Volleyball World League 2015

The 2015 season of the World Volleyball League was the 26th edition of the competition. It started on May 16 and ended on July 19. For the first time, 32 instead of the previous 28 teams took part.

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As in the previous year, the teams played in three divisions, with promotion and relegation. Each division had two phases - Preliminary Round and Final Six (Division I) or Final Four (Division II and III).

The preliminary round ("intercontinental round") was held in two groups (Division II had three) with four teams each. In Division I and II, each team played two home and away games against each group opponent. The group winners and runners-up, as well as the host and the winner of the Final Four from Division II qualified for the final round of Division I. In the final round, the teams were divided into two groups of three and played "everyone against everyone". The two best teams in each final group reached the semi-finals. In Divisions II and III, the three group winners and the host played in the Final Four; in Division III there were two independent tournaments in each group in the preliminary round.

The number of wins was decisive for the placement after the group games. If the match was 3-0 or 3-1, there were three points for the winner and none for the loser. If the score was 3: 2, the winner received two points and the opponent one point. If two or more teams had the same number of wins, the order in the table was determined according to the following criteria: First, the number of points decided, in case of equality the quotient of the sets and finally the quotient of the ball points.

Division I.

Preliminary round

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group A
1.	Brazil Brazil	9	28	33:16	1.103
2.	Serbia Serbia	7th	23	30:22	1,024
3.	Italy Italy	6th	16	22:26	0.979
4th	Australia Australia	2	5	11:32	0.893

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group B
1.	United States United States	9	27	29:17	1,080
2.	Poland Poland	8th	22nd	30:23	1,036
3.	Iran Iran	6th	18th	25:21	1.010
4th	Russia Russia	1	5	11:34	0.879

May 29th	Australia	Italy	1: 3
	Brazil	Serbia	3: 2
30th May	Australia	Italy	1: 3
31. May	Brazil	Serbia	3: 1
June 5th	Brazil	Australia	3: 1
	Italy	Serbia	1: 3
June 7th	Brazil	Australia	3-0
	Italy	Serbia	3: 2
June 12	Serbia	Brazil	3: 2
	Italy	Australia	0: 3
14th June	Serbia	Brazil	2: 3
	Italy	Australia	3-0
18th of June	Serbia	Australia	3-0
June 19th	Italy	Brazil	3: 2
20th June	Serbia	Australia	3-0
June 21st	Italy	Brazil	0: 3
June 26th	Australia	Brazil	1: 3
	Serbia	Italy	3: 1
June 27th	Australia	Brazil	0: 3
June 28th	Serbia	Italy	3: 2
2nd July	Brazil	Italy	3-0
3rd of July	Brazil	Italy	2: 3
July 4th	Australia	Serbia	1: 3
5th July	Australia	Serbia	3: 2

28th of May	Poland	Russia	3-0
May 29th	Poland	Russia	3: 2
30th May	United States	Iran	3: 1
31. May	United States	Iran	3: 1
June 5th	Poland	Iran	3: 1
	United States	Russia	3: 1
6th of June	Poland	Iran	3: 2
	United States	Russia	3-0
June 12	United States	Poland	3: 2
June 13th	Russia	Iran	1: 3
	United States	Poland	3: 1
14th June	Russia	Iran	0: 3
June 19th	Russia	Poland	1: 3
	Iran	United States	3-0
20th June	Russia	Poland	2: 3
June 21st	Iran	United States	3-0
June 26th	Russia	United States	0: 3
	Iran	Poland	3: 2
June 27th	Russia	United States	1: 3
June 28th	Iran	Poland	1: 3
3rd of July	Iran	Russia	3-0
	Poland	United States	3: 2
July 4th	Iran	Russia	1: 3
	Poland	United States	1: 3

Final round

The final round was held from July 15th to 19th in Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ).

