1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship

1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Netherlands
Dates	September 6–14
Teams	11
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
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The 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted from September 6 to September 14 in two cities in the Netherlands – Den Bosch and Eindhoven –.

Qualification

The top four placed teams from the 1995 edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship — Italy, Yugoslavia, Netherlands (also host) and Bulgaria — were automatically qualified for the 1997 edition. The other teams had to qualify in 1996.

Teams

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Yugoslavia	9	5	4	1	233	154	1.513	12	4	3.000
2.	Italy	9	5	4	1	220	161	1.366	12	4	3.000
3.	Slovakia	8	5	3	2	230	263	0.875	10	10	1.000
4.	Russia	7	5	2	3	248	227	1.093	10	9	1.111
5.	Germany	7	5	2	3	208	259	0.803	7	12	0.583
6.	Greece	5	5	0	5	176	251	0.701	3	15	0.200

• Saturday September 6

Italy	3 – 0	Greece	16-14 15- 4 15-03
Slovakia	3 – 1	Germany	13-15 15-12 15-09 15-10
Russia	3 – 0	Yugoslavia	16-14 15-11 15-13

• Sunday September 7

Germany	3 – 1	Greece	17-15 15-09 07-15 15-08
Slovakia	3 – 2	Russia	06-15 15-10 16-14 10-15 15-12
Yugoslavia	3 – 0	Italy	15-13 15-09 15-05

• Monday September 8

Germany	3 – 2	Russia	15-09 15-10 06-15 04-15 16-14
Italy	3 – 1	Slovakia	15-13 12-15 15-11 15-05
Yugoslavia	3 – 1	Greece	15-05 14-16 15-06 15-06

• Wednesday September 10

Italy	3 – 0	Germany	15-10 15-09 15-04
Russia	3 – 0	Greece	15-05 15-09 15-12
Yugoslavia	3 – 0	Slovakia	15-07 15-04 15-08

• Thursday September 11

Italy	3 – 0	Russia	15-06 15-10 15-12
Slovakia	3 – 1	Greece	15-10 15-11 02-15 15-13
Yugoslavia	3 – 0	Germany	15-08 16-14 15-07

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Netherlands	10	5	5	0	226	91	2.484	15	0	MAX
2.	France	8	5	3	2	224	219	1.023	10	8	1.250
3.	Ukraine	8	5	3	2	260	251	1.036	11	10	1.100
4.	Czech Republic	7	5	2	3	260	276	0.942	10	12	0.833
5.	Bulgaria	7	5	2	3	219	263	0.833	8	12	0.666
6.	Finland	5	5	0	5	167	256	0.652	3	15	0.200

• Saturday September 6

Netherlands	3 – 0	Finland	15-03 15-07 15-02
Czech Republic	3 – 1	France	16-14 07-15 15-01 15-12
Ukraine	3 – 2	Bulgaria	08-15 15-07 11-15 15-10 15-09

• Sunday September 7

France	3 – 0	Finland	15-05 15-13 15-07
Netherlands	3 – 0	Ukraine	15-06 15-10 15-01
Bulgaria	3 – 2	Czech Republic	05-15 15-10 15-11 10-15 15-11

• Monday September 8

Ukraine	3 – 0	Finland	15-12 15-01 15-09
France	3 – 0	Bulgaria	15-10 17-15 15-02
Netherlands	3 – 0	Czech Republic	15-07 15-02 15-06

• Wednesday September 10

Bulgaria	3 – 1	Finland	15-12 09-15 15-07 15-11
Ukraine	3 – 2	Czech Republic	11-15 15-09 10-15 15-13 15-11
Netherlands	3 – 0	France	16-14 15-06 15-05

• Thursday September 11

Czech Republic	3 – 2	Finland	12-15 15-11 15-11 10-15 15-11
France	3 – 2	Ukraine	15-13 15-08 13-15 03-15 19-17
Netherlands	3 – 0	Bulgaria	15-03 15-09 15-10

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	1997-09-13
	France	0
					1997-09-14 – Eindhoven
	Yugoslavia	3
					Netherlands	3
	1997-09-13
					Yugoslavia	1
	Netherlands	3
	Italy	0
					3rd place
					1997-09-14
					Italy	3
					France	1

• Friday September 13 — Semi-finals

Yugoslavia	3 – 0	France	15-06 17-15 15-11
Netherlands	3 – 0	Italy	15-09 15-06 15-13

• Saturday September 14 — Bronze Medal Match

Italy	3 – 1	France	15-02 15-06 10-15 15-08

• Saturday September 14 — Gold Medal Match

Netherlands	3 – 1	Yugoslavia	15-11 10-15 15-10 15-09

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	5-8th place				5th place
	1997-09-13
	Slovakia	0
					1997-09-14
	Czech Republic	3
					Czech Republic	0
	1997-09-13
					Russia	3
	Russia	3
	Ukraine	0
					7th place
					1997-09-14
					Ukraine	3
					Slovakia	0

• Friday September 13 — Classification Matches

Czech Republic	3 – 0	Slovakia	15-10 15-11 15-11
Russia	3 – 0	Ukraine	15-10 15-04 15-12

• Saturday September 14 — Seventh Place Match

Slovakia	3 – 0	Ukraine	15-03 15-13 15-03

• Saturday September 14 — Fifth Place Match

Russia	3 – 0	Czech Republic	15-10 15-09 15-09

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Final ranking

References

• Official website
• CEV website