1991 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 1991 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 17th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in Italy from 28 September to 6 October 1991, with the final round held in Rome.

1991 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
Dates28 September – 6 October
Teams12
Venue(s)Various (in 3 host cities)
Champions Soviet Union (13th title)
Tournament awards
MVP Irina Ilchenko
Official website

Participating teams
Team Method of qualification
 AlbaniaQualification group 1 runners-up
 BulgariaQualification group 2 winners
 CzechoslovakiaQualification group 1 winners
 FranceQualification group 4 runners-up
 Germany1989 edition second place
 GreeceQualification group 3 winners
 ItalyHosts
 NetherlandsQualification group 2 runners-up
 PolandQualification group 4 winners
 Romania1989 edition fourth place*
 Soviet Union1989 edition first place
 YugoslaviaQualification group 3 runners-up

*Note: As Italy qualified as hosts and for finishing the 1989 tournament as third, Romania gained a qualification place for finishing fourth in 1989.

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).

Pools composition
Pool A Pool B
 Albania  Czechoslovakia
 Bulgaria  Germany
 France  Netherlands
 Greece  Poland
 Italy  Romania
 Soviet Union  Yugoslavia

Venues
Pool A Pool B Final round
Rome
Ravenna
Bari
Tournament host cities
Ravenna Bari Rome

Preliminary round
(A)Advance to 1st–4th semifinals
(a)Advance to 5th–8th semifinals

Pool A
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Soviet Union (A) 10 5 0 15 0 MAX 225 98 2.296
2  Italy (A) 9 4 1 12 3 4.000 201 124 1.621
3  Bulgaria (a) 8 3 2 9 9 1.000 212 203 1.044
4  Greece (a) 7 2 3 7 12 0.583 171 249 0.687
5  France 6 1 4 6 12 0.500 203 225 0.902
6  Albania 5 0 5 2 15 0.133 125 238 0.525
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep15:30Greece  3–2  France 15–98–1510–1515–515–1363–57Report
28 Sep18:00Soviet Union  3–0  Bulgaria 15–715–215–11  45–20Report
28 Sep20:30Albania  0–3  Italy 3–1512–151–15  16–45Report
29 Sep15:30Soviet Union  3–0  France 15–615–1115–13  45–30Report
29 Sep18:00Bulgaria  0–3  Italy 7–159–159–15  25–45Report
29 Sep20:30Albania  1–3  Greece 7–1515–68–1514–16 44–52Report
30 Sep15:30Bulgaria  3–1  France 12–1516–1415–915–9 58–47Report
30 Sep18:00Albania  0–3  Soviet Union 2–157–156–15  15–45Report
30 Sep20:30Greece  0–3  Italy 1–156–157–15  14–45Report
2 Oct15:45France  0–3  Italy 6–156–1512–15  24–45Report
2 Oct18:00Greece  0–3  Soviet Union 7–152–153–15  12–45Report
2 Oct20:30Albania  1–3  Bulgaria 7–1515–611–153–15 36–51Report
3 Oct15:30Greece  1–3  Bulgaria 15–135–157–153–15 30–58Report
3 Oct18:00Albania  0–3  France 4–151–159–15  14–45Report
3 Oct20:30Soviet Union  3–0  Italy 15–615–615–9  45–21Report

Pool B
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Netherlands (A) 9 4 1 14 3 4.667 246 171 1.439
2  Germany (A) 9 4 1 13 6 2.167 258 186 1.387
3  Romania (a) 8 3 2 10 8 1.250 222 203 1.094
4  Czechoslovakia (a) 8 3 2 10 9 1.111 231 203 1.138
5  Poland 6 1 4 6 14 0.429 216 254 0.850
6  Yugoslavia 5 0 5 2 15 0.133 93 249 0.373
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep15:30Yugoslavia  2–3  Poland 15–1315–114–157–155–1546–69Report
28 Sep18:00Netherlands  3–0  Czechoslovakia 17–1517–1515–13  49–43Report
28 Sep20:30Romania  1–3  Germany 4–156–1515–1212–15 37–57Report
29 Sep15:30Netherlands  3–0  Poland 15–715–815–4  45–19Report
29 Sep18:00Czechoslovakia  3–1  Germany 15–113–1515–1015–3 48–39Report
29 Sep20:30Romania  3–0  Yugoslavia 15–915–715–2  45–18Report
30 Sep15:30Czechoslovakia  3–2  Poland 15–83–1515–99–1515–657–53Report
30 Sep18:00Romania  0–3  Netherlands 10–157–1511–15  28–45Report
30 Sep20:30Yugoslavia  0–3  Germany 6–152–151–15  9–45Report
2 Oct15:30Romania  3–1  Czechoslovakia 15–1115–106–1515–2 51–38Report
2 Oct18:00Yugoslavia  0–3  Netherlands 4–154–151–15  9–45Report
2 Oct20:30Poland  0–3  Germany 12–158–1510–15  30–45Report
3 Oct15:30Netherlands  2–3  Germany 15–1214–164–1516–1413–1562–72Report
3 Oct18:00Romania  3–1  Poland 15–1316–1715–415–11 61–45Report
3 Oct20:30Yugoslavia  0–3  Czechoslovakia 3–156–152–15  11–45Report

Final round

5th–8th place
  • Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.
 
Semifinals5th place
 
      
 
5 Oct
 
 
 Czechoslovakia3
 
6 Oct
 
 Bulgaria1
 
 Czechoslovakia3
 
5 Oct
 
 Romania1
 
 Romania3
 
 
 Greece1
 
7th place
 
 
6 Oct
 
 
 Bulgaria3
 
 
 Greece2

5th–8th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Oct9:00Romania  3–1  Greece 15–915–85–1515–10 50–42Report
5 Oct11:30Czechoslovakia  3–1  Bulgaria 15–515–714–1615–12 59–40Report

7th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Oct9:00Bulgaria  3–2  Greece 15–1215–1112–1511–1515–1368–66Report

5th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Oct11:30Czechoslovakia  3–1  Romania 15–105–1516–1415–10 51–49Report

Final
  • Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
5 Oct
 
 
 Soviet Union3
 
6 Oct
 
 Germany0
 
 Soviet Union3
 
5 Oct
 
 Netherlands0
 
 Netherlands3
 
 
 Italy1
 
3rd place
 
 
6 Oct
 
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Italy1

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Oct16:00Netherlands  3–1  Italy 12–1515–615–716–14 58–42Report
5 Oct18:30Soviet Union  3–0  Germany 15–615–315–11  45–20Report

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Oct15:00Germany  3–1  Italy 9–1515–815–715–10 54–40Report

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Oct17:30Soviet Union  3–0  Netherlands 15–415–215–3  45–9Report

Final ranking

Individual awards

References
  • Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)[1]
  1. "1990/1991 Senior European Championships Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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