The 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted from September 6 to September 14 in two cities in the Netherlands – Den Bosch and Eindhoven.
Qualification
The top four placed teams from the 1995 edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship — Italy, Yugoslavia, Netherlands (also host) and Bulgaria — were automatically qualified for the 1997 edition. The other teams had to qualify in 1996.
Teams
Group A – Den Bosch
Group B – Eindhoven
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A TeamPointsGWLPWPLRatioSWSLRatio1. 95412331541.5131243.0002. 95412201611.3661243.0003. 85322302630.87510101.0004. 75232482271.0931091.1115. 75232082590.8037120.5836. 55051762510.7013150.200
Saturday September 6 3 – 016-14 15- 4 15–033 – 113-15 15-12 15-09 15–103 – 016-14 15-11 15–13
Sunday September 7 3 – 117-15 15-09 07-15 15–083 – 206-15 15-10 16-14 10-15 15–123 – 015-13 15-09 15–05
Monday September 8 3 – 215-09 15-10 06-15 04-15 16–143 – 115-13 12-15 15-11 15–053 – 115-05 14-16 15-06 15–06
Wednesday September 10 3 – 015-10 15-09 15–043 – 015-05 15-09 15–123 – 015-07 15-04 15–08
Thursday September 11 3 – 015-06 15-10 15–123 – 115-10 15-11 02-15 15–133 – 015-08 16-14 15–07
Group B TeamPointsGWLPWPLRatioSWSLRatio1. 10550226912.484150MAX2. 85322242191.0231081.2503. 85322602511.03611101.1004. 75232602760.94210120.8335. 75232192630.8338120.6666. 55051672560.6523150.200
Saturday September 6 3 – 015-03 15-07 15–023 – 116-14 07-15 15-01 15–123 – 208-15 15-07 11-15 15-10 15–09
Sunday September 7 3 – 015-05 15-13 15–073 – 015-06 15-10 15–013 – 205-15 15-10 15-11 10-15 15–11
Monday September 8 3 – 015-12 15-01 15–093 – 015-10 17-15 15–023 – 015-07 15-02 15–06
Wednesday September 10 3 – 115-12 09-15 15-07 15–113 – 211-15 15-09 10-15 15-13 15–113 – 016-14 15-06 15–05
Thursday September 11 3 – 212-15 15-11 15-11 10-15 15–113 – 215-13 15-08 13-15 03-15 19–173 – 015-03 15-09 15–10
Final round
Friday September 13 — Semi-finals 3 – 015-06 17-15 15–113 – 015-09 15-06 15–13
Saturday September 14 — Bronze Medal Match 3 – 115-02 15-06 10-15 15–08
Saturday September 14 — Gold Medal Match 3 – 115-11 10-15 15-10 15–09
Friday September 13 — Classification Matches 3 – 015-10 15-11 15–113 – 015-10 15-04 15–12
Saturday September 14 — Seventh Place Match 3 – 015-03 15-13 15–03
Saturday September 14 — Fifth Place Match 3 – 015-10 15-09 15–09
Final ranking
Place Team4.5.6.7.8.9.11.
+ Team Roster Peter Blangé, Guido Görtzen, Henk-Jan Held, Albert Cristina, Reinder Nummerdor, Richard Schuil, Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor, Jochem de Gruijter, Misha Latuhihin, Olof van der Meulen, and Robert van Es.Head coach: Toon Gerbrands.
References Official website CEV website