1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:	Men's European Volleyball Championship
Continent:	Europe
Gender:	men
Year:	1997
Dates:	September 6–14
Teams:	11
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Champions:	NLD
Title Number:	1
Last:	1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship
Next:	1999 Men's European Volleyball Championship

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

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.

Teams

Group A  - Den Bosch

Group B  - Eindhoven

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		9	5	4	1	233	154	1.513	12	4	3.000
2.		9	5	4	1	220	161	1.366	12	4	3.000
3.		8	5	3	2	230	263	0.875	10	10	1.000
4.		7	5	2	3	248	227	1.093	10	9	1.111
5.		7	5	2	3	208	259	0.803	7	12	0.583
6.		5	5	0	5	176	251	0.701	3	15	0.200

• Saturday September 6

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	3  - 0		16-14 15- 4 15-03
	3  - 1		13-15 15-12 15-09 15-10
	3  - 0		16-14 15-11 15-13

• Sunday September 7

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	3  - 1		17-15 15-09 07-15 15-08
	3  - 2		06-15 15-10 16-14 10-15 15-12
	3  - 0		15-13 15-09 15-05

• Monday September 8

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	3  - 2		15-09 15-10 06-15 04-15 16-14
	3  - 1		15-13 12-15 15-11 15-05
	3  - 1		15-05 14-16 15-06 15-06

• Wednesday September 10

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	3  - 0		15-10 15-09 15-04
	3  - 0		15-05 15-09 15-12
	3  - 0		15-07 15-04 15-08

• Thursday September 11

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	3  - 0		15-06 15-10 15-12
	3  - 1		15-10 15-11 02-15 15-13
	3  - 0		15-08 16-14 15-07

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		10	5	5	0	226	91	2.484	15	0	MAX
2.		8	5	3	2	224	219	1.023	10	8	1.250
3.		8	5	3	2	260	251	1.036	11	10	1.100
4.		7	5	2	3	260	276	0.942	10	12	0.833
5.		7	5	2	3	219	263	0.833	8	12	0.666
6.		5	5	0	5	167	256	0.652	3	15	0.200

• Saturday September 6

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	3  - 0		15-03 15-07 15-02
	3  - 1		16-14 07-15 15-01 15-12
	3  - 2		08-15 15-07 11-15 15-10 15-09

• Sunday September 7

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	3  - 0		15-05 15-13 15-07
	3  - 0		15-06 15-10 15-01
	3  - 2		05-15 15-10 15-11 10-15 15-11

• Monday September 8

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	3  - 0		15-12 15-01 15-09
	3  - 0		15-10 17-15 15-02
	3  - 0		15-07 15-02 15-06

• Wednesday September 10

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	3  - 1		15-12 09-15 15-07 15-11
	3  - 2		11-15 15-09 10-15 15-13 15-11
	3  - 0		16-14 15-06 15-05

• Thursday September 11

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	3  - 2		12-15 15-11 15-11 10-15 15-11
	3  - 2		15-13 15-08 13-15 03-15 19-17
	3  - 0		15-03 15-09 15-10

Final round

• Friday September 13 - Semi-finals

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	3  - 0		15-06 17-15 15-11
	3  - 0		15-09 15-06 15-13

• Saturday September 14 - Bronze Medal Match

• Saturday September 14 - Gold Medal Match

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• Friday September 13 - Classification Matches

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	3  - 0		15-10 15-11 15-11
	3  - 0		15-10 15-04 15-12

• Saturday September 14 - Seventh Place Match

• Saturday September 14 - Fifth Place Match

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Final ranking

Place	Team
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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

• Official website
• CEV website