2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship

For the first time the competition had an official song; "Heroes" featuring vocals by Niki Bakalov.

[1] France won their first title in the tournament by defeating Slovenia, which went to the final for the first time, in straight sets.

[2] The drawing of lots was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 16 February 2015.

Then the next 4 teams which ranked highest in the previous edition were drawn.

Numbers in brackets denote the European ranking as of 25 September 2015.