2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

This is an article about qualification for the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Qualification summary[]

Qualified teams

Hosts
- Bulgaria
- Italy
Directly qualified after 2013 edition
- Russia
- Serbia
- France
- Germany
- Belgium
Qualified through qualification
- Group A: Poland
- Group B: Finland
- Group C: Slovakia
- Group D: Czech Republic
- Group E: Croatia
- Group F: Belarus
- Play-off 1: Slovenia
- Play-off 2: Estonia
- Play-off 3: Netherlands

First round[]

First round was held 9–18 May 2014. 12 teams competed in three First Round tournaments consisting of 4 teams. The three 1st placed teams and the two 2nd placed teams with the best score qualified for the Second Round.

Group A	Group B	Group C
Host : Luxembourg Israel Lithuania	Host : Hungary Hungary Switzerland	Host : Macedonia Macedonia Sweden Azerbaijan

All times are local.

	Qualified to Second Round
	Eliminated

Pool A[]

The tournament was held at d'Coque in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1		8	3	0	9	2	4.500	257	212	1.212
2	Israel	6	2	1	6	3	2.000	212	178	1.191
3		3	1	2	3	6	0.500	183	217	0.843
4	Lithuania	1	0	3	2	9	0.222	212	257	0.825

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 May	18:30		3–0	Israel	25–22	25–21	25–19			75–62	Report
9 May	21:00		3–0	Lithuania	25–23	25–21	25–23			75–67	Report
10 May	18:30	Israel	3–0	Lithuania	25–15	25–17	25–16			75–48	Report
10 May	21:00		3–0		25–18	25–22	25–13			75–53	Report
11 May	17:00	Lithuania	2–3		20–25	25–22	18–25	25–20	9–15	97–107	Report
11 May	19:30	Israel	3–0		25–21	25–20	25–14			75–55	Report

Pool B[]

The tournament was held at in Kecskemét, Hungary.

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1		8	3	0	9	4	2.250	297	254	1.169
2	Hungary	7	2	1	8	3	2.667	247	212	1.165
3	Switzerland	2	1	2	4	8	0.500	244	279	0.875
4		1	0	3	3	9	0.333	233	276	0.844

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 May	16:30		1–3		19–25	25–18	15–25	18–25		77–93	Report
9 May	19:00	Hungary	3–0	Switzerland	25–23	25–12	25–21			75–56	Report
10 May	15:00		3–1	Switzerland	24–26	25–23	25–14	25–17		99–80	Report
10 May	17:30		0–3	Hungary	17–25	18–25	16–25			51–75	Report
11 May	16:00	Switzerland	3–2		25–22	19–25	23–25	25–19	16–14	108–105	Report
11 May	18:30		3–2	Hungary	25–22	18–25	25–14	22–25	15–11	105–97	Report

Pool C[]

The tournament was held at the in Strumica, Macedonia.

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Macedonia	9	3	0	9	1	9.000	254	181	1.403
2	Sweden	6	2	1	7	3	2.333	245	193	1.269
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	2	3	6	0.500	170	203	0.837
4		0	0	3	0	9	0.000	133	225	0.591

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
9 May	16:30		0–3	Sweden	19–25	9–25	13–25		41–75	Report
9 May	19:00	Macedonia	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–15	25–17	25–15		75–47	Report
10 May	16:30	Sweden	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–16	25–15	25–17		75–48	Report
10 May	19:00		0–3	Macedonia	13–25	12–25	14–25		39–75	Report
11 May	16:30	Azerbaijan	3–0		25–21	25–12	25–20		75–53	Report
11 May	19:00	Sweden	1–3	Macedonia	29–31	25–23	19–25	22–25	95–104	Report

Second round[]

24 teams competed in the Second Round, where each pool of 4 teams played in 2 tournaments in May–June 2014 (the last competition day must be on a Saturday or a Sunday). The 1st placed teams of each pool qualify directly for the 2015 Championship. The 2nd placed teams of each pool qualify for the Third Round.

