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Volleyball at the 2015 European Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan was the 1st edition of the event in a European Games. It was held at Baku Crystal Hall from 14 June to 28 June 2015.

2015 European Games
Tournament details
Host nation Azerbaijan
Dates14 June – 28 June
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Germany (1st title)

Squads edit

Main article: 2015 European Games – Men's tournament squads

Qualification edit

Main article: Volleyball at the 2015 European Games – Qualification
Means of qualification Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Azerbaijan
CEV European Ranking (as of 1 January 2015) 9   Russia
  Italy
  Serbia
  Poland
  Bulgaria
  Germany
  France
  Finland
  Belgium
CEV European League Ranking List (2011–2014) 2   Slovakia
  Turkey
Total 12

Pools composition edit

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their European ranking as of January 1, 2015.[1]

Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. After a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals.

Pool A Pool B
  Azerbaijan (Host)   Russia (1)
  Serbia (3)   Italy (2)
  Poland (4)   Bulgaria (5)
  France (7)   Germany (6)
  Finland (8)   Belgium (9)
  Turkey (13)   Slovakia (10)

Pool standing procedure edit

  1. Numbers 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 edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Poland 5 5 0 12 15 6 2.500 464 401 1.157 Quarterfinals
2   France 5 4 1 12 14 5 2.800 431 381 1.131
3   Turkey 5 3 2 9 11 9 1.222 449 414 1.085
4   Serbia 5 2 3 8 11 9 1.222 430 419 1.026
5   Finland 5 1 4 2 3 14 0.214 334 403 0.829
6   Azerbaijan 5 0 5 2 4 15 0.267 356 446 0.798
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jun 11:00 Serbia   1–3   Turkey 15–25 25–21 20–25 18–25   78–96 Report[usurped]
14 Jun 16:30 Azerbaijan   2–3   Finland 25–22 25–21 18–25 18–25 13–15 99–108 Report[usurped]
14 Jun 22:00 Poland   3–2   France 25–27 25–20 25–20 10–25 15–10 100–102 Report[usurped]
16 Jun 11:00 Finland   0–3   France 24–26 23–25 23–25     70–76 Report[usurped]
16 Jun 14:30 Turkey   2–3   Poland 20–25 19–25 30–28 25–22 13–15 107–115 Report[usurped]
16 Jun 22:00 Azerbaijan   0–3   Serbia 22–25 18–25 19–25     59–75 Report[usurped]
18 Jun 14:30 Finland   0–3   Turkey 14–25 16–25 13–25     43–75 Report[usurped]
18 Jun 16:30 Azerbaijan   0–3   France 17–25 16–25 18–25     51–75 Report[usurped]
18 Jun 22:00 Serbia   2–3   Poland 25–13 25–21 15–25 23–25 9–15 97–99 Report[usurped]
20 Jun 09:00 France   3–0   Turkey 25–23 25–19 25–16     75–58 Report[usurped]
20 Jun 14:30 Serbia   3–0   Finland 25–16 28–26 25–20     78–62 Report[usurped]
20 Jun 20:00 Poland   3–0   Azerbaijan 25–14 25–13 25–17     75–44 Report[usurped]
22 Jun 09:00 Poland   3–0   Finland 25–21 25–20 25–10     75–51 Report[usurped]
22 Jun 16:30 France   3–2   Serbia 21–25 17–25 25–23 25–18 15–11 103–102 Report[usurped]
22 Jun 20:00 Turkey   3–2   Azerbaijan 25–18 25–17 22–25 21–25 20–18 113–103 Report[usurped]

