Competition: | Women's European Volleyball Championship |
Continent: | Europe |
Gender: | women |
Year: | 2013 |
Dates: | 6 – 14 September |
Teams: | 16 |
Venues: | 5 |
Cities: | 5 |
Champions: | Russia |
Title Number: | 18 |
Mvp: | Tatiana Kosheleva |
Website: | Website |
Last: | 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship |
Next: | 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship |
The 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 28th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted by Germany and Switzerland from 6 to 14 September 2013. The matches took place in 5 different cities (4 in Germany and one in Switzerland) with the final being played in Berlin.
Russia defeated Germany 3–1 in the final to capture their 18th title and the qualification for the 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup.[1]
See main article: article and 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification.
Team | Method of qualification | |
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Qualification Second round group C winners | ||
Qualification Third round play-off winners | ||
Qualification Second round group E winners | ||
Qualification Second round group F winners | ||
Qualification Second round group D winners | ||
Qualification Third round play-off winners | ||
Qualification Third round play-off winners | ||
Hosts | ||
2011 edition fourth place | ||
Qualification Second round group B winners | ||
2011 edition fifth place | ||
2011 edition sixth place | ||
2011 edition first place | ||
Qualification Second round group A winners | ||
Hosts | ||
2011 edition third place |
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the second stage, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed advancing to the playoffs.
The second stage of the tournament consisted of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round. A playoff was played (involving group second and third places) to determine which teams joined the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, 3rd place match and final.
The tournament took place in Germany in 4 different venues (Halle, Dresden, Schwerin, Berlin) and one in Switzerland – (Zürich). The semifinals and the finals were played in Berlin, Germany.
width=33% | Pool A, Championship round | width=33% | Pool C | width=34% rowspan=10 | |
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Halle, Germany | Dresden, Germany | ||||
Gerry Weber Stadion | EnergieVerbund Arena | ||||
Capacity: 11,000 | Capacity: 4,000 | ||||
width=33% | Pool D | width=33% | Semifinal and Final | ||
Schwerin, Germany | Berlin, Germany | ||||
Sport- und Kongresshalle | Max-Schmeling-Halle | ||||
Capacity: 5,200 | Capacity: 11,000 | ||||
width=66% colspan=2 | Pool B, Championship round | width=34% rowspan=5 | |||
Zürich, Switzerland | |||||
Hallenstadion | |||||
Capacity: 11,500 | |||||
The draw was held on 6 October 2012 at Zürich, Switzerland.[2]
Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany
Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
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3 Daria Isaeva4 Irina Zaryazhko5 Aleksandra Pasynkova6 Anna Matienko7 Svetlana Kryuchkova (L)8 Nataliya Obmochaeva10 Ekaterina Kosianenko11 Victoria Chaplina14 Natalia Dianskaya15 Tatiana Kosheleva16 Iuliia Morozova17 Natalia Malykh19 Anna Malova (L)20 Anastasia Shlyakhovaya