2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship


The 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 28th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted by Germany and Switzerland from 6 to 14 September 2013. The matches took place in 5 different cities with the final being played in Berlin.
Russia defeated Germany 3–1 in the final to capture their 18th title and the qualification for the 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup.

Qualification

TeamMethod of qualification
Qualification Second round group C winners
Qualification Third round play-off winners
Qualification Second round group E winners
Qualification Second round group F winners
Qualification Second round group D winners
Qualification Third round play-off winners
Qualification Third round play-off winners
Hosts
2011 edition fourth place
Qualification Second round group B winners
2011 edition fifth place
2011 edition sixth place
2011 edition first place
Qualification Second round group A winners
Hosts
2011 edition third place

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the three best teams of each group progressed to the second stage, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed advancing to the playoffs.
The second stage of the tournament consisted of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round. A playoff was played to determine which teams joined the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, 3rd place match and final.

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

The tournament took place in Germany in 4 different venues and one in Switzerland –. The semifinals and the finals were played in Berlin, Germany.

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 6 October 2012 at Zürich, Switzerland.
'Advance to quarterfinals
'Advance to playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standing

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16



Team Roster:


3 Daria Isaeva
4 Irina Zaryazhko
5 Aleksandra Pasynkova
6 Anna Matienko
7 Svetlana Kryuchkova
8 Nataliya Obmochaeva
10 Ekaterina Kosianenko
11 Victoriia Chaplina
14 Natalia Dianskaya
15 Tatiana Kosheleva
16 Iuliia Morozova
17 Natalia Malykh
19 Anna Malova
20 Anastasia Shlyakhovaya

Head Coach: Yuri Marichev

Individual awards