Women Volleyball XX European Championship 1997 Brno, Czechia 27.09 - 05.10

Women Volleyball XX European Championship 1997 Brno, Czechia 27.09 - 05.10 - Champion Russia

_Finals
Game	date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
Final	Sun 05.10.97	Russia	3-0	Croatia	45-28	15-7	15-12	15-9	Details
3-4	Sun 05.10.97	Czechia	3-0	Bulgaria	45-30	15-13	15-10	15-7
5-6	Sun 05.10.97	Italy	3-0	Poland	45-32	15-13	15-9	15-10
7-8	Sun 05.10.97	Ukraine	3-1	Latvia	58-36	13-15	15-5	15-9	15-7

Semi-Finals (1/2)

Game	date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
1/2	Sst 04.10.97	Russia	3-0	Czechia	45-7	15-4	15-2	15-1
1/2	Sst 04.10.97	Croatia	3-1	Bulgaria	55-41	15-2	10-15	15-12	15-12
5-8	Sst 04.10.97	Poland	3-0	Ukraine	45-31	15-8	15-10	15-13
5-8	Sst 04.10.97	Italy	3-0	Latvia	45-25	15-9	15-4	15-12

	Final Ranking	pt	won	lst	sets	points	m
1.	Russia	14	7	0	21:2^10.50	327/170^1.924	7
2.	Croatia	13	6	1	18:5^3.60	323/225^1.436	7
3.	Czechia	11	4	3	13:9^1.44	260/249^1.044	7
4.	Bulgaria	10	3	4(1)	12:12^1.00	298/263^1.133	7
5.	Italy	12	5	2	16:7^2.29	311/266^1.169	7
6.	Poland	11	4	3	13:10^1.30	277/261^1.061	7
7.	Ukraine	10	3	4	9:14^0.64	276/302^0.914	7
8.	Latvia	9	2(1)	5	7:17^0.41	235/332^0.708	7
9.	Netherlands	6	1	4(1)	6:12^0.50	192/235^0.817	5
10.	Germany	6	1	4	4:12^0.33	174/227^0.767	5
11.	Belarus	6	1(1)	4	4:14^0.29	174/257^0.677	5
12.	Romania	6	1	4	3:12^0.25	156/216^0.722	5

Russia qualified to World Cup Women GC 1995 which won!

Qualification Women Q 1997

Netherlands, Croatia, Russia and Germany pre-qualified from Women 1995.

Czechia qualified as Host.

Individual awards

Most valuable player: Barbara Jelić, Croatia

Best spiker: Evgenya Artamonova, Russia

Best blocker: Michaela Večerková, Czechia

Best setter: Irina Kirillova, Croatia

Groups Round

First 2 from each Group advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2).

	Group A	pt	won	lst	sets	points	m	FR
1.	Russia	10	5	0	15:2^7.50	237/135^1.756	5	1.
2.	Bulgaria	8	3	2(1)	11:6^1.83	227/163^1.393	5	4.
3.	Poland	8	3	2	10:7^1.43	200/185^1.081	5	6.
4.	Latvia	7	2(1)	3	6:11^0.55	174/229^0.760	5	8.
5.	Netherlands	6	1	4(1)	6:12^0.50	192/235^0.817	5	9.
6.	Belarus	6	1(1)	4	4:14^0.29	174/257^0.677	5	11.

Russia and Bulgaria advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2).

Poland and Latvia advanced to Classification 5-8.

Table	Russ	Bulg	Pola	Latv	Neth	Bela
Russia	----	3:0^45-25	3:1^48-41	3:0^45-15	3:0^45-21	3:1^54-33
Bulgaria		----	3:0^45-20	3:0^45-17	3:0^45-24
Poland			----	3:0^45-26	3:1^49-42	3:0^45-24
Latvia				----	3:2^70-60	3:0^46-34
Netherlands					----	3:0^45-26
Belarus		3:2^57-67				----

date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
Sat 27.09.97	Bulgaria	3-0	Netherlands	45-24	15-5	15-9	15-10
Sat 27.09.97	Poland	3-0	Latvia	45-26	15-7	15-9	15-10
Sat 27.09.97	Russia	3-1	Belarus	54-33	15-11	15-3	9-15	15-4
Sun 28.09.97	Bulgaria	3-0	Poland	45-20	15-7	15-8	15-5
Sun 28.09.97	Latvia	3-0	Belarus	46-34	15-12	16-14	15-8
Sun 28.09.97	Russia	3-0	Netherlands	45-21	15-11	15-5	15-5
Mon 29.09.97	Belarus	3-2	Bulgaria	57-67	15-13	3-15	15-13	9-15	15-11
Mon 29.09.97	Russia	3-0	Latvia	45-15	15-2	15-5	15-8
Mon 29.09.97	Poland	3-1	Netherlands	49-42	15-10	4-15	15-13	15-4
Wed 01.10.97	Russia	3-0	Bulgaria	45-25	15-3	15-10	15-12
Bulgaria: Velichkova, Becheva, Kyoseva, Sokolova, Pashova, Zetova. Zetova had positive doping test to cofein and did not play any more in the tournament. Oficial score was: 15-0, 15-0, 15-0.
Wed 01.10.97	Poland	3-0	Belarus	45-24	15-5	15-7	15-12
Wed 01.10.97	Latvia	3-2	Netherlands	70-60	12-15	13-15	15-7	15-10	15-13
Thu 02.10.97	Russia	3-1	Poland	48-41	15-6	15-13	3-15	15-7
Thu 02.10.97	Netherlands	3-0	Belarus	45-26	15-4	15-12	15-10
Thu 02.10.97	Bulgaria	3-0	Latvia	45-17	15-2	15-9	15-6

