2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

This is an article about qualification for the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship.^[1]

Qualification summary

Means of qualification	Qualifier
Host Country	Aserbaidschan
Host Country	Georgien
2015 European Championship	Russland
	Niederlande
	Serbien
	Türkei
	Deutschland

Means of qualification		Qualifier
Second Round Winners	Pool A	Italien
	Pool B	Belgien
	Pool C	Polen
	Pool D	Kroatien
	Pool E	Bulgarien
	Pool F	Weißrussland
Third Round Winners		Ungarn
		Tschechische Republik
		Ukraine

Total 16

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Direct qualification

The host country team(s) and the best ranked teams in 2015 European Championship, total 7 teams, directly qualified for 2017 European Championship.

Rank	Team	Qualification
	Russland	Qualified for the 2017 European Championship
	Niederlande
	Serbien
4	Türkei
5	Deutschland
6	Belgien
7	Italien
8	Polen
9	Weißrussland
10	Kroatien
11	Tschechische Republik
12	Ungarn
13	Bulgarien
14	Aserbaidschan	2017 European Championship as host country
15	Rumänien
16	Slowenien
-	Georgien	2017 European Championship as host country

First round

First round was held 20–22 May 2016. 8 teams competed in two first round tournaments consisting of 4 teams. The top ranked teams of each pools and the best 2nd placed teams with the best score qualified for the second round.

Pools composition

Pool 1	Pool 2
Dänemark	Montenegro
Schweden	Bosnien und Herzegowina
Estland	Litauen
Luxemburg	Norwegen

All times are local.

Pool 1

Venue: Audentes Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Estland	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	251	192	1.307	Second round
2	Schweden	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	270	231	1.169
3	Dänemark	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	198	219	0.904
4	Luxemburg	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	148	225	0.658

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
20 May	15:30	Dänemark	1–3	Schweden	10–25	25–19	25–27	16–25		76–96	Bericht
20 May	18:00	Estland	3–0	Luxemburg	25–18	25–16	25–12			75–46	Bericht
21 May	15:30	Schweden	3–0	Luxemburg	25–19	25–19	25–16			75–54	Bericht
21 May	18:00	Dänemark	0–3	Estland	13–25	17–25	17–25			47–75	Bericht
22 May	15:30	Luxemburg	0–3	Dänemark	14–25	17–25	17–25			48–75	Bericht
22 May	18:00	Schweden	2–3	Estland	25–16	25–17	16–25	17–25	16–18	99–101	Bericht

Pool 2

Venue: Alytus Sports and Recreation centre, Alytus, Litauen

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bosnien und Herzegowina	3	3	0	7	9	4	2.250	285	233	1.223	Second round
2	Montenegro	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	278	234	1.188	Second round
3	Norwegen	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	194	260	0.746
4	Litauen	3	0	3	2	5	9	0.556	273	303	0.901

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
20 May	15:30	Norwegen	0–3	Bosnien und Herzegowina	19–25	13–25	11–25			43–75	Bericht
20 May	18:00	Litauen	1–3	Montenegro	19–25	22–25	25–22	13–25		79–97	Bericht
21 May	15:30	Bosnien und Herzegowina	3–2	Montenegro	25–23	25–27	13–25	25–22	15–9	103–106	Bericht
21 May	18:00	Norwegen	3–2	Litauen	20–25	12–25	27–25	25–23	15–12	99–110	Bericht
22 May	15:30	Montenegro	3–0	Norwegen	25–19	25–18	25–15			75–52	Bericht
22 May	18:00	Bosnien und Herzegowina	3–2	Litauen	21–25	21–25	25–8	25–18	15–8	107–84	Bericht

Ranking of the 2nd placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Montenegro	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	278	234	1.188	Second round
2	Schweden	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	270	231	1.169

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second round

24 teams competed in the second round, where each pool of 4 teams played in 2 tournaments in 15–25 September 2016. The 1st placed teams of each pool qualified directly for the 2017 Championship. The 2nd placed teams of each pool qualified for the third round.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Italien	Belgien	Polen	Kroatien	Bulgarien	Tschechische Republik
Ukraine	Frankreich	Ungarn	Israel	Rumänien	Weißrussland
Österreich	Spanien	Finnland	Slowakei	Schweiz	Griechenland
Lettland	Bosnia & Herz.	Estland	Portugal	Montenegro	Slowenien

