2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 22nd edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Sofia and Varna, Bulgaria from September 22 to September 30, 2001.

Qualification

Teams

Squads

• For more details on this topic, see 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship Squads.

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Russia	10	5	5	0	375	243	1.543	15	0	MAX
2.	Bulgaria	8	5	4	1	416	397	1.048	12	7	1.714
3.	Romania	8	5	3	2	376	370	1.105	10	7	1.429
4.	France	7	5	2	3	412	442	0.932	8	12	0.667
5.	Czech Republic	6	5	1	4	374	424	0.882	5	13	0.385
6.	Greece	5	5	0	5	377	454	0.830	4	15	0.267

• Saturday September 22

France	0-3	Russia	23-25 22-25 16-25
Czech Republic	1-3	Romania	21-25 26-24 21-25 22-25
Bulgaria	3-1	Greece	21-25 25-15 25-22 25-16

• Sunday September 23

France	3-1	Czech Republic	25-19 25-19 24-26 25-19
Russia	3-0	Greece	25-13 25-20 25-19
Romania	1-3	Bulgaria	20-25 25-16 20-25 17-25

• Monday September 24

Czech Republic	0-3	Russia	12-25 15-25 13-25
Greece	0-3	Romania	24-26 15-25 27-29
Bulgaria	3-2	France	25-16 19-25 20-25 25-20 15-13

• Wednesday September 26

Russia	3-0	Romania	25-17 25-13 25-10
France	3-2	Greece	16-25 25-23 24-26 25-20 15-11
Czech Republic	0-3	Bulgaria	19-25 21-25 23-25

• Thursday September 27

Romania	3-0	France	25-21 25-15 25-12
Greece	1-3	Czech Republic	18-25 25-23 20-25 13-25
Bulgaria	0-3	Russia	22-25 16-25 12-25

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Italy	10	5	5	0	445	373	1.193	15	4	3.750
2.	Ukraine	8	5	3	2	455	427	1.066	11	9	1.222
3.	Netherlands	7	5	2	3	462	490	0.943	10	11	0.909
4.	Poland	7	5	2	3	405	423	0.957	9	10	0.900
5.	Croatia	7	5	2	3	241	233	0.932	7	12	0.583
6.	Germany	6	5	1	4	424	461	0.920	7	13	0.538

• Saturday September 22

Netherlands	1-3	Germany	26-24 22-25 15-25 18-25
Italy	3-1	Poland	25-17 25-15 20-25 25-21
Ukraine	3-0	Croatia	27-25 25-16 25-16

• Sunday September 23

Poland	3-1	Germany	19-25 25-19 26-24 25-18
Italy	3-0	Ukraine	27-25 25-21 25-15
Croatia	3-1	Netherlands	29-27 22-25 25-20 25-18

• Monday September 24

Ukraine	3-2	Poland	25-14 19-25 23-25 25-16 15-11
Netherlands	2-3	Italy	25-20 25-17 24-26 16-25 11-15
Germany	2-3	Croatia	30-28 20-25 11-25 25-20 12-15

• Wednesday September 26

Ukraine	2-3	Netherlands	25-20 20-25 29-31 25-22 14-16
Italy	3-0	Germany	25-19 25-19 25-17
Poland	3-0	Croatia	25-15 30-28 25-18

• Thursday September 27

Germany	1-3	Ukraine	23-25 25-22 19-25 21-25
Croatia	1-3	Italy	22-25 25-20 17-25 14-25
Netherlands	3-0	Poland	25-18 26-24 25-19

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2001-09-29 – Varna
	Bulgaria	0
	Italy	3
					2001-09-30 – Varna
					Italy	2
					Russia	3
					3rd place
	2001-09-29 – Varna			2001-09-30 – Varna
	Russia	3		Bulgaria	3
	Ukraine	0			Ukraine	1

• Saturday September 29

Bulgaria	0-3	Italy	18-25 12-25 21-25
Russia	3-0	Ukraine	25-18 25-19 25-17

• Sunday September 30

Bulgaria	3-1	Ukraine	25-23 22-25 25-21 25-21

Italy	2-3	Russia	25-21 23-25 23-25 25-18 6-15

	5-8th place				5th place
	2001-09-29 – Varna
	France	2
	Netherlands	3
					2001-09-30 – Varna
					Netherlands	3
					Poland	2
					7th place
	2001-09-29 – Varna			2001-09-30 – Varna
	Romania	0		France	1
	Poland	3			Romania	3

• Saturday September 29

France	2-3	Netherlands	26-24 23-25 25-27 25-21 11-15
Romania	0-3	Poland	20-25 22-25 21-25

• Sunday September 30

France	1-3	Romania	18-25 25-22 19-25 23-25

Netherlands	3-2	Poland	25-22 22-25 25-19 21-25 15-9

Final ranking

Place Team 01 !  Russia 02 !  Italy 03 !  Bulgaria 4.  Ukraine 5.  Netherlands 6.  Poland 7.  Romania 8.  France 9.  Croatia  Czech Republic  Germany  Greece

2001 Women's European Champions  Russia 17th title Team Roster Evgenya Artamonova, Lioubov Chachkova, Ekaterina Gamova, Elena Godina, Tatyana Gracheva, Natalya Morozova, Elena Plotnikova, Olga Potachova, Inessa Sargsyan, Elizaveta Tichtchenko, Elena Tyurina, and Elena Vassilevskaya. Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol.

References