1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship

none Women's European Volleyball Championship Europe women 1997 27 September – 5 October 12 Various 2 Russia 15 CRO Barbara Jelić 1995 1999 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 1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification TeamMethod of qualificationBLR 1995 Qualification group D winnersBUL Qualification group A winnersCRO 1995 edition second placeCZE HostsGER 1995 edition fourth placeITA Qualification group B winnersLAT Qualification promotion roundNED 1995 edition first placePOL Qualification group E winnersROU Qualification promotion roundRUS 1995 edition third placeUKR 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 APool BBLR 1995CROBULCZELATGERNEDITAPOLROURUSUKR Squads 1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads Venues Pool APool B and Final roundCzech Republic Tournament host cities center 280 Czech Republic 49.233056 17.666944 bottom Zlín Czech Republic 49.2 16.616667 bottom BrnoZlínBrno Preliminary round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Pool A venue location: Zlín, Czech Republic main Volleyball Q points 2 1 complete RUS RUS BUL BUL POL POL LAT LAT NED NED BLR BLR 1995 5 0 15 2 237 110 3 2 11 6 202 163 3 2 10 7 200 185 2 3 6 11 174 229 1 4 6 12 192 235 1 4 4 14 174 257 #ccffcc Semifinals A A #dfefff 5th–8th place B B 27 Sep 14:30 BUL 3–0 NED 15–5 15–9 15–10 Report 27 Sep 17:00 POL 3–0 LAT 15–7 15–9 15–10 Report 27 Sep 20:00 BLR 1995 1–3 RUS 11–15 3–15 15–9 4–15 Report 28 Sep 14:30 BUL 3–0 POL 15–7 15–8 15–5 Report 28 Sep 17:00 LAT 3–0 BLR 1995 15–12 16–14 15–8 Report 28 Sep 20:00 NED 0–3 RUS 11–15 5–15 5–15 Report 29 Sep 14:30 BLR 1995 3–2 BUL 15–13 3–15 15–13 9–15 15–11 Report 29 Sep 17:00 RUS 3–0 LAT 15–2 15–5 15–8 Report 29 Sep 20:00 POL 3–1 NED 15–10 4–15 15–13 15–4 Report 1 Oct 14:30 BUL 0–3 RUS 3–15 10–15 12–15 Report 1 Oct 17:00 POL 3–0 BLR 1995 15–5 15–7 15–12 Report 1 Oct 20:00 NED 2–3 LAT 15–12 15–13 7–15 10–15 13–15 Report 2 Oct 14:30 RUS 3–1 POL 15–6 15–13 3–15 15–7 Report 2 Oct 17:00 BLR 1995 0–3 NED 4–15 12–15 10–15 Report 2 Oct 20:00 LAT 0–3 BUL 2–15 9–15 6–15 Report Pool B venue location: Brno, Czech Republic main Volleyball Q points 2 1 complete CRO CRO CZE CZE ITA ITA UKR UKR GER GER ROU ROU 5 0 15 1 240 139 3 2 10 6 208 174 3 2 10 7 221 209 2 3 6 10 187 221 1 4 4 12 174 227 1 4 3 12 156 216 #ccffcc Semifinals A A #dfefff 5th–8th place B B 27 Sep 14:30 ITA 3–0 UKR 15–12 15–9 15–11 Report 27 Sep 17:00 CZE 3–0 ROU 15–11 15–7 15–8 Report 27 Sep 20:00 GER 0–3 CRO 7–15 2–15 9–15 Report 28 Sep 14:30 UKR 3–0 ROU 15–11 15–10 15–13 Report 28 Sep 17:00 CRO 3–0 CZE 15–4 15–9 15–8 Report 28 Sep 20:00 ITA 3–1 GER 15–10 14–16 16–14 15–10 Report 29 Sep 14:30 ROU 0–3 CRO 7–15 6–15 13–15 Report 29 Sep 17:00 CZE 3–0 ITA 15–9 15–5 15–7 Report 29 Sep 20:00 GER 3–0 UKR 15–7 15–9 15–13 Report 1 Oct 14:30 ITA 3–0 ROU 15–5 15–10 15–7 Report 1 Oct 17:00 GER 0–3 CZE 10–15 12–15 3–15 Report 1 Oct 20:00 UKR 0–3 CRO 7–15 11–15 6–15 Report 2 Oct 14:30 ROU 3–0 GER 17–15 16–14 15–7 Report 2 Oct 17:00 CRO 3–1 ITA 16–14 14–16 15–13 15–7 Report 2 Oct 20:00 CZE 1–3 UKR 15–11 14–16 11–15 12–15 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 7th place 4 Oct POL 3 UKR 0 4 Oct LAT 0 ITA 3 5 Oct POL 0 ITA 3 5 Oct UKR 3 LAT 1 5th–8th semifinals 4 Oct 10:30 POL 3–0 UKR 15–8 15–10 15–13 Report 4 Oct 14:30 LAT 0–3 ITA 9–15 4–15 12–15 Report 7th place match 5 Oct 10:00 UKR 3–1 LAT 13–15 15–5 15–9 15–7 Report 5th place match 5 Oct 12:30 POL 0–3 ITA 13–15 9–15 10–15 Report Final Pools A and B first and second positions play each other. Semifinals Final 3rd place 4 Oct RUS 3 CZE 0 4 Oct BUL 1 CRO 3 5 Oct RUS 3 CRO 0 5 Oct CZE 3 BUL 0 Semifinals 4 Oct 17:00 RUS 3–0 CZE 15–4 15–2 15–1 Report 4 Oct 20:00 BUL 1–3 CRO 2–15 15–10 12–15 12–15 Report 3rd place match 5 Oct 15:00 BUL 0–3 CZE 13–15 10–15 7–15 Report Final 5 Oct 18:00 RUS 3–0 CRO 15–7 15–12 15–9 Report Final ranking Place TeamRUSCROCZE4.BUL5.ITA6.POL7.UKR8.LAT9.NEDGERBLR 1995ROU vbw 1997 Women's European champions RUS 15th + Team RosterEvgenya 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)http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/Competition.aspx?ID=364&PID=747 1996/1997 Senior European Championships Women CEV 13 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170414164400/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/Competition.aspx?ID=364&PID=747 14 April 2017 dead External links Results at todor66.com ResultsOctober 2009 WebCiteBOT European Volleyball Championships V Women's European Volleyball Championship, 1997 Category:Women's European Volleyball Championships Women's European Volleyball Championship Women's European Volleyball Championship Category:Women's volleyball in the Czech Republic Category:Sports competitions in Brno