All times are local.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italien	6	6	0	17	18	3	6.000	499	332	1.503	2017 European Championship
2	Ukraine	6	4	2	13	15	6	2.500	462	359	1.287	Third round
3	Österreich	6	2	4	5	6	14	0.429	375	447	0.839
4	Lettland	6	0	6	1	2	18	0.111	288	486	0.593

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Venue: FSK Olymp, Yuzhne, Ukraine

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
16 Sep	16:00	Österreich	0–3	Ukraine	24–26	13–25	13–25			50–76	Bericht
16 Sep	18:30	Italien	3–0	Lettland	25–12	25–15	25–6			75–33	Bericht
17 Sep	16:00	Ukraine	3–0	Lettland	25–10	25–14	25–17			75–41	Bericht
17 Sep	18:30	Österreich	0–3	Italien	14–25	12–25	22–25			48–75	Bericht
18 Sep	16:00	Ukraine	2–3	Italien	17–25	25–21	25–19	11–25	12–15	90–105	Bericht
18 Sep	18:30	Lettland	2–3	Österreich	18–25	25–23	25–23	13–25	11–15	92–111	Bericht

Venue: Palaterme, Montecatini Terme, Italien

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Bericht
23 Sep	17:00	Lettland	0–3	Ukraine	12–25	9–25	12–25		33–75	Bericht
23 Sep	20:30	Italien	3–0	Österreich	25–15	26–24	25–15		76–54	Bericht
24 Sep	17:00	Ukraine	3–0	Österreich	25–15	25–12	25–10		75–37	Bericht
24 Sep	20:30	Lettland	0–3	Italien	8–25	13–25	15–25		36–75	Bericht
25 Sep	17:00	Österreich	3–0	Lettland	25–19	25–18	25–16		75–53	Bericht
25 Sep	20:30	Ukraine	1–3	Italien	11–25	25–18	20–25	15–25	71–93	Bericht

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Belgien	6	6	0	17	18	3	6.000	516	363	1.421	2017 European Championship
2	Spanien	6	3	3	10	12	9	1.333	489	456	1.072	Third round
3	Frankreich	6	3	3	9	10	11	0.909	457	477	0.958
4	Bosnien und Herzegowina	6	0	6	0	1	18	0.056	305	471	0.648

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Venue: Palais des Sports de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Frankreich

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
16 Sep	17:00	Bosnien und Herzegowina	0–3	Spanien	18–25	17–25	15–25			50–75	Bericht
16 Sep	20:00	Frankreich	1–3	Belgien	20–25	26–24	17–25	23–25		86–99	Bericht
17 Sep	17:00	Spanien	2–3	Belgien	15–25	25–19	25–22	21–25	11–15	97–106	Bericht
17 Sep	20:00	Bosnien und Herzegowina	0–3	Frankreich	13–25	18–25	19–25			50–75	Bericht
18 Sep	15:00	Belgien	3–0	Bosnien und Herzegowina	25–3	25–9	28–26			78–38	Bericht
18 Sep	18:00	Spanien	3–0	Frankreich	25–14	25–22	25–19			75–55	Bericht

Venue: Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgien

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Bericht
22 Sep	15:00	Spanien	3–0	Bosnien und Herzegowina	25–22	25–18	25–16		75–56	Bericht
22 Sep	20:00	Frankreich	0–3	Belgien	15–25	12–25	15–25		42–75	Bericht
23 Sep	17:30	Bosnien und Herzegowina	1–3	Frankreich	23–25	25–18	15–25	22–25	85–93	Bericht
24 Sep	15:00	Belgien	3–0	Bosnien und Herzegowina	25–13	25–8	25–5		75–26	Bericht
24 Sep	20:00	Spanien	1–3	Frankreich	20–25	33–31	23–25	17–25	93–106	Bericht
25 Sep	17:30	Belgien	3–0	Spanien	25–20	29–27	29–27		83–74	Bericht

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Polen	6	6	0	18	18	2	9.000	493	373	1.322	2017 European Championship
2	Ungarn	6	4	2	10	13	12	1.083	531	533	0.996	Third round
3	Finnland	6	1	5	4	9	17	0.529	534	581	0.919
4	Estland	6	1	5	4	8	17	0.471	479	550	0.871

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Venue: Érd Aréna, Érd, Ungarn

