1991 Women's European Volleyball Championship

1991 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	28 September – 6 October
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Various (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (13th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Irina Ilchenko
Official website
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The 1991 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 17th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in Italy from 28 September to 6 October 1991, with the final round held in Rome.

Participating teams[]

Team	Method of qualification
Albania	Qualification group 1 runners-up
Bulgaria	Qualification group 2 winners
Czechoslovakia	Qualification group 1 winners
France	Qualification group 4 runners-up
Germany	1989 edition second place
Greece	Qualification group 3 winners
Italy	Hosts
Netherlands	Qualification group 2 runners-up
Poland	Qualification group 4 winners
Romania	1989 edition fourth place*
Soviet Union	1989 edition first place
Yugoslavia	Qualification group 3 runners-up

*Note: As Italy qualified as hosts and for finishing the 1989 tournament as third, Romania gained a qualification place for finishing fourth in 1989.

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
Albania	Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria	Germany
France	Netherlands
Greece	Poland
Italy	Romania
Soviet Union	Yugoslavia

Squads[]

Venues[]

Pool A	Pool B	Final round	Rome Ravenna Bari class=notpageimage\| Tournament host cities
Ravenna	Bari	Rome

Preliminary round[]

(A)	Advance to 1st–4th semifinals
(a)	Advance to 5th–8th semifinals

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

Pool A[]

venue location: Ravenna, Italy

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union (A)	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	225	98	2.296
2	Italy (A)	9	4	1	12	3	4.000	201	124	1.621
3	Bulgaria (a)	8	3	2	9	9	1.000	212	203	1.044
4	Greece (a)	7	2	3	7	12	0.583	171	249	0.687
5	France	6	1	4	6	12	0.500	203	225	0.902
6	Albania	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	125	238	0.525

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	15:30	Greece	3–2	France	15–9	8–15	10–15	15–5	15–13	63–57	Report
28 Sep	18:00	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–2	15–11			45–20	Report
28 Sep	20:30	Albania	0–3	Italy	3–15	12–15	1–15			16–45	Report
29 Sep	15:30	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–6	15–11	15–13			45–30	Report
29 Sep	18:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	7–15	9–15	9–15			25–45	Report
29 Sep	20:30	Albania	1–3	Greece	7–15	15–6	8–15	14–16		44–52	Report
30 Sep	15:30	Bulgaria	3–1	France	12–15	16–14	15–9	15–9		58–47	Report
30 Sep	18:00	Albania	0–3	Soviet Union	2–15	7–15	6–15			15–45	Report
30 Sep	20:30	Greece	0–3	Italy	1–15	6–15	7–15			14–45	Report
2 Oct	15:45	France	0–3	Italy	6–15	6–15	12–15			24–45	Report
2 Oct	18:00	Greece	0–3	Soviet Union	7–15	2–15	3–15			12–45	Report
2 Oct	20:30	Albania	1–3	Bulgaria	7–15	15–6	11–15	3–15		36–51	Report
3 Oct	15:30	Greece	1–3	Bulgaria	15–13	5–15	7–15	3–15		30–58	Report
3 Oct	18:00	Albania	0–3	France	4–15	1–15	9–15			14–45	Report
3 Oct	20:30	Soviet Union	3–0	Italy	15–6	15–6	15–9			45–21	Report

Pool B[]

venue location: Bari, Italy

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands (A)	9	4	1	14	3	4.667	246	171	1.439
2	Germany (A)	9	4	1	13	6	2.167	258	186	1.387
3	Romania (a)	8	3	2	10	8	1.250	222	203	1.094
4	Czechoslovakia (a)	8	3	2	10	9	1.111	231	203	1.138
5	Poland	6	1	4	6	14	0.429	216	254	0.850
6	Yugoslavia	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	93	249	0.373

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	15:30	Yugoslavia	2–3	Poland	15–13	15–11	4–15	7–15	5–15	46–69	Report
28 Sep	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Czechoslovakia	17–15	17–15	15–13			49–43	Report
28 Sep	20:30	Romania	1–3	Germany	4–15	6–15	15–12	12–15		37–57	Report
29 Sep	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–8	15–4			45–19	Report
29 Sep	18:00	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Germany	15–11	3–15	15–10	15–3		48–39	Report
29 Sep	20:30	Romania	3–0	Yugoslavia	15–9	15–7	15–2			45–18	Report
30 Sep	15:30	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Poland	15–8	3–15	15–9	9–15	15–6	57–53	Report
30 Sep	18:00	Romania	0–3	Netherlands	10–15	7–15	11–15			28–45	Report
30 Sep	20:30	Yugoslavia	0–3	Germany	6–15	2–15	1–15			9–45	Report
2 Oct	15:30	Romania	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–11	15–10	6–15	15–2		51–38	Report
2 Oct	18:00	Yugoslavia	0–3	Netherlands	4–15	4–15	1–15			9–45	Report
2 Oct	20:30	Poland	0–3	Germany	12–15	8–15	10–15			30–45	Report
3 Oct	15:30	Netherlands	2–3	Germany	15–12	14–16	4–15	16–14	13–15	62–72	Report
3 Oct	18:00	Romania	3–1	Poland	15–13	16–17	15–4	15–11		61–45	Report
3 Oct	20:30	Yugoslavia	0–3	Czechoslovakia	3–15	6–15	2–15			11–45	Report

Final round[]

venue location: Rome, Italy
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

5 Oct

Czechoslovakia	3
		6 Oct
Bulgaria	1
		Czechoslovakia	3
5 Oct
		Romania	1
Romania	3

Greece	1
		7th place

		6 Oct

		Bulgaria	3

		Greece	2

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	9:00	Romania	3–1	Greece	15–9	15–8	5–15	15–10		50–42	Report
5 Oct	11:30	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Bulgaria	15–5	15–7	14–16	15–12		59–40	Report

7th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	9:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Greece	15–12	15–11	12–15	11–15	15–13	68–66	Report

5th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	11:30	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Romania	15–10	5–15	16–14	15–10		51–49	Report

Final[]

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

Semifinals		Final

5 Oct

Soviet Union	3
		6 Oct
Germany	0
		Soviet Union	3
5 Oct
		Netherlands	0
Netherlands	3

Italy	1
		3rd place

		6 Oct

		Germany	3

		Italy	1

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	16:00	Netherlands	3–1	Italy	12–15	15–6	15–7	16–14		58–42	Report
5 Oct	18:30	Soviet Union	3–0	Germany	15–6	15–3	15–11			45–20	Report

3rd place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	15:00	Germany	3–1	Italy	9–15	15–8	15–7	15–10		54–40	Report

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	17:30	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–2	15–3			45–9	Report

Final ranking[]

Place	Team
	Soviet Union
	Netherlands
	Germany
4.	Italy
5.	Czechoslovakia
6.	Romania
7.	Bulgaria
8.	Greece
9.	France
	Poland
	Albania
	Yugoslavia

1991 Women's European Champions
Soviet Union 13th title

Team Roster Evgenya Artamonova, Elena Batoukhtina, , Natalya Morozova, Marina Nikoulina, Valentina Ogienko, Irina Parkhomchuk, Tatyana Sidorenko, Irina Smirnova, Elena Tchebukina, Yulia Timonova, , and .
Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol.

Individual awards[]

MVP: Irina Ilchenko (URS)
Best Spiker: Henriëtte Weersing (NED)
Best Setter: Marina Pankova (URS)

References[]

Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)^[1]

^ "1990/1991 Senior European Championships Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

External links[]

Results at todor66.com

[1] "1990/1991 Senior European Championships Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

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