Volleyball at the 2015 European Games – Qualification

A total of 464 athletes will compete at the volleyball competitions at the 2015 European Games; 336 in indoor volleyball and 128 in beach volleyball. Most of the qualification places will be based on the CEV Rankings as of 1 January 2015.

Qualification summary

Country	Indoor		Beach		Total athletes
	Men	Women	Men	Women
Austria			2	2	8
Azerbaijan	X	X	2	2	36
Belarus			1		2
Belgium	X	X			28
Bulgaria	X	X			28
Croatia		X			14
Czech Republic			1	2	6
Denmark			1		2
Estonia			1		2
Finland	X			2	18
France	X		2	2	22
Germany	X	X	2	2	36
Great Britain			1		2
Greece			1	1	4
Israel			1		2
Italy	X	X	2	2	36
Latvia			2		4
Lithuania				1	2
Netherlands		X	2	2	22
Norway			2	2	8
Poland	X	X	2	2	36
Romania		X			14
Russia	X	X	2	2	36
Serbia	X	X			28
Slovakia	X			1	16
Spain			2	2	8
Sweden				2	4
Switzerland			2	2	8
Turkey	X	X	1		30
Ukraine				1	2
30 NOC's	12	12	32	32	464

Indoor

Men

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

Women

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	1	Azerbaijan
CEV European Ranking (as of 1 January 2015)	9	Russia Serbia Italy Turkey Germany Netherlands Poland Belgium Croatia
CEV European League Ranking List (2011–2014)	2	Bulgaria Romania
Total	12

Beach

Men

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Nation	Athletes	Athletes at Games
Host nation	2	Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan
CEV Entry Ranking (as of 1 January 2015)	30	Poland	Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel
		Italy	Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo
		Latvia	Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins
		Germany	Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik
		Netherlands	Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst
		Russia	Konstantin Semenov/Viacheslav Krasilnikov
		Spain	Pablo Herrera Allepuz/Adrián Gavira Collado
		Germany	Alexander Walkenhorst/Stefan Windscheif
		Switzerland	Philip Gabathuler/Mirvo Gerson
		Austria	Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst
		Poland	Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz
		Netherlands	Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen
		France	Youssef Krou/Edouard Rowlandson
		Turkey	Volkan Gögtepe/Murat Giginoglu
		Austria	Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl
		Greece	Kotsilianos Georgios/Zoupani Nikos
		Spain	Alfredo Marco Francisco/Christian García
		Italy	Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso
		Norway	Andreas Horrem Iver/Geir Eithun
		Switzerland	Sebastian Chevallier/Alexei Strasser
		Latvia	Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Solovejs
		Russia	Nikita Liamin/Dmitri Barsouk
		Belarus	Aliaksandr Dziadkou/Aliaksandr Kavalenka
		Israel	Ariel Hilman/Sean Faiga
		Denmark	Peter Kildegaard Andersen/Martin Olesen	Peter Kildegaard Andersen/Kristoffer Abell
		Norway	Øivind Hordvik/Bjarte Usken
		Great Britain	Jake Sheaf/Chris Gregory
		France	Yannick Salvetti/Jean-Baptiste Daguerre
		Czech Republic	Robert Kufa/Jan Dumek
		Estonia	Kristo Kollo/Rivo Vesik
Total	32

Women

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Nation	Athletes	Athletes at Games
Host nation	2	Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan
CEV Entry Ranking (as of 1 January 2015)	30	Germany	Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler
		Czech Republic	Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova
		Spain	Liliana Fernández/Elsa Baquerizo
		Germany	Karla Borger/Britta Büthe
		Netherlands	Madelein Meppelink/Marleen van Iersel
		Italy	Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth
		Slovakia	Natalia Dubovcova/Dominika Nestarcova
		Switzerland	Nadine Zumkehr/Joana Heidrich
		Switzerland	Tanja Goricanec/Tanja Hüberli
		Poland	Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinska
		Czech Republic	Martina Bonnerová/Barbora Hermannová
		Russia	Evgenia Ukolova/Maria Prokopeva
		Russia	Ekaterina Syrtseva/Alexandra Moiseeva
		Finland	Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen
		Greece	Vasiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani
		Sweden	Nina Grawender/Karin Lundqvist
		Italy	Giulia Momoli/Laura Giombini
		Lithuania	Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte
		Austria	Barbara Hensel/Stefanie Schwaiger
		Austria	Katharina Schützenhöfer/Lena Plesiutschnig
		Norway	Janne Kongshavn/Victoria Faye Kjølberg
		Finland	Essi Hasu/Anniina Parkkinen
		Spain	Ángela Lobato/Paula Soria
		Netherlands	Rimke Braakman/Jantine van der Vlist
		France	Melinda Adelin/Laura Longuet
		Sweden	Camilla Nilsson/Tadva Yoken
		Norway	Cindy Treland/Janne Pedersen
		Ukraine	Inna Makhno/Diana Mulenko
		France	Deborah Giaoul/Mathilde Giordano
		Poland	Karolina Baran/Jagoda Gruszczynska
Total	32

Sources

• Indoor Volleyball Qualifiers