	Qualified to European Championship
	Qualified to Third Round
	Eliminated

Group A[]

The tournament was held at the Centennial Hall in Wrocław, Poland and Arena Stožice in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	16	5	1	17	3	5.667	510	409	1.247
2	Slovenia	11	5	1	16	11	1.455	602	571	1.054
3	Macedonia	5	1	5	8	15	0.533	464	522	0.889
4	Latvia	4	1	5	5	16	0.313	446	520	0.858

Tournament 1 in Poland

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 May	16:00	Macedonia	2–3	Slovenia	18–25	25–18	25–19	16–25	8–15	92–102	Report
16 May	18:30	Poland	3–0	Latvia	25–15	25–23	25–16			75–54	Report
17 May	16:00	Slovenia	3–2	Latvia	38–40	25–18	23–25	25–18	15–10	126–111	Report
17 May	19:00	Macedonia	0–3	Poland	13–25	15–25	15–25			43–75	Report
18 May	16:00	Latvia	3–1	Macedonia	25–17	25–19	24–26	28–26		102–88	Report
18 May	19:00	Slovenia	1–3	Poland	15–25	24–26	25–23	20–25		84–99	Report

Tournament 2 in Slovenia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 May	17:00	Poland	2–3	Slovenia	25–20	26–24	25–27	24–26	11–15	111–112	Report
23 May	20:00	Latvia	0–3	Macedonia	29–31	19–25	17–25			65–81	Report
24 May	16:00	Slovenia	3–2	Macedonia	24–26	25–20	14–25	25–20	15–10	103–101	Report
24 May	19:00	Poland	3–0	Latvia	25–22	25–17	25–18			75–57	Report
25 May	16:00	Macedonia	0–3	Poland	19–25	19–25	21–25			59–75	Report
25 May	19:00	Slovenia	3–0	Latvia	25–18	25–19	25–20			75–57	Report

Group B[]

The tournament was held at the in Vila do Conde, Portugal, and Energia Areena in Vantaa, Finland.

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Finland	16	6	0	18	8	2.250	613	515	1.190
2	Portugal	13	4	2	15	7	2.143	494	469	1.053
3		7	2	4	10	13	0.769	499	515	0.969
4	Austria	0	0	6	3	18	0.167	405	512	0.791

Tournament 1 in Portugal

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 May	19:00	Finland	3–2		25–17	24–26	25–23	23–25	15–8	112–99	Report
16 May	22:00	Portugal	3–0	Austria	25–21	25–17	25–20			75–58	Report
17 May	18:00		0–3	Portugal	20–25	16–25	16–25			52–75	Report
17 May	18:30	Finland	3–1	Austria	25–21	25–17	22–25	25–18		97–81	Report
18 May	17:00	Portugal	2–3	Finland	25–20	23–25	25–23	15–25	11–15	88–108	Report
18 May	17:30	Austria	1–3		22–25	25–21	14–25	16–25		77–96	Report

Tournament 2 in Finland

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 May	16:00	Austria	0–3	Portugal	21–25	21–25	15–25		57–75	Report
23 May	19:00	Finland	3–1		21–25	25–11	25–22	29–27	100–85	Report
24 May	15:00	Portugal	3–1		27–25	23–25	25–21	25–21	100–92	Report
24 May	18:00	Austria	1–3	Finland	20–25	25–19	17–25	19–25	81–94	Report
25 May	14:00		3–0	Austria	25–12	25–17	25–22		75–51	Report
25 May	17:00	Portugal	1–3	Finland	20–25	29–27	12–25	20–25	81–102	Report

Group C[]

The tournament was held at the Aréna Poprad in Poprad, Slovakia and Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall in Rentis, Greece.

