1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in two cities in the Netherlands – Den Bosch and Eindhoven – from September 6 to September 14, 1997.

Qualification

*more|1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship QualificationThe number one to four from the 1995 edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship — Italy, Yugoslavia, Netherlands (also host) and Bulgaria — were automatically qualified for the 1997 edition. The other teams had to qualify in the previous year.

Teams

;Group A – Den Bosch
*vb|GER
*vb|GRE
*vb|ITA
*vb|RUS
*vb|SVK
*vb|YUG|FR;Group B – Eindhoven
*vb|BUL
*vb|CZE
*vb|FIN
*vb|FRA
*vb|NED
*vb|UKR

quads

*more|1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship Squads

Preliminary Round

Group A

*Monday September 8

Group B

*Monday September 8

Final Round

Round4-with third
RD1=Semi Finals
RD2=Final
Consol=3rd place
1997-09-13|vb|FRA|0|vb|YUG|FR|3
1997-09-13|vb|NED|3|vb|ITA|0
1997-09-14 – Eindhoven|vb|NED|3|vb|YUG|FR|1
1997-09-14|vb|ITA|3|vb|FRA|1
*Friday September 13 — Semi Finals----
Round4-with third
RD1=5-8th place
RD2=5th place
Consol=7th place
1997-09-13|vb|SVK|0|vb|CZE|3
1997-09-13|vb|RUS|3|vb|UKR|0
1997-09-14|vb|CZE|0|vb|RUS|3
1997-09-14
vb|UKR|3|vb|SVK|0
*Friday September 13 — Classification Matches----

Final Ranking

Team Roster

Peter Blangé, Guido Görtzen, Henk-Jan Held, Albert Cristina, Reinder Nummerdor, Richard Schuil, Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor, Jochem de Gruijter, Misha Latuhihin, Olof van der Meulen, and Robert van Es.
Head Coach: Toon Gerbrands.

References

* [http://www.cev.lu CEV Results]
* [http://www.geocities.com/volleyballplus/euro_m97.htm Results]