2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Introduction The '''2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship''' was the 27th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Italy and Serbia from 23 September to 2 October 2011.
Qualification TeamMethod of qualification  Qualification Second round group A winners  Qualification Second round group F winners  Qualification Third round play-off winners  Qualification Second round group B winners  Qualification Third round play-off winners  2009 edition fourth place  Qualification Third round play-off winners  Hosts  2009 edition second place  2009 edition third place  Qualification Second round group E winners  2009 edition sixth place  Hosts  Qualification Second round group D winners  2009 edition fifth place  Qualification Second round group C winners
Format 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, third place match and final.
Pools composition Pool APool BPool CPool D
Squads
Venues The tournament was played at four venues in four cities (two in Italy and two in Serbia). Each city hosted a group during the preliminary round. Monza and Belgrade hosted the playoffs and quarterfinals. Belgrade also concluded the championship hosting the semifinals, third place match and final.Pool A, Championship roundPool C''' Belgrade, Serbia'''''' Zrenjanin, Serbia''' Hala Pionir Crystal Hall Capacity: '''5,900''' Capacity: '''2,800''' 150px 150pxPool B, Playoffs and QuarterfinalsPool D''' Monza, Italy'''''' Busto Arsizio, Italy''' PalaIper PalaYamamay Capacity: '''4,500''' Capacity: '''5,000''' 150px 150px
Preliminary round * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).===Pool A===*'''venue:''' Hala Pionir, Belgrade, Serbia===Pool B===*'''venue:''' PalaIper, Monza, Italy===Pool C===*'''venue:''' Crystal Hall, Zrenjanin, Serbia===Pool D===*'''venue:''' PalaYamamay, Busto Arsizio, Italy
Championship round *'''venues:''':Hala Pionir, Belgrade, Serbia:PalaIper, Monza, Italy* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).===Playoffs======Quarterfinals======Semifinals===The semifinal and final matches played in Belgrade, Serbia were extremely stormy with more than five thousand Serbian audience. The semifinal match between Serbia and Turkey was fabulously breathtaking, Serbia having got to win against Turkey with a 3:2 score and qualify for the final.===Bronze medal match===In order to get the third place in the tournament Turkey and Italy came to court and both teams wanted it so much to win, but Turkey was the one getting to the bronze medal with a 3:2 win.===Final===At the final match against Germany, Serbia was able to get the title of European Champion in front of its audience, ending the match and the tournament with a 3:2 score once more.
Final standing RankTeam456789101112131415161	Ana Lazarević2	Jovana Brakočević3	Sanja Malagurski5	Nataša Krsmanović6	Tijana Malešević7	Brižitka Molnar8	Ana Antonijević9	Jovana Vesović10	Maja Ognjenović12	Jelena Nikolić14	Nađa Ninković16	Milena Rašić18	Suzana Ćebić (L)19	Silvija Popović (L)
Individual awards *'''MVP:''' *'''Best scorer:''' *'''Best spiker:''' *'''Best blocker:''' *'''Best server:''' *'''Best setter:''' *'''Best receiver:''' *'''Best libero:'''
References * Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)
External links *  Confédération Européenne de Volleyball *  Standings and results*  Results at todor66.com