1985 European Women's Volleyball Championship

The 1985 European Women's Volleyball Championship took place in the Netherlands from September 29th to October 6th . The games were played in Arnhem , Beverwijk , Enschede and Leeuwarden . The Soviet Union won the title for the eleventh time and the GDR took second place.

mode

The twelve participants were divided into three groups of four in the preliminary round. The group winners and runners-up were combined into one group in the final round. In the mode “everyone against everyone” they determined the tournament winner. The remaining teams played for positions seven to twelve. Results from teams that met in the preliminary round were carried over to the final round.

game schedule

Preliminary round

Group A in Beverwijk space team S. N sentences 1.  GDR 3 0 9: 2 2.  Czechoslovakia 2 1 7: 4 3.  Bulgaria 1 2 5: 6 4th  Greece 0 3 0: 9

Group B in Enschede space team S. N sentences 1.  Soviet Union 3 0 9: 1 2.  BR Germany 2 1 6: 5 3.  Poland 1 2 5: 6 4th  France 0 3 1: 9

September 29th Czechoslovakia Bulgaria 3: 1 GDR Greece 3-0 30. September Czechoslovakia Greece 3-0 GDR Bulgaria 3: 1 October 1 Bulgaria Greece 3-0 GDR Czechoslovakia 3: 1

September 29th Soviet Union Poland 3: 1 BR Germany France 3: 1 30. September Soviet Union BR Germany 3-0 Poland France 3-0 October 1 BR Germany Poland 3: 1 Soviet Union France 3-0

Group C in Leeuwarden
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Netherlands	2	1	6: 3
2.	Italy	2	1	6: 7
3.	Romania	1	2	6: 6
4th	Hungary	1	2	5: 7

September 29th	Romania	Netherlands	3-0
	Italy	Hungary	3: 2
30. September	Netherlands	Italy	3-0
	Hungary	Romania	3: 1
October 1	Italy	Romania	3: 2
	Netherlands	Hungary	3-0

Final round

Gudrun Witte , Beate Bühler , Terry Place-Brandel , Karen Baumeister , Constanze Wolter , Renate Riek , Andrea Sauvigny , Ute Hankers , Gabi Lorenz , Sigrid Terstegge , Danuta Niemietz and Sabine Tóth played for the Federal Republic of Germany .

Maike Arlt , Monika Beu , Grit Jensen , Ramona Landgraf , Heike Lehmann , Ariane Radfan , Ute Oldenburg , Martina Schwarz , Heike Jensen , Kathleen Bonath , Petra Zendel and Dörte Stüdemann played for the GDR .

Final group in Arnhem space team S. N sentences 1.  Soviet Union 5 0 15: 2 2.  GDR 4th 1 12: 5 3.  Netherlands 3 2 11: 7 4th  Czechoslovakia 2 3 7:12 5.  Italy 1 4th 4:13 6th  BR Germany 0 5 5:15

Group 7-12 in Arnhem space team S. N sentences 1.  Poland 4th 1 12: 3 2.  France 4th 1 12: 6 3.  Hungary 4th 1 12: 6 4th  Bulgaria 2 3 9:10 5.  Romania 1 4th 7:12 6th  Greece 0 5 0:15

October 3 GDR Italy 3-0 Czechoslovakia BR Germany 3: 2 Soviet Union Netherlands 3: 2 4th of October GDR BR Germany 3: 1 Soviet Union Italy 3-0 Netherlands Czechoslovakia 3-0 5th October Italy BR Germany 3: 1 Soviet Union Czechoslovakia 3-0 GDR Netherlands 3-0 October 6th Czechoslovakia Italy 3: 1 Netherlands BR Germany 3: 1 Soviet Union GDR 3-0

October 3 Poland Greece 3-0 Hungary Bulgaria 3: 2 France Romania 3: 2 4th of October Hungary Greece 3-0 France Bulgaria 3: 1 Poland Romania 3-0 5th October France Hungary 3-0 Romania Greece 3-0 Poland Bulgaria 3-0 October 6th France Greece 3-0 Bulgaria Romania 3: 1 Hungary Poland 3-0

Final score

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

qualification

The Netherlands were set as hosts. The top five teams from the 1983 European Championship were also automatically qualified. These were the GDR as defending champions, the second Soviet Union , the third Hungary , the fourth Bulgaria and the Federal Republic as fifth.

Six other teams made it to the finals through qualifying tournaments that were held in May. In Group A, which played in Mulhouse , France and Italy beat Belgium , Norway and Turkey . At the Group B tournament in Viana do Castelo , Czechoslovakia and Poland prevailed against Yugoslavia , Spain , England and Portugal . Group C is qualified Romania and Greece .

Web links

• Results for Todor66 (English)