1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship

1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Czech Republic
Dates	27 September – 5 October
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Various (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Russia (15th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Barbara Jelić
Official website
Website

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.

Participating teams

Main article: 1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

Team	Method of qualification
Belarus	Qualification group D winners
Bulgaria	Qualification group A winners
Croatia	1995 edition second place
Czech Republic	Hosts
Germany	1995 edition fourth place
Italy	Qualification group B winners
Latvia	Qualification promotion round
Netherlands	1995 edition first place
Poland	Qualification group E winners
Romania	Qualification promotion round
Russia	1995 edition third place
Ukraine	Qualification 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

Further information: 1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Pool A	Pool B and Final round	Zlín Brno class=notpageimage| Tournament host cities
Zlín	Brno

Preliminary round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

• venue location: Zlín, Czech Republic

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	237	110	2.155	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	202	163	1.239
3	Poland	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	200	185	1.081	5th–8th place
4	Latvia	5	2	3	7	6	11	0.545	174	229	0.760
5	Netherlands	5	1	4	6	6	12	0.500	192	235	0.817
6	Belarus	5	1	4	6	4	14	0.286	174	257	0.677

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	14:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	15–9	15–10			45–24	Report
27 Sep	17:00	Poland	3–0	Latvia	15–7	15–9	15–10			45–26	Report
27 Sep	20:00	Belarus	1–3	Russia	11–15	3–15	15–9	4–15		33–54	Report
28 Sep	14:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–8	15–5			45–20	Report
28 Sep	17:00	Latvia	3–0	Belarus	15–12	16–14	15–8			46–34	Report
28 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	0–3	Russia	11–15	5–15	5–15			21–45	Report
29 Sep	14:30	Belarus	3–2	Bulgaria	15–13	3–15	15–13	9–15	15–11	57–67	Report
29 Sep	17:00	Russia	3–0	Latvia	15–2	15–5	15–8			45–15	Report
29 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–1	Netherlands	15–10	4–15	15–13	15–4		49–42	Report
1 Oct	14:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	3–15	10–15	12–15			25–45	Report
1 Oct	17:00	Poland	3–0	Belarus	15–5	15–7	15–12			45–24	Report
1 Oct	20:00	Netherlands	2–3	Latvia	15–12	15–13	7–15	10–15	13–15	60–70	Report
2 Oct	14:30	Russia	3–1	Poland	15–6	15–13	3–15	15–7		48–41	Report
2 Oct	17:00	Belarus	0–3	Netherlands	4–15	12–15	10–15			26–45	Report
2 Oct	20:00	Latvia	0–3	Bulgaria	2–15	9–15	6–15			17–45	Report

Pool B

• venue location: Brno, Czech Republic

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	240	139	1.727	Semifinals
2	Czech Republic	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	208	174	1.195
3	Italy	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	221	209	1.057	5th–8th place
4	Ukraine	5	2	3	7	6	10	0.600	187	221	0.846
5	Germany	5	1	4	6	4	12	0.333	174	227	0.767
6	Romania	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	156	216	0.722

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	14:30	Italy	3–0	Ukraine	15–12	15–9	15–11			45–32	Report
27 Sep	17:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Romania	15–11	15–7	15–8			45–26	Report
27 Sep	20:00	Germany	0–3	Croatia	7–15	2–15	9–15			18–45	Report
28 Sep	14:30	Ukraine	3–0	Romania	15–11	15–10	15–13			45–34	Report
28 Sep	17:00	Croatia	3–0	Czech Republic	15–4	15–9	15–8			45–21	Report
28 Sep	20:00	Italy	3–1	Germany	15–10	14–16	16–14	15–10		60–50	Report
29 Sep	14:30	Romania	0–3	Croatia	7–15	6–15	13–15			26–45	Report
29 Sep	17:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Italy	15–9	15–5	15–7			45–21	Report
29 Sep	20:00	Germany	3–0	Ukraine	15–7	15–9	15–13			45–29	Report
1 Oct	14:30	Italy	3–0	Romania	15–5	15–10	15–7			45–22	Report
1 Oct	17:00	Germany	0–3	Czech Republic	10–15	12–15	3–15			25–45	Report
1 Oct	20:00	Ukraine	0–3	Croatia	7–15	11–15	6–15			24–45	Report
2 Oct	14:30	Romania	3–0	Germany	17–15	16–14	15–7			48–36	Report
2 Oct	17:00	Croatia	3–1	Italy	16–14	14–16	15–13	15–7		60–50	Report
2 Oct	20:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Ukraine	15–11	14–16	11–15	12–15		52–57	Report

Final round

• venue location: Brno, Czech Republic
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

5th–8th place

• Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.

	Semifinals				5th place
	4 Oct
	Poland	3
					5 Oct
	Ukraine	0
					Poland	0
	4 Oct
					Italy	3
	Latvia	0
	Italy	3
					7th place
					5 Oct
					Ukraine	3
					Latvia	1

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	10:30	Poland	3–0	Ukraine	15–8	15–10	15–13			45–31	Report
4 Oct	14:30	Latvia	0–3	Italy	9–15	4–15	12–15			25–45	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	10:00	Ukraine	3–1	Latvia	13–15	15–5	15–9	15–7		58–36	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	12:30	Poland	0–3	Italy	13–15	9–15	10–15			32–45	Report

Final

• Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.

	Semifinals				Final
	4 Oct
	Russia	3
					5 Oct
	Czech Republic	0
					Russia	3
	4 Oct
					Croatia	0
	Bulgaria	1
	Croatia	3
					3rd place
					5 Oct
					Czech Republic	3
					Bulgaria	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	17:00	Russia	3–0	Czech Republic	15–4	15–2	15–1			45–7	Report
4 Oct	20:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Croatia	2–15	15–10	12–15	12–15		41–55	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	15:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Czech Republic	13–15	10–15	7–15			30–45	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	18:00	Russia	3–0	Croatia	15–7	15–12	15–9			45–28	Report

Final ranking

Place	Team
	Russia
	Croatia
	Czech Republic
4.	Bulgaria
5.	Italy
6.	Poland
7.	Ukraine
8.	Latvia
9.	Netherlands
	Germany
	Belarus
	Romania

1997 Women's European champions
Russia 15th title

Team Roster

Evgenya Artamonova, Elena Batoukhtina, Anastasia Belikova, Elena Godina, Tatyana Gracheva, Tatyana Menchova, Natalya Morozova, Natalia Safronova, Olga Tchoukanova, Irina Tebenikhina, Elizaveta Tichtchenko and Elena Vassilevskaya. Head coach: Nikolay Karpol.

Individual awards

• Most valuable player: Barbara Jelić (CRO)
• Best spiker: Evgenya Artamonova (RUS)
• Best blocker: Michaela Večerková (CZE)
• Best setter: Irina Kirillova (CRO)

References

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

• Results at todor66.com
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