Men Volleyball European Championship 1985 Qualification

Men Volleyball European Championship 1985 Qualification

pre-qualidied	Men 1983	Group
Netherlands	10.	Host
Soviet Union	1.	1st
Poland	2.	2nd
Bulgaria	3.	3rd
Italy	4.	4th
Czechoslovakia	5.	5th
Qualification
France	12.	1. Group A
Sweden		2. Group A
Greece	9.	1. Group B
Romania	8.	2. Group B
Spain		1. Group C
Yugoslavia		2. Group C

Group A - Malmoe, Sweden

France, Sweden East Germany, Belgium, Norway, England, Luxembourg

Group B - Wien, Austria

Greece, Romania, West Germany, Turkey, Israel, Austria

Group C - Maribor, Yugoslavia

Spain, Yugoslavia, Finland, Hungary, Portugal

Group A		won	lst	sf	sa	ratio
1.	France	6	0	18:	2
2.	Sweden	5	1	16:	6
3.	East Germany	4	2	14:	8
4.	Belgium	3	3	13:	9
5.	Norway	2	4	6:	12
6.	England	1	5	3:	16
7.	Luxembourg	0	6	1:	18

France and Sweden qualified to Men 1985. Sweden replaced East Germany (6.) from Men 1983.

Team	Fran	Swed	GDR	Belg	Norw	Engl	Luxe
France	---	3:1	3:1	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:0
Sweden		---	3:1	3:2	3:0	3:0	3:0
East Germany			---	3:2	3:0	3:0	3:0
Belgium				---	3:0	3:0	3:0
Norway					---	3:0	3:0
England						---	3:1
Luxembourg							---

date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
played at Malmoe, Sweden
Fri 10.05.85	France	3-0	Belgium	45-31	15-12	15-10	15-9
Fri 10.05.85	Sweden	3-0	England	45-24	15-7	15-6	15-11
Fri 10.05.85	East Germany	3-0	Norway	45-24	15-12	15-8	15-4
Sat 11.05.85	Norway	3-0	Luxembourg
Sat 11.05.85	Belgium	3-0	England
Sat 11.05.85	Sweden	3-1	East Germany	57-39	15-8	12-15	15-13	15-6
Sun 12.05.85	France	3-0	England
Sun 12.05.85	Sweden	3-0	Luxembourg	45-2	15-2	15-0	15-0
Sun 12.05.85	East Germany	3-2	Belgium
Mon 13.05.85	Sweden	3-0	Norway	45-17	15-10	15-4	14-3
Mon 13.05.85	Belgium	3-0	Luxembourg
Mon 13.05.85	France	3-1	East Germany
Tue 14.05.85	Belgium	3-0	Norway	45-21	15-4	15-6	15-11
Tue 14.05.85	East Germany	3-0	England	45-20	15-4	15-11	15-5
Tue 14.05.85	France	3-0	Luxembourg	45-13	15-7	15-3	15-3
Wed 15.05.85	England	3-1	Luxembourg
Wed 15.05.85	Sweden	3-2	Belgium
Wed 15.05.85	France	3-0	Norway
Thu 16.05.85	East Germany	3-0	Luxembourg	45-13	15-3	15-2	15-8
Thu 16.05.85	Norway	3-0	England	45-29	15-9	15-9	15-11
Thu 16.05.85	France	3-1	Sweden	52-33	15-1	15-11	7-15	15-6

Group B		won	lst	sf	sa	ratio
1.	Greece	4	1	13:	4
2.	Romania	4	1	13:	5
3.	West Germany	3	2	13:	8
4.	Turkey	2	3	6:	11
5.	Israel	2	3	6:	10
6.	Austria	0	5	3:	15

Greece and Romania qualified to Men 1985. Both played in Men 1983.

