The 1991 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 17th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in Italy from 28 September to 6 October 1991, with the final round held in Rome.

Participating teams TeamMethod of qualification Qualification group 1 runners-up Qualification group 2 winners Qualification group 1 winners Qualification group 4 runners-up 1989 edition second place Qualification group 3 winners Hosts Qualification group 2 runners-up Qualification group 4 winners 1989 edition fourth place* 1989 edition first place Qualification group 3 runners-up *Note: As Italy qualified as hosts and for finishing the 1989 tournament as third, Romania gained a qualification place for finishing fourth in 1989.

Format The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for first to fourth place, group stage thirds and fourths played the fifth to eighth place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at ninth place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (first played against second, third played against fourth).

Pools composition Pool APool B

Venues Pool APool BFinal roundRavennaBariRome

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

Pool A venue location: Ravenna, Italy

Pool B venue location: Bari, Italy

Final round venue location: Rome, Italy All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

5th–8th place Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final ranking

Place Team4.5.6.7.8.9. Qualified for the 1992 Olympic Games as reigning champions Qualified for the 1992 Olympic Games

Individual awards MVP: Best spiker: Best setter:

References Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links Results at todor66.com