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
Dates	28 September – 6 October
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Various (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (13th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Irina Ilchenko
Official website
Website

Participating teams

Team	Method of qualification
Albania	Qualification group 1 runners-up
Bulgaria	Qualification group 2 winners
Czechoslovakia	Qualification group 1 winners
France	Qualification group 4 runners-up
Germany	1989 edition second place
Greece	Qualification group 3 winners
Italy	Hosts
Netherlands	Qualification group 2 runners-up
Poland	Qualification group 4 winners
Romania	1989 edition fourth place*
Soviet Union	1989 edition first place
Yugoslavia	Qualification 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 first to fourth place, group stage thirds and fourths played the fifth to eighth place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at ninth place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (first played against second, third played against fourth).

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 class=notpageimage| Tournament host cities
Ravenna	Bari	Rome

Preliminary round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

• venue location: Ravenna, Italy

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	225	98	2.296	Semifinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	12	3	4.000	201	124	1.621
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	212	203	1.044	5th–8th place
4	Greece	5	2	3	7	7	12	0.583	171	249	0.687
5	France	5	1	4	6	6	12	0.500	203	225	0.902
6	Albania	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	125	238	0.525

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	15:30	Greece	3–2	France	15–9	8–15	10–15	15–5	15–13	63–57	Report
28 Sep	18:00	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–2	15–11			45–20	Report
28 Sep	20:30	Albania	0–3	Italy	3–15	12–15	1–15			16–45	Report
29 Sep	15:30	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–6	15–11	15–13			45–30	Report
29 Sep	18:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	7–15	9–15	9–15			25–45	Report
29 Sep	20:30	Albania	1–3	Greece	7–15	15–6	8–15	14–16		44–52	Report
30 Sep	15:30	Bulgaria	3–1	France	12–15	16–14	15–9	15–9		58–47	Report
30 Sep	18:00	Albania	0–3	Soviet Union	2–15	7–15	6–15			15–45	Report
30 Sep	20:30	Greece	0–3	Italy	1–15	6–15	7–15			14–45	Report
2 Oct	15:45	France	0–3	Italy	6–15	6–15	12–15			24–45	Report
2 Oct	18:00	Greece	0–3	Soviet Union	7–15	2–15	3–15			12–45	Report
2 Oct	20:30	Albania	1–3	Bulgaria	7–15	15–6	11–15	3–15		36–51	Report
3 Oct	15:30	Greece	1–3	Bulgaria	15–13	5–15	7–15	3–15		30–58	Report
3 Oct	18:00	Albania	0–3	France	4–15	1–15	9–15			14–45	Report
3 Oct	20:30	Soviet Union	3–0	Italy	15–6	15–6	15–9			45–21	Report

Pool B

• venue location: Bari, Italy

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	9	14	3	4.667	246	171	1.439	Semifinals
2	Germany	5	4	1	9	13	6	2.167	258	186	1.387
3	Romania	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	222	203	1.094	5th–8th place
4	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	231	203	1.138
5	Poland	5	1	4	6	6	14	0.429	216	254	0.850
6	Yugoslavia	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	93	249	0.373

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	15:30	Yugoslavia	2–3	Poland	15–13	15–11	4–15	7–15	5–15	46–69	Report
28 Sep	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Czechoslovakia	17–15	17–15	15–13			49–43	Report
28 Sep	20:30	Romania	1–3	Germany	4–15	6–15	15–12	12–15		37–57	Report
29 Sep	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–8	15–4			45–19	Report
29 Sep	18:00	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Germany	15–11	3–15	15–10	15–3		48–39	Report
29 Sep	20:30	Romania	3–0	Yugoslavia	15–9	15–7	15–2			45–18	Report
30 Sep	15:30	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Poland	15–8	3–15	15–9	9–15	15–6	57–53	Report
30 Sep	18:00	Romania	0–3	Netherlands	10–15	7–15	11–15			28–45	Report
30 Sep	20:30	Yugoslavia	0–3	Germany	6–15	2–15	1–15			9–45	Report
2 Oct	15:30	Romania	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–11	15–10	6–15	15–2		51–38	Report
2 Oct	18:00	Yugoslavia	0–3	Netherlands	4–15	4–15	1–15			9–45	Report
2 Oct	20:30	Poland	0–3	Germany	12–15	8–15	10–15			30–45	Report
3 Oct	15:30	Netherlands	2–3	Germany	15–12	14–16	4–15	16–14	13–15	62–72	Report
3 Oct	18:00	Romania	3–1	Poland	15–13	16–17	15–4	15–11		61–45	Report
3 Oct	20:30	Yugoslavia	0–3	Czechoslovakia	3–15	6–15	2–15			11–45	Report

Final round

• venue location: Rome, Italy
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

5th–8th place

• Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.

	Semifinals				5th place
	5 Oct
	Czechoslovakia	3
					6 Oct
	Bulgaria	1
					Czechoslovakia	3
	5 Oct
					Romania	1
	Romania	3
	Greece	1
					7th place
					6 Oct
					Bulgaria	3
					Greece	2

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	9:00	Romania	3–1	Greece	15–9	15–8	5–15	15–10		50–42	Report
5 Oct	11:30	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Bulgaria	15–5	15–7	14–16	15–12		59–40	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	9:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Greece	15–12	15–11	12–15	11–15	15–13	68–66	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	11:30	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Romania	15–10	5–15	16–14	15–10		51–49	Report

Final

• Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.

	Semifinals				Final
	5 Oct
	Soviet Union	3
					6 Oct
	Germany	0
					Soviet Union	3
	5 Oct
					Netherlands	0
	Netherlands	3
	Italy	1
					3rd place
					6 Oct
					Germany	3
					Italy	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	16:00	Netherlands	3–1	Italy	12–15	15–6	15–7	16–14		58–42	Report
5 Oct	18:30	Soviet Union	3–0	Germany	15–6	15–3	15–11			45–20	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	15:00	Germany	3–1	Italy	9–15	15–8	15–7	15–10		54–40	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	17:30	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–2	15–3			45–9	Report

Final ranking

Place	Team
	Soviet Union
	Netherlands
	Germany
4.	Italy
5.	Czechoslovakia
6.	Romania
7.	Bulgaria
8.	Greece
9.	France
	Poland
	Albania
	Yugoslavia

1991 Women's European champions
Soviet Union 13th title

Team Roster

Evgenya Artamonova, Elena Batoukhtina, Galina Lebedeva, Natalya Morozova, Marina Nikoulina, Valentina Ogienko, Irina Parkhomchuk, Tatyana Sidorenko, Irina Smirnova, Elena Tchebukina, Yulia Timonova, Svetlana Vasiievskaya, and Elena Vorobieva.
Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol.

Individual awards

• MVP: Irina Ilchenko (URS)
• Best spiker: Henriëtte Weersing (NED)
• Best setter: Marina Pankova (URS)

References

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

• Results at todor66.com