European men's volleyball championship 1983

The men's volleyball championship in 1983 took place in the GDR from September 17th to 25th . Germany was represented by the host's team among the twelve participants, while the German selection failed in the qualification. The final round games took place in East Berlin , Erfurt and Suhl . The Soviet Union became European champions for the seventh 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 Erfurt space team S. N sentences 1.  Soviet Union 3 0 9: 1 2.  Czechoslovakia 2 1 6: 5 3.  Finland 1 2 4: 6 4th  Netherlands 0 3 2: 9

Group B in Suhl space team S. N sentences 1.  Poland 3 0 9: 3 2.  Italy 2 1 7: 6 3.  Romania 1 2 7: 8 4th  France 0 3 3: 9

17th of September Soviet Union Netherlands 3-0 Czechoslovakia Finland 3-0 September 18 Czechoslovakia Netherlands 3: 2 Soviet Union Finland 3: 1 September 19th Finland Netherlands 3-0 Soviet Union Czechoslovakia 3-0

17th of September Poland France 3-0 Italy Romania 3: 2 September 18 Romania France 3: 2 Poland Italy 3: 1 September 19th Italy France 3: 1 Poland Romania 3: 2

Group C in East Berlin
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Bulgaria	3	0	9: 1
2.	GDR	2	1	6: 4
3.	Hungary	1	2	4: 7
4th	Greece	0	3	2: 9

17th of September	GDR	Hungary	3-0
	Bulgaria	Greece	3-0
September 18	Bulgaria	Hungary	3: 1
	GDR	Greece	3: 1
September 19th	Hungary	Greece	3: 1
	Bulgaria	GDR	3-0

Final round

The GDR took sixth place with Steffen Bohne , Jan-Türk Daßler , Edgar Heinold , Lutz Hofmann , Jörg Meschke (all SC Leipzig), Bernd Dankert , Joachim Hänsch , Roland Kühner (all SC Dynamo Berlin), René Hecht , Ulrich Sernow ( all TSC Berlin), Peter Schulz and Diethard Uebel (all SC Traktor Schwerin). The trainer was Lothar Schröter .

Final group in East Berlin space team S. N sentences 1.  Soviet Union 5 0 15: 2 2.  Poland 4th 1 13: 7 3.  Bulgaria 2 3 10: 9 4th  Italy 2 3 10:13 5.  Czechoslovakia 1 4th 5:12 6th  GDR 1 4th 4:14

Group 7-12 in Suhl space team S. N sentences 1.  Finland 4th 1 12: 6 2.  Romania 4th 1 12: 8 3.  Greece 3 2 11: 7 4th  Netherlands 2 3 7: 9 5.  Hungary 1 4th 8:13 6th  France 1 4th 7:14

September 22 Italy Czechoslovakia 3: 2 Poland GDR 3: 1 Soviet Union Bulgaria 3-0 September 23rd Poland Bulgaria 3: 2 Soviet Union Italy 3: 1 Czechoslovakia GDR 3-0 September 24th Soviet Union GDR 3-0 Italy Bulgaria 3: 2 Poland Czechoslovakia 3-0 25th of September Bulgaria Czechoslovakia 3-0 GDR Italy 3: 2 Soviet Union Poland 3: 1

September 22 Greece Romania 3-0 Netherlands Hungary 3-0 Finland France 3: 1 September 23rd Romania Hungary 3: 2 Finland Greece 3: 1 Netherlands France 3-0 September 24th Finland Hungary 3: 1 Greece France 3: 1 Romania Netherlands 3: 1 25th of September France Hungary 3: 2 Greece Netherlands 3-0 Romania Finland 3-0

Final score

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

qualification

The GDR was set as the host. The top five teams from the 1981 European Championship were also automatically qualified. These were the Soviet Union as defending champions, the second Poland , the third Bulgaria , the fourth Czechoslovakia and the fifth Romania .

Thirteen teams played in three groups for six more places. The two best teams in each group qualified for the finals. In Group A, the Dutch prevailed over Italy with home advantage in 's-Hertogenbosch . The Greeks also use their home advantage in Athens and qualified together with Finland . The Federal Republic failed in Debrecen against France and hosts Hungary .

Web links

• Results for Todor66 (English)