1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Arnhem and Groningen, Netherlands from 23 September to 1 October 1995. The two finalists qualified for the 1995 FIVB Women's World Cup.

1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Netherlands
Dates	23 September – 1 October
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Various (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Elles Leferink
Official website
Website

Participating teams

Main article: 1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

Team	Method of qualification
Belarus	1993 edition eighth place
Bulgaria	Qualification group A winners
Croatia	1993 edition sixth place
Czech Republic	1993 edition second place
Germany	1993 edition fifth place
Italy	1993 edition fourth place
Latvia	Qualification group B winners
Netherlands	Hosts
Poland	Qualification group D winners
Russia	1993 edition first place
Turkey	Qualification group C winners
Ukraine	1993 edition third place

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Belarus	Bulgaria
Germany	Croatia
Latvia	Czech Republic
Poland	Italy
Russia	Netherlands
Ukraine	Turkey

Squads

Further information: 1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Pool A	Pool B and Final round	Groningen Arnhem class=notpageimage| Tournament host cities
Groningen	Arnhem

Preliminary round

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

Pool A

• venue location: Groningen, Netherlands

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	227	121	1.876	Semifinals
2	Germany	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	228	180	1.267
3	Ukraine	5	3	2	8	10	10	1.000	255	237	1.076	5th–8th place
4	Belarus	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	207	218	0.950
5	Poland	5	1	4	6	7	13	0.538	227	263	0.863
6	Latvia	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	119	244	0.488

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	14:00	Germany	3–1	Ukraine	15–6	14–16	15–8	15–10		59–40	Report
23 Sep	17:30	Belarus	3–1	Poland	15–6	15–8	12–15	15–12		57–41	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–0	Latvia	15–5	15–4	15–1			45–10	Report
24 Sep	12:00	Germany	3–1	Belarus	12–15	15–11	15–6	15–4		57–36	Report
24 Sep	14:30	Ukraine	3–1	Latvia	15–9	15–3	14–16	15–5		59–33	Report
24 Sep	17:00	Poland	0–3	Russia	12–15	7–15	10–15			29–45	Report
25 Sep	15:00	Belarus	1–3	Ukraine	8–15	15–6	9–15	6–15		38–51	Report
25 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–0	Germany	15–5	15–4	15–5			45–14	Report
25 Sep	20:00	Latvia	1–3	Poland	2–15	9–15	15–4	14–16		40–50	Report
27 Sep	15:00	Belarus	0–3	Russia	12–15	7–15	12–15			31–45	Report
27 Sep	17:30	Germany	3–0	Latvia	15–9	15–1	15–2			45–12	Report
27 Sep	20:00	Ukraine	3–2	Poland	15–10	11–15	12–15	15–12	15–8	68–60	Report
28 Sep	15:00	Latvia	0–3	Belarus	5–15	13–15	6–15			24–45	Report
28 Sep	17:30	Poland	1–3	Germany	13–15	7–15	15–8	12–15		47–53	Report
28 Sep	20:00	Russia	3–0	Ukraine	17–15	15–12	15–10			47–37	Report

Pool B

• venue location: Arnhem, Netherlands

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	5	0	10	15	4	3.750	273	194	1.407	Semifinals
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	9	14	4	3.500	251	194	1.294
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	11	7	1.571	232	183	1.268	5th–8th place
4	Italy	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	192	231	0.831
5	Czech Republic	5	1	4	6	4	14	0.286	185	249	0.743
6	Turkey	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	169	251	0.673

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Sep	15:00	Netherlands	3–1	Bulgaria	15–9	15–9	8–15	15–10		53–43	Report
23 Sep	17:30	Italy	3–1	Czech Republic	9–15	15–8	17–15	15–6		56–44	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Turkey	0–3	Croatia	10–15	6–15	10–15			26–45	Report
24 Sep	12:00	Netherlands	3–0	Italy	15–10	15–13	15–5			45–28	Report
24 Sep	14:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Croatia	9–15	8–15	15–12	11–15		43–57	Report
24 Sep	17:00	Czech Republic	3–2	Turkey	15–7	9–15	11–15	15–2	21–19	71–58	Report
25 Sep	15:00	Italy	1–3	Bulgaria	6–15	4–15	15–11	2–15		27–56	Report
25 Sep	17:30	Croatia	3–0	Czech Republic	15–11	15–5	15–10			45–26	Report
25 Sep	9:00	Turkey	0–3	Netherlands	11–15	7–15	12–15			30–45	Report
27 Sep	15:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Czech Republic	15–13	15–3	15–4			45–20	Report
27 Sep	17:30	Italy	3–0	Turkey	15–10	15–12	15–7			45–29	Report
27 Sep	20:00	Netherlands	2–3	Croatia	15–12	11–15	11–15	15–12	11–15	63–69	Report
28 Sep	15:00	Turkey	0–3	Bulgaria	13–15	10–15	3–15			26–45	Report
28 Sep	17:30	Croatia	3–1	Italy	15–6	12–15	15–8	15–7		57–36	Report
28 Sep	20:00	Czech Republic	0–3	Netherlands	7–15	4–15	13–15			24–45	Report

Final round

• venue location: Arnhem, Netherlands
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

5th–8th place

• Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.

	Semifinals				5th place
	30 Sep
	Ukraine	1
					1 Oct
	Italy	3
					Italy	2
	30 Sep
					Bulgaria	3
	Belarus	0
	Bulgaria	3
					7th place
					1 Oct
					Ukraine	3
					Belarus	0

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	12:00	Ukraine	1–3	Italy	9–15	15–8	8–15	13–15		45–53	Report
30 Sep	17:00	Belarus	0–3	Bulgaria	11–15	7–15	13–15			31–45	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	10:00	Ukraine	3–0	Belarus	16–14	15–10	15–8			46–32	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	12:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Italy	10–15	15–9	15–5	4–15	15–8	59–52	Report

Final

• Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.

	Semifinals				Final
	30 Sep
	Russia	1
					1 Oct
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands	3
	30 Sep
					Croatia	0
	Germany	0
	Croatia	3
					3rd place
					1 Oct
					Russia	3
					Germany	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	14:30	Russia	1–3	Netherlands	7–15	7–15	15–12	7–15		36–57	Report
30 Sep	20:00	Germany	0–3	Croatia	7–15	3–15	2–15			12–45	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	18:00	Russia	3–0	Germany	15–6	15–2	15–10			45–18	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	15:00	Netherlands	3–0	Croatia	15–7	15–13	15–2			45–22	Report

Final ranking

Place	Team
	Netherlands
	Croatia
	Russia
4.	Germany
5.	Bulgaria
6.	Italy
7.	Ukraine
8.	Belarus
9.	Poland
	Czech Republic
	Turkey
	Latvia

1995 Women's European champions
Netherlands First title

Team roster

Cintha Boersma, Erna Brinkman, Marjolein de Jong, Jolanda Elshof, Riëtte Fledderus, Jerine Fleurke, Petra Groenland, Marrit Leenstra, Elles Leferink, Irena Machovcak, Ingrid Visser, Henriëtte Weersing. Head coach: Bert Goedkoop.

• Netherlands and Croatia qualified for the 1995 FIVB Women's World Cup.

Individual awards

• MVP: Elles Leferink (NED)
• Best spiker: Barbara Jelić (CRO)
• Best server: Barbara Jelić (CRO)
• Best blocker: Jerine Fleurke (NED)
• Best setter: Irina Kirillova (CRO)
• Best receiver: Cintha Boersma (NED)
• Best digger: Marjolein de Jong (NED)

External links

• Results at todor66.com