1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Participating teams

Main article: 1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

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 (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

• venue location: Zlín, Czech Republic

Pool B

• venue location: Brno, Czech Republic

Final round

• venue location: Brno, Czech Republic
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

5th–8th place

• Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other. |4 Oct||3||0 |4 Oct||0||3 |5 Oct||0||3 |5 Oct||3||1

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final

• Pools A and B first and second positions play each other. |4 Oct||3||0 |4 Oct||1||3 |5 Oct||3||0 |5 Oct||3||0

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final ranking

Individual awards

• Most valuable player: Barbara Jelić
• Best spiker: Evgenya Artamonova
• Best blocker: Michaela Večerková
• Best setter: Irina Kirillova

References

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

References

1. "1996/1997 Senior European Championships Women". [[Confédération Européenne de Volleyball.