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
16 Sep	16:00	Finnland	0–3	Polen	19–25	16–25	21–25			56–75	Bericht
16 Sep	18:30	Ungarn	3–1	Estland	25–19	25–22	16–25	25–11		91–77	Bericht
17 Sep	16:00	Polen	3–0	Estland	25–17	25–16	25–17			75–50	Bericht
17 Sep	18:30	Finnland	1–3	Ungarn	27–25	19–25	19–25	20–25		85–100	Bericht
18 Sep	16:00	Estland	3–2	Finnland	25–13	22–25	20–25	25–20	15–11	107–94	Bericht
18 Sep	18:30	Polen	3–1	Ungarn	23–25	25–14	25–20	25–22		98–81	Bericht

Venue: BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała, Bielsko-Biała, Polen

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
23 Sep	17:30	Finnland	2–3	Ungarn	23–25	25–18	23–25	25–22	9–15	105–105	Bericht
23 Sep	20:00	Polen	3–0	Estland	25–19	25–17	25–17			75–53	Bericht
24 Sep	15:00	Ungarn	3–2	Estland	25–16	20–25	23–25	25–14	15–13	108–93	Bericht
24 Sep	17:30	Finnland	1–3	Polen	23–25	20–25	25–20	19–25		87–95	Bericht
25 Sep	17:30	Estland	2–3	Finnland	21–25	25–20	15–25	25–22	13–15	99–107	Bericht
25 Sep	20:00	Ungarn	0–3	Polen	18–25	18–25	10–25			46–75	Bericht

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Kroatien	6	6	0	18	18	1	18.000	481	362	1.329	2017 European Championship
2	Slowakei	6	4	2	12	12	10	1.200	492	479	1.027	Third round
3	Portugal	6	2	4	6	8	13	0.615	440	481	0.915
4	Israel	6	0	6	0	4	18	0.222	457	548	0.834

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Venue: Póvoa de Varzim Municipal Stadium, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Bericht
16 Sep	16:00	Slowakei	0–3	Kroatien	12–25	15–25	18–25		45–75	Bericht
16 Sep	19:00	Portugal	3–0	Israel	25–15	26–24	28–26		79–65	Bericht
17 Sep	15:00	Kroatien	3–0	Israel	25–9	25–21	27–25		77–55	Bericht
17 Sep	18:00	Slowakei	3–1	Portugal	25–19	25–17	23–25	25–21	98–82	Bericht
18 Sep	15:00	Israel	1–3	Slowakei	17–25	25–18	20–25	21–25	83–93	Bericht
18 Sep	18:00	Kroatien	3–0	Portugal	25–15	25–17	25–18		75–50	Bericht

Venue: Dvorana Gimnasium, Rovinj, Kroatien

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Bericht
22 Sep	15:00	Slowakei	3–1	Israel	25–15	25–23	21–25	27–25	98–88	Bericht
23 Sep	15:00	Portugal	3–1	Israel	25–19	23–25	25–19	25–12	98–75	Bericht
23 Sep	20:00	Kroatien	3–0	Slowakei	25–21	25–20	26–24		76–65	Bericht
24 Sep	20:00	Kroatien	3–0	Portugal	25–21	25–15	25–20		75–56	Bericht
25 Sep	15:00	Slowakei	3–1	Portugal	25–19	25–14	18–25	25–17	93–75	Bericht
25 Sep	20:00	Israel	1–3	Kroatien	26–28	15–25	26–24	24–26	91–103	Bericht

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgarien	6	6	0	17	18	3	6.000	509	361	1.410	2017 European Championship
2	Rumänien	6	3	3	9	10	10	1.000	437	424	1.031	Third round
3	Montenegro	6	2	4	7	9	14	0.643	457	525	0.870
4	Schweiz	6	1	5	3	7	17	0.412	452	545	0.829

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Venue: Hristo Botev stadium, Sofia, Bulgarien

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
16 Sep	15:30	Montenegro	3–1	Rumänien	25–23	25–21	21–25	25–19		96–88	Bericht
16 Sep	18:00	Bulgarien	3–0	Schweiz	25–18	25–13	25–14			75–45	Bericht
17 Sep	15:30	Rumänien	3–1	Schweiz	25–23	19–25	25–20	25–22		94–90	Bericht
17 Sep	18:00	Montenegro	0–3	Bulgarien	18–25	19–25	11–25			48–75	Bericht
18 Sep	15:30	Schweiz	3–2	Montenegro	16–25	25–12	25–20	23–25	15–13	104–95	Bericht
18 Sep	18:00	Rumänien	0–3	Bulgarien	22–25	15–25	20–25			57–75	Bericht

