1949 Women's European Volleyball Championship

1949 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Czechoslovakia
Dates	10 – 18 September
Teams	7
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Official website
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The 1949 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the first edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 10 to 18 September 1949.

Participating teams

• Czechoslovakia
• France
• Hungary
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Romania
• Soviet Union

Format

The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, with all teams placed in a single group.

Group and matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	6	6	0	12	18	0	MAX	271	89	3.045
2	Czechoslovakia	6	5	1	11	15	3	5.000	261	128	2.039
3	Poland	6	4	2	10	12	6	2.000	240	166	1.446
4	Romania	6	3	3	9	9	11	0.818	195	221	0.882
5	France	6	2	4	8	7	13	0.538	187	232	0.806
6	Hungary	6	1	5	7	5	15	0.333	155	261	0.594
7	Netherlands	6	0	6	6	0	18	0.000	58	270	0.215

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	France	15–3	15–0	15–9			45–12	Report
10 Sep	Romania	3–1	Hungary	15–10	13–15	15–6	15–9		58–40	Report
10 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–4	15–3			45–20	Report
11 Sep	Poland	3–0	Romania	15–10	15–3	15–7			45–20	Report
11 Sep	France	3–1	Hungary	15–17	15–11	15–2	15–11		60–41	Report
12 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Netherlands	15–8	15–0	15–1			45–9	Report
13 Sep	Poland	3–0	France	15–13	15–7	15–6			45–26	Report
13 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Netherlands	15–1	15–4	15–3			45–8	Report
13 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–5	15–0	15–6			45–11	Report
14 Sep	Poland	3–0	Netherlands	15–0	15–6	15–4			45–10	Report
14 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Hungary	15–2	15–6	15–1			45–9	Report
14 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–1	15–4	15–2			45–7	Report
15 Sep	Romania	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	15–3	15–1			45–9	Report
15 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15–0	15–1	15–0			45–1	Report
16 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Poland	15–13	16–14	15–13			46–40	Report
16 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands	15–1	15–4	15–10			45–15	Report
16 Sep	Romania	3–1	France	4–15	15–10	15–1	15–11		49–37	Report
17 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–10	16–14	15–11			46–35	Report
17 Sep	France	3–0	Netherlands	15–0	15–0	15–7			45–7	Report
18 Sep	Poland	3–0	Hungary	15–4	15–6	15–9			45–19	Report
18 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Romania	15–1	15–8	15–3			45–12	Report

Final ranking

Place	Team
	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Poland
4.	Romania
5.	France
6.	Hungary
7.	Netherlands

1949 Women's European champions
Soviet Union First title

References

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

• Results at todor66.com