2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship


The 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted by Netherlands and Belgium from 26 September to 4 October 2015. The championship managers were the Dutch Olympic gold volleyball medalist Peter Blange and the former Belgian volleyball player Virginie De Carne. Russia defeated Netherlands 3–0 in the final to capture their 19th title, while Tatiana Kosheleva was elected most valuable player back to back.

Qualification

TeamMethod of qualification
Qualification Third round play-off winners
Qualification Third round play-off winners
Hosts
Qualification Second round group D winners
2013 edition fifth place
Qualification Second round group C winners
2013 edition second place
Qualification Second round group E winners
2013 edition sixth place
Hosts
Qualification Second round group B winners
Qualification Second round group F winners
2013 edition first place
2013 edition fourth place
Qualification Third round play-off winners
Qualification Second round group A winners

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position. The three best teams of each group progressed to the second stage, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed advanced to the playoffs.

Pool standing criteria

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Result points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams
The second stage of the tournament consisted of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round. A playoff was played to determine which teams joined the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, 3rd place match and final.

Pools composition

The drawing of lots was held in Antwerp, Belgium on 12 November 2014. First, the hosts and the team which was chosen by the hosts were seeded at the top of each pool. Then the next 4 teams which ranked highest in the previous edition were drawn. Finally, the other teams were drawn. Numbers in brackets denote the European ranking as of 25 September 2015.
Pool APool BPool CPool D

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round

All times are Central European Summer Time.

Pool A

All times are Central European Summer Time.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standing

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Individual awards