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1977 Men's European Volleyball Championship

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Field	Value
competition	Men's European Volleyball Championship
continent	Europe
gender	men
year	1977
host	Finland Finland
dates	September 25–October 2
teams	12
venues	4
cities	4
champions	Soviet Union
title_number	6
last	1975 Men's European Volleyball Championship
next	1979 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The 1977 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the tenth edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Helsinki, Finland, Tampere, Turku and Oulu from September 25 to October 2, 1977, with the final round held in Helsinki.

Teams

;Group A – (Helsinki)

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;Group B – (Tampere)

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Preliminary round

The 12 participating teams were split into two groups of six, with matches played in a round-robin format. The top three teams from each group advanced to the Final Round (1st–6th place), while the remaining teams proceeded to the 7th–12th Classification Round.

Tournament Group A Stage Standings

Pos Team Pts P W L Set Ratio Point Ratio Qualification

1 9 5 4 1 14:7 (2.000) 1.171 Final Round 2 8 5 3 2 11:10 (1.100) 1.000 Final Round 3 7 5 2 3 11:13 (0.846) 0.985 Final Round 4 7 5 2 3 10:13 (0.769) 0.949 Classification Round 5 7 5 2 3 9:13 (0.692) 0.966 Classification Round 6 7 5 2 3 10:14 (0.714) 0.941 Classification Round

Tournament Group B Stage Standings

Pos Team Pts P W L Set Ratio Point Ratio Qualification

1 10 5 5 0 15:3 (5.000) 1.341 Final Round 2 9 5 4 1 13:6 (2.167) 1.144 Final Round 3 8 5 3 2 10:7 (1.429) 1.111 Final Round 4 7 5 2 3 9:11 (0.818) 0.956 Classification Round 5 6 5 1 4 4:12 (0.333) 0.865 Classification Round 6 5 5 0 5 3:15 (0.200) 0.771 Classification Round

Final round

The Final Round of the 1977 Men's European Volleyball Championship was for places 1st through 6th and featured the top three teams from each of the two preliminary groups. The final round was held in Helsinki, Finland.

The teams that advanced to the Final Round were:

From Group A: Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia

From Group B: Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia

Tournament Final Round Standings

Rank Team Matches Played W L Pts SW SL Set Ratio Point Ratio 1 5 5 0 10 15 3 15:3 (5.000) 1.523 2 5 4 1 9 13 5 13:5 (2.600) 1.229 3 5 3 2 8 10 10 10:10 (1.000) 0.981 4 5 2 3 7 10 11 10:11 (0.909) 0.966 5 5 1 4 6 6 13 6:13 (0.461) 0.852 6 5 0 5 5 4 16 4:16 (0.250) 0.725

The Soviet Union won the championship (their 6th title). They defeated Poland in the Gold medal match with a score of 3–1. Romania won the Bronze medal, defeating Hungary 3-0 in the 3rd place match.

Final ranking

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References

Results

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