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Slovakia	15	5	1	15	4	3.750	456	391	1.166
2	Estonia	12	4	2	12	9	1.333	489	470	1.040
3	Greece	9	3	3	10	10	1.000	466	456	1.022
4	Hungary	0	0	6	4	18	0.222	446	540	0.826

Tournament 1 in Slovakia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 May	16:30	Estonia	3–0	Greece	26–24	25–21	27–25		78–70	Report
23 May	19:00	Slovakia	3–0	Hungary	25–21	25–21	25–11		75–53	Report
24 May	16:30	Greece	3–1	Hungary	25–22	25–17	22–25	25–20	97–84	Report
24 May	19:00	Estonia	0–3	Slovakia	18–25	22–25	15–25		55–75	Report
25 May	16:30	Hungary	1–3	Estonia	22–25	25–22	18–25	21–25	86–97	Report
25 May	19:00	Greece	3–0	Slovakia	25–18	25–21	25–23		75–62	Report

Tournament 2 in Greece

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
29 May	17:00	Estonia	0–3	Slovakia	18–25	23–25	18–25		59–75	Report
29 May	19:30	Greece	3–0	Hungary	25–21	25–22	25–16		75–59	Report
30 May	17:00	Slovakia	3–1	Hungary	26–24	25–17	18–25	25–17	94–83	Report
30 May	19:30	Estonia	3–1	Greece	25–18	23–25	25–23	25–17	98–83	Report
31 May	18:00	Hungary	1–3	Estonia	29–27	17–25	19–25	16–25	81–102	Report
31 May	20:00	Slovakia	3–0	Greece	25–22	25–21	25–23		75–66	Report

Group D[]

The tournament was held at the in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic and in Pinto, Spain.

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czech Republic	16	5	1	17	5	3.400	520	448	1.161
2	Spain	12	4	2	13	10	1.300	529	511	1.035
3	Ukraine	8	3	3	12	13	0.923	581	581	1.000
4		0	0	6	4	18	0.222	452	542	0.834

Tournament 1 in Czech Republic

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
16 May	16:00	Spain	3–1	Ukraine	31–29	26–24	18–25	26–24	101–102	Report
16 May	19:00	Czech Republic	3–0		25–20	25–20	25–13		75–53	Report
17 May	16:00	Ukraine	3–1		25–23	28–26	23–25	25–22	101–96	Report
17 May	19:00	Spain	0–3	Czech Republic	16–25	21–25	22–25		59–75	Report
18 May	16:00		1–3	Spain	15–25	18–25	25–20	17–25	75–95	Report
18 May	19:00	Ukraine	1–3	Czech Republic	19–25	21–25	25–22	23–25	88–97	Report

Tournament 2 in Spain

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 May	18:00	Ukraine	3–2	Czech Republic	25–23	20–25	20–25	25–21	15–13	105–107	Report
22 May	20:30	Spain	3–1		25–21	25–20	21–25	25–17		96–83	Report
23 May	17:00	Czech Republic	3–0		26–24	25–12	25–22			76–58	Report
23 May	19:30	Ukraine	1–3	Spain	21–25	25–18	17–25	23–25		86–93	Report
24 May	15:00		1–3	Ukraine	26–24	20–25	22–25	19–25		87–99	Report
24 May	17:30	Czech Republic	3–1	Spain	25–14	25–23	15–25	25–23		90–85	Report

Group E[]

The tournament was held at the Morača Sports Center in Podgorica, Montenegro and in Zagreb, Croatia.

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Croatia	12	4	2	14	10	1.400	549	533	1.030
2	Netherlands	10	3	3	11	10	1.100	474	468	1.013
3	Montenegro	7	3	3	13	15	0.867	613	632	0.970
4	Romania	7	2	4	11	14	0.786	547	550	0.995

Tournament 1 in Montenegro

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 May	16:30	Croatia	3–0	Netherlands	25–17	25–20	25–23			75–60	Report
16 May	19:00	Montenegro	2–3	Romania	14–25	22–25	25–22	25–21	11–15	97–108	Report
17 May	16:30	Netherlands	3–0	Romania	27–25	25–23	25–18			77–66	Report
17 May	19:00	Croatia	3–1	Montenegro	25–23	27–25	31–33	25–18		108–99	Report
18 May	16:30	Romania	1–3	Croatia	25–22	24–26	20–25	16–25		85–98	Report
18 May	19:00	Netherlands	2–3	Montenegro	25–19	16–25	25–23	23–25	10–15	99–107	Report

