1977 Women's European Volleyball Championship

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 three 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 group stage fifths and sixths played the 9th to 12th semifinals. 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 and 5th played against 6th).

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
East Germany	Hungary
Finland	Netherlands
Italy	Romania
Poland	Soviet Union
West Germany	Yugoslavia

Squads

Venues

Pool A and Final round (5th–8th)	Pool B	Kotka Turku Lahti Tampere class=notpageimage| Tournament host cities
Kotka	Turku
Final round (9th–12th)	Final round (1st–4th)
Lahti	Tampere

Preliminary round

Pool A

• venue location: Kotka, Finland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	East Germany	5	4	1	9	14	3	4.667	240	145	1.655	Semifinals
2	Poland	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	222	143	1.552
3	Bulgaria	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	224	174	1.287	5th–8th place
4	West Germany	5	1	4	6	6	13	0.462	203	240	0.846
5	Italy	5	1	4	6	4	12	0.333	134	215	0.623	9th–12th place
6	Finland	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	135	241	0.560

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	Finland	3–2	West Germany	12–15	15–11	10–15	15–12	15–8	67–61	Report
25 Sep	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	16–14	15–11	15–5			46–30	Report
25 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Italy	15–4	15–10	15–1			45–15	Report
26 Sep	Poland	3–0	Italy	15–8	15–10	15–6			45–24	Report
26 Sep	East Germany	3–0	West Germany	15–9	15–2	15–10			45–21	Report
26 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Finland	15–5	15–4	15–10			45–19	Report
27 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–11	15–5			45–29	Report
27 Sep	Italy	3–0	Finland	15–8	15–7	15–8			45–23	Report
27 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	West Germany	15–13	15–5	15–7			45–25	Report
28 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Italy	15–5	16–14	15–5			46–24	Report
28 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Finland	15–4	15–9	15–9			45–22	Report
28 Sep	Poland	3–1	West Germany	15–13	12–15	15–9	15–3		57–40	Report
29 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	East Germany	15–12	15–7	1–15	12–15	15–11	58–60	Report
29 Sep	West Germany	3–1	Italy	15–1	11–15	15–5	15–5		56–26	Report
29 Sep	Poland	3–0	Finland	15–2	15–1	15–1			45–4	Report

Pool B

• venue location: Turku, Finland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	238	91	2.615	Semifinals
2	Hungary	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	235	187	1.257
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	227	216	1.051	5th–8th place
4	Romania	5	2	3	7	11	13	0.846	288	299	0.963
5	Yugoslavia	5	1	4	6	5	14	0.357	176	261	0.674	9th–12th place
6	Netherlands	5	0	5	5	4	15	0.267	157	267	0.588

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	Yugoslavia	2–3	Romania	17–15	8–15	1–15	18–16	9–15	53–76	Report
25 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–5	15–9	15–6			45–20	Report
25 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Netherlands	15–8	15–12	15–3			45–23	Report
26 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	Hungary	9–15	4–15	6–15			19–45	Report
26 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Romania	15–8	15–10	9–15	14–16	15–13	68–62	Report
26 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands	15–1	15–3	15–10			45–14	Report
27 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	Soviet Union	0–15	8–15	2–15			10–45	Report
27 Sep	Hungary	3–2	Romania	15–7	9–15	13–15	15–8	15–7	67–52	Report
27 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–7	15–2			45–18	Report
28 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–2	Netherlands	12–15	15–8	15–1	6–15	15–10	63–49	Report
28 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Romania	15–3	15–7	13–15	15–4		58–29	Report
28 Sep	Hungary	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–13	14–16	16–14	15–5		60–48	Report
29 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	Czechoslovakia	13–15	4–15	14–16			31–46	Report
29 Sep	Romania	3–2	Netherlands	15–11	11–15	15–4	13–15	15–8	69–53	Report
29 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15–10	15–2	15–6			45–18	Report

Final round

9th–12th place

• Pools A and B fifth and sixth positions play each other.
• venue location: Lahti, Finland

	Semifinals				9th place
	1 Oct
	Italy	2
					2 Oct
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands	0
	1 Oct
					Yugoslavia	3
	Yugoslavia	3
	Finland	2
					11th place
					2 Oct
					Italy	3
					Finland	1

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	Yugoslavia	3–2	Finland	16–18	15–11	2–15	15–11	15–8	63–63	Report
1 Oct	Netherlands	3–2	Italy	15–6	5–15	15–5	11–15	15–11	61–52	Report

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Italy	3–1	Finland	15–11	15–5	8–15	15–6		53–37	Report

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Yugoslavia	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–13	15–2			45–24	Report

5th–8th place

• Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.
• venue location: Kotka, Finland

	Semifinals				5th place
	1 Oct
	Bulgaria	0
					2 Oct
	Romania	3
					Romania	0
	1 Oct
					Czechoslovakia	3
	West Germany	0
					7th place
					2 Oct
					West Germany	0

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	Romania	3–0	Bulgaria	15–11	15–2	15–5			45–18	Report
1 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	West Germany	15–6	15–4	15–2			45–12	Report

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	West Germany	15–6	15–10	15–6			45–22	Report

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Romania	15–3	15–3	15–10			45–16	Report

Final

• Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.
• venue location: Tampere, Finland

	Semifinals				Final
	1 Oct
	East Germany	3
					2 Oct
	Hungary	0
					East Germany	0
	1 Oct
					Soviet Union	3
	Soviet Union	3
	Poland	0
					3rd place
					2 Oct
					Hungary	3
					Poland	2

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Hungary	18–16	15–6	18–16			51–38	Report
1 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–3	15–1	15–7			45–11	Report

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Hungary	3–2	Poland	16–14	10–15	15–9	5–15	15–9	61–62	Report

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany	15–1	15–2	15–13			45–16	Report

Final ranking

Place Team  Soviet Union  East Germany  Hungary 4.  Poland 5.  Czechoslovakia 6.  Romania 7.  Bulgaria 8.   West Germany 9.  Yugoslavia 10.  Netherlands 11.  Italy 12.  Finland

1977 Women's European champions  Soviet Union Ninth title Team Roster Nina Smoleyeva, Lyudmila Shchetinina, Lyudmila Borozna, Lyudmila Chernyshyova, Nadezhda Radzevich, Nina Muradyan, Tatyana Sorokina, Nadezhda Gorlovskaya, Galina Myachina, Midita Sturmane, Olga Belova and Elena Petrunina. Head Coach: Viktor Tyurin.

References

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)^[1]