2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship

2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy; Serbia
Dates	23 September – 2 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Jovana Brakočević
Official website
	Website

The 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 27th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Italy and Serbia from 23 September to 2 October 2011.^[1]

Qualification

Team	Method of qualification
Azerbaijan	Qualification Second round group A winners
Bulgaria	Qualification Second round group F winners
Croatia	Qualification Third round play-off winners
Czech Republic	Qualification Second round group B winners
France	Qualification Third round play-off winners
Germany	2009 edition fourth place
Israel	Qualification Third round play-off winners
Italy	Hosts
Netherlands	2009 edition second place
Poland	2009 edition third place
Romania	Qualification Second round group E winners
Russia	2009 edition sixth place
Serbia	Hosts
Spain	Qualification Second round group D winners
Turkey	2009 edition fifth place
Ukraine	Qualification Second round group C winners

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the second stage, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed advancing to the playoffs.

The second stage of the tournament consisted of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round. A playoff was played (involving group second and third places) to determine which teams joined the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, 3rd place match and final.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
France	Azerbaijan	Czech Republic	Bulgaria
Germany	Croatia	Israel	Netherlands
Serbia	Italy	Poland	Russia
Ukraine	Turkey	Romania	Spain

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at four venues in four cities (two in Italy and two in Serbia).^[2] Each city hosted a group during the preliminary round. Monza and Belgrade hosted the playoffs and quarterfinals. Belgrade also concluded the championship hosting the semifinals, third place match and final.

Pool A, Championship round	Pool C	Belgrade Zrenjanin Host cities in Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia	Zrenjanin, Serbia
Hala Pionir	Crystal Hall
Capacity: 5,900	Capacity: 2,800

Pool B, Playoffs and Quarterfinals	Pool D	Monza Busto Arsizio Host cities in Italy
Monza, Italy	Busto Arsizio, Italy
PalaIper	PalaYamamay
Capacity: 4,500	Capacity: 5,000

Preliminary round

(A)	Advance to quarterfinals
(a)	Advance to playoffs

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

Pool A

venue: Hala Pionir, Belgrade, Serbia

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany (A)	9	3	0	9	1	9.000	245	187	1.310
2	Serbia (a)	6	2	1	7	4	1.750	249	215	1.158
3	France (a)	3	1	2	4	6	0.667	205	223	0.919
4	Ukraine	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	152	226	0.673

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
24 Sep	17:00	Germany	3–0	Ukraine	25–17	25–15	25–17		75–49	Report
24 Sep	20:00	France	1–3	Serbia	25–20	15–25	11–25	19–25	70–95	Report
25 Sep	17:00	France	0–3	Germany	18–25	23–25	18–25		59–75	Report
25 Sep	20:00	Serbia	3–0	Ukraine	25–18	25–18	25–14		75–50	Report
26 Sep	17:00	Ukraine	0–3	France	24–26	14–25	15–25		53–76	Report
26 Sep	20:00	Serbia	1–3	Germany	22–25	15–25	25–20	17–25	79–95	Report

Pool B

venue: PalaIper, Monza, Italy

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy (A)	7	2	1	8	4	2.000	272	254	1.071
2	Turkey (a)	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	275	258	1.066
3	Azerbaijan (a)	3	1	2	5	7	0.714	262	283	0.926
4	Croatia	3	1	2	4	6	0.667	222	236	0.941

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	17:30	Turkey	3–1	Azerbaijan	23–25	25–17	25–19	25–21		98–82	Report
23 Sep	20:30	Croatia	0–3	Italy	19–25	20–25	19–25			58–75	Report
24 Sep	17:30	Croatia	3–0	Turkey	25–21	25–23	25–22			75–66	Report
24 Sep	20:30	Italy	3–1	Azerbaijan	25–22	25–22	21–25	25–16		96–85	Report
25 Sep	17:30	Azerbaijan	3–1	Croatia	27–25	18–25	25–21	25–18		95–89	Report
25 Sep	20:30	Italy	2–3	Turkey	25–21	26–28	16–25	25–22	9–15	101–111	Report

Pool C

venue: Crystal Hall, Zrenjanin, Serbia

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland (A)	9	3	0	9	0	MAX	230	176	1.307
2	Czech Republic (a)	6	2	1	6	3	2.000	220	185	1.189
3	Romania (a)	3	1	2	3	6	0.500	202	210	0.962
4	Israel	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	144	225	0.640

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
24 Sep	16:00	Israel	0–3	Poland	23–25	7–25	15–25	45–75	Report
24 Sep	19:00	Romania	0–3	Czech Republic	27–29	19–25	16–25	62–79	Report
25 Sep	16:00	Poland	3–0	Czech Republic	25–20	28–26	25–20	78–66	Report
25 Sep	19:00	Israel	0–3	Romania	17–25	23–25	14–25	54–75	Report
26 Sep	16:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Israel	25–11	25–18	25–16	75–45	Report
26 Sep	19:00	Poland	3–0	Romania	27–25	25–18	25–22	77–65	Report

