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
Dates	14 June – 28 June
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Germany (1st title)

Squads

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

Qualification

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

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

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

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

• All times are Azerbaijan Summer Time (UTC 05:00).

Pool A

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:

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

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:

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

• All times are Azerbaijan Summer Time (UTC 05:00).

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.

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	24 June
	Poland	3
					26 June
	Slovakia	0
					Poland	2
	24 June
					Bulgaria	3
	Turkey	1
									28 June
	Bulgaria	3
									Bulgaria	1
	24 June
									Germany	3
	France	0
					26 June
	Russia	3
					Russia	1
	24 June
					Germany	3			3rd place
	Serbia	0
									28 June
	Germany	3
									Poland	1
									Russia	3

Quarterfinals

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

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

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

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

Rank	Team
	Germany
	Bulgaria
	Russia
4	Poland
5	France
	Serbia
	Slovakia
	Turkey
9	Belgium
	Finland
11	Azerbaijan
	Italy

2015 Men's European Games champions
Germany 1st title

Medalists

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

• Volleyball at the 2015 European Games – Women's tournament

External links

• CEV official website
• European games official website^[usurped]