2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship

2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Official website
http://www.eurovolley2013.org/
Tournament details
Host nation	Germany /   Switzerland
Dates	September 6–14
Teams	16
Venues	5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	Russia (18th title)
MVP	Tatiana Kosheleva
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The Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 28th edition of the tournament and hosted by Germany and Switzerland. The matches took place in 5 different cities (4 in Germany and one in Switzerland) with the final being played in Berlin.

Russia defeated Germany 3–1 in the final to capture their 18th title and the qualification for the 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup.^[1]

Venues

The tournament took place in Germany in 4 different venues (Halle, Dresden, Schwerin, Berlin) and one in Switzerland – (Zürich). The semifinals and the finals were played in Berlin, Germany.

Qualification

• Hosts
  •  Germany
  •   Switzerland
• Directly qualified after 2011 edition
  •  Serbia
  •  Turkey
  •  Italy
  •  Poland
  •  Russia
• Qualified through qualification
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Belarus
  •  Belgium
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Croatia
  •  Czech Republic
  •  France
  •  Netherlands
  •  Spain

Squads

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 6 October 2012 at Zürich, Switzerland.^[2]

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Qualified for the playoffs

All times are local (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

Halle, Germany

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	8	3	0	9	2	4.500	261	221	1.181
2	Turkey	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	258	222	1.162
3	Netherlands	5	1	2	7	6	1.167	280	273	1.026
4	Spain	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	142	225	0.631

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	17:00	Germany	3–0	Spain	25–15	25–15	25–17			75–47	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	2–3	Turkey	15–25	16–25	29–27	26–24	12–15	98–116	Report
7 Sep	17:00	Germany	3–2	Netherlands	27–25	20–25	22–25	25–23	15–9	109–107	Report
7 Sep	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Spain	25–13	25–19	25–15			75–47	Report
8 Sep	15:00	Spain	0–3	Netherlands	16–25	14–25	18–25			48–75	Report
8 Sep	18:00	Turkey	0–3	Germany	19–25	23–25	25–27			67–77	Report

Pool B

Zürich, Switzerland

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Belgium	9	3	0	9	2	4.500	270	221	1.222
2	Italy	6	2	1	7	4	1.750	253	207	1.222
3	France	2	1	2	5	8	0.625	256	286	0.895
4	Switzerland	1	0	3	2	9	0.222	191	256	0.746

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	18:00	Italy	3–0	Switzerland	25–13	25–11	25–13			75–37	Report
6 Sep	20:30	France	1–3	Belgium	25–22	19–25	17–25	17–25		78–97	Report
7 Sep	15:00	Italy	3–1	France	25–16	25–15	20–25	25–16		95–72	Report
7 Sep	18:00	Switzerland	0–3	Belgium	21–25	16–25	23–25			60–75	Report
8 Sep	15:30	France	3–2	Switzerland	17–25	25–17	24–26	25–17	15–9	106–94	Report
8 Sep	18:30	Belgium	3–1	Italy	22–25	25–16	26–24	25–18		98–83	Report

Pool C

Dresden, Germany

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	9	3	0	9	2	4.500	274	228	1.202
2	Croatia	6	2	1	7	3	2.333	242	206	1.175
3	Belarus	3	1	2	4	7	0.571	214	262	0.817
4	Azerbaijan	0	0	3	1	9	0.111	211	245	0.861

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	17:30	Azerbaijan	0–3	Croatia	15–25	23–25	21–25			59–75	Report
6 Sep	20:30	Belarus	1–3	Russia	21–25	25–22	14–25	14–25		74–97	Report
7 Sep	17:30	Azerbaijan	1–3	Belarus	23–25	20–25	25–17	22–25		90–92	Report
7 Sep	20:30	Croatia	1–3	Russia	21–25	24–26	25–23	22–25		92–99	Report
8 Sep	15:00	Belarus	0–3	Croatia	19–25	10–25	19–25			48–75	Report
8 Sep	18:00	Russia	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–16	25–20	28–26			78–62	Report

