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and Switzerland from 6 to 14 September 2013. The matches took place in 5 different cities (4 in Germany and one in Switzerland) with the final being played in

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defeated

3–1 in the final to capture their 18th title and the qualification for the

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Qualification

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups 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, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed advancing to the playoffs. The second stage of the tournament consisted of a

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, with winners advancing to the next round. A playoff was played (involving group second and third places) to determine which teams joined the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, 3rd place match and final.

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

The tournament took place in

in 4 different venues ( Halle,

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Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It ...

) and one in Switzerland – (

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

). The semifinals and the finals were played in

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 6 October 2012 at

, Switzerland. * All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool A

*venue:

Gerry Weber Stadion OWL Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena, indoor sports arena, located in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany. The capacity of the arena is 12,300 people and it opened in 1993. It hosts the Halle Open every year in June. It is one of the f ...

, Halle, Germany

Pool B

*venue:

Hallenstadion The Hallenstadion (german: , ''Zürich Indoor Stadium'') is a multi-purpose facility located in the quarter of Oerlikon in northern Zürich. It is home to the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL) and has a capacity of 11,200 spectators. Design ...

, Switzerland

Pool C

*venue: EnergieVerbund Arena,

, Germany

Pool D

*venue:

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, Germany

Championship round

*venues: :

, Halle, Germany :

, Switzerland : Max-Schmeling-Halle,

, Germany * All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standing

Daria Isaeva Daria Leonidovna Stolyarova (2012–2015 Isaeva, ''russian: Дарья Леонидовна Столярова'', born 29 March 1990 in Moscow) is a Russian volleyball player, who plays as an opposite. She was a member of the Women's National Te ...

Irina Zaryazhko Irina Vladimirovna Koroleva (née Zaryazhko) (russian: Ирина Владимировна Королева (Заряжко), born 4 October 1991) is a Russian volleyball player, who plays as a middle blocker. She is a member of the Women's Nati ...

Aleksandra Pasynkova Aleksandra Arkadyevna Pasynkova (russian: Алекса́ндра Арка́дьевна Па́сынкова; born April 14, 1987) is a volleyball player from Russia. She plays for Uralochka-NTMK (since 2002). Clubs * Dinamo-Yantar Kal ...

6 Anna Matienko 7 Svetlana Kryuchkova (L) 8 Nataliya Obmochaeva 10 Ekaterina Kosianenko 11 Victoriia Chaplina 14 Natalia Dianskaya 15 Tatiana Kosheleva 16 Iuliia Morozova 17 Natalia Malykh 19 Anna Malova (L) 20 Anastasia Shlyakhovaya

Individual awards

*Most Valuable Player: *Best scorer: *Best spiker: *Best blocker: *Best server: *Best setter: *Best receiver: *Best libero: *Fair Play Award:

References

* Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

*
CEV Website

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