1989 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Team	Method of qualification
Bulgaria	Qualification group 1 winners
Czechoslovakia	1987 edition third place
East Germany	1987 edition first place
Finland	Qualification group 1 runners-up
France	Qualification group 4 runners-up
Italy	Qualification group 3 winners
Poland	Qualification group 2 runners-up
Romania	Qualification group 4 winners
Soviet Union	1987 edition second place
Turkey	Qualification group 3 runners-up
West Germany	Hosts
Yugoslavia	Qualification group 2 winners

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
Finland	Bulgaria
Romania	Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union	East Germany
Turkey	France
West Germany	Italy
Yugoslavia	Poland

Squads

Venues

Pool A	Pool B	Hamburg Karlsruhe Sindelfingen Stuttgart class=notpageimage| Tournament host cities
Hamburg	Karlsruhe
Final round (9th–12th)	Final round (1st–8th)
Sindelfingen	Stuttgart

Preliminary round

Pool A

• venue location: Hamburg, West Germany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	229	124	1.847	1st–4th semifinals
2	Romania	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	247	210	1.176
3	West Germany	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	225	173	1.301	5th–8th semifinals
4	Yugoslavia	5	2	3	7	6	9	0.667	160	189	0.847
5	Turkey	5	1	4	6	4	13	0.308	175	236	0.742	9th–12th semifinals
6	Finland	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	127	231	0.550

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	Romania	4–15	4–15	14–16			22–46	Report
2 Sep	West Germany	3–0	Finland	15–6	15–11	15–8			45–25	Report
2 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Turkey	15–5	15–9	15–8			45–22	Report
3 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	West Germany	3–15	5–15	3–15			11–45	Report
3 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–7	16–14	16–14			47–35	Report
3 Sep	Turkey	3–1	Finland	5–15	15–9	16–14	15–8		51–46	Report
4 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	Soviet Union	12–15	15–17	8–15			35–47	Report
4 Sep	Romania	3–0	Finland	15–9	15–10	15–6			45–25	Report
4 Sep	West Germany	3–0	Turkey	15–7	15–10	15–8			45–25	Report
6 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–0	Turkey	15–5	16–14	15–12			46–31	Report
6 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Finland	15–3	15–1	15–7			45–11	Report
6 Sep	Romania	3–2	West Germany	15–13	8–15	15–13	13–15	16–14	67–70	Report
7 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–0	Finland	15–10	15–7	15–3			45–20	Report
7 Sep	Romania	3–1	Turkey	15–12	9–15	15–7	15–12		54–46	Report
7 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	West Germany	15–9	15–7	15–4			45–20	Report

Pool B

• venue location: Karlsruhe, West Germany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	East Germany	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	257	163	1.577	1st–4th semifinals
2	Italy	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	226	196	1.153
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	8	11	9	1.222	257	231	1.113	5th–8th semifinals
4	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	243	225	1.080
5	Poland	5	1	4	6	5	13	0.385	193	253	0.763	9th–12th semifinals
6	France	5	0	5	5	5	15	0.333	182	290	0.628

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	France	15–5	15–10	13–15	15–2		58–32	Report
2 Sep	Italy	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–9	15–11	15–13			45–33	Report
2 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Poland	15–6	15–7	15–9			45–22	Report
3 Sep	Italy	3–1	France	15–10	14–16	15–2	15–8		59–36	Report
3 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Poland	15–12	15–12	12–15	15–10		57–49	Report
3 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Bulgaria	15–11	15–12	15–9			45–32	Report
4 Sep	Italy	3–0	Poland	15–9	15–5	15–10			45–24	Report
4 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Bulgaria	15–3	15–8	12–15	15–10		57–36	Report
4 Sep	East Germany	3–1	France	15–6	15–4	14–16	15–3		59–29	Report
6 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Italy	15–11	15–13	15–4			45–28	Report
6 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Poland	15–3	14–16	15–13	15–10		59–42	Report
6 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	France	15–9	13–15	15–4	15–10		58–38	Report
7 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Italy	15–12	16–14	12–15	15–8		58–49	Report
7 Sep	East Germany	3–2	Czechoslovakia	15–6	15–4	10–15	8–15	15–12	63–52	Report
7 Sep	Poland	3–1	France	15–9	15–11	11–15	15–12		56–47	Report

Final round

9th–12th place

• Pools A and B fifth and sixth positions play each other.
• venue location: Sindelfingen, West Germany

	Semifinals				9th place
	9 Sep
	Poland	3
					10 Sep
	Finland	0
					Poland	3
	9 Sep
					France	2
	France	3
	Turkey	1
					11th place
					10 Sep
					Finland	1
					Turkey	3

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	France	3–1	Turkey	15–5	15–8	14–16	15–11		59–40	Report
9 Sep	Poland	3–0	Finland	15–7	15–2	15–3			45–12	Report

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	Turkey	3–1	Finland	15–6	15–8	12–15	16–14		58–43	Report

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	Poland	3–2	France	15–12	12–15	17–15	7–15	15–13	66–70	Report

5th–8th place

• Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.
• venue location: Stuttgart, West Germany

	Semifinals				5th place
	9 Sep
	Czechoslovakia	3
					10 Sep
	Yugoslavia	1
					West Germany	0
	West Germany	3
	Bulgaria	1
				7th place
					10 Sep
					Yugoslavia	0
					Bulgaria	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	Yugoslavia	1–3	Czechoslovakia	4–15	12–15	17–15	9–15		42–60	Report
9 Sep	West Germany	3–1	Bulgaria	12–15	15–9	16–14	15–6		58–44	Report

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	Bulgaria	11–15	9–15	3–15			23–45	Report

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	West Germany	15–4	16–14	15–7			46–25	Report

Final

• Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.
• venue location: Stuttgart, West Germany

	Semifinals				Final
	9 Sep
	Soviet Union	3
					10 Sep
	Italy	0
					Soviet Union	3
	9 Sep
					East Germany	1
	East Germany	3
	Romania	0
					3rd place
					10 Sep
					Italy	3
					Romania	0

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Italy	15–10	15–7	15–8			45–25	Report
9 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Romania	17–15	15–6	15–4			47–25	Report

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	Italy	3–0	Romania	15–5	15–6	15–3			45–14	Report

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	East Germany	8–15	16–14	15–13	15–13		54–55	Report

Final ranking

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

1989 Women's European champions  Soviet Union Twelfth title Team Roster Elena Chebukina, Tatyana Sidorenko, Irina Ilchenko, Svetlana Korytova, Irina Shcherbakova, Elena Batoukhtina, Marina Vyalitsyna, Inna Dashuk, Galina Lebedeva, and Olga Tolmacheva. Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol .

Individual awards

• MVP:  
  Valentina Ogienko
   (URS)
• Best spiker:  Irina Ilchenko (URS)
• Best server:  Gabriela Dumitrescu (ROU)
• Best blocker:  Grit Naumann (GDR)
• Best setter:  Manuela Benelli (ITA)
• Best receiver:  Susanne Lahme (GDR)
• Best digger:  Liliana Bernardi (ITA)

References

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