	Group B	pt	won	lst	sets	points	m	FR
1.	Croatia	10	5	0	15:1^15.00	240/139^1.727	5	2.
2.	Czechia	8	3	2	10:6^1.67	208/174^1.195	5	3.
3.	Italy	8	3	2	10:7^1.43	221/209^1.057	5	5.
4.	Ukraine	7	2	3	6:10^0.60	187/221^0.846	5	7.
5.	Germany	6	1	4	4:12^0.33	174/227^0.767	5	10.
6.	Romania	6	1	4	3:12^0.25	156/216^0.722	5	12.

Table	Croa	Czec	Ital	Ukra	Germ	Roma
Croatia	----	3:0^45-21	3:1^60-50	3:0^45-24	3:0^45-18	3:0^45-26
Czechia		----	3:0^45-21		3:0^45-25	3:0^45-26
Italy			----	3:0^45-32	3:1^60-50	3:0^45-22
Ukraine		3:1^57-52		----		3:0^45-34
Germany				3:0^45-29	----
Romania					3:0^48-36	----

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
Sat 27.09.97	14:30	Italy	3-0	Ukraine	45-32	15-12	15-9	15-11
Sat 27.09.97	17:00	Czechia	3-0	Romania	45-26	15-11	15-7	15-8
Sat 27.09.97	20:00	Croatia	3-0	Germany	45-18	15-7	15-2	15-9
Sun 28.09.97	14:30	Ukraine	3-0	Romania	45-34	15-11	15-10	15-13
Sun 28.09.97	17:00	Croatia	3-0	Czechia	45-21	15-4	15-9	15-8
Sun 28.09.97	20:00	Italy	3-1	Germany	60-50	15-10	14-16	16-14	15-10
Mon 29.09.97	14:30	Croatia	3-0	Romania	45-26	15-7	15-6	15-13
Mon 29.09.97	17:00	Czechia	3-0	Italy	45-21	15-9	15-5	15-7
Mon 29.09.97	20:00	Germany	3-0	Ukraine	45-29	15-7	15-9	15-13
Wed 01.10.97	14:30	Italy	3-0	Romania	45-22	15-5	15-10	15-7
Wed 01.10.97	17:00	Czechia	3-0	Germany	45-25	15-10	15-12	15-3
Wed 01.10.97	20:00	Croatia	3-0	Ukraine	45-24	15-7	15-11	15-6
Thu 02.10.97	14:30	Romania	3-0	Germany	48-36	17-15	16-14	15-7
Thu 02.10.97	17:00	Croatia	3-1	Italy	60-50	16-14	14-16	15-13	15-7
Thu 02.10.97	20:00	Ukraine	3-1	Czechia	57-52	11-15	16-14	15-11	15-12

Teams Composition

1. Russia

Evgenya Artamonova

Elena Batoukhtina

Anastasia Belikova

Elena Godina

Tatyana Gracheva

Tatyana Menchova

Natalya Morozova

Natalia Safronova

Olga Tchoukanova

Irina Tebenikhina

Elizaveta Tichtchenko

Elena Vassilevskaya

Head coach: Nikolay Karpol

2. Croatia Details

Marija Anzulović

Elena Chebukina

Biljana Gligorović

Barbara Jelić

Ana Kaštelan

Irina Kirillova

Slavica Kuzmanić

Snježana Mijić

Sonja Percan

Marijana Ribičić

Tatyana Sidorenko

Vanesa Sršen-Kumar

Head Coach: Ivica Jelić

3. Czechia

Jaroslava Bajerová

Kateřina Bucková

Jana Drštková

Světlana Janáčková

Kateřina Jenčková

Zdeňka Mocová

Marcela Ritschelová

Martina Schwobová

Eva Štěpančíková

Jana Vávrová

Michaela Večerková

Ester Volicerová

Head Coach: Pavel Řeřábek

4. Bulgaria Details

Antonina Zetova

Vanya Sokolova

Desislava Velichkova

Neli Marinova

Slavka Uzunova

Teodora Becheva

Desislava Nikodimova

Emilia Pashova

Yulia Ivanova

Aneta Germanova

Mila Kyoseva

Iliyana Petkova

Head Coach: Stefan Panchev

5. Italy

6. Poland

Dorota Swieniewicz

Magdalena Śliwa

Iwona Hołowacz

Ewa Nogowska

Joanna Podoba

Ewa Kosmol

Strzadala

Head Coach: Jerzy Skrobecki

7. Ukraine

8. Latvia

9. Netherlands

10.Germany

11.Belarus

12.Romania

Cristina Parv

Alina Stefanescu

Elena Butnaru

Daniela Minca

Cezara Ruxandoiu

Alida Cioroianu

Cristina Schragner

Cornelia Colda

Anca Popescu

Melania Rusei

Iuliana Nucu

Head Coach: Costinel Stan

Assistant: Mugur Niculescu

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