1951 Women's European Volleyball Championship

1951 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	France
Dates	15 – 22 September
Teams	6
Champions	Soviet Union (3rd title)
Official website
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The 1951 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the third edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Paris, France from 15 to 22 September 1951.

Participating teams

• France
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Soviet Union
• Yugoslavia

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the six participants were divided into two groups of three teams. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to a second stage of a single group containing four teams. All groups in both stages played a single round-robin format.

Pools composition

Pool 1	Pool 2
France	Italy
Netherlands	Poland
Soviet Union	Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

(A)	Advance to Final round

Pool 1

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	France	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	15–6	15–11			45–22	Report
16 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–3	15–9			45–16	Report
17 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–5	15–1	15–3			45–9	Report

Pool 2

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	Yugoslavia	1–3	Poland	15–13	12–15	5–15	10–15		42–58	Report
16 Sep	Poland	3–0	Italy	15–5	15–1	15–3			45–9	Report
17 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–0	Italy	15–0	15–7	15–11			45–18	Report

Final round

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	Soviet Union	1–15	4–15	0–15			5–45	Report
19 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	Poland	15–17	9–15	9–15			33–47	Report
20 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–2	15–1	15–3			45–6	Report
21 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–0	France	15–8	15–8	17–15			47–31	Report
21 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–8	15–3	15–11			45–22	Report
22 Sep	Poland	3–0	France	15–13	15–12	15–4			45–29	Report

Final ranking

Place	Team
	Soviet Union
	Poland
	Yugoslavia
4.	France
5.	Netherlands
6.	Italy

1951 Women's European Champions
Soviet Union Third title

References

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

• Results at todor66.com