The 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 28th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted by Germany and Switzerland from 6 to 14 September 2013. 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.
Qualification
TeamMethod of qualification Qualification Second round group C winners Qualification Third round play-off winners Qualification Second round group E winners Qualification Second round group F winners Qualification Second round group D winners Qualification Third round play-off winners Qualification Third round play-off winners Hosts 2011 edition fourth place Qualification Second round group B winners 2011 edition fifth place 2011 edition sixth place 2011 edition first place Qualification Second round group A winners Hosts 2011 edition third place
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, 3rd place match and final.
Pools composition Pool APool BPool CPool D
Squads
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.
Pool A, Championship roundPool C Halle, Germany Dresden, Germany Gerry Weber Stadion EnergieVerbund Arena Capacity: 11,000 Capacity: 4,000 Pool DSemifinal and Final Schwerin, Germany Berlin, Germany Sport- und Kongresshalle Max-Schmeling-Halle Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 11,000 Pool B, Championship round Zürich, Switzerland Hallenstadion Capacity: 11,500
Preliminary round The draw was held on 6 October 2012 at Zürich, Switzerland.
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool A venue: Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany
Pool B venue: Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland
Pool C venue: EnergieVerbund Arena, Dresden, Germany
Pool D venue: Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Germany
Championship round venues: Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516
3 Daria Isaeva 4 Irina Zaryazhko 5 Aleksandra Pasynkova 6 Anna Matienko 7 Svetlana Kryuchkova (L) 8 Nataliya Obmochaeva 10 Ekaterina Kosianenko 11 Victoria Chaplina 14 Natalia Dianskaya 15 Tatiana Kosheleva 16 Iuliia Morozova 17 Natalia Malykh 19 Anna Malova (L) 20 Anastasia Shlyakhovaya
Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Best scorer: Best spiker: Best blocker: Best server: Best setter: Best receiver: Best libero: Fair Play Award:
References Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)
External links
Results at todor66.com