1977 European Women's Volleyball Championship

The 1977 European Women's Volleyball Championship took place in Finland from September 25th to October 2nd . The games were played in Tampere , Kotka , Lahti and Turku . The GDR was only defeated in the final by the Soviet Union , which won the title for the ninth time.

mode

The twelve participants were divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round. The group winners and runners-up reached the semi-finals. The other teams played for positions five to twelve.

game schedule

Preliminary round

Group A in Kotka space team S. N sentences 1.  GDR 4th 1 14: 3 2.  Poland 4th 1 12: 4 3.  Bulgaria 4th 1 12: 5 4th  BR Germany 1 4th 6:13 5.  Italy 1 4th 4:12 6th  Finland 1 4th 3:14

Group B in Turku space team S. N sentences 1.  Soviet Union 5 0 15: 1 2.  Hungary 4th 1 12: 6 3.  Czechoslovakia 3 2 10: 8 4th  Romania 2 3 11:13 5.  Yugoslavia 1 4th 5:14 6th  Netherlands 0 5 4:15

25th of September Finland BR Germany 3: 2 Poland Bulgaria 3-0 GDR Italy 3-0 September 26th Poland Italy 3-0 GDR BR Germany 3-0 Bulgaria Finland 3-0 September 27th GDR Poland 3-0 Italy Finland 3-0 Bulgaria BR Germany 3-0 September 28th Bulgaria Italy 3-0 GDR Finland 3-0 Poland BR Germany 3: 1 September 29th Bulgaria GDR 3: 2 BR Germany Italy 3: 1 Finland Poland 3-0

25th of September Romania Yugoslavia 3: 2 Soviet Union Czechoslovakia 3-0 Hungary Netherlands 3-0 September 26th Hungary Yugoslavia 3-0 Czechoslovakia Romania 3: 2 Soviet Union Netherlands 3-0 September 27th Soviet Union Yugoslavia 3-0 Hungary Romania 3: 2 Czechoslovakia Netherlands 3-0 September 28th Yugoslavia Netherlands 3: 2 Soviet Union Romania 3: 1 Hungary Czechoslovakia 3: 1 September 29th Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia 3-0 Romania Netherlands 3: 2 Soviet Union Hungary 3-0

Placement games

The GDR played with Katharina Bullin , Barbara Czekalla , Andrea Hahn , G. Langanki , A. Mattke , Monika Meißner , Christine Mummhardt , Helga Offen , Cornelia Rickert , G. Schrödter , Annette Schultz and Anke Westendorf .

	Semi-finals October 1st in Tampere				Final October 2nd in Tampere
	GDR	3
	Hungary	0
					GDR	0
					Soviet Union	3
					3rd place October 2nd in Tampere
	Soviet Union	3			Hungary	3
	Poland	0			Poland	2

	Place 5-8 October 1st in Kotka				Place 5/6 October 2nd in Kotka
	Romania	3
	Bulgaria	0
					Romania	0
					Czechoslovakia	3
					Place 7/8 October 2nd in Kotka
	Czechoslovakia	3			Bulgaria	3
	BR Germany	0			BR Germany	0

	Place 9-12 October 1st in Lahti				9/10 October 2nd in Lahti
	Netherlands	3
	Italy	2
					Netherlands	0
					Yugoslavia	3
					Place 11/12 October 2nd in Lahti
	Yugoslavia	3			Italy	3
	Finland	2			Finland	1

Final score

1.	Soviet Union
2.	German Democratic Republic
3.	Hungary
4th	Poland
5.	Czechoslovakia
6th	Romania
7th	Bulgaria
8th.	BR Germany
9.	Yugoslavia
10.	Netherlands
11.	Italy
12.	Finland

qualification

Finland was set as the host. The top five teams from the 1975 European Championship were also automatically qualified. These were the Soviet Union as defending champions, the second Hungary , the third GDR , the fourth Czechoslovakia and the fifth Bulgaria .

Six other teams reached the finals through qualifying tournaments. In Bari , Yugoslavia and Italy prevailed against France and Turkey . The German selection , the Netherlands , Poland and Romania were also successful .

Web links

• Results for Todor66 (English)