1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Brno and Zlín, Czech Republic from 27 September to 5 October 1997.

1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Czech Republic
Dates27 September – 5 October
Teams12
Venue(s)Various (in 2 host cities)
Champions Russia (15th title)
Tournament awards
MVP Barbara Jelić
Official website
Website

Participating teams
Team Method of qualification
 BelarusQualification group D winners
 BulgariaQualification group A winners
 Croatia1995 edition second place
 Czech RepublicHosts
 Germany1995 edition fourth place
 ItalyQualification group B winners
 LatviaQualification promotion round
 Netherlands1995 edition first place
 PolandQualification group E winners
 RomaniaQualification promotion round
 Russia1995 edition third place
 UkraineQualification group C winners

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).

Pools composition
Pool A Pool B
 Belarus  Croatia
 Bulgaria  Czech Republic
 Latvia  Germany
 Netherlands  Italy
 Poland  Romania
 Russia  Ukraine

Squads

Venues
Pool A Pool B and Final round
Zlín
Brno
Tournament host cities
Zlín Brno

Preliminary round
(A)Advance to 1st–4th semifinals
(a)Advance to 5th–8th semifinals

Pool A
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Russia (A) 10 5 0 15 2 7.500 237 110 2.155
2  Bulgaria (A) 8 3 2 11 6 1.833 202 163 1.239
3  Poland (a) 8 3 2 10 7 1.429 200 185 1.081
4  Latvia (a) 7 2 3 6 11 0.545 174 229 0.760
5  Netherlands 6 1 4 6 12 0.500 192 235 0.817
6  Belarus 6 1 4 4 14 0.286 174 257 0.677
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Sep14:30Bulgaria  3–0  Netherlands 15–515–915–10  45–24Report
27 Sep17:00Poland  3–0  Latvia 15–715–915–10  45–26Report
27 Sep20:00Belarus  1–3  Russia 11–153–1515–94–15 33–54Report
28 Sep14:30Bulgaria  3–0  Poland 15–715–815–5  45–20Report
28 Sep17:00Latvia  3–0  Belarus 15–1216–1415–8  46–34Report
28 Sep20:00Netherlands  0–3  Russia 11–155–155–15  21–45Report
29 Sep14:30Belarus  3–2  Bulgaria 15–133–1515–139–1515–1157–67Report
29 Sep17:00Russia  3–0  Latvia 15–215–515–8  45–15Report
29 Sep20:00Poland  3–1  Netherlands 15–104–1515–1315–4 49–42Report
1 Oct14:30Bulgaria  0–3  Russia 0–150–150–15  0–45Report
1 Oct17:00Poland  3–0  Belarus 15–515–715–12  45–24Report
1 Oct20:00Netherlands  2–3  Latvia 15–1215–137–1510–1513–1560–70Report
2 Oct14:30Russia  3–1  Poland 15–615–133–1515–7 48–41Report
2 Oct17:00Belarus  0–3  Netherlands 4–1512–1510–15  26–45Report
2 Oct20:00Latvia  0–3  Bulgaria 2–159–156–15  17–45Report

Pool B
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Croatia (A) 10 5 0 15 1 15.000 240 139 1.727
2  Czech Republic (A) 8 3 2 10 6 1.667 208 174 1.195
3  Italy (a) 8 3 2 10 7 1.429 221 209 1.057
4  Ukraine (a) 7 2 3 6 10 0.600 187 221 0.846
5  Germany 6 1 4 4 12 0.333 174 227 0.767
6  Romania 6 1 4 3 12 0.250 156 216 0.722
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Sep14:30Italy  3–0  Ukraine 15–1215–915–11  45–32Report
27 Sep17:00Czech Republic  3–0  Romania 15–1115–715–8  45–26Report
27 Sep20:00Germany  0–3  Croatia 7–152–159–15  18–45Report
28 Sep14:30Ukraine  3–0  Romania 15–1115–1015–13  45–34Report
28 Sep17:00Croatia  3–0  Czech Republic 15–415–915–8  45–21Report
28 Sep20:00Italy  3–1  Germany 15–1014–1616–1415–10 60–50Report
29 Sep14:30Romania  0–3  Croatia 7–156–1513–15  26–45Report
29 Sep17:00Czech Republic  3–0  Italy 15–915–515–7  45–21Report
29 Sep20:00Germany  3–0  Ukraine 15–715–915–13  45–29Report
1 Oct14:30Italy  3–0  Romania 15–515–1015–7  45–22Report
1 Oct17:00Germany  0–3  Czech Republic 10–1512–153–15  25–45Report
1 Oct20:00Ukraine  0–3  Croatia 7–1511–156–15  24–45Report
2 Oct14:30Romania  3–0  Germany 17–1516–1415–7  48–36Report
2 Oct17:00Croatia  3–1  Italy 16–1414–1615–1315–7 60–50Report
2 Oct20:00Czech Republic  1–3  Ukraine 15–1114–1611–1512–15 52–57Report

Final round

5th–8th place
  • Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.
 
Semifinals5th place
 
      
 
4 Oct
 
 
 Poland3
 
5 Oct
 
 Ukraine0
 
 Poland0
 
4 Oct
 
 Italy3
 
 Latvia0
 
 
 Italy3
 
7th place
 
 
5 Oct
 
 
 Ukraine3
 
 
 Latvia1

5th–8th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Oct10:30Poland  3–0  Ukraine 15–815–1015–13  45–31Report
4 Oct14:30Latvia  0–3  Italy 9–154–1512–15  25–45Report

7th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Oct10:00Ukraine  3–1  Latvia 13–1515–515–915–7 58–36Report

5th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Oct12:30Poland  0–3  Italy 13–159–1510–15  32–45Report

Final
  • Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 Oct
 
 
 Russia3
 
5 Oct
 
 Czech Republic0
 
 Russia3
 
4 Oct
 
 Croatia0
 
 Bulgaria1
 
 
 Croatia3
 
3rd place
 
 
5 Oct
 
 
 Czech Republic3
 
 
 Bulgaria0

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Oct17:00Russia  3–0  Czech Republic 15–415–215–1  45–7Report
4 Oct20:00Bulgaria  1–3  Croatia 2–1515–1012–1512–15 41–55Report

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Oct15:00Bulgaria  0–3  Czech Republic 13–1510–157–15  30–45Report

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Oct18:00Russia  3–0  Croatia 15–715–1215–9  45–28Report

Final ranking

Individual awards
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References
  • Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)[1]
  1. "1996/1997 Senior European Championships Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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