European men's volleyball championship 1997

The 1997 European men's volleyball championship took place in the Netherlands from September 6th to 14th . The games were played in Eindhoven and 's-Hertogenbosch . The hosts won the title for the first time.

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 reached the semi-finals. The table third and fourth played for places five to eight.

game schedule

Preliminary round

Group A in 's-Hertogenbosch space team S. N sentences 1.  BR Yugoslavia 4th 1 12: 4 2.  Italy 4th 1 12: 4 3.  Slovakia 3 2 10:10 4th  Russia 2 3 10: 9 5.  Germany 2 3 7:12 6th  Greece 0 5 3:15

Group B in Eindhoven space team S. N sentences 1.  Netherlands 5 0 15: 0 2.  France 3 2 10: 8 3.  Ukraine 3 2 11:10 4th  Czech Republic 2 3 10:12 5.  Bulgaria 2 3 8:12 6th  Finland 0 5 3:15

September 6th Italy Greece 3-0 Slovakia Germany 3: 1 Russia BR Yugoslavia 3-0 7th of September Germany Greece 3: 1 Slovakia Russia 3: 2 BR Yugoslavia Italy 3-0 September 8th Germany Russia 3: 2 Italy Slovakia 3: 1 BR Yugoslavia Greece 3: 1 September 10 Italy Germany 3-0 Russia Greece 3-0 BR Yugoslavia Slovakia 3-0 September 11 Italy Russia 3-0 Slovakia Greece 3: 1 BR Yugoslavia Germany 3-0

September 6th Netherlands Finland 3-0 Czech Republic France 3: 1 Ukraine Bulgaria 3: 2 7th of September France Finland 3-0 Netherlands Ukraine 3-0 Bulgaria Czech Republic 3: 2 September 8th Ukraine Finland 3-0 France Bulgaria 3-0 Netherlands Czech Republic 3-0 September 10 Bulgaria Finland 3: 1 Ukraine Czech Republic 3: 2 Netherlands France 3-0 September 11 Czech Republic Finland 3: 2 France Ukraine 3: 2 Netherlands Bulgaria 3-0

Placement games

	Semi-finals September 13th				Final September 14th
	BR Yugoslavia	3
	France	0
					BR Yugoslavia	1
					Netherlands	3
					3rd place September 14th
	Netherlands	3			France	1
	Italy	0			Italy	3

	Place 5-8 September 13th				Place 5/6 September 14th
	Czech Republic	3
	Slovakia	0
					Czech Republic	0
					Russia	3
					Place 7/8 September 14th
	Russia	3			Slovakia	3
	Ukraine	0			Ukraine	0

Final score

1.	Netherlands
2.	BR Yugoslavia
3.	Italy
4th	France
5.	Russia
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Slovakia
8th.	Ukraine
9.	Bulgaria
10.	Germany
11.	Greece
12.	Finland

qualification

The Netherlands were set as hosts. The best four teams from the 1995 European Championship were also automatically qualified. These were Italy as the defending champion, the second FR Yugoslavia , the fourth Bulgaria and the fifth Russia .

24 teams played for seven more places. In the first round, 23 teams competed in two groups of four and three groups of five, in which they competed against every opponent at home and away. The group winners qualified for the finals. The runners-up played together with Austria, which also hosted the qualifying round in Vienna , “everyone against everyone”. The top four teams in this group played for the last two places in the finals in the semi-finals and finals.

Group A space team S. N sentences 1.  Slovakia 5 1 16: 9 2.  Poland 3 3 14:11 3.  Israel 3 3 11:12 4th  Latvia 1 5 8:17

Group B space team S. N sentences 1.  Greece 5 1 15: 4 2.  Belgium 4th 2 12: 7 3.  Romania 3 3 9:10 4th  North Macedonia 0 6th 3:18

September 14th Slovakia Poland 3: 2 21st September Slovakia Latvia 3: 1 December 28th Israel Poland 3: 1 12. April Israel Latvia 3: 1 April 19th Latvia Israel 3: 2 April 23 Poland Israel 3-0 26th of April Latvia Slovakia 1: 3 May 3rd Poland Latvia 3: 1 10th of May Poland Slovakia 2: 3 17th of May Israel Slovakia 3: 1 May 24th Slovakia Israel 3-0 31. May Latvia Poland 1: 3

7th of July Romania Greece 0: 3 October 26th Macedonia Romania 0: 3 November 2 Romania Macedonia 3: 1 November 23 Romania Belgium 3-0 15th December Belgium Macedonia 3-0 30th of December Belgium Greece 3-0 April, 30th Macedonia Greece 1: 3 10th of May Greece Macedonia 3-0 May 14th Greece Belgium 3-0 17th of May Macedonia Belgium 1: 3 May 20th Greece Romania 3-0 May 24th Belgium Romania 3-0

