European men's volleyball championship 1979

The 1979 European men's volleyball championship took place in France from October 5th to 12th . Germany was represented by the GDR team among the twelve participants. The games took place in Paris , Nantes , Saint-Quentin and Toulouse . The Soviet Union became European champions for the fifth time in a row.

mode

First there was a preliminary round, in which the twelve teams were divided into three groups of four. The two best teams in each group played in the final group "everyone against everyone" for the title. The remaining teams played for positions seven to twelve. Results from teams that met in the preliminary round were carried over to the final round.

game schedule

Preliminary round

Group A in Nantes space team S. N sentences 1.  Soviet Union 3 0 9: 2 2.  Yugoslavia 2 1 8: 4 3.  Hungary 1 2 3: 7 4th  Greece 0 3 2: 9

Group B in Saint-Quentin space team S. N sentences 1.  Poland 3 0 9: 3 2.  Italy 2 1 7: 5 3.  Bulgaria 1 2 5: 8 4th  Belgium 0 3 4: 9

5th October Soviet Union Yugoslavia 3: 2 Hungary Greece 3: 1 October 6th Soviet Union Hungary 3-0 Yugoslavia Greece 3: 1 October 7th Soviet Union Greece 3-0 Yugoslavia Hungary 3-0

5th October Italy Belgium 3: 1 Poland Bulgaria 3: 1 October 6th Bulgaria Belgium 3: 2 Poland Italy 3: 1 October 7th Poland Belgium 3: 1 Italy Bulgaria 3: 1

Group C in Toulouse
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Czechoslovakia	2	1	8: 5
2.	France	2	1	8: 5
3.	Romania	2	1	7: 5
4th	GDR	0	3	1: 9

5th October	Romania	GDR	3-0
	France	Czechoslovakia	3: 2
October 6th	Czechoslovakia	Romania	3: 1
	France	GDR	3-0
October 7th	Czechoslovakia	GDR	3: 1
	Romania	France	3: 2

Final round

The GDR played with Steffen Bohne , Edgar Heinold , René Kertzscher , Winfried Schneider (all SC Leipzig), Bernd Dankert , Matthias Glinker , Frank Schrödter , Gerald Zedler (all SC Dynamo Berlin), René Hecht , Ulrich Sernow (both TSC Berlin), Uwe Westphal and Burkhard Wiebe (both SC Traktor Schwerin).

Final group in Paris space team S. N sentences 1.  Soviet Union 5 0 15: 3 2.  Poland 4th 1 12: 6 3.  Yugoslavia 3 2 11: 9 4th  France 2 3 9:12 5.  Italy 1 4th 7:12 6th  Czechoslovakia 0 5 3:15

Group 7-12 in Paris space team S. N sentences 1.  Romania 5 0 15: 2 2.  Hungary 4th 1 13: 7 3.  GDR 2 3 8: 9 4th  Bulgaria 2 3 9:13 5.  Belgium 1 4th 6:12 6th  Greece 1 4th 5:13

October 10th Soviet Union Poland 3-0 France Italy 3: 1 Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia 3: 1 October 11th Yugoslavia France 3-0 Poland Czechoslovakia 3-0 Soviet Union Italy 3-0 October 12th Soviet Union Czechoslovakia 3-0 Yugoslavia Italy 3: 2 Poland France 3: 2 October 13th Soviet Union France 3: 1 Poland Yugoslavia 3-0 Italy Czechoslovakia 3-0

October 10th Romania Greece 3: 1 Bulgaria GDR 3: 2 Hungary Belgium 3: 1 October 11th GDR Greece 3-0 Romania Belgium 3-0 Hungary Bulgaria 3: 2 October 12th Greece Bulgaria 3: 1 GDR Belgium 3-0 Romania Hungary 3: 1 October 13th Hungary GDR 3-0 Belgium Greece 3-0 Romania Bulgaria 3-0

Final score

1.	Soviet Union
2.	Poland
3.	Yugoslavia
4th	France
5.	Italy
6th	Czechoslovakia
7th	Romania
8th.	Hungary
9.	German Democratic Republic
10.	Bulgaria
11.	Belgium
12.	Greece

qualification

France was set to host. The top five teams from the 1977 European Championship were also automatically qualified. These were the Soviet Union as defending champions, the second Poland , the third Romania , the fourth Hungary and the fifth Bulgaria .

Fourteen teams played in three groups for six more places in the finals. In group A, Italy and the GDR prevailed. Group B won Czechoslovakia and Greece , while Germany was only third. In Group C, Yugoslavia and Belgium were successful.

Web links

• Results for Todor66 (English)