2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship

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]

2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nations	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
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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, third 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

Main article: 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship 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

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

Pool A

• venue: Hala Pionir, Belgrade, Serbia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	245	187	1.310	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	249	215	1.158	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	205	223	0.919
4	Ukraine	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	152	226	0.673

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	272	254	1.071	Quarterfinals
2	Turkey	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	275	258	1.066	Playoffs
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	262	283	0.926
4	Croatia	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	222	236	0.941

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	230	176	1.307	Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	220	185	1.189	Playoffs
3	Romania	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	202	210	0.962
4	Israel	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	144	225	0.640

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	277	242	1.145	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	237	209	1.134	Playoffs
3	Spain	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	218	232	0.940
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	177	226	0.783

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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 27–28 September					Quarterfinals 28–29 September					Semifinals 1 October					Final 2 October
						Germany		3
	Czech Republic		3			Czech Republic		0
	France		1								Germany		3
											Italy		0
						Italy		3
	Netherlands		3			Netherlands		1
	Azerbaijan		1													Germany		2
																Serbia		3
						Poland		0
	Serbia		3			Serbia		3
	Romania		0								Serbia		3			Third place
											Turkey		2
						Russia		0								Italy		2
	Turkey		3			Turkey		3								Turkey		3
	Spain		0

Playoffs

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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	Set 5	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	17–25	21–25	24–26			62–76	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	25–15	25–22	23–25	20–25	15–13	108–100	Report

The semifinal and final matches played in Belgrade, Serbia were extremely stormy with more than five thousand Serbian audience. The semifinal match between Serbia and Turkey was fabulously breathtaking, Serbia having got to win against Turkey with a 3:2 score and qualify for the final.

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

In order to get the third place in the tournament Turkey and Italy came to court and both teams wanted it so much to win, but Turkey was the one getting to the bronze medal with a 3:2 win.

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	23–25	9–15	102–100	Report

At the final match against Germany, Serbia was able to get the title of European Champion in front of its audience, ending the match and the tournament with a 3:2 score once more.

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)