European women's volleyball championship 1991

The 1991 European Women's Volleyball Championship was held in Italy from September 28th to October 6th . The games were played in Rome , Ravenna and Bari . While the Soviet Union won the title for the 13th time, the German team that competed together for the first time after reunification reached third place.

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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 third and fourth played for places five to eight.

game schedule

Preliminary round

space	team	S.	N	sentences
Group A in Ravenna
1.	Soviet Union Soviet Union	5	0	15: 0
2.	Italy Italy	4th	1	12: 3
3.	Bulgaria Bulgaria	3	2	9: 9
4th	Greece Greece	2	3	7:12
5.	France France	1	4th	6:12
6th	Albania 1946 Albania	0	5	2:15

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Group B in Bari
1.	Netherlands Netherlands	4th	1	14: 3
2.	Germany Germany	4th	1	13: 6
3.	Romania Romania	3	2	10: 8
4th	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	3	2	10: 9
5.	Poland Poland	1	4th	6:14
6th	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia	0	5	2:15

September 28th	Greece	France	3: 2
	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	3-0
	Italy	Albania	3-0
September 29th	Soviet Union	France	3-0
	Italy	Bulgaria	3-0
	Greece	Albania	3: 1
30. September	Bulgaria	France	3: 1
	Soviet Union	Albania	3-0
	Italy	Greece	3-0
October 2nd	Italy	France	3-0
	Soviet Union	Greece	3-0
	Bulgaria	Albania	3: 1
October 3	Bulgaria	Greece	3: 1
	France	Albania	3-0
	Soviet Union	Italy	3-0

September 28th	Poland	Yugoslavia	3: 2
	Netherlands	Czechoslovakia	3-0
	Germany	Romania	3: 1
September 29th	Netherlands	Poland	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Germany	3: 1
	Romania	Yugoslavia	3-0
30. September	Czechoslovakia	Poland	3: 2
	Netherlands	Romania	3-0
	Germany	Yugoslavia	3-0
October 2nd	Romania	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
	Netherlands	Yugoslavia	3-0
	Germany	Poland	3-0
October 3	Germany	Netherlands	3: 2
	Romania	Poland	3: 1
	Czechoslovakia	Yugoslavia	3-0

Placement games

The placement games were played in Rome.

Germany played with Ines Pianka , Susanne Lahme , Ariane Radfan , Christina Schultz , Karin Steyaert , Maike Arlt , Renate Riek , Ute Steppin , Constance Radfan , Silke Jäger , Brit Wiedemann and Michaela Luckner .

Semi-finals October 5th		Finals October 6th


Netherlands Netherlands	3
Italy Italy	1


		Netherlands Netherlands	0
		Soviet Union Soviet Union	3

		3rd place October 6th

Soviet Union Soviet Union	3	Italy Italy	1
Germany Germany	0	Germany Germany	3

Place 5-8 October 5th		5th place / 6th October


Romania Romania	3
Greece Greece	1


		Romania Romania	1
		Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	3

		Place 7/8 October 6th

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	3	Greece Greece	2
Bulgaria Bulgaria	1	Bulgaria Bulgaria	3

Final score

1.	Soviet Union Soviet Union
2.	Netherlands Netherlands
3.	Germany Germany
4th	Italy Italy
5.	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
6th	Romania Romania
7th	Bulgaria Bulgaria
8th.	Greece Greece
9.	France France
10.	Poland Poland
11.	Albania 1946 Albania
12.	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia

qualification

Italy was set as the host. The top three teams from the 1989 European Championship were also automatically qualified. These were the Soviet Union as defending champions, the second Germany (formerly GDR) and the fourth Romania .

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

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Group A in Salzburg
1.	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	3	0	9-0
2.	Albania 1946 Albania	2	1	6: 3
3.	Sweden Sweden	1	2	3: 7
4th	Austria Austria	0	3	1: 9

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Group B in Switzerland
1.	Bulgaria Bulgaria	4th	0	12: 2
2.	Netherlands Netherlands	3	1	11: 3
3.	Finland Finland	2	2	6: 6
4th	Switzerland Switzerland	1	3	3: 9
5.	Luxembourg Luxembourg	0	4th	0:12

June 7th	Sweden	Austria	3: 1
	Czechoslovakia	Albania	3-0
8th June	Albania	Austria	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Sweden	3-0
June 9th	Albania	Sweden	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Austria	3-0

June 5th	Bulgaria	Netherlands	3: 2
	Finland	Switzerland	3-0
6th of June	Bulgaria	Finland	3-0
	Switzerland	Luxembourg	3-0
June 7th	Bulgaria	Luxembourg	3-0
	Netherlands	Finland	3-0
8th June	Bulgaria	Switzerland	3-0
	Netherlands	Luxembourg	3-0
June 9th	Finland	Luxembourg	3-0
	Netherlands	Switzerland	3-0

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Group C in Yugoslavia
1.	Greece Greece	3	1	11: 4
2.	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia	3	1	11: 6
3.	Turkey Turkey	3	1	9: 5
4th	Spain Spain	1	3	5: 9
5.	Israel Israel	0	4th	0:12

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Group D in Mielec
1.	Poland Poland	3	0	9: 2
2.	France France	2	1	7: 5
3.	Hungary Hungary	1	2	6: 7
4th	Denmark Denmark	0	3	1: 9

June 5th	Turkey	Spain	3-0
	Yugoslavia	Israel	3-0
6th of June	Greece	Turkey	3-0
	Yugoslavia	Spain	3: 1
June 7th	Turkey	Yugoslavia	3: 2
	Greece	Israel	3-0
8th June	Turkey	Israel	3-0
	Greece	Spain	3: 1
June 9th	Spain	Israel	3-0
	Yugoslavia	Greece	3: 2

14th June	France	Hungary	3: 2
	Poland	Denmark	3-0
15th June	Hungary	Denmark	3: 1
	Poland	France	3: 1
June 16	Poland	Hungary	3: 1
	France	Denmark	3-0

Web links

Results for Todor66 (English)
The long road to German unity (PDF; 1.9 MB)