2015–16 Superliga de Voleibol Masculina
# 2015–16 Superliga de Voleibol Masculina

Superliga de Voleibol Masculina 2015–16 was the 52nd (LII) season since its establishment in 1965. The 2015–16 regular season started on October 3, 2015, and finished on April 2, 2016.

Championship playoffs began on 9 April. Starting with semifinals, the two semifinal winners will advance to the Final to fight for the championship title to the best of three matches.

Defending champions were Unicaja Almería, by winning 2014–15 championship final 3–1 to CAI Teruel.

The championship was decided in a thrilling five-games series, winning Unicaja Almería the fifth and final match, and becoming champions for the eleventh time in its history.

## Competition format

12 teams played in a round-robin format. Upon completion of regular season, the top four teams play Championship's playoffs, while two bottom teams are relegated to Superliga 2.

During regular season, points are awarded as following:

* a win by 3–0 or 3–1 means 3 points to winner team,
* a 3–2 win, 2 points for winner team & 1 for loser team.

Championship playoffs is played to best of 3 games.

## 2015–16 season teams

| Team | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
| - | - | - | - |
| Unicaja Almería | Moisés Ruiz | 1,750 | Almería |
| CAI Teruel | Los Planos | 3,500 | Teruel |
| Río Duero–San José | Los Pajaritos | 2,000 | Soria |
| Ushuaïa Ibiza Voley | Es Viver | 1,000 | Ibiza Town |
| Fundación Cajasol Juvasa | Los Montecillos | 1,500 | Dos Hermanas, Andalusia |
| Vecindario ACE G.C. | Pabellón Municipal | 3,000 | Vecindario, Santa Lucía de Tirajana |
| Electrocash CCPH | Juan Serrano Macayo | 1,000 | Cáceres |
| Textil Santanderina-La Gallofa | Matilde de la Torre | 1,000 | Cabezón de la Sal |
| UBE L'Illa-Grau | Ciutat Esportiva | 700 | Castellón de la Plana |
| VP Madrid | CDM Entrevías | 500 | Madrid |
| Mediterráneo | Pablo Herrera | 600 | Grau de Castellón |
| Melilla | Javier Imbroda Ortiz | 3,800 | Melilla |

## Regular season standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Unicaja Almería | 23 | 21 | 2 | 63 | 65 | 8 | 8.125 | 1787 | 1324 | 1.350 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | CAI Teruel | 22 | 20 | 2 | 59 | 63 | 19 | 3.316 | 1978 | 1594 | 1.241 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Ushuaïa Ibiza Voley | 22 | 15 | 7 | 48 | 56 | 30 | 1.867 | 1997 | 1806 | 1.106 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Río Duero–San José | 22 | 14 | 8 | 42 | 48 | 32 | 1.500 | 1830 | 1768 | 1.035 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Fundación Cajasol Juvasa | 22 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 42 | 47 | 0.894 | 1990 | 2022 | 0.984 | |
| 6 | Melilla | 22 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 44 | 48 | 0.917 | 2024 | 2042 | 0.991 | |
| 7 | Vecindario ACE GC | 22 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 46 | 0.783 | 1761 | 1861 | 0.946 | |
| 8 | Mediterráneo | 22 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 37 | 51 | 0.725 | 1880 | 1979 | 0.950 | |
| 9 | Electrocash CCPH | 22 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 29 | 52 | 0.558 | 1729 | 1864 | 0.928 | |
| 10 | Textil Santanderina-La Gallofa | 22 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 30 | 53 | 0.566 | 1729 | 1900 | 0.910 | |
| 11 | VP Madrid | 22 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 54 | 0.500 | 1614 | 1892 | 0.853 | Relegation to Superliga 2 |
| 12 | UBE L'Illa-Grau | 22 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 24 | 61 | 0.393 | 1743 | 2010 | 0.867 | Relegation to Superliga 2 |

## Championship playoff

All times are CEST, except for Canary Islands which is WEST.

### Bracket

* To best of five games.

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Unicaja Almería | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Río Duero–San José | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Río Duero–San José | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Unicaja Almería | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | 2 | CAI Teruel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | CAI Teruel | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | CAI Teruel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Ushuaïa Ibiza Voley | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |

### Semifinals

**Match 1**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Apr | 18:00 | CAI Teruel | 3–1 | Ushuaïa Ibiza Voley | 25–16 | 25–17 | 17–25 | 25–20 | | 92–78 | Box Score |
| 9 Apr | 20:30 | Unicaja Almería | 3–0 | Río Duero–San José | 25–23 | 25–7 | 25–19 | | | 75–49 | Box Score |

**Match 2**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 Apr | 17:00 | CAI Teruel | 3–1 | Ushuaïa Ibiza Voley | 18–25 | 25–19 | 25–13 | 25–17 | | 93–74 | Box Score |
| 10 Apr | 19:00 | Unicaja Almería | 3–0 | Río Duero–San José | 25–22 | 25–19 | 25–15 | | | 75–56 | Box Score |

**Match 3**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 Apr | 19:00 | Ushuaïa Ibiza Voley | 1–3 | CAI Teruel | 25–22 | 11–25 | 21–25 | 26–28 | | 83–100 | Box Score |
| 16 Apr | 20:00 | Río Duero–San José | 1–3 | Unicaja Almería | 17–25 | 34–32 | 23–25 | 22–25 | | 96–107 | Box Score |

### Final

**Match 1**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 Apr | 19:30 | Unicaja Almería | 2–3 | CAI Teruel | 20–25 | 28–26 | 25–15 | 25–27 | 8–15 | 106–108 | Boxscore |

**Match 2**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 Apr | 19:30 | Unicaja Almería | 3–0 | CAI Teruel | 25–23 | 25–14 | 25–13 | | | 75–50 | Boxscore |

**Match 3**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 Apr | 18:00 | CAI Teruel | 3–0 | Unicaja Almería | 28–26 | 28–26 | 25–22 | | | 81–74 | Boxscore |

**Match 4**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 May | 19:00 | CAI Teruel | 2–3 | Unicaja Almería | 25–17 | 25–15 | 24–26 | 22–25 | 13–15 | 109–98 | Boxscore |

**Match 5**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 May | 20:30 | Unicaja Almería | 3–0 | CAI Teruel | 25–22 | 25–22 | 28–26 | | | 78–70 | Boxscore |

* Final MVP: Borja Ruiz
* 2015–16 Superliga Masculina winners
* Unicaja Almería Eleventh title

## Top scorers

(Regular season and playoff statistic combined.)

| Rk | Name | Team | Points | Sets | PPS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marcilio Braga | Unicaja Almería | 496 | 99 | 5,01 |
| 2 | Raúl Muñoz | Ushuaïa Ibiza Voley | 448 | 104 | 4,31 |
| 3 | Fran Ruiz | CAI Teruel | 419 | 115 | 3,64 |
| 4 | Chema Castellano | Fundación Cajasol Juvasa | 409 | 85 | 4,81 |
| 5 | Guilherme Hage | Unicaja Almería | 394 | 102 | 3,86 |
| 6 | Miguel Mateo | Textil Santanderina-La Gallofa | 368 | 81 | 4,54 |
| 7 | Manuel Salvador | Río Duero–San José | 366 | 91 | 4,02 |
| 8 | Juan Carlos Barcala | CAI Teruel | 364 | 95 | 3,83 |
| 9 | Carlos Jiménez | Río Duero–San José | 362 | 85 | 4,26 |
| 10 | Juan Díaz Romeral | Electrocash CCPH | 362 | 87 | 4,16 |
