1979 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 1979 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in Finland from October 5 to October 13, 1979, with the final round held in Lyon.

Teams

Group A – Orléans

Group B – Cannes

Group C – Évreux

Final ranking

Place Team
1st  Soviet Union
2nd  East Germany
3rd  Bulgaria
4.  Hungary
5.  Romania
6.  Netherlands
7.  Czechoslovakia
8.  Poland
9.  West Germany
10.  Yugoslavia
11.  France
12.  Belgium

 1979 Women's European Champions 

Soviet Union
Tenth title

References