The Netherlands
In Set 1, both teams were perfect in the attack, playing point for point until 13-all. Then, the Netherlands made a 3-0 run with Kooy’s kill, Van Dijk’s block and Abdel-Aziz’s ace and went on 16-13. Afterwards, the Czech players became nervous and started to commit errors by sending spikes out of bounds. Thus, the Dutch team easily brought the set to an end 25-21.
A turning point of Set 2 was a bit earlier than in a previous set. The Netherlands again created a small gap with 3-0 run, but this time at 3-all. Kooy with a spike and block and Diefenbach with an ace – it was 6-3. This gave the wings to Dutch players and they kept the lead by good blocking 25-17.
The Czech Republic showed their strength in Set 3 by establishing dominance in two segments, attack and blocking. At 7-all, they had a 3-0 run (10-7), but didn’t stop on that. They extended lead to 15-9 and the Netherlands couldn’t recover. Adam Bartoš and Finger were Czech’s main power in Set 3, 25-20.
The Czech Republic gained an early lead in Set 4, 5-3, but they committed too many service errors, while on the other side, the setter Abdel-Aziz left Kooy and Van Dijk one-on-one several times. It was quite enough for his team to turn over 18-15 and 21-17. Bontje added a block or two and the Netherlands took win 25-18.
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FINAL ROUND / ALL POOLS / DAY 1
| Date/Time | Teams | Result | ||
| 09. 10. 2015 16:30 | Czech | vs | The Netherlands | 1-3 (21-25, 17-25, 25-20, 18-25) |
| 09. 10. 2015 16:30 | Slovenia | vs | Belarus | 3-0 (25-12, 25-21, 25-17) |
| 09. 10. 2015 17:30 | Slovakia | vs | Serbia | |
| 09. 10. 2015 18:00 | Croatia | vs | France | 0-3 (24-26, 14-25, 22-25) |
| 09. 10. 2015 19:30 | Bulgaria | vs | Germany | |
| 09. 10. 2015 20:30 | Poland | vs | Belgium | |
| 09. 10. 2015 20:30 | Russia | vs | Finland | |
| 09. 10. 2015 21:00 | Italy | vs | Estonia | |
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