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2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nations	Azerbaijan  Georgia
Dates	22 September – 1 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Serbia (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Tijana Bošković
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Official website
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The 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 30th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. The tournament was co-hosted by Azerbaijan and Georgia, and was held between 22 September and 1 October 2017.

Serbia defeated Netherlands in the final to capture their second european title. Turkey defeated Azerbaijan for the bronze medal. Tijana Bošković from Serbia was elected the MVP.

Qualification

Means of qualification Qualifier Host Country  Azerbaijan  Georgia 2015 European Championship  Russia  Netherlands  Serbia  Turkey  Germany	Means of qualification Qualifier Second Round Winners Pool A  Italy Pool B  Belgium Pool C  Poland Pool D  Croatia Pool E  Bulgaria Pool F  Belarus Third Round Winners  Hungary  Czech Republic  Ukraine
Total 16

Format

The tournament is played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants are divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per criteria below). The three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progress to the second stage, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed teams advancing to the playoffs.

Pool standing criteria

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

The second stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round. First, the playoff is played (involving groups second and third places) to determine which teams will join the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, 3rd place match and final.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Azerbaijan	Georgia	Russia	Serbia
Germany	Italy	Turkey	Netherlands
Poland	Croatia	Bulgaria	Belgium
Hungary	Belarus	Ukraine	Czech Republic

Squads

Venues

Three venues (each in a different city) were selected to be used in the tournament. Two located in Azerbaijan (at Baku and Ganja) and one in Georgia (at Tbilisi).

Pools A, C and Championship round	Pool D	BakuGanjaclass=notpageimage| Host cities in Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan	Ganja, Azerbaijan
National Gymnastics Arena	Göygöl Olympic Sport Complex
Capacity: 9,000	Capacity: 900
Pool B		Tbilisiclass=notpageimage| Host cities in Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tbilisi Sports Palace
Capacity: 9,700

Preliminary round

All times are Azerbaijan Time (AZT) / Georgia Time (GET) (UTC+04:00).

Pool A

• venue: National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Azerbaijan (H)	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	244	191	1.277	Quarterfinals
2	Poland	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	258	250	1.032	Playoffs
3	Germany	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	267	285	0.937
4	Hungary	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	220	263	0.837

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	18:00	Hungary	0–3	Azerbaijan	23–25	14–25	16–25			53–75	Report
22 Sep	20:30	Poland	3–2	Germany	23–25	25–15	18–25	25–23	15–5	106–93	Report
23 Sep	18:00	Poland	3–1	Hungary	25–22	19–25	25–17	25–18		94–82	Report
24 Sep	18:00	Azerbaijan	3–0	Poland	25–14	25–21	25–23			75–58	Report
24 Sep	20:30	Germany	3–1	Hungary	25–21	19–25	25–21	25–18		94–85	Report
25 Sep	18:00	Germany	1–3	Azerbaijan	25–19	19–25	18–25	18–25		80–94	Report

Pool B

• venue: Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	264	232	1.138	Quarterfinals
2	Belarus	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	254	226	1.124	Playoffs
3	Croatia	3	1	2	5	7	7	1.000	303	257	1.179
4	Georgia (H)	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	142	248	0.573

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	17:00	Italy	3–0	Georgia	25–14	25–12	25–12			75–38	Report
22 Sep	20:00	Belarus	3–2	Croatia	10–25	15–25	25–21	25–20	15–9	90–100	Report
23 Sep	17:00	Georgia	1–3	Croatia	12–25	13–25	25–23	23–25		73–98	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Italy	3–1	Belarus	27–25	25–18	18–25	25–21		95–89	Report
24 Sep	17:00	Georgia	0–3	Belarus	8–25	11–25	12–25			31–75	Report
24 Sep	20:00	Croatia	2–3	Italy	23–25	21–25	25–19	25–10	11–15	105–94	Report

Pool C

• venue: National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	7	9	5	1.800	312	299	1.043	Quarterfinals
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	5	8	7	1.143	313	298	1.050	Playoffs
3	Turkey	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	287	282	1.018
4	Ukraine	3	0	3	2	5	9	0.556	279	312	0.894

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	15:30	Ukraine	2–3	Russia	18–25	25–20	23–25	25–23	13–15	104–108	Report
23 Sep	15:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Ukraine	25–23	21–25	23–25	25–11	15–4	109–88	Report
23 Sep	20:30	Turkey	1–3	Russia	23–25	25–20	23–25	20–25		91–95	Report
24 Sep	15:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Turkey	25–17	10–25	25–16	20–25	20–18	100–101	Report
25 Sep	15:30	Russia	3–2	Bulgaria	21–25	25–20	23–25	25–21	15–13	109–104	Report
25 Sep	20:30	Turkey	3–1	Ukraine	25–20	25–19	20–25	25–23		95–87	Report

Pool D

• venue: Göygöl Olympic Sport Complex, Ganja, Azerbaijan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	253	217	1.166	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	261	234	1.115	Playoffs
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	241	264	0.913
4	Belgium	3	0	3	0	3	9	0.333	254	294	0.864

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Czech Republic	25–22	25–16	25–23			75–61	Report
22 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	3–1	Belgium	23–25	25–12	25–21	25–14		98–72	Report
23 Sep	17:00	Czech Republic	3–1	Belgium	19–25	25–23	28–26	25–19		97–93	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Serbia	3–0	Netherlands	29–27	25–17	25–23			79–67	Report
24 Sep	17:00	Belgium	1–3	Serbia	26–24	20–25	22–25	21–25		89–99	Report
24 Sep	20:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Netherlands	21–25	15–25	25–21	22–25		83–96	Report

Championship round

All times are Azerbaijan Time (AZT) (UTC+04:00).

