The 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 30th edition of the
European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the
Confédération Européenne de Volleyball
The European Volleyball Confederation ( or ''CEV'') is the continental governing body for the sports of indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and snow volleyball in Europe. Its headquarters is in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
Profile
Although th ...
. The tournament was co-hosted by
Azerbaijan
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and
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
, and was held between 22 September and 1 October 2017.
Serbia
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defeated
Netherlands
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in the final to capture their second european title.
Turkey
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defeated
Azerbaijan
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for the bronze medal.
Tijana Bošković
Tijana Bošković ( sr-Cyrl, Тијана Бошковић; born 8 March 1997) is a Serbian professional volleyball player of VakıfBank S.K., VakıfBank. A left-handed Opposite hitter, opposite, she has won gold medals with the Serbia women's n ...
from Serbia was elected the MVP.
Qualification
Format
The tournament is played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants are divided in four groups of four teams each. A
single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per criteria below). The three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progress to the second stage, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed teams advancing to the playoffs.
Pool standing criteria
# Number of matches won
# Match points
# Sets ratio
# Points ratio
# Result of the match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
The second stage of the tournament consists of a
single-elimination
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, with winners advancing to the next round. First, the playoff is played (involving groups second and third places) to determine which teams will join the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, 3rd place match and final.
Pools composition
Squads
Venues
Three venues (each in a different city) were selected to be used in the tournament. Two located in Azerbaijan (at
Baku
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and
Ganja
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Etymology
''Ganja'' is borrowed from Hindi (, IPA: �aːɲd͡ʒa� ...
) and one in Georgia (at
Tbilisi
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).
Preliminary round
''All times are
Azerbaijan Time (AZT) /
Georgia Time (GET) (
UTC+04:00).''
Pool A
*venue:
National Gymnastics Arena,
Baku
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, Azerbaijan
Pool B
*venue:
Tbilisi Sports Palace,
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...
, Georgia
Pool C
*venue:
National Gymnastics Arena,
Baku
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, Azerbaijan
Pool D
*venue:
Göygöl Olympic Sport Complex,
Ganja
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Etymology
''Ganja'' is borrowed from Hindi (, IPA: �aːɲd͡ʒa� ...
, Azerbaijan
Championship round
''All times are
Azerbaijan Time (AZT) (
UTC+04:00).''
*venue:
National Gymnastics Arena,
Baku
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, Azerbaijan
Bracket
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final standing
Individual awards
*Most valuable player
*:
Tijana Bošković
Tijana Bošković ( sr-Cyrl, Тијана Бошковић; born 8 March 1997) is a Serbian professional volleyball player of VakıfBank S.K., VakıfBank. A left-handed Opposite hitter, opposite, she has won gold medals with the Serbia women's n ...
*Best setter
*:
Laura Dijkema
*Best outside spikers
*:
Brankica Mihajlović
*:
Anne Buijs
*Best middle blockers
*:
Eda Erdem Dündar
*:
Stefana Veljković
*Best opposite spiker
*:
Lonneke Slöetjes
*Best libero
*:
Valeriya Mammadova
See also
*
2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship
References
External links
Official websiteCEV website
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