The 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 30th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. The tournament was co-hosted by Azerbaijan and Georgia, and was held between 22 September and 1 October 2017.
Serbia defeated Netherlands in the final to capture their second European title. Turkey defeated Azerbaijan for the bronze medal. Tijana Bošković from Serbia was elected the MVP.
Qualification
Format The tournament is played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants are divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per criteria below). The three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progress to the second stage, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed teams advancing to the playoffs.
Pool standing criteria Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio Result of the match between the tied teams Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
The second stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round. First, the playoff is played (involving groups second and third places) to determine which teams will join the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, 3rd place match and final.
Pools composition Pool APool BPool CPool D
Squads
Venues Three venues (each in a different city) were selected to be used in the tournament. Two located in Azerbaijan (at Baku and Ganja) and one in Georgia (at Tbilisi). Pools A, C and Championship roundPool D Baku, Azerbaijan Ganja, Azerbaijan National Gymnastics Arena Göygöl Olympic Sport Complex Capacity: 9,000 Capacity: 900 Pool B Tbilisi, Georgia Tbilisi Sports Palace Capacity: 9,700
Preliminary round All times are Azerbaijan Time (AZT) / Georgia Time (GET) (UTC+04:00).
Pool A venue: National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan
Pool B venue: Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia
Pool C venue: National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan
Pool D venue: Göygöl Olympic Sport Complex, Ganja, Azerbaijan
Championship round All times are Azerbaijan Time (AZT) (UTC+04:00). venue: National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan
Bracket
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final standing
Qualified to 2019 Women's EuroVolley Qualified to 2019 Women's EuroVolley as host countries RankTeam45678910111213141516
14–woman rosterBianka Buša, Bojana Živković, Mina Popović, Tijana Malešević, Brankica Mihajlović, Slađana Mirković, Stefana Veljković, Teodora Pušić, Ana Bjelica, Jovana Stevanović, Milena Rašić (c), Tijana Bošković, Bojana Milenković, Jelena BlagojevićHead coachZoran Terzić
Individual awards
Most valuable player Tijana Bošković Best setter Laura Dijkema Best outside spikers Brankica Mihajlović Anne Buijs Best middle blockers Eda Erdem Dündar Stefana Veljković Best opposite spiker Lonneke Slöetjes Best libero Valeriya Mammadova
See also 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship
References
External links Official website CEV website