Pool D

venue: PalaYamamay, Busto Arsizio, Italy

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia (A)	9	3	0	9	2	4.500	277	242	1.145
2	Netherlands (a)	6	2	1	7	3	2.333	237	209	1.134
3	Spain (a)	3	1	2	4	6	0.667	218	232	0.940
4	Bulgaria	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	177	226	0.783

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 Sep	17:30	Netherlands	3–0	Spain	25–15	25–14	25–17		75–46	Report
23 Sep	20:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	13–25	24–26	21–25		58–76	Report
24 Sep	17:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Netherlands	23–25	17–25	23–25		63–75	Report
24 Sep	20:30	Russia	3–1	Spain	32–30	19–25	25–20	25–22	101–97	Report
25 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–1	Netherlands	26–24	24–26	25–15	25–22	100–87	Report
25 Sep	20:30	Spain	3–0	Bulgaria	25–17	25–18	25–21		75–56	Report

Championship round

venues:

Hala Pionir, Belgrade, Serbia

PalaIper, Monza, Italy

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

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

29 September – Belgrade

28 September – Belgrade

Germany

3

Czech Republic

3

1 October – Belgrade

Czech Republic

0

France

1

Germany

3

28 September – Monza

27 September – Monza

Italy

0

Italy

3

Netherlands

3

2 October – Belgrade

Netherlands

1

Azerbaijan

1

Germany

2

29 September – Belgrade

28 September – Belgrade

Serbia

3

Poland

0

Serbia

3

1 October – Belgrade

Serbia

3

Romania

0

Serbia

3

3rd place

28 September – Monza

27 September – Monza

Turkey

2

2 October – Belgrade

Russia

0

Turkey

3

Italy

2

Turkey

3

Spain

0

Turkey

3

Playoffs

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
27 Sep	17:30	Turkey	3–0	Spain	25–19	25–17	25–21		75–57	Report
27 Sep	20:30	Netherlands	3–1	Azerbaijan	23–25	27–25	25–16	25–17	100–83	Report
28 Sep	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Romania	25–19	25–15	25–20		75–54	Report
28 Sep	20:00	Czech Republic	3–1	France	25–21	23–25	25–14	25–14	98–74	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
28 Sep	17:30	Russia	0–3	Turkey	25–27	21–25	19–25		65–77	Report
28 Sep	20:30	Italy	3–1	Netherlands	25–21	25–20	21–25	25–18	96–84	Report
29 Sep	17:00	Germany	3–0	Czech Republic	25–18	25–20	25–17		75–55	Report
29 Sep	20:00	Poland	0–3	Serbia	14–25	20–25	24–26		58–76	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	17:00	Germany	3–0	Italy	25–22	25–22	25–17			75–61	Report
1 Oct	20:00	Serbia	3–2	Turkey	25–10	25–22	23–25	23–25	15–12	111–94	Report

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	15:00	Italy	2–3	Turkey	21–25	25–15	27–25	19–25	10–15	102–105	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	18:00	Germany	2–3	Serbia	25–16	20–25	25–19	20–25	9–15	99–100	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Serbia
	Germany
	Turkey
4	Italy
5	Poland
6	Russia
7	Netherlands
8	Czech Republic
9	Azerbaijan
10	France
11	Spain
12	Romania
13	Croatia
14	Bulgaria
15	Ukraine
16	Israel

2011 Women's European Champions
Serbia 1st title

Team Roster:

1 Ana Lazarević 2 Jovana Brakočević 3 Sanja Malagurski 5 Nataša Krsmanović 6 Tijana Malešević 7 Brižitka Molnar 8 Ana Antonijević 9 Jovana Vesović 10 Maja Ognjenović 12 Jelena Nikolić 14 Nađa Ninković 16 Milena Rašić 18 Suzana Ćebić (L) 19 Silvija Popović (L)

Head Coach: Zoran Terzić

Individual awards

MVP: Jovana Brakočević (SRB)
Best Scorer: Neslihan Darnel (TUR)
Best Spiker: Margareta Kozuch (GER)
Best Blocker: Christiane Fürst (GER)
Best Server: Bahar Toksoy (TUR)
Best Setter: Maja Ognjenović (SRB)
Best Receiver: Angelina Grün (GER)
Best Libero: Suzana Ćebić (SRB)

References

Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)^[3]

↑ magic moving pixel s.a. "20090522 - First meeting with the OC of the 2011 ECH". Cev.lu. Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
↑ magic moving pixel s.a. (2009-07-29). "20090802 - CEV Vice President inspects facilities". Cev.lu. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
↑ "2011 CEV Volleyball European Championship Women". CEV. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

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[1] ving pixel s.a. "20090522 - First meeting with the OC of the 2011 ECH". Cev.lu. Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2010-11-16.

[2] ving pixel s.a. (2009-07-29). "20090802 - CEV Vice President inspects facilities". Cev.lu. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-11-16.

[3] "2011 CEV Volleyball European Championship Women". CEV. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Italy Serbia
Dates	23 September – 2 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Jovana Brakočević
Official website
Website