2015 Montreux Volley Masters

The 2015 Montreux Volley Masters is a women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland between May 26 – 31, 2015. Turkey won the tournament for the first time by winning 3-2 to Japan in the championship match. Japanese Yuki Ishii was selected Most Valuable Player.^[1]

2015 Montreux Volley Masters

Tournament details
Host nation	Switzerland
Dates	May 26 – 31
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Turkey (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Yuki Ishii (JPN)
Official website
volleymasters.ch
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Participating teams

Pool A[2]	Pool B[2]
China  Dominican Republic  Netherlands  Russia	Germany (Defending champion)  Italy  Japan  Turkey

Squads

Main article: 2015 Montreux Volley Masters squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	254	213	1.192	Semifinals
2	Russia	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	252	255	0.988
3	China	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	254	258	0.984
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	212	246	0.862

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 May	16:30	China	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–20	20–25	25–20	25–20		95–85	Report
27 May	16:30	China	0–3	Netherlands	18–25	24–26	27–29			69–80	Report
27 May	21:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Russia	23–25	21–25	23–25			67–75	Report
28 May	18:30	Netherlands	3–1	Russia	25–20	23–25	25–17	25–22		98–84	Report
29 May	16:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Netherlands	14-25	24-26	22-25			60–76	Report
29 May	21:00	Russia	3–1	China	18–25	25–23	25–19	25–23		93–90	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	255	203	1.256	Semifinals
2	Turkey	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	231	218	1.060
3	Germany	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	261	276	0.946
4	Italy	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	202	252	0.802

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 May	19:10	Italy	1–3	Germany	20–25	15–25	25–21	23–25		83–96	Report
26 May	21:40	Japan	3–0	Turkey	25–19	26–24	25–18			76–61	Report
27 May	18:30	Turkey	3–1	Germany	17–25	25–22	25–16	25–14		92–77	Report
28 May	16:30	Germany	1–3	Japan	27–25	17–25	20–25	24–26		88–101	Report
28 May	21:00	Italy	0–3	Turkey	17–25	26–28	22–25			65–78	Report
29 May	18:30	Japan	3–0	Italy	25–12	28–26	25–16			78–54	Report

Classification round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 May	14:00	Germany	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–19	27–29	26–24	28–26		106–98	Report
30 May	21:00	China	1–3	Italy	25–27	21–25	25–15	16–25		87–92	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	30 May 2015 – Montreux
	Netherlands	2
					31 May 2015 – Montreux
	Turkey	3
					Turkey	3
	30 May 2015 – Montreux
					Japan	2
	Japan	3
	Russia	0
					3rd place
					31 May 2015 – Montreux
					Netherlands	3
					Russia	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 May	16:30	Netherlands	2–3	Turkey	27–29	25–23	13–25	25–17	13–15	103–109	Report
30 May	19:00	Japan	3–0	Russia	25–23	25–22	25–13			75–58	Report

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	13:30	Netherlands	3–0	Russia	25–21	25–21	25–21			75–63	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	16:00	Turkey	3–2	Japan	22–25	19–25	25–19	25–23	15–10	106–102	Report

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Turkey
	Japan
	Netherlands
4	Russia
5	Germany
	Italy
7	China
	Dominican Republic

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Yuki Ishii^[1]

• Best outside spikers

  Yuki Ishii

  Anne Buijs

• Best libero

  Kotoki Zayasu

• Best middle blockers

  Yvon Belien

  Büşra Cansu

• Best setter

  Naz Aydemir

• Best opposite spiker

  Lonneke Slöetjes