The 2017 European Women's Volleyball Championship took place in Azerbaijan and Georgia from September 22 to October 1 . A total of 16 teams took part in the final round. Serbia became European champions for the second time with a 3-1 win in the final against the Netherlands . The bronze medal was won by Turkey in the game for third place against Azerbaijan . Defending champion Russia and Germany were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
The tournament began with a preliminary round in four groups of four teams each. The internationally customary scoring applied: If the score was 3: 0 or 3: 1, the winner received three points, the loser received nothing. If the match was 3-2, there were two points for the winner and one for the loser. The number of victories was decisive for placing in the group. In the event of equality, the number of points decided first, then the rate quotient (division method) and finally the ball point quotient (division method). The group winners were directly qualified for the quarter-finals, while the runners-up and thirds in the group determined the other four participants in the quarter-finals in a playoff round. Then it went on in knockout mode.
The European championship was held in three sports facilities. The preliminary round matches took place in the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku , in the Göygöl Olympic Sport Complex in Gəncə and in the Sports Palace in Tbilisi . All knockout games were played in Baku.
In Germany, Sport1 and the pay-TV channel Sport1 + showed up to fifteen games, including all games with German participation and the final.
qualification
In addition to the two hosts, the best teams from the 2015 European Championship were directly qualified for the 2017 finals. The remaining participants were determined in three qualifying rounds. In the first round in May 2016, eight teams competed against each other in two groups of four. The winners and the best runner-up in the group reached the second round, which took place in September 2016. There the 24 participants were divided into six groups. In each group there were two tournaments in which the teams competed against each other. The six group winners were qualified for the 2017 European Championship. The group runners-up determined the last three European Championship participants in the third round with home and away games in October 2016.
Azerbaijan
Poland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Belarus
Croatia
Georgia
Russia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Ukraine
Serbia
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Belgium
Estonia
Sweden
Denmark
Luxembourg
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro
Norway
Lithuania
Romania
Slovakia
Spain