The 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 27th edition of the
European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the
Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Italy and
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
from 23 September to 2 October 2011.
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
single-elimination
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
, 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, third place match and final.
Pools composition
Squads
Venues
The tournament was played at four venues in four cities (two in Italy and two in Serbia). Each city hosted a group during the preliminary round. Monza and Belgrade hosted the playoffs and quarterfinals. Belgrade also concluded the championship hosting the semifinals, third place match and final.
Preliminary round
* All times are
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time ...
(
UTC+02:00).
Pool A
*venue:
Hala Pionir,
Belgrade, Serbia
Pool B
*venue:
PalaIper,
Monza, Italy
Pool C
*venue:
Crystal Hall,
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbi ...
, Serbia
Pool D
*venue:
PalaYamamay,
Busto Arsizio
Busto Arsizio (; lmo, label= Bustocco, Büsti Grandi) is an Italian city and ''comune'' in the south-easternmost part of the Province of Varese, in the region of Lombardy, in Northern Italy, north of Milan. The economy of Busto Arsizio is main ...
, Italy
Championship round
*venues:
:
Hala Pionir,
Belgrade, Serbia
:
PalaIper,
Monza, Italy
* All times are
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time ...
(
UTC+02:00).
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
The semifinal and final matches played in Belgrade, Serbia were extremely stormy with more than five thousand Serbian audience. The semifinal match between Serbia and Turkey was fabulously breathtaking, Serbia having got to win against Turkey with a 3:2 score and qualify for the final.
Bronze medal match
In order to get the third place in the tournament Turkey and Italy came to court and both teams wanted it so much to win, but Turkey was the one getting to the bronze medal with a 3:2 win.
Final
At the final match against Germany, Serbia was able to get the title of European Champion in front of its audience, ending the match and the tournament with a 3:2 score once more.
Final standing
Individual awards
*MVP:
*Best Scorer:
*Best Spiker:
*Best Blocker:
*Best Server:
*Best Setter:
*Best Receiver:
*Best Libero:
References
* Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)
External links
Confédération Européenne de Volleyball
Standings and resultsat todor66.com
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