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Germany 5 4 1 12 13 3 4.333 391 330 1.185 Quarterfinals
2   Russia 5 4 1 12 13 5 2.600 438 384 1.141
3   Bulgaria 5 4 1 11 12 7 1.714 445 406 1.096
4   Slovakia 5 2 3 6 7 11 0.636 378 427 0.885
5   Belgium 5 1 4 3 6 14 0.429 391 461 0.848
6   Italy 5 0 5 1 4 15 0.267 421 456 0.923
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jun 09:00 Slovakia   3–1   Italy 25–23 25–22 22–25 25–21   97–91 Report[usurped]
14 Jun 14:30 Belgium   2–3   Bulgaria 16–25 25–23 20–25 25–23 11–15 97–111 Report[usurped]
14 Jun 20:00 Germany   1–3   Russia 20–25 25–20 23–25 21–25   89–95 Report[usurped]
16 Jun 09:00 Russia   3–0   Belgium 25–18 25–18 25–23     75–59 Report[usurped]
16 Jun 16:30 Germany   3–0   Slovakia 25–15 25–18 25–23     75–56 Report[usurped]
16 Jun 20:00 Bulgaria   3–1   Italy 25–21 22–25 34–32 25–19   106–97 Report[usurped]
18 Jun 09:00 Bulgaria   0–3   Germany 20–25 18–25 22–25     60–75 Report[usurped]
18 Jun 11:00 Russia   3–1   Slovakia 24–26 25–17 25–18 25–20   99–81 Report[usurped]
18 Jun 20:00 Italy   2–3   Belgium 24–26 25–16 19–25 25–12 13–15 106–94 Report[usurped]
20 Jun 11:00 Slovakia   3–1   Belgium 25–22 19–25 25–21 25–19   94–87 Report[usurped]
20 Jun 16:30 Russia   1–3   Bulgaria 22–25 25–18 23–25 17–25   87–93 Report[usurped]
20 Jun 22:00 Germany   3–0   Italy 25–18 25–22 27–25     77–65 Report[usurped]
22 Jun 11:00 Belgium   0–3   Germany 22–25 11–25 21–25     54–75 Report[usurped]
22 Jun 14:30 Bulgaria   3–0   Slovakia 25–14 25–17 25–19     75–50 Report[usurped]
22 Jun 22:00 Italy   0–3   Russia 17–25 15–25 30–32     62–82 Report[usurped]

Final round edit

The teams who rank 1st in each pool played against the teams who rank 4th in the other pool. The 2nd place teams in pool A played against the 2nd or 3rd place teams in the pool B, determined by drawing of lots. The remaining teams played each other.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
24 June
 
 
  Poland3
 
26 June
 
  Slovakia0
 
  Poland2
 
24 June
 
  Bulgaria3
 
  Turkey1
 
28 June
 
  Bulgaria3
 
  Bulgaria1
 
24 June
 
  Germany3
 
  France0
 
26 June
 
  Russia3
 
  Russia1
 
24 June
 
  Germany3 3rd place
 
  Serbia0
 
28 June
 
  Germany3
 
  Poland1
 
 
  Russia3
 

Quarterfinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun 13:00 Poland   3–0   Slovakia 25–16 25–23 25–19     75–58 Report[usurped]
24 Jun 15:00 Turkey   1–3   Bulgaria 26–24 19–25 17–25 20–25   82–99 Report[usurped]
24 Jun 19:00 Serbia   0–3   Germany 24–26 24–26 17–25     65–77 Report[usurped]
24 Jun 21:00 France   0–3   Russia 23–25 23–25 22–25     68–75 Report[usurped]

Semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Jun 17:00 Poland   2–3   Bulgaria 14–25 25–19 22–25 25–23 13–15 101–107 Report[usurped]
26 Jun 19:30 Russia   1–3   Germany 17–25 25–18 18–25 18–25   78–93 Report[usurped]

Third Place edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Jun 10:30 Poland   1–3   Russia 24–26 25–23 23–25 23–25   95–99 Report[usurped]

Final edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Jun 13:00 Bulgaria   1–3   Germany 16–25 18–25 31–29 21–25   86–104 Report[usurped]

Final standings edit

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Germany (GER)
Christian Fromm
Sebastian Kühner
Denis Kaliberda
Marcus Böhme
Jochen Schöps (captain)
Lukas Kampa
Ferdinand Tille
Tom Strohbach
Tim Broshog
Jan Zimmermann
Michael Andrei
Björn Höhne
Matthias Pompe
Falko Steinke
  Bulgaria (BUL)
Georgi Bratoev
Rozalin Penchev
Martin Bozhilov
Svetoslav Gotsev
Velizar Chernokozhev
Branimir Grozdanov
Dobromir Dimitrov
Valentin Bratoev
Jani Jeliazkov
Todor Aleksiev (captain)
Nikolay Nikolov
Borislav Apostolov
Ventsislav Ragin
Petar Karakashev
  Russia (RUS)
Ilia Vlasov
Dmitry Kovalev (captain)
Ivan Demakov
Igor Kobzar
Alexander Markin
Igor Filippov
Alexey Kabeshov
Alexander Kimerov
Dmitrii Volkov
Viktor Poletaev
Maksim Zhigalov
Egor Kliuka
Sergey Nikitin
Roman Bragin

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ CEV (January 1, 2015). "CEV European Ranking".

External links edit

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