actually things went differently and most countries chosen European Games for CEV ranking what didn't help for some teams
current CEV ranking
current calculation before ECH (countries qualified to ECH 2015 got 70 points in this ranking, points from ECH 2011 are deducted):
1. Russia 306
2. Serbia 294 - qualified to OG
2. Turkey 294 - host of QOT (Ankara)
4. Italy 286
4. Germany 286
6. Poland 264
6. Belgium 264
8. Netherlands 260
9. Croatia 252 - currently qualified to QOT
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10. Bulgaria 248
11. Azerbaijan 238
12. Czech Republic 232
right now we would see in Turkey: Turkey (host), Russia, Italy, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands and Croatia
as we can see, Croatia has to be 5 places higher to beat Netherlands and 7 to beat both Belgium and Poland (all seem to be highly unlikely) Bulgaria needs 2 places more to beat mentioned earlier teams (almsot impossible) and nedds 3 places to beat Croatia
btw. Will be any draw for QOT or teams will be seeded according to key
possible key can be:
pool A: Turkey, 3rd, 4th, 7th (though I prefer here 2nd, 5th, 6th...)
pool B: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th