1977 European men's volleyball championship

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The 1977 European men's volleyball championship took place in Finland from September 25th to October 2nd . Germany was represented by the GDR team among the twelve participants. The games took place in Helsinki , Tampere , Oulu and Turku . The Soviet Union became European champions for the fourth time in a row.

mode

First there was a preliminary round, in which the twelve teams were divided into two groups of six. The two best teams in each group played for the first four places in the next round, with the first in the table meeting the second in the other group. Similarly, the third and fourth group played for positions five to eight and the remaining teams for positions nine to twelve.

game schedule

Preliminary round

Group A in Helsinki
space team S. N sentences
1. Romania 1965Romania Romania 4th 1 14: 5
2. Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 3 2 11: 8
3. ItalyItaly Italy 3 2 12:10
4th Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 2 3 7:10
5. FranceFrance France 2 3 7:12
6th FinlandFinland Finland 1 4th 7:13
Group B in Tampere
space team S. N sentences
1. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 4th 1 13: 4
2. Poland 1944Poland Poland 4th 1 14: 5
3. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3 2 11:10
4th Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 2 3 8: 9
5. Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 2 3 7:12
6th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0 5 2:15
25th of September Finland Hungary 3: 1
Italy Romania 3: 2
Yugoslavia France 3: 1
September 26th Romania France 3-0
Hungary Yugoslavia 3-0
Italy Finland 3: 2
September 27th Romania Yugoslavia 3: 1
France Finland 3: 2
Hungary Italy 3: 2
September 28th France Italy 3: 1
Yugoslavia Finland 3-0
Romania Hungary 3: 1
September 29th Italy Yugoslavia 3-0
Hungary France 3-0
Romania Finland 3-0
25th of September Poland Soviet Union 3: 1
Czechoslovakia GDR 3: 1
Bulgaria Netherlands 3-0
September 26th Czechoslovakia Netherlands 3: 1
Soviet Union Bulgaria 3-0
GDR Poland 3: 2
September 27th Czechoslovakia Bulgaria 3: 2
Poland Netherlands 3-0
Soviet Union GDR 3-0
September 28th GDR Netherlands 3: 1
Poland Bulgaria 3-0
Soviet Union Czechoslovakia 3: 1
September 29th Bulgaria GDR 3-0
Soviet Union Netherlands 3-0
Poland Czechoslovakia 3: 1

Placement games

  Semi-finals
October 1st 		Final
October 2nd
       
 Poland 1944Poland Poland 3
 Romania 1965Romania Romania 1  
   
 
 Poland 1944Poland Poland 1
   Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 3
 
3rd place
October 2nd
   
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 3  Romania 1965Romania Romania 3
 Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 0    Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 0
  Place 5-8
October 1st 		Place 5/6
October 2nd
       
 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 3
 ItalyItaly Italy 1  
   
 
 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 3
   CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 0
 
Place 7/8
October 2nd
   
 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3  ItalyItaly Italy 0
 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 0    Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 3
  Place 9-12
October 1st 		9/10
October 2nd
       
 FranceFrance France 3
 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0  
   
 
 FranceFrance France 1
   Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 3
 
Place 11/12
October 2nd
   
 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 3  NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1
 FinlandFinland Finland 0    FinlandFinland Finland 3

Final score

1. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
2. Poland 1944Poland Poland
3. Romania 1965Romania Romania
4th Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary
5. Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria
6th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
7th Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia
8th. ItalyItaly Italy
9. Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic
10. FranceFrance France
11. FinlandFinland Finland
12. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands

qualification

Finland was set as the host. The top five teams from the 1975 European Championship were also automatically qualified. These were the Soviet Union as defending champions, the second Poland , the third Yugoslavia , the fourth Romania and the fifth Bulgaria .

Fourteen teams played in three groups for six more places. The top two teams in each group qualified for the finals. In Group A, France and hosts Netherlands prevailed. Group B won Czechoslovakia and Hungary . In Group C, the GDR and Italy were successful, while the Federal Republic only came in last.

Group A in Kampen
space team S. N sentences
1. FranceFrance France 4th 0 12: 3
2. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3 1 11: 5
3. Greece 1975Greece Greece 2 2 7: 7
4th IsraelIsrael Israel 1 3 6: 9
5. ScotlandScotland Scotland 0 4th 0:12
Group B in Brussels
space team S. N sentences
1. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4th 0 12: 3
2. Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 3 1 10: 7
3. BelgiumBelgium Belgium 2 2 9: 7
4th TurkeyTurkey Turkey 1 3 6: 9
5. Spain 1945Spain Spain 0 4th 1:12
5th of May Greece Israel 3: 1
Netherlands Scotland 3-0
May 6th France Greece 3: 1
Netherlands Israel 3: 2
May 7th Greece Scotland 3-0
France Israel 3-0
8th of May France Scotland 3-0
Netherlands Greece 3-0
May 9 Israel Scotland 3-0
France Netherlands 3: 2
May 13th Hungary Belgium 3: 2
Czechoslovakia Spain 3-0
May 14th Czechoslovakia Hungary 3: 1
Belgium Spain 3: 1
May 15 Czechoslovakia Turkey 3: 1
Turkey Spain 3-0
May 16 Hungary Spain 3-0
Turkey Belgium 3-0
17th of May Czechoslovakia Belgium 3: 1
Hungary Turkey 3: 2
Group C
space team S. N sentences
1. Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR
2. ItalyItaly Italy 2 1 7: 4
3. SwedenSweden Sweden
4th Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
May 26 GDR Sweden
Italy BR Germany 3-0
May 27th GDR BR Germany
Italy Sweden 3: 1
May 29th Sweden BR Germany
GDR Italy 3: 1

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