Group C space team S. N sentences 1.  France 7th 1 22: 6 2.  Germany 5 3 18:11 3.  Turkey 5 3 18:12 4th  Sweden 2 6th 9:21 5.  Belarus 1 7th 4:21

Group D space team S. N sentences 1.  Ukraine 8th 0 24: 2 2.  Portugal 5 3 16:15 3.  Hungary 4th 4th 15:17 4th  Croatia 3 5 11:17 5.  Denmark 0 8th 9:24

September 8th France Belarus 3-0 September 15th France Sweden 3-0 September 22 Sweden Belarus 3: 1 October 26th Turkey France 3: 1 November 3rd Belarus France 0: 3 20th November France Turkey 3-0 December 14th Germany Belarus 3-0 21st December Belarus Turkey 0: 3 Germany Sweden 3-0 January 4th Sweden Germany 1: 3 19th March Turkey Belarus 3-0 April 18 Turkey Germany 3: 1 26th of April Belarus Germany 0: 3 April, 30th France Germany 3: 2 May 7th Sweden Turkey 3: 2 8th of May Germany France 0: 3 May 11th Germany Turkey 3: 1 May 13th Sweden France 1: 3 May 18 Turkey Sweden 3: 1 25. May Belarus Sweden 3-0

8th June Croatia Hungary 1: 3 15th June Hungary Croatia 3-0 September 18 Denmark Hungary 2: 3 December 14th Hungary Denmark 3: 2 21st December Denmark Portugal 2: 3 April 14th Denmark Croatia 2: 3 April 18 Croatia Denmark 3-0 April 19th Portugal Hungary 3: 1 April 23 Hungary Ukraine 0: 3 26th of April Hungary Portugal 2: 3 April, 30th Ukraine Hungary 3-0 May 3rd Portugal Denmark 3-0 May 7th Denmark Ukraine 1: 3 10th of May Portugal Croatia 3: 1 May 11th Ukraine Denmark 3-0 May 15 Portugal Ukraine 1: 3 May 18 Croatia Ukraine 0: 3 May 24th Croatia Portugal 3-0 28th of May Ukraine Portugal 3-0 31. May Ukraine Croatia 3-0

Group E
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Czech Republic	7th	1	22: 7
2.	Finland	5	3	18:11
3.	Spain	5	3	18:12
4th	Slovenia	3	5	11:19
5.	Bosnia and H.	0	8th	4:24

November 16	Spain	Finland	3-0
20th November	Spain	Bosnia and H.	3-0
November 23	Finland	Spain	3: 1
December 28th	Bosnia and H.	Czech Republic	1: 3
April 27	Czech Republic	Spain	3-0
April, 30th	Czech Republic	Bosnia and H.	3-0
	Finland	Slovenia	3-0
May 3rd	Slovenia	Bosnia and H.	3-0
May 4th	Finland	Czech Republic	3: 1
8th of May	Bosnia and H.	Spain	1: 3
10th of May	Slovenia	Finland	3: 2
May 11th	Spain	Czech Republic	2: 3
May 13th	Bosnia and H.	Finland	0: 3
May 14th	Slovenia	Spain	2: 3
May 21	Spain	Slovenia	3-0
May 24th	Finland	Bosnia and H.	3-0
	Slovenia	Czech Republic	0: 3
May 27th	Czech Republic	Slovenia	3-0
31. May	Czech Republic	Finland	3: 1
	Bosnia and H.	Slovenia	2: 3

second round
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Belgium	4th	1	12: 6
2.	Germany	4th	1	13: 8
3.	Poland	3	2	12: 7
4th	Finland	2	3	10:11
5.	Austria	2	3	7:13
6th	Portugal	0	5	6:15

2nd July	Belgium	Germany	3: 1
	Finland	Portugal	3: 2
	Poland	Austria	3: 1
3rd of July	Finland	Belgium	3-0
	Poland	Portugal	3-0
	Germany	Austria	3-0
5th July	Belgium	Poland	3: 1
	Germany	Finland	3: 2
	Austria	Portugal	3: 2
July 6th	Germany	Poland	3: 2
	Austria	Finland	3: 2
	Belgium	Portugal	3: 1
7th of July	Poland	Finland	3-0
	Germany	Portugal	3: 1
	Belgium	Austria	3-0

	Semi-finals July 9th				Final July 10th
	Finland	3
	Belgium	2
					Finland	3
					Germany	0
					3rd place July 10th
	Germany	3			Belgium	0
	Poland	1			Poland	3

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