1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Arnhem and Groningen, Netherlands from 23 September to 1 October 1995. The two finalists qualified for the 1995 FIVB Women's World Cup. == Participating teams == == 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 == == Squads == == Venues == == Preliminary round == All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). === Pool A === venue location: Groningen, Netherlands === Pool B === venue location: Arnhem, Netherlands == Final round == venue location: Arnhem, Netherlands All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). === 5th–8th place === Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other. ==== 5th–8th semifinals ==== ==== 7th place match ==== ==== 5th place match ==== === Final === Pools A and B first and second positions play each other. ==== Semifinals ==== ==== 3rd place match ==== ==== Final ==== == Final ranking == Netherlands and Croatia qualified for the 1995 FIVB Women's World Cup. == Individual awards == MVP: Elles Leferink (NED) Best spiker: Barbara Jelić (CRO) Best server: Barbara Jelić (CRO) Best blocker: Jerine Fleurke (NED) Best setter: Irina Kirillova (CRO) Best receiver: Cintha Boersma (NED) Best digger: Marjolein de Jong (NED) == References == == External links == Results at todor66.com