The 2007

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 ...

was the 25th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the

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. It was hosted in

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and

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and

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from 20 to 30 September 2007.

Participating teams

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups (A, B, C and D) of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position; the three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the second stage. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two groups of six teams each. As the first stage match results amongst the teams which advanced to this stage also counted, the two groups had been predetermined, one group formed by groups A and C teams while the other was formed by groups B and D teams. In each of the two groups, the teams played once against every opponent they had not faced in the tournament (total of three matches each), adding that to the results obtained against the other two teams who also advanced from the first stage same group. The two group winners and two runners-up from this second stage advanced to the third stage. The third and final stage of the tournament was composed of the semifinals, third place match and final. Each of the semifinals was played between the winner and the runner-up of the same second stage group.

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at three venues in three cities, of which two were in Belgium and one in Luxembourg. Group stages were held in Belgium and Luxembourg hosted the Final round.

Preliminary round

* All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool A

*venue: Spiroudome,

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

, Belgium

Pool B

*venue: Sporthal Alverberg,

, Belgium

Pool C

*venue: Spiroudome,

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

, Belgium

Pool D

*venue: Sporthal Alverberg,

, Belgium

Playoff round

* All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Pool E

*venue: Spiroudome,

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

, Belgium :The following Preliminary round matches are also valid for the pool standings:

Pool F

*venue: Sporthal Alverberg,

, Belgium :The following Preliminary round matches are also valid for the pool standings:

Final round

*venue:

d'Coque The National Sports and Culture Centre d'Coque ''(french: Centre National Sportif et Culturel d'Coque),'' better known simply as d'Coque, ( en, The Hull or The Shell) is a sporting and cultural venue with an indoor arena and Olympic-sized swimmi ...

, Luxembourg * All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Individual awards

*MVP: *Best Scorer: *Best Spiker: *Best Blocker: *Best Server: *Best Libero: *Best Setter: *Best Receiver:

References

* Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

Official websiteCEV Results

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