1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship


The 1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Brno and Zlín, Czech Republic from 27 September to 5 October 1997.

Participating teams

TeamMethod of qualification
Qualification group D winners
Qualification group A winners
1995 edition second place
Hosts
1995 edition fourth place
Qualification group B winners
Qualification promotion round
1995 edition first place
Qualification group E winners
Qualification promotion round
1995 edition third place
Qualification group C winners

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 single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two 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 the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position.

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round

7th place match

5th place match

Final

3rd place match

Final

Final ranking

PlaceTeam
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Individual awards