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group H.
1.	United States United States	1	3	4: 4	1,031
2.	France France	1	3	4: 4	1,000
3.	Brazil Brazil	1	3	4: 4	0.971

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group I.
1.	Poland Poland	1	4th	5: 4	1,091
2.	Serbia Serbia	1	3	5: 5	1.010
3.	Italy Italy	1	2	4: 5	0.911

15th of July	Brazil	France	1: 3
16th of July	Brazil	United States	3: 1
17th July	United States	France	3: 1

15th of July	Serbia	Italy	2: 3
16th of July	Poland	Italy	3: 1
17th July	Serbia	Poland	3: 2

Semi-finals July 18th		Final July 19th


United States United States	2
Serbia Serbia	3


		Serbia Serbia	0
		France France	3

		3rd place July 19th

Poland Poland	2	United States United States	3
France France	3	Poland Poland	0

Division II

Preliminary round

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group C
1.	Bulgaria Bulgaria	8th	21st	27:21	0.993
2.	Argentina Argentina	7th	21st	23:21	1,090
3.	Canada Canada	6th	23	29:21	1,021
4th	Cuba Cuba	3	7th	13:32	0.901

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group D
1.	France France	11	35	36: 5	1,239
2.	Japan Japan	5	17th	19:23	0.966
3.	Czech Republic Czech Republic	5	12	18:28	0.921
4th	Korea South South Korea	2	8th	14:31	0.923

May 16	Canada	Cuba	3-0
17th of May	Canada	Cuba	3-0
May 29th	Argentina	Cuba	3-0
30th May	Bulgaria	Canada	1: 3
	Argentina	Cuba	2: 3
31. May	Bulgaria	Canada	3: 2
June 5th	Canada	Argentina	3-0
	Cuba	Bulgaria	1: 3
6th of June	Canada	Argentina	2: 3
	Cuba	Bulgaria	1: 3
June 12	Canada	Bulgaria	2: 3
	Cuba	Argentina	3: 1
June 13th	Canada	Bulgaria	3: 1
	Cuba	Argentina	0: 3
June 19th	Cuba	Canada	1: 3
20th June	Argentina	Bulgaria	2: 3
	Cuba	Canada	3: 2
June 21st	Argentina	Bulgaria	3-0
June 27th	Bulgaria	Cuba	3-0
	Argentina	Canada	3: 1
June 28th	Bulgaria	Cuba	3: 1
	Argentina	Canada	3: 2
July 4th	Bulgaria	Argentina	3-0
5th July	Bulgaria	Argentina	1: 3

30th May	South Korea	France	1: 3
	Japan	Czech Republic	3: 1
31. May	South Korea	France	0: 3
	Japan	Czech Republic	2: 3
6th of June	South Korea	Czech Republic	2: 3
	Japan	France	0: 3
June 7th	South Korea	Czech Republic	3: 1
	Japan	France	0: 3
June 12	France	Czech Republic	3-0
June 13th	South Korea	Japan	1: 3
14th June	South Korea	Japan	3-0
	France	Czech Republic	3-0
June 19th	Czech Republic	France	0: 3
20th June	Japan	South Korea	3-0
	Czech Republic	France	1: 3
June 21st	Japan	South Korea	3-0
25th June	France	Japan	3-0
June 26th	Czech Republic	South Korea	3: 2
June 27th	Czech Republic	South Korea	3: 1
	France	Japan	3: 2
2nd July	France	South Korea	3-0
3rd of July	Czech Republic	Japan	0: 3
July 4th	Czech Republic	Japan	3-0
	France	South Korea	3: 1

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group E
1.	Belgium Belgium	9	27	32:17	1,123
2.	Netherlands Netherlands	9	26th	31:17	1,076
3.	Finland Finland	4th	14th	21:28	0.933
4th	Portugal Portugal	1	5	13:35	0.888

May 16	Portugal	Netherlands	1: 3
17th of May	Portugal	Netherlands	2: 3
23. May	Finland	Belgium	2: 3
May 24th	Finland	Belgium	2: 3
30th May	Belgium	Finland	3: 1
31. May	Belgium	Finland	3: 1
June 5th	Finland	Portugal	3-0
6th of June	Netherlands	Belgium	3: 2
	Finland	Portugal	3: 1
June 7th	Netherlands	Belgium	0: 3
June 13th	Belgium	Portugal	3-0
	Netherlands	Finland	3-0
14th June	Belgium	Portugal	3: 2
	Netherlands	Finland	3: 1
June 19th	Netherlands	Portugal	3-0
20th June	Netherlands	Portugal	2: 3
June 26th	Portugal	Belgium	1: 3
June 27th	Portugal	Belgium	0: 3
	Finland	Netherlands	0: 3
June 28th	Finland	Netherlands	2: 3
3rd of July	Belgium	Netherlands	3: 2
July 4th	Portugal	Finland	2: 3
	Belgium	Netherlands	0: 3
5th July	Portugal	Finland	1: 3

Final round

The final round was held on July 10th and 11th in Sofia ( Bulgaria ).

