2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

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

Qualification summary

Qualified teams

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

First round

First round was held from May 9, 2014 to May 11, 2014. The two group winners and two second place qualified directly for the second round.

Group A	Group B
Host : Sweden Georgia Latvia Norway Sweden	Host : Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia Lithuania Montenegro

All times are local.

Pool A

The tournament was held at Halmstad Arena in Halmstad, Sweden.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	9	9	3	3.000	288	231	1.247	Second round
2	Latvia	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	241	239	1.008	Second round
3	Norway	3	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	261	261	1.000	Eliminated
4	Georgia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	195	254	0.768	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
9 May	17:00	Norway	1–3	Latvia	23–25	25–20	24–26	22–25	94–96	Report
9 May	20:00	Georgia	1–3	Sweden	25–19	26–28	11–25	14–25	76–97	Report
10 May	17:00	Latvia	1–3	Sweden	25–15	16–25	14–25	15–25	70–90	Report
10 May	20:00	Norway	3–0	Georgia	25–19	32–30	25–15		82–64	Report
11 May	16:00	Sweden	3–1	Norway	25–22	25–10	21–25	30–28	101–85	Report
11 May	19:00	Latvia	3–0	Georgia	25–15	25–22	25–18		75-55	Report

Pool B

The tournament was held at Topolica Sport Hall in Bar, Montenegro.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Montenegro	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	258	206	1.252	Second round
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	1	6	8	6	1.333	292	297	0.983	Second round
3	Lithuania	4	1	3	4	5	7	0.714	251	264	0.951	Eliminated
4	Estonia	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	223	257	0.868	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 May	17:30	Estonia	1–3	Lithuania	16–25	21–25	25–19	19–25		81–94	Report
9 May	20:00	Montenegro	3–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22–25	25–14	25–22	21–25	15–10	108–96	Report
10 May	17:30	Lithuania	2–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–18	22–25	22–25	27–25	9–15	105–108	Report
10 May	20:00	Estonia	0–3	Montenegro	16–25	22–25	20–25			58–75	Report
11 May	18:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	Estonia	25–17	25–23	13–25	25–19		88–84	Report
11 May	19:00	Lithuania	0–3	Montenegro	20–25	17–25	15–25			52–75	Report

Second round

First round was held from May 16, 2014, to June 1, 2014.

All times are local.

Group A

The tournament was held at Sk "Olimpiets" in Mogilev, Belarus and İzmir Atatürk Sport Hall, in İzmir, Turkey.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	6	6	0	18	18	2	9.000	493	337	1.463	Qualified to European Championship
2	Belarus	6	3	3	9	11	9	1.222	441	394	1.119	Third round
3	Finland	6	3	3	9	10	10	1.000	423	435	0.972	Eliminated
4	Denmark	6	0	6	0	0	18	0.000	259	450	0.576	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tournament 1 in Belarus

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 May	16:30	Finland	0–3	Turkey	15–25	12–25	14–25		41–75	Report
23 May	19:00	Belarus	3–0	Denmark	25–8	25–12	25–14		75–34	Report
24 May	16:30	Turkey	3–0	Denmark	25–15	25–16	25–23		75–54	Report
24 May	19:00	Finland	3–1	Belarus	25–19	25–21	21–25	25–21	96–86	Report
25 May	16:30	Denmark	0–3	Finland	15–25	20–25	18–25		53–75	Report
25 May	19:00	Turkey	3–1	Belarus	25–18	23–25	27–25	25–13	100–81	Report

Tournament 2 in Turkey

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
30 May	17:00	Finland	0–3	Belarus	22–25	15–25	21–25		58–75	Report
30 May	19:30	Turkey	3–0	Denmark	25–10	25–9	25–15		75–34	Report
31 May	17:00	Belarus	3–0	Denmark	25–17	25–8	25–6		75–31	Report
31 May	19:30	Finland	1–3	Turkey	25–18	21–25	17–25	15–25	78–93	Report
1 June	17:00	Denmark	0–3	Finland	20–25	17–25	16–25		53–75	Report
1 June	19:30	Belarus	0–3	Turkey	22–25	13–25	14–25		49–75	Report

Group B

The tournament was held at Pista Ghiaccio Resega in Lugano, Switzerland and Łuczniczka, in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	6	6	0	17	18	2	9.000	482	336	1.435	Qualified to European Championship
2	Ukraine	6	3	3	10	12	9	1.333	471	417	1.129	Third round
3	Switzerland	6	3	3	9	9	11	0.818	389	438	0.888	Eliminated
4	Latvia	6	0	6	0	1	18	0.056	319	470	0.679	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tournament 1 in Switzerland

