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2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship

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Dates
  
September 6–14

Venues
  
5 (in 5 host cities)

MVP
  
Tatiana Kosheleva

Teams
  
16

Champions
  
Russia (18th title)

Host nation
  
Germany /   Switzerland

The Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 28th edition of the tournament and hosted by Germany and Switzerland. The matches took place in 5 different cities (4 in Germany and one in Switzerland) with the final being played in Berlin.

Contents

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.

Venues

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.

Qualification

  • Hosts
  •  Germany
  •   Switzerland
  • Directly qualified after 2011 edition
  •  Serbia
  •  Turkey
  •  Italy
  •  Poland
  •  Russia
  • Qualified through qualification
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Belarus
  •  Belgium
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Croatia
  •  Czech Republic
  •  France
  •  Netherlands
  •  Spain
  • Preliminary round

    The draw was held on 6 October 2012 at Zürich, Switzerland.

    All times are local (UTC+02:00).

    Pool A

    Halle, Germany

    Pool B

    Zürich, Switzerland

    Pool C

    Dresden, Germany

    Pool D

    Schwerin, Germany

    Final

    References

    2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship Wikipedia