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1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship

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Field	Value
competition	Men's European Volleyball Championship
continent	Europe
gender	men
year	1997
host
dates	September 6–14
teams	12
venues	2
cities	2
champions	NLD
title_number	1
last	1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship
next	1999 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted from September 6 to September 14 in two cities in the Netherlands – Den Bosch and Eindhoven.

Qualification

The top four placed teams from the 1995 edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship — Italy, Yugoslavia, Netherlands (also host) and Bulgaria — were automatically qualified for the 1997 edition. The other teams had to qualify in 1996.

Teams

;Group A – Den Bosch

;Group B – Eindhoven

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	9	5	4	1	233	154	1.513	12	4
2.	9	5	4	1	220	161	1.366	12	4
3.	8	5	3	2	230	263	0.875	10	10
4.	7	5	2	3	248	227	1.093	10	9
5.	7	5	2	3	208	259	0.803	7	12
6.	5	5	0	5	176	251	0.701	3	15

Saturday September 6

	3 – 0		16-14 15-11 15-13

Sunday September 7

	3 – 0		15-13 15-09 15-05

Monday September 8

	3 – 1		15-05 14-16 15-06 15-06

Wednesday September 10

	3 – 0		15-07 15-04 15-08

Thursday September 11

	3 – 0		15-08 16-14 15-07

Group B

Team	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	10	5	5	0	226	91	2.484	15	0
2.	8	5	3	2	224	219	1.023	10	8
3.	8	5	3	2	260	251	1.036	11	10
4.	7	5	2	3	260	276	0.942	10	12
5.	7	5	2	3	219	263	0.833	8	12
6.	5	5	0	5	167	256	0.652	3	15

Saturday September 6

	3 – 2		08-15 15-07 11-15 15-10 15-09

Sunday September 7

	3 – 2		05-15 15-10 15-11 10-15 15-11

Monday September 8

	3 – 0		15-07 15-02 15-06

Wednesday September 10

	3 – 0		16-14 15-06 15-05

Thursday September 11

	3 – 0		15-03 15-09 15-10

Final round

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Friday September 13 — Semi-finals

	3 – 0		15-09 15-06 15-13

Saturday September 14 — Bronze Medal Match

	3 – 1		15-02 15-06 10-15 15-08

Saturday September 14 — Gold Medal Match

	3 – 1		15-11 10-15 15-10 15-09

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Friday September 13 — Classification Matches

	3 – 0		15-10 15-04 15-12

Saturday September 14 — Seventh Place Match

	3 – 0		15-03 15-13 15-03

Saturday September 14 — Fifth Place Match

	3 – 0		15-10 15-09 15-09

Final ranking

Place	Team
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
11.

Peter Blangé, Guido Görtzen, Henk-Jan Held, Albert Cristina, Reinder Nummerdor, Richard Schuil, Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor, Jochem de Gruijter, Misha Latuhihin, Olof van der Meulen, and Robert van Es.
Head coach: Toon Gerbrands.

References

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