The 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 31st edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV from 23 August to 8 September 2019. For the first time the Women's EuroVolley was held in four countries: Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Turkey. The number of national teams participating in the event was also expanded from 16 to 24.
Qualification
Pools composition The drawing of lots is combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows: The four Organisers are seeded in Preliminary pools. Turkey in Pool A, Poland in Pool B, Hungary in Pool C and Slovakia in Pool D. The first and second best ranked from the previous edition of the CEV competition are drawn in different Preliminary pools, According to the CEV National Team ranking list as per 2 October 2017, National Federations are seeded by descending order in a number of cups that equals the number of Preliminary pools. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Result The drawing of lots was held on 23 January 2019 at the Basketmakers' Kiosk in Istanbul. Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
Squads
Venues Pool A, All knockout rounds Pool B, Round of 16, Quarterfinals Ankara, Turkey Łódź, Poland Ankara Arena Atlas Arena Capacity: 10,400 Capacity: 13,805 Pool C, Round of 16 Pool D, Round of 16 Budapest, Hungary Bratislava, Slovakia Budapest Sports Arena Ondrej Nepela Arena Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 10,055
Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other. Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Preliminary round
Pool A All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool B All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool C All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool D All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Final round All times in Turkey are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00). All times in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Final standing
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
14–woman rosterBianka Buša, Katarina Lazović, Mina Popović, Slađana Mirković, Brankica Mihajlović, Maja Ognjenović (C), Stefana Veljković, Teodora Pušić, Ana Bjelica, Maja Aleksić, Silvija Popović, Tijana Bošković, Bojana Milenković, Jelena BlagojevićHead coachZoran Terzić
Individual awards
Most valuable player Tijana Bošković Best setter Maja Ognjenović Best outside spikers Brankica Mihajlović Miriam Sylla Best middle blockers Eda Erdem Dündar Agnieszka Kąkolewska Best opposite spiker Tijana Bošković Best libero Simge Şebnem Aköz
See also 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship
References
External links Official website Photos from Pool C HUN