Volleyball competition held in Netherlands
1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship Host nation Netherlands Dates September 6–14 Teams 11 Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Champions Netherlands (1st title)
The 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball . It was hosted from September 6 to September 14 in two cities in the Netherlands – Den Bosch and Eindhoven –.
Qualification [ edit ] The top four placed teams from the 1995 edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship — Italy, Yugoslavia, Netherlands (also host) and Bulgaria — were automatically qualified for the 1997 edition. The other teams had to qualify in 1996.
Preliminary round [ edit ] Group A [ edit ] Team Points G W L PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio 1. Yugoslavia 9 5 4 1 233 154 1.513 12 4 3.000 2. Italy 9 5 4 1 220 161 1.366 12 4 3.000 3. Slovakia 8 5 3 2 230 263 0.875 10 10 1.000 4. Russia 7 5 2 3 248 227 1.093 10 9 1.111 5. Germany 7 5 2 3 208 259 0.803 7 12 0.583 6. Greece 5 5 0 5 176 251 0.701 3 15 0.200
Group B [ edit ] Team Points G W L PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio 1. Netherlands 10 5 5 0 226 91 2.484 15 0 MAX 2. France 8 5 3 2 224 219 1.023 10 8 1.250 3. Ukraine 8 5 3 2 260 251 1.036 11 10 1.100 4. Czech Republic 7 5 2 3 260 276 0.942 10 12 0.833 5. Bulgaria 7 5 2 3 219 263 0.833 8 12 0.666 6. Finland 5 5 0 5 167 256 0.652 3 15 0.200
Final round [ edit ] Friday September 13 — Semi-finals Saturday September 14 — Bronze Medal Match Saturday September 14 — Gold Medal Match
Friday September 13 — Classification Matches Saturday September 14 — Seventh Place Match Saturday September 14 — Fifth Place Match Final ranking [ edit ] Team Roster Peter Blangé , Guido Görtzen , Henk-Jan Held , Albert Cristina , Reinder Nummerdor , Richard Schuil , Bas van de Goor , Mike van de Goor , Jochem de Gruijter , Misha Latuhihin , Olof van der Meulen , and Robert van Es .Head coach : Toon Gerbrands .
References [ edit ]
Tournaments Qualifications Squads