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 May	18:00	Latvia	0–3	Ukraine	15–25	21–25	24–26			60–76	Report
16 May	21:00	Switzerland	0–3	Poland	16–25	13–25	18–25			47–75	Report
17 May	16:00	Ukraine	2–3	Poland	27–25	25–17	21–25	19–25	10–15	102–107	Report
17 May	19:00	Latvia	1–3	Switzerland	22–25	16–25	25–16	12–25		75–91	Report
18 May	16:00	Poland	3–0	Latvia	25–20	25–6	25–20			75–46	Report
18 May	19:00	Ukraine	3–0	Switzerland	25–13	25–15	25–9			75–37	Report

Tournament 2 in Poland

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 May	17:30	Switzerland	3–1	Ukraine	19–25	25–15	25–23	25–19	94–82	Report
23 May	20:00	Poland	3–0	Latvia	25–12	25–15	25–11		75–38	Report
24 May	15:00	Ukraine	3–0	Latvia	25–12	25–13	25–19		75–44	Report
24 May	18:00	Switzerland	0–3	Poland	10–25	12–25	20–25		42–75	Report
25 May	17:30	Latvia	0–3	Switzerland	12–25	26–28	18–25		56–78	Report
25 May	20:00	Ukraine	0–3	Poland	16–25	23–25	22–25		61–75	Report

Group C

The tournament was held at Pabellón deportivo "El Plantío" in Coslada, Spain and Městská sportovní hala, in Plzeň, Czech Republic.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	6	6	0	17	18	3	6.000	508	379	1.340	Qualified to European Championship
2	Slovenia	6	4	2	12	13	7	1.857	449	408	1.100	Third round
3	Spain	6	1	5	4	7	15	0.467	442	509	0.868	Eliminated
4	Montenegro	6	1	5	3	3	16	0.188	361	464	0.778	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tournament 1 in Spain

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 May	17:00	Slovenia	1–3	Czech Republic	14–25	11–25	25–22	19–25	69–97	Report
23 May	19:30	Spain	1–3	Montenegro	19–25	22–25	25–18	18–25	84–93	Report
24 May	15:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Montenegro	25–14	25–20	25–21		75–55	Report
24 May	17:30	Slovenia	3–0	Spain	25–18	25–15	25–20		75–53	Report
25 May	15:00	Montenegro	0–3	Slovenia	13–25	23–25	21–25		57–75	Report
25 May	17:30	Czech Republic	3–0	Spain	25–15	25–18	25–19		75–52	Report

Tournament 2 in Czech Republic

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 May	15:00	Slovenia	3–1	Spain	25–9	25–15	20–25	26–24		96–73	Report
30 May	18:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Montenegro	25–12	25–15	25–17			75–44	Report
31 May	15:00	Spain	3–0	Montenegro	25–16	25–15	30–28			80–59	Report
31 May	18:00	Slovenia	0–3	Czech Republic	23–25	19–25	17–25			59–75	Report
1 June	15:00	Montenegro	0–3	Slovenia	17–25	15–25	21–25			53–75	Report
1 June	18:00	Spain	2–3	Czech Republic	15–25	23–25	25–23	25–23	12–15	100–111	Report

Group D

The tournament was held at "Hristo Botev" Sport Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria and A.Y.S. Sport Hall, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	6	5	1	16	17	5	3.400	509	390	1.305	Qualified to European Championship
2	Azerbaijan	6	4	2	12	15	10	1.500	557	520	1.071	Third round
3	Portugal	6	2	4	4	8	16	0.500	477	562	0.849	Eliminated
4	Greece	6	1	5	4	7	16	0.438	456	527	0.865	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tournament 1 in Bulgaria

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 May	15:30	Portugal	3–2	Azerbaijan	25–23	16–25	23–25	25–23	15–12	104–108	Report
22 May	18:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Greece	25–13	25–14	25–13			75–40	Report
23 May	15:30	Azerbaijan	3–1	Greece	25–14	30–28	17–25	25–21		94–88	Report
23 May	18:00	Portugal	0–3	Bulgaria	14–25	18–25	21–25			53–75	Report
24 May	15:30	Greece	3–1	Portugal	25–17	21–25	25–15	25–19		96–76	Report
24 May	18:30	Azerbaijan	3–2	Bulgaria	17–25	25–22	19–25	25–20	15–8	101–100	Report

Tournament 2 in Azerbaijan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 May	16:00	Portugal	0–3	Bulgaria	17–25	17–25	19–25			53–75	Report
29 May	18:30	Azerbaijan	3–0	Greece	25–18	25–21	25–18			75–57	Report
30 May	16:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Greece	25–9	20–25	25–21	25–12		95–67	Report
30 May	18:30	Portugal	1–3	Azerbaijan	27–25	23–25	18–25	14–25		82–100	Report
31 May	16:00	Greece	2–3	Portugal	24–26	21–25	25–22	25–21	13–15	108–109	Report
31 May	18:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Azerbaijan	25–14	25–18	14–25	25–19		89–76	Report

