The 1977

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 tenth edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the

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. It was hosted in several cities in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

from 25 September to 2 October 1977, with the final round held in

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

Participating teams

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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

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format was played within each group to determine the teams group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of three 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 group stage fifths and sixths played the 9th to 12th semifinals. 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 and 5th played against 6th).

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round

Pool A

*venue location:

Kotka Kotka (; ) is a town in Finland, located on the southeastern coast of the country at the mouth of the Kymi River. The population of Kotka is approximately , while the Kotka-Hamina sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is th ...

Pool B

*venue location:

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Final round

9th–12th place

* Pools A and B fifth and sixth positions play each other. *venue location:

Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

5th–8th place

* Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other. *venue location:

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final

* Pools A and B first and second positions play each other. *venue location:

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final ranking

References

* Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

Results
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