1989 European Women's Volleyball Championship

The 1989 European Women's Volleyball Championship took place from September 2nd to 10th in the Federal Republic of Germany . The games were played in Stuttgart , Sindelfingen , Hamburg and Karlsruhe . The Soviet Union won the title for the twelfth time with a 3-1 win in the final against the GDR.

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

With a 2: 3 defeat against Romania, the German national team missed the leap into the semi-finals.

Group A in Hamburg space team S. N sentences 1.  Soviet Union 5 0 15: 0 2.  Romania 4th 1 12: 6 3.  BR Germany 3 2 11: 6 4th  Yugoslavia 2 3 6: 9 5.  Turkey 1 4th 4:12 6th  Finland 0 5 0:15

Group B in Karlsruhe space team S. N sentences 1.  GDR 5 0 15: 3 2.  Italy 3 2 10: 7 3.  Czechoslovakia 3 2 11: 9 4th  Bulgaria 3 2 10: 9 5.  Poland 1 4th 5:13 6th  France 0 5 5:15

September 2nd Soviet Union Turkey 3-0 Romania Yugoslavia 3-0 BR Germany Finland 3-0 September 3 Soviet Union Romania 3-0 BR Germany Yugoslavia 3-0 Turkey Finland 3-0 September 4th Soviet Union Yugoslavia 3-0 Romania Finland 3-0 BR Germany Turkey 3-0 September 6th Soviet Union Finland 3-0 Romania BR Germany 3: 2 Yugoslavia Turkey 3-0 7th of September Yugoslavia Finland 3-0 Romania Turkey 3: 1 Soviet Union BR Germany 3-0

September 2nd Bulgaria France 3: 1 Italy Czechoslovakia 3-0 GDR Poland 3-0 September 3 Italy France 3: 1 Czechoslovakia Poland 3: 1 GDR Bulgaria 3-0 September 4th Italy Poland 3-0 Czechoslovakia Bulgaria 3: 1 GDR France 3: 1 September 6th Bulgaria Poland 3: 1 GDR Italy 3-0 Czechoslovakia France 3: 1 7th of September Bulgaria Italy 3: 1 GDR Czechoslovakia 3: 2 Poland France 3: 1

Placement games

The games for places one to eight took place in Stuttgart. The remaining placement games were played in Sindelfingen.

The Federal Republic of Germany played with Renate Riek , Gudrun Witte , Sigrid Terstegge , Karen Baumeister , Andrea Sauvigny , Gudula Staub , Michaela Luckner , Nina Sawatzki , Stefani Legall , Sabine Nasarow , Susanne Schlarmann and Silke Meyer .

The GDR played with Grit Naumann , Ute Steppin , Dörte Techel , Christina Schultz , Susanne Lahme , Annette Heymann , Ines Pianka , Pietsch , Ariane Radfan , Katja Weimann , Brit Wiedemann and Dörte Krüger .

	Semi-finals September 9th				Final September 10th
	Soviet Union	3
	Italy	0
					Soviet Union	3
					GDR	1
					3rd place September 10th
	GDR	3			Italy	3
	Romania	0			Romania	0

	Place 5-8 September 9th				5th place / 6th September 10th
	Czechoslovakia	3
	Yugoslavia	1
					Czechoslovakia	3
					BR Germany	0
					Place 7/8 September 10th
	BR Germany	3			Yugoslavia	0
	Bulgaria	1			Bulgaria	3

	Place 9-12 September 9th				Place 9/10 September 10th
	France	3
	Turkey	1
					France	2
					Poland	3
					Place 11/12 September 10th
	Poland	3			Turkey	3
	Finland	0			Finland	1

Final score

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

qualification

The Federal Republic was set as the host. The top three teams at the 1987 European Championship were also automatically qualified. These were the GDR as defending champions, the second Soviet Union and the third Czechoslovakia .

Eighteen other teams played in two groups of four and two groups of five for eight more places in the finals.

Group A in Vienna space team S. N sentences 1.  Bulgaria 3 0 12: 0 2.  Finland 2 1 6: 5 3.  Austria 1 2 5: 7 4th  Belgium 0 3 1: 9

Group B in A Coruña space team S. N sentences 1.  Yugoslavia 4th 0 12: 2 2.  Poland 3 1 10: 4 3.  Netherlands 2 2 8: 6 4th  Spain 1 3 3:10 5.  Sweden 0 4th 1:12

June 16 Austria Belgium 3: 1 Bulgaria Finland 3-0 17th of June Finland Austria 3: 2 Bulgaria Belgium 3-0 18th of June Bulgaria Austria 3-0 Finland Belgium 3-0

June 13th Poland Sweden 3-0 Yugoslavia Spain 3-0 14th June Yugoslavia Sweden 3-0 Netherlands Spain 3-0 15th June Netherlands Sweden 3-0 Yugoslavia Poland 3: 1 June 16 Poland Netherlands 3: 1 Spain Sweden 3: 1 17th of June Yugoslavia Netherlands 3: 1 Poland Spain 3-0

Group C in Ankara space team S. N sentences 1.  Italy 3 1 11: 3 2.  Turkey 3 1 9: 4 3.  Hungary 3 1 10: 5 4th  Norway 1 3 3: 9 5.  Denmark 0 4th 0:12

Group D in Saint-Nazaire space team S. N sentences 1.  Romania 3 0 9-0 2.  France 1 2 5: 7 3.  Greece 1 2 4: 7 4th  Switzerland 1 2 4: 8

June 7th Hungary Italy 3: 2 Turkey Norway 3-0 8th June Hungary Norway 3-0 Turkey Denmark 3-0 June 9th Italy Norway 3-0 Hungary Denmark 3-0 June 10th Italy Denmark 3-0 Turkey Hungary 3: 1 June 11th Norway Denmark 3-0 Italy Turkey 3-0

June 16 Romania Greece 3-0 Switzerland France 3: 2 17th of June Romania Switzerland 3-0 France Greece 3: 1 18th of June Greece Switzerland 3: 1 Romania France 3-0

Web links

• Results for Todor66 (English)
• The sea of ​​tears, volleyball magazine 10/1989 (PDF file; 2.65 MByte)