Group E

The tournament was held at Palais des Sports in Moulins, France and Hesegi Sport Hall - Wingate Institute, in Netanya, Israel.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Hungary	6	4	2	12	14	8	1.750	511	458	1.116	Qualified to European Championship
2	France	6	4	2	12	12	7	1.714	439	399	1.100	Third round
3	Israel	6	4	2	12	13	9	1.444	478	473	1.011	Eliminated
4	Sweden	6	0	6	0	3	18	0.167	406	504	0.806	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tournament 1 in France

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 May	17:00	Hungary	3–1	Israel	25–21	17–25	25–17	25–18	92–81	Report
23 May	20:00	France	3–0	Sweden	25–21	25–10	25–23		75–54	Report
24 May	17:00	Israel	3–0	France	25–23	25–15	26–24		76–62	Report
24 May	20:00	Sweden	1–3	Hungary	17–25	19–25	27–25	19–25	82–100	Report
25 May	15:00	Israel	3–1	Sweden	25–21	12–25	25–17	25–15	87–78	Report
25 May	18:00	France	0–3	Hungary	22–25	21–25	15–25		58–75	Report

Tournament 2 in Israel

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
30 May	17:00	Israel	3–1	Sweden	17–25	25–23	25–23	25–18	92–89	Report
30 May	19:30	Hungary	1–3	France	20–25	25–27	25–17	22–25	92–94	Report
31 May	17:00	Sweden	0–3	France	14–25	22–25	14–25		50–75	Report
31 May	19:30	Israel	3–1	Hungary	26–24	14–25	25–11	25–17	90–77	Report
1 June	17:00	Sweden	0–3	Hungary	15–25	18–25	20–25		53–75	Report
1 June	19:30	France	3–0	Israel	25–20	25–10	25–22		75–52	Report

Group F

The tournament was held at Budocenter in Wien, Austria and Polyvalent Hall, in Piatra Neamţ, Romania.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Romania	6	6	0	18	18	1	18.000	480	325	1.477	Qualified to European Championship
2	Slovakia	6	4	2	12	12	7	1.714	432	402	1.075	Third round
3	Austria	6	2	4	4	6	16	0.375	437	512	0.854	Eliminated
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0	6	2	6	18	0.333	459	569	0.807	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tournament 1 in Austria

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 May	19:00	Romania	3–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23–25	25–18	25–23	25–18		98–84	Report
21 May	21:15	Austria	0–3	Slovakia	23–25	16–25	17–25			56–75	Report
22 May	19:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–3	Austria	26–28	25–21	25–22	18–25	14–16	108–112	Report
22 May	21:15	Slovakia	0–3	Romania	14–25	21–25	21–25			56–75	Report
23 May	18:00	Austria	0–3	Romania	17–25	30–32	14–25			61–82	Report
23 May	20:15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Slovakia	16–25	22–25	14–25			52–75	Report

Tournament 2 in Romania

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 May	16:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–3	Austria	25–23	23–25	25–23	12–25	11–15	96–111	Report
30 May	18:30	Romania	3–0	Slovakia	25–19	25–19	25–14			75–52	Report
31 May	16:00	Austria	0–3	Slovakia	24–26	16–25	23–25			63–76	Report
31 May	18:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Romania	8–25	16–25	14–25			38–75	Report
1 June	16:00	Slovakia	3–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23–25	25–19	25–19	25–18		98–81	Report
1 June	18:30	Austria	0–3	Romania	5–25	20–25	9–25			34–75	Report

Third round

First round was held from May 23, 2015, to May 30, 2015. 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.

All times are local.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slovenia	6–0	France	3–1	3–1
Azerbaijan	3–3¹	Slovakia	3–0	0–3
Belarus	4–2	Ukraine	3–0	2–3

¹ Azerbaijan won the golden set 15–6

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 May	18:00	Azerbaijan	3–0	Slovakia	25–22	25–18	25–23		75–63	Report
23 May	16:00	France	1–3	Slovenia	25–17	27–29	21–25	19–25	92–96	Report
23 May	19:00	Ukraine	0–3	Belarus	19–25	20–25	16–25		55–75	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 May	18:00	Belarus	2–3	Ukraine	26–28	21–25	25–20	25–11	14–16	111–100	Report
29 May	17:00	Slovenia	3–1	France	25–16	26–28	25–21	25–22		101–87	Report
30 May	18:00	Slovakia	3–0	Azerbaijan	26–24	25–19	25–18			76–61	Report

External links

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