1987 Women's European Volleyball Championship

1987 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Belgium
Dates	25 September – 3 October
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Various (in 3 host cities)
Champions	East Germany (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Lucie Václavíková
Official website
Website

The 1987 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the fifteenth edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in Belgium from 25 September to 3 October 1987, with the final round held in Ghent.

Participating teams

• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Czechoslovakia
• East Germany
• France
• Hungary
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Romania
• Soviet Union
• West Germany

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
Czechoslovakia	Belgium
Italy	Bulgaria
Netherlands	East Germany
Poland	France
Soviet Union	Hungary
West Germany	Romania

Squads

Further information: 1987 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Pool A	Pool B and Final round (1st–4th)	Final round (5th–12th)	Eupen Ghent Auderghem class=notpageimage| Tournament host cities
Eupen	Ghent	Auderghem

Preliminary round

Pool A

• venue location: Eupen, Belgium

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	249	103	2.417	Semifinals
2	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	215	205	1.049
3	Netherlands	5	3	2	8	11	10	1.100	245	259	0.946	5th–8th place
4	Italy	5	2	3	7	8	11	0.727	209	234	0.893
5	West Germany	5	1	4	6	8	12	0.667	222	265	0.838	9th–12th place
6	Poland	5	1	4	6	4	13	0.308	164	238	0.689

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–13	11–15	15–1	15–2		56–31	Report
25 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	Poland	14–16	15–11	15–11	15–7		59–45	Report
25 Sep	Italy	3–2	West Germany	15–7	12–15	9–15	15–7	15–12	66–56	Report
26 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Netherlands	15–11	12–15	15–10	15–1		57–37	Report
26 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	West Germany	15–7	15–3	15–6			45–16	Report
26 Sep	Poland	3–1	Italy	7–15	15–13	15–9	15–7		52–44	Report
27 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	West Germany	15–11	14–16	15–10	15–9		59–46	Report
27 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	Italy	15–4	15–12	13–15	15–9		58–40	Report
27 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–3	15–2	15–6			45–11	Report
29 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Italy	15–9	15–4	15–1			45–14	Report
29 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Poland	15–3	15–13	15–5			45–21	Report
29 Sep	Netherlands	3–2	West Germany	8–15	7–15	15–13	15–5	15–11	60–59	Report
30 Sep	Italy	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–11	15–8	15–4			45–23	Report
30 Sep	West Germany	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–13	15–9			45–35	Report
30 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Netherlands	15–10	15–4	13–15	15–2		58–31	Report

Pool B

• venue location: Ghent, Belgium

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	East Germany	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	226	108	2.093	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	9	12	3	4.000	214	142	1.507
3	France	5	3	2	8	9	8	1.125	200	196	1.020	5th–8th place
4	Romania	5	2	3	7	6	10	0.600	170	196	0.867
5	Hungary	5	1	4	6	6	12	0.500	200	237	0.844	9th–12th place
6	Belgium	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	94	225	0.418

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Bulgaria	15–11	16–14	15–9			46–34	Report
25 Sep	Romania	3–0	Belgium	15–9	15–3	15–9			45–21	Report
25 Sep	France	3–2	Hungary	15–12	15–10	15–17	11–15	15–12	71–66	Report
26 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Romania	15–7	15–11	15–7			45–25	Report
26 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Belgium	15–7	15–13	15–3			45–23	Report
26 Sep	East Germany	3–0	France	15–1	15–8	15–8			45–17	Report
27 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Belgium	15–11	15–2	15–7			45–20	Report
27 Sep	France	3–0	Romania	15–12	15–6	15–8			45–26	Report
27 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Hungary	15–8	15–6	15–6			45–20	Report
29 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Hungary	15–7	15–9	15–13			45–29	Report
29 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Romania	15–2	15–9	15–10			45–21	Report
29 Sep	France	3–0	Belgium	15–2	15–6	15–6			45–14	Report
30 Sep	Romania	3–1	Hungary	15–10	15–10	8–15	15–5		53–40	Report
30 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Belgium	15–4	15–6	15–6			45–16	Report
30 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–9	15–3	15–10			45–22	Report

Final round

9th–12th place

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

	Semifinals				9th place
	2 Oct
	Hungary	3
					3 Oct
	Poland	0
					Hungary	1
	2 Oct
					West Germany	3
	West Germany	3
	Belgium	0
					11th place
					3 Oct
					Poland	3
					Belgium	0

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	West Germany	3–0	Belgium	15–9	15–5	15–8			45–22	Report
2 Oct	Hungary	3–0	Poland	15–10	15–6	15–10			45–26	Report

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Oct	Poland	3–0	Belgium	15–6	15–9	15–11			45–26	Report

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Oct	West Germany	3–1	Hungary	15–4	15–9	13–15	15–10		58–38	Report

5th–8th place

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

	Semifinals				5th place
	2 Oct
	Netherlands	3
					3 Oct
	Romania	2
					Netherlands	3
	2 Oct
					Italy	1
	Italy	3
	France	0
					7th place
					3 Oct
					Romania	2
					France	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Italy	3–0	France	15–10	15–13	15–6			45–29	Report
2 Oct	Netherlands	3–2	Romania	15–5	10–15	11–15	15–13	15–9	66–57	Report

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Oct	France	3–2	Romania	15–12	15–17	15–10	11–15	15–12	71–66	Report

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Oct	Netherlands	3–1	Italy	15–5	15–12	12–15	15–13		57–45	Report

Final

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

	Semifinals				Final
	2 Oct
	Soviet Union	3
					3 Oct
	Bulgaria	0
					Soviet Union	2
	2 Oct
					East Germany	3
	East Germany	3
	Czechoslovakia	0
					3rd place
					3 Oct
					Bulgaria	0
					Czechoslovakia	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–9	15–13	15–2			45–24	Report
2 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–9	15–6	15–10			45–25	Report

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Bulgaria	15–10	15–10	15–12			45–32	Report

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Oct	East Germany	3–2	Soviet Union	8–15	15–9	18–20	15–9	15–11	71–64	Report

Final ranking

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

1987 Women's European champions
East Germany Second title

Team Roster

Ariane Radfan, Maike Arlt, Monika Beu, Grit Naumann, Anke Lindemann, Dorte Studemann, Ute Oldenburg, Susanne Lahme, Kathrin Langschwager, Heike Jensen, Steffi Schmidt and Katlin Bonat.
Head Coach: Siegfried Köhler.

Individual awards

• MVP: Lucie Václavíková (CSK)
• Best spiker: Elena Volkova (URS)
• Best setter: Dorte Studemann (GDR)

References

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

• Results at todor66.com