Tournament 2 in Croatia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 May	17:00	Romania	2–3	Croatia	22–25	22–25	25–23	25–19	7–15	101–107	Report
23 May	19:30	Netherlands	3–1	Montenegro	25–19	25–23	26–28	25–18		101–88	Report
24 May	17:00	Croatia	2–3	Montenegro	23–25	25–23	24–26	25–23	8–15	105–112	Report
24 May	19:30	Romania	3–0	Netherlands	26–24	25–22	25–15			76–61	Report
25 May	16:00	Montenegro	3–2	Romania	25–23	19–25	27–25	24–26	15–12	110–111	Report
25 May	18:30	Croatia	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	24–26	13–25			56–76	Report

Group F[]

The tournament was held at the in Slagelse, Denmark, and Chizhovka-Arena Team Sports Hall in Minsk, Belarus.

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Belarus	15	5	1	17	8	2.125	596	518	1.151
2	Sweden	10	3	3	14	11	1.273	541	549	0.985
3	Turkey	9	3	3	12	13	0.923	549	553	0.993
4	Denmark	2	1	5	6	17	0.353	476	542	0.878

Tournament 1 in Denmark

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 May	18:00	Turkey	3–2	Belarus	31–29	26–24	16–25	22–25	15–11	110–114	Report
22 May	20:30	Denmark	3–2	Sweden	25–21	20–25	25–18	22–25	15–13	107–102	Report
23 May	17:00	Belarus	3–1	Sweden	25–22	19��25	25–14	25–12		94–73	Report
23 May	19:30	Turkey	3–1	Denmark	25–14	12–25	25–19	25–20		87–78	Report
24 May	15:00	Sweden	3–0	Turkey	28–26	25–16	25–20			78–62	Report
24 May	17:30	Belarus	3–1	Denmark	26–28	25–15	25–17	25–20		101–80	Report

Tournament 2 in Belarus

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 May	16:30	Denmark	1–3	Turkey	25–22	22–25	17–25	25–27		89–99	Report
30 May	19:00	Belarus	3–2	Sweden	25–22	24–26	25–27	25–20	18–16	117–111	Report
31 May	16:30	Turkey	2–3	Sweden	22–25	23–25	25–15	25–19	13–15	108–99	Report
31 May	19:00	Denmark	0–3	Belarus	22–25	23–25	16–25			61–75	Report
1 June	15:00	Sweden	3–0	Denmark	28–26	25–18	25–17			78–61	Report
1 June	17:30	Turkey	1–3	Belarus	19–25	20–25	25–20	19-25		83–95	Report

Third round[]

The 2nd placed teams of the Second Round will play one home and one away match to determine the 3 winners who will then subsequently be qualified through to the 2015 Championship. The third round matches were held on 23–24 and 30–31 May 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slovenia	4–2	Portugal	3–0	2–3
Estonia	6–0	Sweden	3–1	3–0
Spain	0–6	Netherlands	0–3	1–3

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 May	19:30	Spain	0–3	Netherlands	22–25	19–25	19–25		60–75	Report
24 May	16:00	Estonia	3–1	Sweden	20–25	26–24	28–26	25–23	99–98	Report
24 May	16:30	Slovenia	3–0	Portugal	31–29	25–20	25–17		81–66	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	15:00	Sweden	0–3	Estonia	26–28	22–25	9–25			57–78	Report
31 May	15:00	Portugal	3–2	Slovenia	20–25	25–22	25–19	23–25	15–12	108–103	Report
31 May	16:00	Netherlands	3–1	Spain	23–25	27–25	25–23	25–18		100–91	Report