Venue: Polyvalent Hall, Piatra Neamț, Rumänien

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
22 Sep	17:00	Schweiz	0–3	Rumänien	12–25	11–25	14–25			37–75	Bericht
22 Sep	19:45	Bulgarien	3–1	Montenegro	26–28	25–11	25–12	25–18		101–69	Bericht
23 Sep	17:00	Rumänien	3–0	Montenegro	25–17	25–19	25–15			75–51	Bericht
23 Sep	19:45	Schweiz	2–3	Bulgarien	25–20	17–25	25–23	15–25	12–15	94–108	Bericht
24 Sep	17:00	Rumänien	0–3	Bulgarien	18–25	8–25	22–25			48–75	Bericht
24 Sep	19:45	Montenegro	3–1	Schweiz	25–21	23–25	25–16	25–20		98–82	Bericht

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Weißrussland	6	5	1	13	17	9	1.889	569	523	1.088	2017 European Championship
2	Tschechische Republik	6	4	2	12	15	8	1.875	531	456	1.164	Third round
3	Slowenien	6	3	3	9	11	13	0.846	504	509	0.990
4	Griechenland	6	0	6	2	5	18	0.278	428	544	0.787

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Venue: Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno, Tschechische Republik

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
16 Sep	15:00	Slowenien	2–3	Weißrussland	25–13	25–20	16–25	20–25	12–15	98–98	Bericht
16 Sep	18:00	Tschechische Republik	3–0	Griechenland	25–12	25–20	25–15			75–47	Bericht
17 Sep	15:00	Weißrussland	3–2	Griechenland	25–16	25–14	22–25	24–26	15–12	111–93	Bericht
17 Sep	18:00	Slowenien	0–3	Tschechische Republik	20–25	16–25	13–25			49–75	Bericht
18 Sep	15:00	Griechenland	1–3	Slowenien	16–25	25–21	20–25	8–25		69–96	Bericht
18 Sep	18:00	Weißrussland	3–2	Tschechische Republik	20–25	25–22	19–25	26–24	15–10	105–106	Bericht

Venue: Tabor Hall, Maribor, Slowenien

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
23 Sep	16:00	Weißrussland	2–3	Tschechische Republik	24–26	24–26	25–22	25–21	7–15	105–110	Bericht
23 Sep	19:00	Slowenien	3–2	Griechenland	23–25	25–20	26–24	23–25	15–8	112–102	Bericht
24 Sep	16:00	Tschechische Republik	3–0	Griechenland	25–20	25–13	25–22			75–55	Bericht
24 Sep	19:00	Weißrussland	3–0	Slowenien	25–21	25–17	25–16			75–54	Bericht
25 Sep	16:00	Griechenland	0–3	Weißrussland	22–25	21–25	19–25			62–75	Bericht
25 Sep	19:00	Tschechische Republik	1–3	Slowenien	24–26	25–19	20–25	21–25		90–95	Bericht

Third round

The 2nd placed teams of the second round will play one home and one away match to determine the 3 winners who will then subsequently be qualified through to the 2017 Championship. The third round matches will be held on 1–9 October 2016.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Golden Set
Rumänien	3–3	Ungarn	3–0	1–3	13–15
Tschechische Republik	4–2	Slowakei	3–0	2–3
Ukraine	4–2	Spanien	2–3	3–1

First leg

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
1 Oct	15:45	Ukraine	2–3	Spanien	22–25	23–25	29–27	25–23	12–15	111–115	Bericht
1 Oct	17:00	Rumänien	3–0	Ungarn	25–17	25–18	25–15			75–50	Bericht
1 Oct	19:00	Tschechische Republik	3–0	Slowakei	25–14	25–20	25–15			75–49	Bericht

Second leg

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
5 Oct	17:00	Slowakei	3–2	Tschechische Republik	26–28	25–19	23–25	25–22	15–10	114–104	Bericht
7 Oct	20:00	Spanien	1–3	Ukraine	21–25	25–22	22–25	14–25		82–97	Bericht
9 Oct	18:00	Ungarn	3–1	Rumänien	14–25	25–22	27–25	25–19		91–91	Bericht
Golden set		Ungarn	15–13	Rumänien

References

^ "Drawing of Lots sets tone for next Volleyball parties!". CEV. 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] "Drawing of Lots sets tone for next Volleyball parties!". CEV. 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

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