The 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 30th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the

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. The tournament was co-hosted by

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

and

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

, and was held between 22 September and 1 October 2017.

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defeated

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in the final to capture their second european title.

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defeated

for the bronze medal.

Tijana Bošković Tijana Bošković ( sr-Cyrl, Тијана Бошковић; born 8 March 1997) is a Serbian professional volleyball player of VakıfBank S.K., VakıfBank. A left-handed Opposite hitter, opposite, she has won gold medals with the Serbia women's n ...

from Serbia was elected the MVP.

Qualification

Format

The tournament is played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants are divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per criteria below). The three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progress to the second stage, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed teams advancing to the playoffs.

Pool standing criteria

# Number of matches won # Match points # Sets ratio # Points ratio # Result of the match between the tied teams Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser The second stage of the tournament consists of a

single-elimination A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...

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

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Three venues (each in a different city) were selected to be used in the tournament. Two located in Azerbaijan (at

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and

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) and one in Georgia (at

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

Preliminary round

''All times are Azerbaijan Time (AZT) / Georgia Time (GET) ( UTC+04:00).''

Pool A

*venue: National Gymnastics Arena,

, Azerbaijan

Pool B

*venue: Tbilisi Sports Palace,

, Georgia

Pool C

*venue: National Gymnastics Arena,

, Azerbaijan

Pool D

*venue: Göygöl Olympic Sport Complex,

, Azerbaijan

Championship round

''All times are Azerbaijan Time (AZT) ( UTC+04:00).'' *venue: National Gymnastics Arena,

, Azerbaijan

Bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standing

Individual awards

*Most valuable player *:

*Best setter *: Laura Dijkema *Best outside spikers *: Brankica Mihajlović *: Anne Buijs *Best middle blockers *: Eda Erdem Dündar *: Stefana Veljković *Best opposite spiker *: Lonneke Slöetjes *Best libero *: Valeriya Mammadova

References

External links

Official websiteCEV website
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Qualification

Format

Pool standing criteria

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Championship round

Bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standing

Individual awards

See also

References

External links