Retrieved 25 September 2015.

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