2011 European Women's Volleyball Championship

The 2011 European Women's Volleyball Championship took place from September 23 to October 2, 2011 in Italy and Serbia . The German team qualified fourth at the last European Championship and won the silver medal. Host Serbia won gold .

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The tournament began with a preliminary round in four groups (A – D) with four teams each. There were three points for a 3-0 or 3-1 win, two points for a 3-2 win, one point for a 3-2 defeat and one for a 1-3 or 0 : 3 defeat there was no point. In the event of a tie, the rate quotient first decided. The group winners were directly qualified for the quarter-finals, while group runner-up and third played four round of 16 games. There, third in the group met runners-up before the respective winners met a group first. The winners of the four quarter-finals reached the semifinals. The losers in the semi-finals played for third place, the winners determined the new European champion in the final.

game schedule

Preliminary round

After three wins in the preliminary round, the German women entered the quarter-finals as group winners.

Group A in Belgrade ( Serbia ) space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Germany 9: 1 9 1,310 2.  Serbia 7: 4 6th 1.158 3.  France 4: 6 3 0.919 4th  Ukraine 0: 9 0 0.673

Group B in Monza ( Italy ) space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Italy 8: 4 7th 1.071 2.  Turkey 6: 6 5 1.066 3.  Azerbaijan 5: 7 3 0.926 4th  Croatia 4: 6 3 0.941

September 24th Germany Ukraine 3-0 France Serbia 1: 3 25th of September France Germany 0: 3 Serbia Ukraine 3-0 September 26th Ukraine France 0: 3 Serbia Germany 1: 3

September 23rd Turkey Azerbaijan 3: 1 Croatia Italy 0: 3 September 24th Croatia Turkey 3-0 Italy Azerbaijan 3: 1 25th of September Azerbaijan Croatia 3: 1 Italy Turkey 2: 3

Group C in Zrenjanin ( Serbia ) space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Poland 9-0 9 1.307 2.  Czech Republic 6: 3 6th 1.189 3.  Romania 3: 6 3 0.962 4th  Israel 0: 9 0 0.640

Group D in Busto Arsizio ( Italy ) space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Russia 9: 2 9 1,145 2.  Netherlands 7: 3 6th 1.134 3.  Spain 4: 6 3 0.940 4th  Bulgaria 0: 9 0 0.783

September 24th Israel Poland 0: 3 Romania Czech Republic 0: 3 25th of September Israel Romania 0: 3 Poland Czech Republic 3-0 September 26th Czech Republic Israel 3-0 Poland Romania 3-0

September 23rd Netherlands Spain 3-0 Bulgaria Russia 0: 3 September 24th Bulgaria Netherlands 0: 3 Russia Spain 3: 1 25th of September Russia Netherlands 3: 1 Spain Bulgaria 3-0

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Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

September 29 - Belgrade

September 28 - Belgrade

Germany

3

Czech Republic

3

October 1 - Belgrade

Czech Republic

0

France

1

Germany

3

September 28th - Monza

27 September - Monza

Italy

0

Italy

3

Netherlands

3

October 2 - Belgrade

Netherlands

1

Azerbaijan

1

Germany

2

September 29 - Belgrade

September 28 - Belgrade

Serbia

3

Poland

0

Serbia

3

October 1 - Belgrade

Serbia

3

Romania

0

Serbia

3

3rd place match

September 28th - Monza

27 September - Monza

Turkey

2

October 2 - Belgrade

Russia

0

Turkey

3

Italy

2

Turkey

3

Spain

0

Turkey

3

Final score

rank	team	Points	sentences
Final rounds
1	Serbia	16	19: 08
2	Germany	16	17: 04
3	Turkey	14th	17:11
4th	Italy	11	13:11
Out in the quarterfinals
5	Poland	9	09: 03
6th	Russia	9	09: 05
7th	Netherlands	9	11: 07
8th	Czech Republic	9	09: 07
Out in the round of 16
9	Azerbaijan	3	06:10
10	France	3	05: 09
11	Spain	3	04: 09
12	Romania	3	03: 09
Out in the group stage
13	Croatia	3	04: 06
14th	Bulgaria	0	00: 09
15th	Ukraine	0	00: 09
16	Israel	0	00: 09

Germany played with: Kathleen Weiß , Angelina Grün , Maren Brinker , Lenka Dürr , Berit Kauffeldt , Christiane Fürst , Corina Ssuschke-Voigt , Saskia Hippe , Margareta Kozuch , Anne Matthes , Regina Burchardt , Mareen Apitz , Lisa Thomsen and Kerstin Tzscherlich . The coach was Giovanni Guidetti .

Awards

Most Valuable Player (MVP)	Jovana Brakočević	Serbia
Best scorer	Neslihan Darnel	Turkey
Best attacker	Margareta Kozuch	Germany
Best blocker	Christiane Fürst	Germany
Best server	Bahar Toksoy	Turkey
Best Libera	Suzana Ćebić	Serbia
Best player	Maja Ognjenović	Serbia
Best adoption player	Angelina Green	Germany

Venues

The games were played in Belgrade and Monza. The venue in Belgrade was the Pionir Hall , which seats around 8,200 spectators. The Palaiper sports hall in Monza has around 4,000 seats. In addition, the venues in Zrenjanin (Medison sports hall with around 2,800 seats) and in Busto Arsizio (PalaYamamay with around 5,000 seats) were used in the group phase.

qualification

In addition to the hosts Serbia and Italy , the teams that finished second to sixth behind winner Italy at the 2009 European Championships were automatically qualified. They were vice European champions Netherlands , third Poland , fourth Germany , fifth Turkey and sixth Russia .

The other teams had to contest a qualification that comprised a total of three rounds.

In the first round on 8./9. and May 15, 2010 there were two duels with back and forth legs. The Switzerland won against Luxembourg also without dropping a set by how Sweden against Denmark .

The second qualifying round consisted of six groups of four teams each, who met for two tournaments on May 21-23 and May 28-30. The group winners qualified directly for the European Championship, while the group runners-up played further playoff games in the third round in September.

In Group A (tournaments in Mahiljou and Baku ) Azerbaijan did not lose a single set. Belarus secured second place ahead of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Georgia .

In group B (tournaments in Karlsbad and Agde ) the Czech Republic remained unbeaten. France prevailed against Hungary and Austria .

In Group C (tournaments in Sjewjerodonetsk and Sheffield ) Ukraine lost only in one tiebreak game against the Slovaks , who had to leave second place to the team from Israel . Great Britain remained without a win.

In group D (tournaments in Osijek and Tres Cantos ) the Spaniards secured group victory because they lost one set less than the Croatians tied on points . Switzerland and Montenegro were eliminated.

In Group E (tournaments in Hasselt and Constanța ) Romania managed to win the group without losing. Belgium took second place ahead of Slovenia and Sweden.

In Group F (tournaments in Guarda and Samokow ) Bulgaria only lost one set. Finland prevailed against tied Greece because of the better set ratio , while Portugal lost all sets.

In the third round games on 3rd / 4th On September 11th and 11th, France did not give a set to Finland (3: 0 and 3: 0), Croatia defeated Belgium with difficulty (3: 1 and 3: 2) and Israel dramatically won the last place in the tournament in the fight against Belarus (2: 3 and 3: 1).

Web links

Commons : European Women's Volleyball Championship 2011  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Information of the CEV (English)