1975 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The Volleyball European Championship Men 1975 was held from October 18 to 25 held in Yugoslavia. Germany was represented by the team of the GDR among the twelve participants. For the first time took place qualifiers. The games of the final round took place in Belgrade, Skopje, Subotica and Kraljevo. The Soviet Union became the third consecutive European Champion.

Mode

First, a preliminary round was held, in which the twelve teams were divided into three groups of four. The top two teams in each group played in the final group of " all against all " for the title. The remaining teams played to the ranks of seven to twelve. Results from teams that met in the preliminary round each other, were taken over in the final round.

Schedule

Preliminary round

Final round

Full Time

Qualification

Yugoslavia was set as host. The top seven teams in the European championship 1971, there were also automatically qualified. These were the Soviet Union as the defending champion, the Second Czechoslovakia, the Third Romania, the GDR Fourth, the Fifth Hungary, Poland and the Sixth Seventh Bulgaria.

Italy sat down on May 24 with a 3-0 in the home match against Switzerland through. The French defeated on April 3, also with home advantage the Greeks 3-1. The Netherlands sat in Uden against Finland and Spain. Belgium reached the finals without a fight.