1977 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Finland
Dates	25 September – 2 October
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Various (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (9th title)
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The 1977 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the tenth edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in Finland from 25 September to 2 October 1977, with the final round held in Tampere.

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of three sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and group stage fifths and sixths played the 9th to 12th semifinals. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th and 5th played against 6th).

Pool A	Pool B
Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
East Germany	Hungary
Finland	Netherlands
Italy	Romania
Poland	Soviet Union
West Germany	Yugoslavia

Pool A and Final round (5th–8th)	Pool B	Kotka Turku Lahti Tampere class=notpageimage| Tournament host cities
Kotka	Turku
Final round (9th–12th)	Final round (1st–4th)
Lahti	Tampere

• venue location: Kotka, Finland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	East Germany	5	4	1	9	14	3	4.667	240	145	1.655	Semifinals
2	Poland	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	222	143	1.552
3	Bulgaria	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	224	174	1.287	5th–8th place
4	West Germany	5	1	4	6	6	13	0.462	203	240	0.846
5	Italy	5	1	4	6	4	12	0.333	134	215	0.623	9th–12th place
6	Finland	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	135	241	0.560

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	Finland	3–2	West Germany	12–15	15–11	10–15	15–12	15–8	67–61	Report
25 Sep	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	16–14	15–11	15–5			46–30	Report
25 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Italy	15–4	15–10	15–1			45–15	Report
26 Sep	Poland	3–0	Italy	15–8	15–10	15–6			45–24	Report
26 Sep	East Germany	3–0	West Germany	15–9	15–2	15–10			45–21	Report
26 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Finland	15–5	15–4	15–10			45–19	Report
27 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–11	15–5			45–29	Report
27 Sep	Italy	3–0	Finland	15–8	15–7	15–8			45–23	Report
27 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	West Germany	15–13	15–5	15–7			45–25	Report
28 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Italy	15–5	16–14	15–5			46–24	Report
28 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Finland	15–4	15–9	15–9			45–22	Report
28 Sep	Poland	3–1	West Germany	15–13	12–15	15–9	15–3		57–40	Report
29 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	East Germany	15–12	15–7	1–15	12–15	15–11	58–60	Report
29 Sep	West Germany	3–1	Italy	15–1	11–15	15–5	15–5		56–26	Report
29 Sep	Poland	3–0	Finland	15–2	15–1	15–1			45–4	Report

• venue location: Turku, Finland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	238	91	2.615	Semifinals
2	Hungary	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	235	187	1.257
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	227	216	1.051	5th–8th place
4	Romania	5	2	3	7	11	13	0.846	288	299	0.963
5	Yugoslavia	5	1	4	6	5	14	0.357	176	261	0.674	9th–12th place
6	Netherlands	5	0	5	5	4	15	0.267	157	267	0.588

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	Yugoslavia	2–3	Romania	17–15	8–15	1–15	18–16	9–15	53–76	Report
25 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–5	15–9	15–6			45–20	Report
25 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Netherlands	15–8	15–12	15–3			45–23	Report
26 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	Hungary	9–15	4–15	6–15			19–45	Report
26 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Romania	15–8	15–10	9–15	14–16	15–13	68–62	Report
26 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands	15–1	15–3	15–10			45–14	Report
27 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	Soviet Union	0–15	8–15	2–15			10–45	Report
27 Sep	Hungary	3–2	Romania	15–7	9–15	13–15	15–8	15–7	67–52	Report
27 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–7	15–2			45–18	Report
28 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–2	Netherlands	12–15	15–8	15–1	6–15	15–10	63–49	Report
28 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Romania	15–3	15–7	13–15	15–4		58–29	Report
28 Sep	Hungary	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–13	14–16	16–14	15–5		60–48	Report
29 Sep	Yugoslavia	0–3	Czechoslovakia	13–15	4–15	14–16			31–46	Report
29 Sep	Romania	3–2	Netherlands	15–11	11–15	15–4	13–15	15–8	69–53	Report
29 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15–10	15–2	15–6			45–18	Report

• Pools A and B fifth and sixth positions play each other.
• venue location: Lahti, Finland

	Semifinals				9th place
	1 Oct
	Italy	2
					2 Oct
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands	0
	1 Oct
					Yugoslavia	3
	Yugoslavia	3
	Finland	2
					11th place
					2 Oct
					Italy	3
					Finland	1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	Yugoslavia	3–2	Finland	16–18	15–11	2–15	15–11	15–8	63–63	Report
1 Oct	Netherlands	3–2	Italy	15–6	5–15	15–5	11–15	15–11	61–52	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Italy	3–1	Finland	15–11	15–5	8–15	15–6		53–37	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Yugoslavia	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–13	15–2			45–24	Report

• Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.
• venue location: Kotka, Finland

	Semifinals				5th place
	1 Oct
	Bulgaria	0
					2 Oct
	Romania	3
					Romania	0
	1 Oct
					Czechoslovakia	3
	Czechoslovakia	3
	West Germany	0
					7th place
					2 Oct
					Bulgaria	3
					West Germany	0

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	Romania	3–0	Bulgaria	15–11	15–2	15–5			45–18	Report
1 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	West Germany	15–6	15–4	15–2			45–12	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	West Germany	15–6	15–10	15–6			45–22	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Romania	15–3	15–3	15–10			45–16	Report

• Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.
• venue location: Tampere, Finland

	Semifinals				Final
	1 Oct
	East Germany	3
					2 Oct
	Hungary	0
					East Germany	0
	1 Oct
					Soviet Union	3
	Soviet Union	3
	Poland	0
					3rd place
					2 Oct
					Hungary	3
					Poland	2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Hungary	18–16	15–6	18–16			51–38	Report
1 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–3	15–1	15–7			45–11	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Hungary	3–2	Poland	16–14	10–15	15–9	5–15	15–9	61–62	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany	15–1	15–2	15–13			45–16	Report

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)^[1]

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