2015 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship

2015 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	April 4 – April 12
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Poland (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Bartosz Kwolek
Official website
Official website

The 2015 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship was played in Kocaeli and Sakarya, Turkey from April 4 – 12, 2015. The top six teams were qualified for the 2015 Youth World Championship.

Participating teams

• Host
  •  Turkey
• Qualified through 2015 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Qualification
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Denmark
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Italy
  •  Poland
  •  Romania
  •  Russia
  •  Serbia
  •  Spain

Pool composition

Pool I	Pool II
Russia	Turkey
France	Bulgaria
Poland	Czech Republic
Italy	Romania
Denmark	Germany
Serbia	Spain

Pool standing procedure

1. Match points
2. Number of matches won
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 Eastern European Time (UTC+03:00)

Pool I

• Venue: Şehit Polis Recep Topaloğlu Spor Salonu, Kocaeli, Turkey

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	433	328	1.320	Semifinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	12	14	5	2.800	445	363	1.226
3	Russia	5	3	2	9	10	6	1.667	369	356	1.037	5th–8th classification
4	Serbia	5	2	3	5	8	14	0.571	405	482	0.840
5	France	5	1	4	4	5	12	0.417	356	399	0.892
6	Denmark	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	323	403	0.801

Source: ^[citation needed]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Apr	14:30	Russia	3–0	Serbia	25–14	25–16	25–23			75–53	Report
4 Apr	17:00	Poland	3–2	Italy	25–27	26–24	19–25	25–17	15–7	110–100	Report
4 Apr	19:30	France	3–0	Denmark	25–16	25–19	25–17			75–52	Report
5 Apr	14:30	Serbia	2–3	Italy	25–18	25–23	20–25	14–25	7–15	91–118	Report
5 Apr	17:00	Denmark	0–3	Poland	15–25	20–25	22–25			57–75	Report
5 Apr	19:30	Russia	3–0	France	30–28	25–21	25–21			80–70	Report
6 Apr	14:30	Italy	3–0	Denmark	25–8	25–13	26–24			76–45	Report
6 Apr	17:00	Poland	3–1	Russia	25–16	22–25	25–20	26–24		98–85	Report
6 Apr	19:30	France	2–3	Serbia	27–29	25–23	25–22	13–25	15–17	105–116	Report
8 Apr	14:30	Russia	0–3	Italy	22–25	20–25	11–25			53–75	Report
8 Apr	17:00	France	0–3	Poland	9–25	16–25	17–25			42–75	Report
8 Apr	19:30	Serbia	3–2	Denmark	26–24	20–25	27–25	13–25	15–10	101–109	Report
9 Apr	14:30	Italy	3–0	France	25–22	25–18	26–24			75–64	Report
9 Apr	17:00	Poland	3–0	Serbia	25–15	25–12	25–17			75–44	Report
9 Apr	19:30	Denmark	0–3	Russia	19–25	17–25	24–26			60–76	Report

Pool II

• Venue: Sakarya Spor Salonu, Sakarya, Turkey

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	1	12	13	4	3.250	426	376	1.133	Semifinals
2	Turkey	5	4	1	11	12	6	2.000	414	396	1.045
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	10	8	7	1.143	431	381	1.131	5th–8th classification
4	Czech Republic	5	3	2	9	9	8	1.125	409	375	1.091
5	Spain	5	1	4	3	5	13	0.385	345	434	0.795
6	Romania	5	0	5	0	4	15	0.267	396	459	0.863

Source: ^[citation needed]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Apr	14:30	Czech Republic	3–1	Germany	25–22	28–26	25–27	25–22		103–97	Report
4 Apr	17:00	Turkey	3–2	Bulgaria	25–19	25–19	15–25	18–25	15–12	98–100	Report
4 Apr	19:30	Spain	3–1	Romania	20–25	25–18	25–23	26–24		96–90	Report
5 Apr	14:30	Germany	3–0	Bulgaria	26–24	25–22	25–17			76–63	Report
5 Apr	17:00	Romania	1–3	Turkey	25–27	17–25	25–18	21–25		88–95	Report
5 Apr	19:30	Czech Republic	3–0	Spain	25–16	25–11	25–19			75–46	Report
6 Apr	14:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Romania	20–25	25–20	25–18	25–14		95–77	Report
6 Apr	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Czech Republic	25–22	25–22	25–23			75–67	Report
6 Apr	19:30	Spain	1–3	Germany	19–25	17–25	25–21	19–25		80–96	Report
8 Apr	14:30	Czech Republic	0–3	Bulgaria	23–25	21–25	22–25			66–75	Report
8 Apr	17:00	Spain	0–3	Turkey	21–25	21–25	17–25			59–75	Report
8 Apr	19:30	Germany	3–0	Romania	25–21	25–18	25–20			75–59	Report
9 Apr	14:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Spain	25–15	23–25	25–12	25–12		98–64	Report
9 Apr	17:00	Turkey	0–3	Germany	25–27	28–30	18–25			71–82	Report
9 Apr	19:30	Romania	1–3	Czech Republic	19–25	24–26	25–22	14–25		82–98	Report

Final round

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+03:00)
• Venue: Sakarya Spor Salonu, Sakarya, Turkey

5th–8th place

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	11 April
	Russia	3
					12 April
	Czech Republic	0
					Russia	3
	11 April
					Bulgaria	2
	Bulgaria	3
	Serbia	1
					7th place match
					12 April
					Czech Republic	3
					Serbia	0

5th–8th place playoff

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Apr	17:00	Russia	3–0	Czech Republic	25–22	26–24	25–11			76–57	Report
11 Apr	19:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Serbia	23–25	25–17	25–22	26–24		99–88	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Apr	11:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Serbia	25–22	25–19	25–19			75–60	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Apr	13:30	Russia	3–2	Bulgaria	25–17	22–25	21–25	25–23	15–9	108–99	Report

Championship round

	Semifinals				Final
	11 April
	Poland	3
					12 April
	Turkey	0
					Poland	3
	11 April
					Italy	1
	Germany	1
	Italy	3
					3rd place
					12 April
					Turkey	3
					Germany	1

Semifinal

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Apr	14:30	Poland	3–0	Turkey	25–19	25–17	25–23			75–59	Report
11 Apr	12:00	Germany	1–3	Italy	17–25	22–25	25–22	20–25		84–97	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Apr	16:30	Turkey	3–1	Germany	25–19	25–19	22–25	25–18		97–81	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Apr	19:00	Poland	3–1	Italy	25–15	25–13	25–27	25–22		100–77	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Poland  Italy  Turkey 4  Germany 5  Russia 6  Bulgaria 7  Czech Republic 8  Serbia 9  France 10  Spain 11  Denmark 12  Romania Qualified for the 2015 Boys' U19 World Championship

2015 Boys' U19 European champions  Poland 2nd title 14–man Roster Patryk Niemiec, Bartosz Kwolek, Jakub Kochanowski, Łukasz Kozub, Jędrzej Gruszczyński, Jakub Ziobrowski, Damian Domagała, Kamil Droszyński, Dawid Woch, Mateusz Masłowski, Tomasz Fornal, Tomasz Polczyk Head coach Sebastian Pawlik

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Bartosz Kwolek

• Best scorer

  Maximilian Auste

• Best blocker

  Aleksei Kononov

• Best receiver

  Burak Cevik

• Best spiker

  Abdullah Cam

• Best server

  Matej Smidl

• Best setter

  Kamil Droszyński

• Best libero

  Alessandro Piccinelli

See also

• 2015 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship

References

External links