2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Qualification

Main article: 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

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 (total of 12 teams) 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 (involving group second and third places) 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 (Halle, Dresden, Schwerin, Berlin) and one in Switzerland – (Zürich). The semifinals and the finals were played in Berlin, Germany.

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 6 October 2012 at Zürich, Switzerland.

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

Pool A

• venue: Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany

Pool B

• venue: Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland

Pool C

• venue: EnergieVerbund Arena, Dresden, Germany

Pool D

• venue: Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Germany

Championship round

• venues: :Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany :Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland :Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
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Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standing

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

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Tatiana Kosheleva
• Best scorer: Lise Van Hecke
• Best spiker: Jovana Brakočević
• Best blocker: Christiane Fürst
• Best server: Margareta Kozuch
• Best setter: Ekaterina Kosianenko
• Best receiver: Suzana Ćebić
• Best libero: Valerie Courtois
• Fair Play Award: Gert Vande Broek

References

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

References

1. (2013-09-14). "World champions Russia fly to 18th European title". CEV.
2. (2012-10-06). "DOL provides exciting preliminary phase of European Championship". CEV.
3. "2013 CEV Volleyball European Championship Women". [[Confédération Européenne de Volleyball.