2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship

2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	25 September – 4 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Manon Flier
Official website
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The 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 26th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. The cities that hosted matches were Bydgoszcz, Łódź, Katowice and Wrocław in Poland, from 25 September to 4 October 2009.^[1]^[2]

Qualification edit

Team	Method of qualification
Azerbaijan	Qualification play-offs
Belarus	Qualification play-offs
Belgium	2007 edition seventh place
Bulgaria	Qualification group E winners
Croatia	Qualification play-offs
Czech Republic	Qualification group B winners
France	Qualification group D winners
Germany	2007 edition sixth place
Italy	2007 edition first place
Netherlands	2007 edition fifth place
Poland	Hosts
Russia	2007 edition third place
Serbia	2007 edition second place
Slovakia	Qualification group A winners
Spain	Qualification group C winners
Turkey	Qualification group F winners

Format edit

The tournament was played in three different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups (A, B, C and D) 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.

The second stage of the tournament consisted of two groups of six teams each. As the first stage match results amongst the teams which advanced to this stage also counted, the two groups have been predetermined, one group formed by groups A and C teams while the other was formed by groups B and D teams. In each of the two groups, the teams played once against every opponent they haven not faced in the tournament (total of three matches each), adding that to the results obtained against the other two teams who also advanced from the first stage same group. The two group winners and two runners-up from this second stage advanced the third stage.

The third and final stage of the tournament was composed of the semifinals, third place match and final. A drawing of lots decided which winner played which runner-up in the semifinals.

Pools composition edit

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Croatia	France	Belarus	Azerbaijan
Netherlands	Germany	Belgium	Czech Republic
Poland	Italy	Bulgaria	Serbia
Spain	Turkey	Russia	Slovakia

Squads edit

Venues edit

The tournament was played at four venues in four cities throughout Poland. Each city hosted a group stage. Łódź and Katowice hosted the two Playoff Rounds. Łódź also concluded the Championship with the Semifinals & Final.

Pool C	Pools D and F
Pools A, E and Final round	Pool B	Wrocław Bydgoszcz Łódź Katowice class=notpageimage\| Host cities of the tournament
Łódź	Wrocław
Atlas Arena	Hala Stulecia
Capacity: 13,500	Capacity: 7,000

Bydgoszcz	Katowice
Łuczniczka	Spodek
Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 11,500

Preliminary round edit

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

Pool A edit

venue: Arena Łódź, Łódź

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	140	1.607	Pool E
2	Poland	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	236	218	1.083
3	Spain	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	243	282	0.862
4	Croatia	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	188	252	0.746

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	17:30	Netherlands	3–0	Croatia	25–11	25–18	25–12			75–41	Report
25 Sep	20:00	Spain	2–3	Poland	15–25	20–25	25–19	25–23	11–15	96–107	Report
26 Sep	17:30	Poland	3–0	Croatia	25–18	25–13	25–16			75–47	Report
26 Sep	20:00	Spain	0–3	Netherlands	17–25	13–25	15–25			45–75	Report
27 Sep	17:00	Poland	0–3	Netherlands	18–25	13–25	23–25			54–75	Report
27 Sep	20:00	Croatia	2–3	Spain	25–15	22–25	15–25	25–22	13–15	100–102	Report

Pool B edit

venue: Centennial Hall, Wrocław

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	248	193	1.285	Pool F
2	Germany	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	262	265	0.989
3	Turkey	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	228	227	1.004
4	France	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	217	270	0.804

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	15:00	Turkey	3–0	France	25–22	25–9	25–15			75–46	Report
25 Sep	17:30	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–15	25–22	25–22			75–59	Report
26 Sep	15:00	Italy	3–0	Turkey	25–20	25–16	25–14			75–50	Report
26 Sep	17:30	Germany	3–1	France	25–19	25–17	19–25	28–26		97–87	Report
27 Sep	15:00	France	1–3	Italy	22–25	22–25	25–23	15–25		84–98	Report
27 Sep	17:30	Germany	3–2	Turkey	25–23	23–25	18–25	25–21	15–9	106–103	Report

