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 (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

and

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

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 primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

won their first title in the tournament by defeating

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

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

Antonin Rouzier Antonin Rouzier (born 18 August 1986) is a French professional volleyball player, a former member of the France national team. A participant in the Olympic Games Rio 2016, 2015 European Champion and the 2015 World League winner. Personal li ...

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

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

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 Perugia, silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup, bronze medalist of the 2015 European Cham ...

*Best Outside Spikers :

Tine Urnaut Tine Urnaut (born 3 September 1988) is a Slovenian volleyball player who plays for JTEKT Stings and the Slovenian national team. With Slovenia, he was the runner-up of the European Volleyball Championship three times, in 2015, 2019 and 2021. Ca ...

Earvin N'Gapeth Earvin N'Gapeth (born 12 February 1991) is a French volleyball player, member of the France national volleyball team and Iranian club Paykan Tehran VC, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League (2015 and 2017), French Champion ...

*Best Middle Blockers :

Teodor Todorov Teodor Todorov ( bg, Теодор Тодоров; born 1 September 1989) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team and Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia, a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012,

: Viktor Yosifov *Best Opposite Spiker : Ivan Zaytsev *Best Libero :

Jenia Grebennikov Jenia Grebennikov (born 13 August 1990) is a French volleyball player of Russian descent. He is part of the French national team, 2020 Olympic Champion, two–time World League winner (2015, 2017), 2015 European Champion. At the professional ...

*Fair Play Award : Vladimir Nikolov

References

External links

Official websiteOrganizer websiteRegulations
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