Semi-finals July 10th		Final July 11th


Bulgaria Bulgaria	3
Belgium Belgium	1


		Bulgaria Bulgaria	0
		France France	3

		3rd place July 11th

France France	3	Belgium Belgium	2
Argentina Argentina	0	Argentina Argentina	3

Division III

Preliminary round

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group F.
1.	Montenegro Montenegro	5	16	17: 5	1,115
2.	Turkey Turkey	5	13	16: 8	1,137
3.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	1	4th	7:16	0.863
4th	Tunisia Tunisia	1	3	5:16	0.901

space	team	Points	Victories	sentences	BPQ
Group G
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	6th	14th	18: 9	1,070
2.	Greece Greece	4th	11	16:12	1,045
3.	Slovakia Slovakia	2	10	14:13	1,015
4th	Mexico Mexico	0	1	4:18	0.855

Tournament in Podgorica ( Montenegro )
June 12	Puerto Rico	Turkey	2: 3
	Montenegro	Tunisia	3-0
June 13th	Turkey	Tunisia	3-0
	Montenegro	Puerto Rico	3-0
14th June	Tunisia	Puerto Rico	3: 1
	Montenegro	Turkey	3: 1

Tournament in Tepic ( Mexico )
June 12	Slovakia	China	2: 3
	Mexico	Greece	2: 3
June 13th	China	Greece	3: 2
	Mexico	Slovakia	0: 3
14th June	Slovakia	Greece	2: 3
	Mexico	China	0: 3

Tournament in Fethiye ( Turkey )
June 19th	Montenegro	Tunisia	3-0
	Turkey	Puerto Rico	3-0
20th June	Puerto Rico	Montenegro	1: 3
	Turkey	Tunisia	3: 1
June 21st	Tunisia	Puerto Rico	1: 3
	Turkey	Montenegro	3: 2

Tournament in Thessaloniki ( Greece )
June 19th	Slovakia	China	2: 3
	Greece	Mexico	3-0
20th June	China	Mexico	3: 1
	Slovakia	Greece	2: 3
June 21st	Mexico	Slovakia	1: 3
	China	Greece	3: 2

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group H.
1.	Egypt Egypt	5	16	17: 5	1,158
2.	Spain Spain	5	14th	16: 7	1,088
3.	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	1	3	7:17	0.882
4th	Venezuela Venezuela	1	3	6:17	0.911

Tournament in Taras ( Kazakhstan )
June 12	Spain	Egypt	3: 2
	Kazakhstan	Venezuela	3: 2
June 13th	Spain	Venezuela	3: 1
	Kazakhstan	Egypt	0: 3
14th June	Venezuela	Egypt	0: 3
	Kazakhstan	Spain	1: 3

Tournament in Cairo ( Egypt )
June 19th	Spain	Venezuela	3-0
	Egypt	Kazakhstan	3: 1
20th June	Spain	Kazakhstan	3-0
	Egypt	Venezuela	3-0
June 21st	Kazakhstan	Venezuela	2: 3
	Egypt	Spain	3: 1

Final round

The final round was held on July 4th to 5th in Bratislava ( Slovakia ). Slovakia was therefore qualified for the final round, although they only finished third in their group.

Semi-finals July 4th		Final July 5th


Slovakia Slovakia	1
Egypt Egypt	3


		Montenegro Montenegro	2
		Egypt Egypt	3

		3rd place July 5th

Montenegro Montenegro	3	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	2
China People's Republic People's Republic of China	1	Slovakia Slovakia	3

Web links

Information from the FIVB (English)