Pool C edit

venue: Łuczniczka, Bydgoszcz

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	253	178	1.421	Pool E
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	240	251	0.956
3	Belgium	3	1	2	4	7	7	1.000	293	304	0.964
4	Belarus	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	217	270	0.804

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	17:30	Belgium	3–1	Belarus	26–28	25–20	27–25	25–22		103–95	Report
25 Sep	20:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	19–25	9–25	14–25			42–75	Report
26 Sep	17:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Belgium	24–26	25–22	17–25	25–21	15–6	106–100	Report
26 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–0	Belarus	25–19	25–12	25–15			75–46	Report
27 Sep	17:30	Belarus	1–3	Bulgaria	25–17	20–25	11–25	20–25		76–92	Report
27 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–2	Belgium	25–13	18–25	20–25	25–18	15–9	103–90	Report

Pool D edit

venue: Spodek, Katowice

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	160	1.406	Pool F
2	Azerbaijan	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	264	272	0.971
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	269	282	0.954
4	Slovakia	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	244	288	0.847

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	15:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Serbia	12–25	21–25	19–25			52–75	Report
25 Sep	17:30	Slovakia	3–2	Czech Republic	25–21	17–25	19–25	25–23	15–13	101–107	Report
26 Sep	15:00	Slovakia	2–3	Azerbaijan	13–25	25–19	18–25	25–22	12–15	93–106	Report
26 Sep	17:30	Czech Republic	0–3	Serbia	19–25	21–25	18–25			58–75	Report
27 Sep	15:00	Serbia	3–0	Slovakia	25–19	25–15	25–16			75–50	Report
27 Sep	17:30	Czech Republic	3–2	Azerbaijan	21–25	18–25	25–23	25–20	15–13	104–106	Report

Playoff round edit

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

Pool E edit

venue: Arena Łódź, Łódź

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	407	312	1.304	Semifinals
2	Poland	5	4	1	9	12	8	1.500	449	424	1.059	Semifinals
3	Russia	5	3	2	8	12	9	1.333	465	428	1.086
4	Bulgaria	5	2	3	7	7	12	0.583	390	422	0.924
5	Spain	5	1	4	6	7	14	0.500	419	478	0.877
6	Belgium	5	0	5	5	7	15	0.467	423	489	0.865

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	15:00	Spain	1–3	Russia	21–25	24–26	25–19	20–25		90–95	Report
29 Sep	17:30	Netherlands	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	25–20	25–18			75–57	Report
29 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–1	Belgium	25–16	21–25	25–19	25–12		96–72	Report
30 Sep	15:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Spain	25–20	25–16	21–25	25–18		96–79	Report
30 Sep	17:30	Russia	1–3	Poland	26–24	22–25	22–25	22–25		92–99	Report
30 Sep	20:00	Belgium	0–3	Netherlands	17–25	19–25	20–25			56–75	Report
01 Oct	15:00	Spain	3–2	Belgium	23–25	25–19	21–25	25–23	15–13	109–105	Report
1 Oct	17:30	Netherlands	3–2	Russia	25–19	19–25	23–25	25–19	15–12	107–100	Report
1 Oct	20:00	Poland	3–1	Bulgaria	18–25	25–20	25–21	25–23		93–89	Report

The following Preliminary round matches are also valid for the pool standings:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	20:00	Spain	2–3	Poland	15–25	20–25	25–19	25–23	11–15	96–107	Report
25 Sep	20:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	19–25	9–25	14–25			42–75	Report
26 Sep	17:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Belgium	24–26	25–22	17–25	25–21	15–6	106–100	Report
26 Sep	20:00	Spain	0–3	Netherlands	17–25	13–25	15–25			45–75	Report
27 Sep	17:00	Poland	0–3	Netherlands	18–25	13–25	23–25			54–75	Report
27 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–2	Belgium	25–13	18–25	20–25	25–18	15–9	103–90	Report

Pool F edit

venue: Spodek, Katowice

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	379	290	1.307	Semifinals
2	Germany	5	4	1	9	12	7	1.714	431	359	1.201	Semifinals
3	Turkey	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	419	408	1.027
4	Serbia	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	379	397	0.955
5	Czech Republic	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	333	409	0.814
6	Azerbaijan	5	0	5	5	3	15	0.200	347	425	0.816