Team	Gree	Roma	WeGe	Turk	Isra	Aust
Greece	----	3:1		3:0	3:0	3:0
Romania		----	3:2	3:0	3:0	3:0
West Germany	3:1		----		3:0	3:2
Turkey			3:2	----		3:0
Israel				3:-	----	3:1
Austria						----

date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
played in Wien, Austria
Thu 23.05.85	Romania	3-0	Israel	45-21	15-4	15-8	15-9
Thu 23.05.85	Greece	3-0	Austria
Thu 23.05.85	Turkey	3-2	West Germany
Fri 24.05.85	Greece	3-1	Romania	58-40	13-15	15-7	15-10	15-8
Fri 24.05.85	West Germany	3-2	Austria
Fri 24.05.85	Israel	3--	Turkey
Sat 25.05.85	Romania	3-0	Turkey	47-30	15-8	17-15	15-7
Sat 25.05.85	Israel	3-1	Austria
Sat 25.05.85	West Germany	3-1	Greece
Sun 26.05.85	Greece	3-0	Turkey	45-18	15-5	15-5	15-8
Sun 26.05.85	West Germany	3-0	Israel	45-21	15-5	15-8	15-8
Sun 26.05.85	Romania	3-0	Austria	45-17	15-7	15-8	15-2
Mon 27.05.85	Greece	3-0	Israel	45-24	15-11	15-7	15-6
Mon 27.05.85	Romania	3-2	West Germany	63-50	15-9	15-9	13-15	5-15	15-12
Mon 27.05.85	Turkey	3-0	Austria	46-35	16-14	15-13	15-8

Group C

	Final Ranking	pt	won	lst	sets	points	m
1.	Spain	7	3	1(1)	11:4^2.75	207/135^1.533	4
2.	Yugoslavia	7	3(1)	1(1)	11:6^1.83	230/187^1.230	4
3.	Finland	7	3(1)	1	10:6^1.67	213/198^1.076	4
4.	Hungary	5	1	3	5:9^0.56	161/185^0.870	4
5.	Portugal	4	0	4	0:12^0.00	74/180^0.411	4

Spain and Yugoslavia qualified to Men 1985. They replaced Finland (7.) and Hungary (11.) from Men 1983.

Table	Spai	Yugo	Finl	Hung	Port
Spain	----		3:1^55-42	3:0^45-23	3:0^45-9
Yugoslavia	3:2^61-62	----		3:1^55-40	3:0^45-17
Finland		3:2^68-69	----	3:1^58-53	3:0^45-21
Hungary				----	3:0^45-27
Portugal					----

date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
played in Maribor, Yugoslavia
Wed 15.05.85	Finland	3-0	Portugal	45-21	15-5	15-11	15-5
Wed 15.05.85	Yugoslavia	3-2	Spain	61-62	4-15	11-15	15-5	15-13	16-14
Thu 16.05.85	Finland	3-1	Hungary	58-53	15-12	15-12	12-15	16-14
Thu 16.05.85	Yugoslavia	3-0	Portugal	45-17	15-1	15-5	15-11
Fri 17.05.85	Spain	3-0	Hungary	45-23	15-12	15-5	15-6
Fri 17.05.85	Finland	3-2	Yugoslavia	68-69	11-15	11-15	15-13	15-12	16-14
Sat 18.05.85	Spain	3-1	Finland	55-42	10-15	15-11	15-6	15-10
Sat 18.05.85	Hungary	3-0	Portugal	45-27	15-6	15-8	15-13
Sun 19.05.85	Spain	3-0	Portugal	45-9	15-0	15-0	15-9
Sun 19.05.85	Yugoslavia	3-1	Hungary	55-40	10-15	15-5	15-10	15-10

Spain: Sanchez, Fernandes, Monreal, Vicedo, Jimenez, Gaston, Arregui, Carro. Coach: Jose Diaz.

Yugoslavia: Malevic, Trifunuvic, Duric, Causevic, Lozancic, Basic, Jovic, Jelic, Kasic, Pulic. Coach: Lazar Grozdanovic.

Hungary: Magyar, Szabo, K. Gyori, Hemperger, Grozer, Filipovics, Glozik, Borcsok, Melkvi, Demeter, Huszar. Coach: Gaston Roka.

Portugal: Pereira, Queiros, Puga, Teixeira, Cardoso, Esteves, Faria, Castro, Lima, Silva. Coach: Sebastian Mihailescu.

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