1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Brno, Czech Republic from September 27 to October 5, 1997.

Contents

Teams

Group A
Group B

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W L PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1.  Russia 10 5 5 0 1.756 15 2 7.500
2.  Bulgaria 8 5 3 2 1.393 11 6 1.833
3.  Poland 8 5 3 2 1.081 10 7 1.428
4.  Latvia 7 5 2 3 0.760 6 11 0.545
5.  Netherlands 6 5 1 4 0.817 6 12 0.500
6.  Belarus 6 5 1 4 0.677 4 14 0.286

Group B

Team Points G W L PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1.  Croatia 10 5 5 0 1.727 15 1 15.000
2.  Czech Republic 8 5 3 2 1.195 10 6 1.666
3.  Italy 8 5 3 2 1.057 10 7 1.428
4.  Ukraine 7 5 2 3 0.846 6 10 0.600
5.  Germany 6 5 1 4 0.767 4 12 0.333
6.  Romania 6 5 1 4 0.722 3 12 0.250

Final round

  Semi Finals Final
1997-10-04 – Brno
  Russia  3  
  Czech Republic  0  
 
1997-10-05 – Brno
      Croatia  0
    Russia  3
3rd place
1997-10-04 – Brno 1997-10-05 – Brno
  Croatia  3   Bulgaria  0
  Bulgaria  1     Czech Republic  3

  5-8th place 5th place
1997-10-04 – Brno
  Poland  3  
  Ukraine  0  
 
1997-10-05 – Brno
      Poland  3
    Italy  0
7th place
1997-10-04 – Brno 1997-10-05 – Brno
  Italy  3   Ukraine  3
  Latvia  0     Latvia  1

Final ranking

Place Team
 Russia
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
4.  Bulgaria
5.  Poland
6.  Italy
7.  Ukraine
8.  Latvia
9.  Belarus
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Romania
 1997 Women's European Champions 

Russia
15th title
Team Roster
Evgenya Artamonova, Elena Batoukhtina, Anastasia Belikova, Elena Godina, Tatyana Gracheva, Tatyana Menchova, Natalya Morozova, Natalia Safronova, Olga Tchoukanova, Irina Tebenikhina, Elizaveta Tichtchenko, and Elena Vassilevskaya.
Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol.

References