2015 Men's European Volleyball League

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.

2015 Men's European League

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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A preliminary league round was played from July 3 to August 9, and the final four tournament, which was held at Walbrzych, Poland.

Slovenia defeated Macedonia 3–0 in the final.^[2]

Teams

•  Austria
•  Belarus
•  Croatia
•  Denmark
•  Estonia
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Macedonia
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  Slovenia
•  Turkey

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	Set 5	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	Set 5	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	Set 5	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	Set 5	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]

•  Poland (Host)
•  Estonia
•  Slovenia
•  Macedonia

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  Belarus 9  Croatia  Austria 11  Romania  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