2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The European Women's Volleyball in 2013 was held from September 6 to 14 in Germany and Switzerland. The German team reached the finals as hosts unbeaten, the world champions Russia won 3-1. Russia has lost a game and only three sets in the entire tournament. The bronze medal won by Belgium a 3-2 win over defending champions Serbia.

• 7.1 Second Round
• 7.2 Third Round

Mode

The tournament began with a preliminary round in four groups (A -D ), each with four teams. For a 3:0 - or 3:1 - victory, there were three points for a 3-2 win, two points for a 2:3 defeat a point and a 1:3 - or 0:3 defeat no point. In case of equal first decided the number of games won and then the quotient set. Inventory also equality, the ball point quotient ( BPQ ), and finally the direct comparison of the teams decided. The top three teams in each group reached the second round. There initially met on Third group runners-up before the respective winners met a group first. The four successful teams in the second round of the semi-finals. The losers of the semifinals played for the third place, the winner determined in the final of the European Champions.

Participant

The squad and more information about all the teams there are on the underside participants.

Schedule

First round

Final round

Full Time

Awards

Venues

The European Championship was held in five cities. The only venue in Switzerland was the Hallenstadion in Zurich.

Qualification

In addition to the two co-hosts Germany and Switzerland the best teams in the European Championship 2011 were directly qualified for the final round in 2013. These were Serbia, Turkey, Italy, Poland and Russia.

The remaining participants were determined in three qualifying rounds. In the first round there was only one encounter with return game. Latvia sat down on May 12 and 20, 2012 with two 3-0 victories against Cyprus by and reached the second round, which took place in September 2012. There, the 24 participants were divided into six groups. In each group, two tournaments were held, in which the teams competed against each other. The six group winners were qualified for the European Championship 2013. The runners- determined in the third round the last European Football Cup.

Second Round

Third Round

The first legs were played from May 17 to 19, 2013, the return legs found a week later.

• Golden Set: Slovakia - Belarus 14:16, France - Ukraine 15:11