1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship

1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Czech Republic
Dates	27 September – 5 October
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Various (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Russia (15th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Barbara Jelić
Official website
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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[]

Team	Method of qualification
Belarus	Qualification group D winners
Bulgaria	Qualification group A winners
Croatia	1995 edition second place
Czech Republic	Hosts
Germany	1995 edition fourth place
Italy	Qualification group B winners
Latvia	Qualification promotion round
Netherlands	1995 edition first place
Poland	Qualification group E winners
Romania	Qualification promotion round
Russia	1995 edition third place
Ukraine	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 A	Pool B
Belarus	Croatia
Bulgaria	Czech Republic
Latvia	Germany
Netherlands	Italy
Poland	Romania
Russia	Ukraine

Squads[]

Venues[]

Pool A	Pool B and Final round	Zlín Brno class=notpageimage\| Tournament host cities
Zlín	Brno	Zlín Brno class=notpageimage\| Tournament host cities

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: Zlín, Czech Republic

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia (A)	10	5	0	15	2	7.500	237	110	2.155
2	Bulgaria (A)	8	3	2	11	6	1.833	202	163	1.239
3	Poland (a)	8	3	2	10	7	1.429	200	185	1.081
4	Latvia (a)	7	2	3	6	11	0.545	174	229	0.760
5	Netherlands	6	1	4	6	12	0.500	192	235	0.817
6	Belarus	6	1	4	4	14	0.286	174	257	0.677

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	14:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	15–9	15–10			45–24	Report
27 Sep	17:00	Poland	3–0	Latvia	15–7	15–9	15–10			45–26	Report
27 Sep	20:00	Belarus	1–3	Russia	11–15	3–15	15–9	4–15		33–54	Report
28 Sep	14:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–8	15–5			45–20	Report
28 Sep	17:00	Latvia	3–0	Belarus	15–12	16–14	15–8			46–34	Report
28 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	0–3	Russia	11–15	5–15	5–15			21–45	Report
29 Sep	14:30	Belarus	3–2	Bulgaria	15–13	3–15	15–13	9–15	15–11	57–67	Report
29 Sep	17:00	Russia	3–0	Latvia	15–2	15–5	15–8			45–15	Report
29 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–1	Netherlands	15–10	4–15	15–13	15–4		49–42	Report
1 Oct	14:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	3–15	10–15	12–15			25–45	Report
1 Oct	17:00	Poland	3–0	Belarus	15–5	15–7	15–12			45–24	Report
1 Oct	20:00	Netherlands	2–3	Latvia	15–12	15–13	7–15	10–15	13–15	60–70	Report
2 Oct	14:30	Russia	3–1	Poland	15–6	15–13	3–15	15–7		48–41	Report
2 Oct	17:00	Belarus	0–3	Netherlands	4–15	12–15	10–15			26–45	Report
2 Oct	20:00	Latvia	0–3	Bulgaria	2–15	9–15	6–15			17–45	Report

Pool B[]

venue location: Brno, Czech Republic

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Croatia (A)	10	5	0	15	1	15.000	240	139	1.727
2	Czech Republic (A)	8	3	2	10	6	1.667	208	174	1.195
3	Italy (a)	8	3	2	10	7	1.429	221	209	1.057
4	Ukraine (a)	7	2	3	6	10	0.600	187	221	0.846
5	Germany	6	1	4	4	12	0.333	174	227	0.767
6	Romania	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	156	216	0.722

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
27 Sep	14:30	Italy	3–0	Ukraine	15–12	15–9	15–11		45–32	Report
27 Sep	17:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Romania	15–11	15–7	15–8		45–26	Report
27 Sep	20:00	Germany	0–3	Croatia	7–15	2–15	9–15		18–45	Report
28 Sep	14:30	Ukraine	3–0	Romania	15–11	15–10	15–13		45–34	Report
28 Sep	17:00	Croatia	3–0	Czech Republic	15–4	15–9	15–8		45–21	Report
28 Sep	20:00	Italy	3–1	Germany	15–10	14–16	16–14	15–10	60–50	Report
29 Sep	14:30	Romania	0–3	Croatia	7–15	6–15	13–15		26–45	Report
29 Sep	17:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Italy	15–9	15–5	15–7		45–21	Report
29 Sep	20:00	Germany	3–0	Ukraine	15–7	15–9	15–13		45–29	Report
1 Oct	14:30	Italy	3–0	Romania	15–5	15–10	15–7		45–22	Report
1 Oct	17:00	Germany	0–3	Czech Republic	10–15	12–15	3–15		25–45	Report
1 Oct	20:00	Ukraine	0–3	Croatia	7–15	11–15	6–15		24–45	Report
2 Oct	14:30	Romania	3–0	Germany	17–15	16–14	15–7		48–36	Report
2 Oct	17:00	Croatia	3–1	Italy	16–14	14–16	15–13	15–7	60–50	Report
2 Oct	20:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Ukraine	15–11	14–16	11–15	12–15	52–57	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

4 Oct

Poland	3
		5 Oct
Ukraine	0
		Poland	0
4 Oct
		Italy	3
Latvia	0

Italy	3
		7th place

		5 Oct

		Ukraine	3

		Latvia	1

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	10:30	Poland	3–0	Ukraine	15–8	15–10	15–13			45–31	Report
4 Oct	14:30	Latvia	0–3	Italy	9–15	4–15	12–15			25–45	Report

7th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	10:00	Ukraine	3–1	Latvia	13–15	15–5	15–9	15–7		58–36	Report

5th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	12:30	Poland	0–3	Italy	13–15	9–15	10–15			32–45	Report

Final[]

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

Semifinals		Final

4 Oct

Russia	3
		5 Oct
Czech Republic	0
		Russia	3
4 Oct
		Croatia	0
Bulgaria	1

Croatia	3
		3rd place

		5 Oct

		Czech Republic	3

		Bulgaria	0

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	17:00	Russia	3–0	Czech Republic	15–4	15–2	15–1			45–7	Report
4 Oct	20:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Croatia	2–15	15–10	12–15	12–15		41–55	Report

3rd place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	15:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Czech Republic	13–15	10–15	7–15			30–45	Report

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	18:00	Russia	3–0	Croatia	15–7	15–12	15–9			45–28	Report

Final ranking[]

Place	Team
	Russia
	Croatia
	Czech Republic
4.	Bulgaria
5.	Italy
6.	Poland
7.	Ukraine
8.	Latvia
9.	Netherlands
	Germany
	Belarus
	Romania

1997 Women's European Champions
Russia 15th title

**Team Roster**
Evgenya 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)^[1]

^ "1996/1997 Senior European Championships Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

External links[]

Results at todor66.com
Results^{[dead link]}

[1] "1996/1997 Senior European Championships Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

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