European women's volleyball championship 1987

The 1987 European Women's Volleyball Championship took place in Belgium from September 25th to October 3rd . The games were played in Gent , Auderghem / Oudergem and Eupen . The GDR won the title for the second time with a 3-2 win in the final against the Soviet Union.

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 Eupen space team S. N sentences 1.  Soviet Union 5 0 15: 2 2.  Czechoslovakia 3 2 10: 8 3.  Netherlands 3 2 11:10 4th  Italy 2 3 8:11 5.  BR Germany 1 4th 8:12 6th  Poland 1 4th 4:13

Group B in Ghent space team S. N sentences 1.  GDR 5 0 15: 0 2.  Bulgaria 4th 1 12: 3 3.  France 3 2 9: 8 4th  Romania 2 3 6:10 5.  Hungary 1 4th 6:12 6th  Belgium 0 5 0:15

25th of September Soviet Union Czechoslovakia 3: 1 Netherlands Poland 3: 1 Italy BR Germany 3: 2 September 26th Soviet Union BR Germany 3-0 Czechoslovakia Netherlands 3: 1 Poland Italy 3: 1 September 27th Czechoslovakia BR Germany 3: 1 Netherlands Italy 3: 1 Soviet Union Poland 3-0 September 29th Soviet Union Italy 3-0 Czechoslovakia Poland 3-0 Netherlands BR Germany 3: 2 30. September Italy Czechoslovakia 3-0 BR Germany Poland 3-0 Soviet Union Netherlands 3: 1

25th of September GDR Bulgaria 3-0 Romania Belgium 3-0 France Hungary 3: 2 September 26th Bulgaria Romania 3-0 Hungary Belgium 3-0 GDR France 3-0 September 27th Bulgaria Belgium 3-0 France Romania 3-0 GDR Hungary 3-0 September 29th Bulgaria Hungary 3-0 GDR Romania 3-0 France Belgium 3-0 30. September Bulgaria France 3-0 Romania Hungary 3: 1 GDR Belgium 3-0

Placement games

The games for places one to four took place in Ghent. The remaining placement games were played in Auderghem / Oudergem.

The Federal Republic of Germany played with Gudrun Witte , Ute Hankers , Sigrid Terstegge , Gudula Staub , Stefani Legall , Susanne Schlarmann , Silke Meyer , Sabine Brücher , Michaela Vosbeck , Alexandra Ludwig , Claudia Wildhardt and Susanne Köster .

The GDR became European champions with Maike Arlt , Monika Beu , Kathleen Bonath , Grit Jensen , Heike Jensen , Susanne Lahme , Kathrin Langschwager , Anke Lindemann , Ute Oldenburg , Ariane Radfan , Steffi Schmidt and Dörte Stüdemann .

	Semi-finals October 2nd				Final October 3rd
	Soviet Union	3
	Bulgaria	0
					Soviet Union	2
					GDR	3
					3rd place October 3rd
	GDR	3			Bulgaria	0
	Czechoslovakia	0			Czechoslovakia	3

	Place 5-8 October 2nd				Place 5/6 October 3rd
	Italy	3
	France	0
					Italy	1
					Netherlands	3
					Place 7/8 October 3rd
	Netherlands	3			France	3
	Romania	2			Romania	2

	Place 9-12 October 2nd				9/10 October 3rd
	Hungary	3
	Poland	0
					Hungary	1
					BR Germany	3
					Place 11/12 October 3rd
	BR Germany	3			Poland	3
	Belgium	0			Belgium	0

Final score

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

qualification

Belgium was set to host. The top three teams from the 1985 European Championship were also automatically qualified. These were the Soviet Union as defending champions, the Second GDR and the Third Netherlands .

Eight other teams reached the finals through qualifying tournaments that took place in May. In Group A, Czechoslovakia and Romania prevailed against Finland and Norway . In Group B, which played in Pazardzhik , hosts Bulgaria and Italy were successful against Switzerland. France , the Federal Republic , Hungary and Poland also qualified .

Web links

• Results for Todor66 (English)
• volleyball magazine: European Championship 1987 in Belgium (pdf; 1.6 MB)