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.
Qualification TeamMethod of qualification Qualification Second round group A winners Qualification Second round group F winners Qualification Third round play-off winners Qualification Second round group B winners Qualification Third round play-off winners 2009 edition fourth place Qualification Third round play-off winners Hosts 2009 edition second place 2009 edition third place Qualification Second round group E winners 2009 edition sixth place Hosts Qualification Second round group D winners 2009 edition fifth place 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 APool BPool CPool D
Squads
Venues The tournament was played at four venues in four cities (two in Italy and two in Serbia). 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 roundPool C Belgrade, Serbia Zrenjanin, Serbia Hala Pionir Crystal Hall Capacity: 5,900 Capacity: 2,800 Pool B, Playoffs and QuarterfinalsPool D 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
Pool B venue: PalaIper, Monza, Italy
Pool C venue: Crystal Hall, Zrenjanin, Serbia
Pool D venue: PalaYamamay, Busto Arsizio, Italy
Championship round venues: Hala Pionir, Belgrade, Serbia PalaIper, Monza, Italy All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
The semifinal and final matches played in Belgrade, Serbia, were stormy with more than five thousand Serbian audience. In the semifinal match between Serbia and Turkey, Serbia won with a 3:2 score and qualified for the final.
Bronze medal match
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
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
RankTeam45678910111213141516
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)
Individual awards MVP: Best scorer: Best spiker: Best blocker: Best server: Best setter: Best receiver: Best libero:
References Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)
External links
Confédération Européenne de Volleyball Standings and results Results at todor66.com