The 1997
Women's European Volleyball Championship
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was the 20th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the
Confédération Européenne de Volleyball
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. It was hosted in
Brno
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and
Zlín
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,
Czech Republic
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from 27 September to 5 October 1997.
Participating teams
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
Squads
Venues
Preliminary round
* All times are
Central European Summer Time
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(
UTC+02:00).
Pool A
*venue location:
Zlín
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,
Czech Republic
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Pool B
*venue location:
Brno
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,
Czech Republic
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Final round
*venue location:
Brno
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,
Czech Republic
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* All times are
Central European Summer Time
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(
UTC+02:00).
5th–8th place
* Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final
* Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final ranking
Individual awards
*Most Valuable Player:
*Best Spiker:
*Best Blocker:
*Best Setter:
References
* Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)
External links
Resultsat todor66.com
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Women's European Volleyball Championships
Women's European Volleyball Championship
The Women's European Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). The initial gap between championships was variable, but si ...
Women's European Volleyball Championship
The Women's European Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). The initial gap between championships was variable, but si ...
Women's volleyball in the Czech Republic
Sport in Brno