Pool D

Schwerin, Germany

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	7	2	1	8	4	2.000	286	256	1.117
2	Czech Republic	4	2	1	6	7	0.857	289	288	1.003
3	Poland	4	1	2	6	7	0.857	281	288	0.976
4	Bulgaria	3	1	2	6	8	0.750	290	314	0.924

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	17:00	Serbia	2–3	Bulgaria	25–23	25–13	22–25	28–30	13–15	113–106	Report
6 Sep	20:00	Czech Republic	3–2	Poland	24–26	25–21	25–21	24–26	15–12	113–106	Report
7 Sep	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Czech Republic	25–21	26–24	25–23			76–68	Report
7 Sep	20:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Poland	22–25	25–18	13–25	18–25		78–93	Report
8 Sep	15:00	Czech Republic	3–2	Bulgaria	14–25	25–20	29–31	25–19	15–11	108–106	Report
8 Sep	18:00	Poland	1–3	Serbia	18–25	18–25	25–22	21–25		82–97	Report

Championship round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

11 September – Halle

10 September – Halle

Germany

3

Croatia

3

13 September – Berlin

Croatia

0

Netherlands

2

Germany

3

11 September – Zürich

10 September – Zürich

Belgium

2

Belgium

3

Czech Republic

2

14 September – Berlin

France

2

France

3

Germany

1

11 September – Halle

10 September – Halle

Russia

3

Russia

3

Turkey

3

13 September – Berlin

Turkey

0

Belarus

0

Russia

3

Third place

11 September – Zürich

10 September – Zürich

Serbia

0

14 September – Berlin

Serbia

3

Italy

3

Belgium

3

Italy

0

Poland

0

Serbia

2

Playoffs

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Belarus	25–16	25–13	25–17			75–46	Report
10 Sep	17:30	Italy	3–0	Poland	25–22	25–22	25–13			75–57	Report
10 Sep	20:00	Croatia	3–2	Netherlands	23–25	25–11	22–25	25–23	15–11	110–95	Report
10 Sep	20:30	Czech Republic	2–3	France	25–20	25–9	23–25	23–25	18–20	114–99	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Russia	3–0	Turkey	25–20	25–23	25–19			75–62	Report
11 Sep	17:30	Belgium	3–2	France	22–25	25–23	21–25	25–20	15–9	108–102	Report
11 Sep	20:00	Germany	3–0	Croatia	25–23	25–23	25–18			75–64	Report
11 Sep	20:30	Serbia	3–0	Italy	25–14	28–26	25–18			78–58	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	17:00	Russia	3–0	Serbia	25–23	25–19	25–12			75–54	Report
13 Sep	20:00	Germany	3–2	Belgium	18–25	20–25	25–21	25–21	15–11	103–103	Report

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	17:00	Belgium	3–2	Serbia	23–25	25–21	28–26	21–25	15–11	112–108	Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 14 Sep 20:00 Germany  1–3  Russia 23–25 25–23 23–25 14–25   85–98 Report Final standing Rank Team[1]  Russia  Germany  Belgium 4  Serbia 5  Croatia 6  Italy 7  Turkey 8  France 9  Netherlands 10  Czech Republic 11  Poland 12  Belarus 13  Bulgaria 14   Switzerland 15  Azerbaijan 16  Spain  2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship  Russia 18th title Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Tatiana Kosheleva[1] Best Scorer: Lise Van Hecke Best Spiker: Jovana Brakočević Best Blocker: Christiane Fürst Best Server: Margareta Kozuch Best Setter: Ekaterina Kosianenko Best Receiver: Suzana Ćebić Best Libero: Valerie Courtois Fair Play Award: Gert Vande Broek References "World champions Russia fly to 18th European title". CEV. 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2013-09-14. "DOL provides exciting preliminary phase of European Championship". CEV. 2012-10-06. External links Official website CEV Website