The 1971 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the eighth edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the

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. It was hosted in several cities in Italy from 23 September to 1 October 1971, with the final round held in

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Participating teams

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Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the eighteen participants were divided into six groups of three teams each. In the second stage, three groups were formed, one containing the six winners from first stage groups to contest the tournament title. A second group was formed by the six runners-up from first stage groups which played for position places from 7th to 12th. The third group was formed by the six teams which finished last from first stage groups, which played for positions places from 13th to 18th. All groups in both stages played a single round-robin format.

Pools composition

Venues

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Gorizia Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gorit ...

, Italy

Pool B

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, Italy

Pool C

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, Italy

Pool D

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, Italy

Pool E

*venue location:

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, Italy

Pool F

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Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

, Italy

Final round

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, Italy

13th–18th pool

7th–12th pool

Final pool

Final ranking

References

* Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

Results
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