• venue: National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan

Bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

28 September–Baku

Italy

0

26 September–Baku

Netherlands

3

Netherlands

3

30 September–Baku

Croatia

0

Netherlands

3

Azerbaijan

2

29 September–Baku

Azerbaijan

3

27 September–Baku

Germany

0

Bulgaria

2

1 October–Baku

Germany

3

Netherlands

1

Serbia

3

28 September–Baku

Serbia

3

26 September–Baku

Belarus

0

Belarus

3

30 September–Baku

Czech Republic

2

Serbia

3

Turkey

0

Third place game

29 September–Baku

1 October–Baku

Russia

0

Azerbaijan

1

27 September–Baku

Turkey

3

Turkey

3

Poland

1

Turkey

3

Playoffs

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	18:00	Belarus	3–2	Czech Republic	18–25	23–25	27–25	25–22	17–15	110–112	Report
26 Sep	20:30	Netherlands	3–0	Croatia	25–18	25–8	25–21			75–47	Report
27 Sep	18:00	Poland	1–3	Turkey	22–25	25–27	25–18	23–25		95–95	Report
27 Sep	20:30	Bulgaria	2–3	Germany	25–14	20–25	25–16	19–25	11–15	100–95	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	18:00	Italy	0–3	Netherlands	17–25	20–25	13–25			50–75	Report
28 Sep	20:30	Serbia	3–0	Belarus	25–19	25–12	25–14			75–45	Report
29 Sep	18:00	Azerbaijan	3–0	Germany	25–20	25–18	25–21			75–59	Report
29 Sep	20:30	Russia	0–3	Turkey	25–27	18–25	20–25			63–77	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	18:00	Netherlands	3–2	Azerbaijan	20–25	25–19	25–19	25–27	15–12	110–102	Report
30 Sep	20:30	Serbia	3–0	Turkey	25–17	25–12	25–21			75–50	Report

Third place game

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	16:00	Azerbaijan	1–3	Turkey	25–22	21–25	14–25	8–25		68–97	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	19:00	Netherlands	1–3	Serbia	20–25	22–25	25–18	18–25		85–93	Report

Final standing

Qualified to 2019 Women’s EuroVolley Qualified to 2019 Women’s EuroVolley as host countries Rank Team  Serbia  Netherlands  Turkey 4  Azerbaijan 5  Italy 6  Russia 7  Belarus 8  Germany 9  Bulgaria 10  Poland 11  Croatia 12  Czech Republic 13  Ukraine 14  Belgium 15  Hungary 16  Georgia

2017 Women's European Championship  Serbia 2nd title 14–woman roster Bianka Buša, Bojana Živković, Mina Popović, Tijana Malešević, Brankica Mihajlović, Slađana Mirković, Stefana Veljković, Teodora Pušić, Ana Bjelica, Jovana Stevanović, Milena Rašić (c), Tijana Bošković, Bojana Milenković, Jelena Blagojević Head coach Zoran Terzić

Individual awards

• Most valuable player

  Tijana Bošković

• Best setter

  Laura Dijkema

• Best outside spikers

  Brankica Mihajlović

  Anne Buijs

• Best middle blockers

  Eda Erdem Dündar

  Stefana Veljković

• Best opposite spiker

  Lonneke Slöetjes

• Best libero

  Valeriya Mammadova

See also

• 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship

References

1. "CEV announces organisers of European Championships". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
2. "2017 CEV Volleyball European Championship - Women". CEV. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. Keith, Braden (28 December 2016). "Dates for 2017 European Women's Volleyball Championships Confirmed". VolleyMob. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
4. "Serbia net second European crown in history, Bošković takes MVP honours". CEV. 1 October 2017.
5. "Turkey claim EuroVolley bronze to silence Baku crowd". CEV. 1 October 2017.
6. "#EuroVolleyW Drawing of Lots – The latest news from Baku…". CEV. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
7. "Ganja Olympic Sport Complex". Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of youth and sport (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 16 April 2017.

External links

• Official website
• CEV website

• Volleyball
• Azerbaijan
• Georgia (country)
• Europe
• Sports

• Women's European Volleyball Championships
• International sports competitions hosted by Azerbaijan
• International sports competitions hosted by Georgia (country)
• 2017 in European sport
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• 2017 in Azerbaijani sport
• 2017 in Georgian sport
• Volleyball competitions in Azerbaijan
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• Sports competitions in Baku
• Sports competitions in Tbilisi
• Sport in Ganja, Azerbaijan
• September 2017 sports events in Europe
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• Women's volleyball in Georgia (country)
• Women's volleyball in Azerbaijan