The 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship Qualification

European Volleyball Championship

The European Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the CEV, the European volleyball federation. There are both men's and women's competitions....

was the qualifying event for the 20th edition of the event, hosted in Eindhoven and Den Bosch, Netherlands

Netherlands

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 from September 6 to September 14, 1997 and organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball

Confédération Européenne de Volleyball

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. The qualifying matches were played in 1996 and 1997. The number one to four from the 1995 edition

1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The 1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the nineteenth edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball...

 of the Men's European Volleyball Championship — Italy, Yugoslavia, the Netherlands (also hosts) and Bulgaria — were automatically qualified for the 1997 edition. The six group winners qualified, and the two winners of the play-off round.

Group A

Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		??	8	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??
2.		??	8	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??
3.		??	8	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??
4.		??	8	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??
5.		??	8	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??

Group B

Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		11	6	5	1	??	??	??	16	9	1.777
2.		??	6	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??
3.		??	6	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??
4.		??	6	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??

Group C

Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		15	8	7	1	??	??	??	22	6	3.666
2.		13	8	5	3	??	??	??	18	11	1.636
3.		13	8	5	3	??	??	??	18	12	1.500
4.		10	8	2	6	??	??	??	9	21	0.428
5.		9	8	1	7	??	??	??	4	21	0.190

Play-off

• Played in Vienna, Austria in July, 1997

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		9	5	4	1	??	??	??	12	6	2.000
  2.		9	5	4	1	??	??	??	13	8	1.625
  3.		8	5	3	2	??	??	??	12	7	1.714
  4.		7	5	2	3	??	??	??	10	10	1.000
  5.		7	5	2	3	??	??	??	7	13	0.538
  6.		5	5	0	5	??	??	??	5	15	0.333

• and eventually qualified