1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship

none Men's European Volleyball Championship Europe men 1997 September 6–14 12 2 2 NLD 1 1995 1999 The 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted from September 6 to September 14 in two cities in the Netherlands – Den Bosch and Eindhoven. Qualification 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship Qualification The top four placed teams from the 1995 edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship — Italy, Yugoslavia, Netherlands (also host) and Bulgaria — were automatically qualified for the 1997 edition. The other teams had to qualify in 1996. Teams width:20em Group A – Den Bosch GER GRE ITA RUS SVK FR Yugoslavia width:20em Group B – Eindhoven BUL CZE FIN FRA NED UKR Squads 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship Squads Preliminary round Group A TeamPointsGWLPWPLRatioSWSLRatio1. FR Yugoslavia95412331541.5131243.0002. ITA95412201611.3661243.0003. SVK85322302630.87510101.0004. RUS75232482271.0931091.1115. GER75232082590.8037120.5836. GRE55051762510.7013150.200 Saturday September 6 ITA3 – 0GRE16-14 15- 4 15–03SVK3 – 1GER13-15 15-12 15-09 15–10RUS3 – 0FR Yugoslavia16-14 15-11 15–13 Sunday September 7 GER3 – 1GRE17-15 15-09 07-15 15–08SVK3 – 2RUS06-15 15-10 16-14 10-15 15–12FR Yugoslavia3 – 0ITA15-13 15-09 15–05 Monday September 8 GER3 – 2RUS15-09 15-10 06-15 04-15 16–14ITA3 – 1SVK15-13 12-15 15-11 15–05FR Yugoslavia3 – 1GRE15-05 14-16 15-06 15–06 Wednesday September 10 ITA3 – 0GER15-10 15-09 15–04RUS3 – 0GRE15-05 15-09 15–12FR Yugoslavia3 – 0SVK15-07 15-04 15–08 Thursday September 11 ITA3 – 0RUS15-06 15-10 15–12SVK3 – 1GRE15-10 15-11 02-15 15–13FR Yugoslavia3 – 0GER15-08 16-14 15–07 Group B TeamPointsGWLPWPLRatioSWSLRatio1. NED10550226912.484150MAX2. FRA85322242191.0231081.2503. UKR85322602511.03611101.1004. CZE75232602760.94210120.8335. BUL75232192630.8338120.6666. FIN55051672560.6523150.200 Saturday September 6 NED3 – 0FIN15-03 15-07 15–02CZE3 – 1FRA16-14 07-15 15-01 15–12UKR3 – 2BUL08-15 15-07 11-15 15-10 15–09 Sunday September 7 FRA3 – 0FIN15-05 15-13 15–07NED3 – 0UKR15-06 15-10 15–01BUL3 – 2CZE05-15 15-10 15-11 10-15 15–11 Monday September 8 UKR3 – 0FIN15-12 15-01 15–09FRA3 – 0BUL15-10 17-15 15–02NED3 – 0CZE15-07 15-02 15–06 Wednesday September 10 BUL3 – 1FIN15-12 09-15 15-07 15–11UKR3 – 2CZE11-15 15-09 10-15 15-13 15–11NED3 – 0FRA16-14 15-06 15–05 Thursday September 11 CZE3 – 2FIN12-15 15-11 15-11 10-15 15–11FRA3 – 2UKR15-13 15-08 13-15 03-15 19–17NED3 – 0BUL15-03 15-09 15–10 Final round Semi-finals Final 3rd place 1997-09-13 FRA 0 FR Yugoslavia 3 1997-09-13 NED 3 ITA 0 1997-09-14 – Eindhoven NED 3 FR Yugoslavia 1 1997-09-14 ITA 3 FRA 1 Friday September 13 — Semi-finals FR Yugoslavia3 – 0FRA15-06 17-15 15–11NED3 – 0ITA15-09 15-06 15–13 Saturday September 14 — Bronze Medal Match ITA3 – 1FRA15-02 15-06 10-15 15–08 Saturday September 14 — Gold Medal Match NED3 – 1FR Yugoslavia15-11 10-15 15-10 15–09 5-8th place 5th place 7th place 1997-09-13 SVK 0 CZE 3 1997-09-13 RUS 3 UKR 0 1997-09-14 CZE 0 RUS 3 1997-09-14 UKR 3 SVK 0 Friday September 13 — Classification Matches CZE3 – 0SVK15-10 15-11 15–11RUS3 – 0UKR15-10 15-04 15–12 Saturday September 14 — Seventh Place Match SVK3 – 0UKR15-03 15-13 15–03 Saturday September 14 — Fifth Place Match RUS3 – 0CZE15-10 15-09 15–09 Final ranking Place TeamNEDFR YugoslaviaITA4.FRA5.RUS6.CZE7.UKR8.SVK9.BULGER11.FINGRE vb 1997 Men's European champions NED First + Team Roster Peter Blangé, Guido Görtzen, Henk-Jan Held, Albert Cristina, Reinder Nummerdor, Richard Schuil, Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor, Jochem de Gruijter, Misha Latuhihin, Olof van der Meulen, and Robert van Es.Head coach: Toon Gerbrands. References Official website CEV website Volleyball Netherlands Europe Sports Category:Men's European Volleyball Championships E Volleyball Championship V Category:September 1997 sports events in Europe