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	15:00	Italy	3–0	Azerbaijan	29–27	25–23	25–13			79–63	Report
29 Sep	17:30	Germany	3–0	Czech Republic	28–26	25–12	25–15			78–53	Report
29 Sep	20:00	Turkey	3–1	Serbia	24–26	25–16	25–23	25–19		99–84	Report
30 Sep	15:00	Czech Republic	0–3	Italy	16–25	20–25	23–25			59–75	Report
30 Sep	17:30	Serbia	2–3	Germany	9–25	25–23	27–25	17–25	8–15	86–113	Report
30 Sep	20:00	Azerbaijan	1–3	Turkey	23–25	19–25	25–17	17–25		84–92	Report
01 Oct	15:00	Italy	3–0	Serbia	25–19	25–18	25–22			75–59	Report
01 Oct	17:30	Germany	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–17	25–13	25–12			75–42	Report
01 Oct	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Czech Republic	25–16	25–20	25–23			75–59	Report

The following Preliminary round matches are also valid for the pool standings:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	15:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Serbia	12–25	21–25	19–25			52–75	Report
25 Sep	17:30	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–15	25–22	25–22			75–59	Report
26 Sep	15:00	Italy	3–0	Turkey	25–20	25–16	25–14			75–50	Report
26 Sep	17:30	Czech Republic	0–3	Serbia	19–25	21–25	18–25			58–75	Report
27 Sep	17:30	Germany	3–2	Turkey	25–23	23–25	18–25	25–21	15–9	106–103	Report
27 Sep	17:30	Czech Republic	3–2	Azerbaijan	21–25	18–25	25–23	25–20	15–13	104–106	Report

Final round edit

venue: Arena Łódź, Łódź
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

A drawing of lots determined, which group-winner plays which runner-up in the semifinals.

Semifinals		Final

3 Oct

Netherlands	3
		4 Oct
Poland	1
		Netherlands	0
3 Oct
		Italy	3
Italy	3

Germany	1
		3rd place

		4 Oct

		Poland	3

		Germany	0

Semifinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Oct	17:00	Netherlands	3–1	Poland	25–11	25–15	20–25	25–20		95–71	Report
3 Oct	20:00	Italy	3–1	Germany	25–10	22–25	25–12	25–22		97–69	Report

Bronze medal match edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	17:00	Poland	3–0	Germany	25–16	25–19	25–23			75–58	Report

Final edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	20:00	Netherlands	0–3	Italy	16–25	19–25	20–25			55–75	Report

Final standing edit

Place	Team
	Italy
	Netherlands
	Poland
4	Germany
5	Turkey
6	Russia
7	Serbia
8	Bulgaria
9	Spain
10	Czech Republic
11	Belgium
12	Azerbaijan
13	Slovakia
14	Belarus
14	France
16	Croatia

2009 Women's European champions
Italy Second title

**Team Roster:**
Giulia Rondon · Enrica Merlo · Jenny Barazza · Manuela Secolo · Paola Cardullo · Serena Ortolani · Francesca Piccinini · Valentina Arrighetti · Eleonora Lo Bianco · Antonella Del Core · Lucia Bosetti · Simona Gioli · Taismary Agüero · Lucia Crisanti
Head coach: Massimo Barbolini

Individual awards edit

MVP: Manon Flier (NED)
Best scorer: Margareta Kozuch (GER)
Best spiker: Simona Gioli (ITA)
Best blocker: Christiane Fürst (GER)
Best server: Agnieszka Bednarek-Kasza (POL)
Best setter: Eleonora Lo Bianco (ITA)
Best receiver: Kerstin Tzscherlich (GER)
Best libero: Paola Cardullo (ITA)

References edit

Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)^[3]

^ "ME siatkarek - Polska w grupie z Holandią, Hiszpanią i Chorwacją" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-17. Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
^ mekobiet2009.pl Archived 2009-01-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish). Retrieved on 2008-12-01.
^ "2009 European Championships Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

External links edit

[1] "ME siatkarek - Polska w grupie z Holandią, Hiszpanią i Chorwacją" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-17. Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-12-01.

[2] t2009.pl Archived 2009-01-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish). Retrieved on 2008-12-01.

[3] "2009 European Championships Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

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