1951 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The 1951 Men's European Volleyball Championship, the third edition of the event, was organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Paris, France from September 12 to September 22, 1951.

1951 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	France
Dates	12 - 22 september 1951
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bulgaria
Third place	France
Fourth place	Romania
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Teams

•   Belgium
•   Bulgaria
•   France
•   Israel
•   Italy
•   Yugoslavia
•   Netherlands
•   Romania
•   Portugal
•   Soviet Union

First round

• The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the final round.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	90	17	5.294	Final round
2	Belgium	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	49	76	0.645
3	Italy	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	44	90	0.489

Source: ^[1]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep		Belgium	3–0	Italy	15–6	15–12	15–13			45–31	Report
16 Sep		Soviet Union	3–0	Italy	15–4	15–7	15–2			45–13	Report
17 Sep		Soviet Union	3–0	Belgium	15–2	15–1	15–1			45–4	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	149	69	2.159	Final round
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	138	115	1.200
3	Portugal	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	106	138	0.768
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	76	147	0.517

Source: ^[2]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep		Yugoslavia	3–0	Portugal	15–12	15–7	16–14			46–33	Report
16 Sep		Bulgaria	3–1	Yugoslavia	15–10	15–8	14–16	15–13		59–47	Report
16 Sep		Portugal	3–1	Netherlands	11–15	15–12	16–14	15–6		57–47	Report
17 Sep		Yugoslavia	3–0	Netherlands	15–3	15–8	15–12			45–23	Report
17 Sep		Bulgaria	3–0	Portugal	15–5	15–10	15–1			45–16	Report
18 Sep		Bulgaria	3–0	Netherlands	15–1	15–3	15–2			45–6	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Romania	2	2	0	4	6	1	6.000	104	64	1.625	Final round
2	France	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	95	82	1.159
3	Israel	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	37	90	0.411

Source: ^[3]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep		France	3–0	Israel	15–10	15–7	15–6			45–23	Report
16 Sep		Romania	3–1	France	13–15	15–9	16–14	15–12		59–50	Report
17 Sep		Romania	3–0	Israel	15–3	15–5	15–6			45–14	Report

Final round

Placement group 1st - 6th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	225	90	2.500
2	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	234	187	1.251
3	France	5	3	2	8	9	10	0.900	225	238	0.945
4	Romania	5	2	3	7	10	9	1.111	229	231	0.991
5	Yugoslavia	5	2	3	7	8	11	0.727	211	249	0.847
6	Belgium	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	97	226	0.429

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Sep		Soviet Union	3–0	Yugoslavia	15–12	15–2	15–11			45–25
18 Sep		France	3–2	Bulgaria	15–12	15–9	5–15	10–15	15–12	60–63
18 Sep		Romania	3–0	Belgium	15–8	15–3	15–5			45–16
19 Sep		Yugoslavia	3–2	Romania	11–15	15–9	5–15	15–10	17–15	63–64
19 Sep		Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–2	15–6	15–7			45–15
19 Sep		Bulgaria	3–0	Belgium	15–2	15–8	15–7			45–17
20 Sep		Bulgaria	3–0	Yugoslavia	15–5	15–6	15–8			45–19
20 Sep		Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–9	15–9	15–7			45–25
20 Sep		France	3–0	Belgium	15–8	15–10	15–5			45–23
21 Sep		France	3–2	Yugoslavia	7–15	15–6	15–12	12–15	15–10	64–58
21 Sep		Soviet Union	3–0	Belgium	15–4	15–3	15–3			45–10
21 Sep		Bulgaria	3–2	Romania	15–1	15–8	8–15	13–15	15–7	66–46
22 Sep		Yugoslavia	3–0	Belgium	16–14	15–11	15–6			46–31
22 Sep		Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–8	15–3	15–4			45–15
22 Sep		Romania	3–0	France	17–15	15–11	17–15			49–41

Placement group 7th - 10th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
7	Portugal	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	151	121	1.248
8	Italy	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	159	128	1.242
9	Netherlands	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	130	149	0.872
10	Israel	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	118	160	0.738

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep		Portugal	3–2	Italy	9–15	15–12	7–15	15–13	15–11	61–66
19 Sep		Netherlands	3–2	Israel	13–15	18–16	15–8	6–15	15–5	67–59
20 Sep		Italy	3–0	Israel	15–9	15–6	18–16			48–31
20 Sep		Portugal	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–7	15–11			45–27
21 Sep		Italy	3–0	Netherlands	15–10	15–13	15–13			45–36
21 Sep		Portugal	3–0	Israel	15–9	15–6	15–13			45–28

Final ranking

Place Team     Soviet Union     Bulgaria     France 4.   Romania 5.   Yugoslavia 6.   Belgium 7.   Portugal 8.   Italy 9.   Netherlands 10.   Israel

1951 Men's European champions    Soviet Union Second title

References

1. https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionStandings.aspx?ID=259
2. https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionStandings.aspx?ID=259
3. https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionStandings.aspx?ID=259

Sources

• CEV
• Results
• Results ( 2009-07-21)