Men Volleyball III European Championship 1951 Paris, France - 12th to 22nd September

Men Volleyball III European Championship 1951 Paris, France - 12th to 22nd September - Champion Soviet Union (2nd)

	Final Group	pt	won	lst	sets	points	m
1.	Soviet Union	10	5	0	15:0^max	225/90^2.500	5
2.	Bulgaria	8	3(1)	2(1)	11:8^1.38	234/187^1.251	5
3.	France	8	3(2)	2	9:10^0.90	225/238^0.945	5
4.	Romania	7	2	3(2)	10:9^1.11	229/231^0.991	5
5.	Yugoslavia	7	2(1)	3(1)	8:11^0.73	211/249^0.847	5
6.	Belgium	5	0	5	0:15^0.00	97/226^0.429	5

Format

1. First Groups Round - Round Robin Groups. 1 with 4 teams and 2 with 3 teams.

First 2 from each Group advanced to Final Group. Rest to Group 7-10.

2. Second Groups Round. Round Robin Final Group and placement Group 7-10.

_ Final Ranking.

Table	Sovi	Bulg	Fran	Roma	Yugo	Belg
Soviet Union	----	3:0^45-15	3:0^45-15	3:0^45-25	3:0^45-25	3:0^45-10
Bulgaria		----		3:2^66-46	3:0^45-19	3:0^45-17
France		3:2^60-63	----		3:2^64-58	3:0^45-23
Romania			3:0^49-41	----		3:0^45-16
Yugoslavia				3:2^63-64	----	3:0^46-31
Belgium						----

Soviet Union did not loose a single set for second championship in a row.

In 3 matches from 15 lower ranked teams won: France - Bulgaria 3:2, Romania - France 3:0, Yugoslavia - Romania 3:2. Four 5 set matches.

date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
Tue 18.09.51	Soviet Union	3-0	Yugoslavia	45-25	15-12	15-2	15-11
Tue 18.09.51	France	3-2	Bulgaria	60-63	15-12	15-9	5-15	10-15	15-12
Tue 18.09.51	Romania	3-0	Belgium	45-16	15-8	15-3	15-5
Wed 19.09.51	Yugoslavia	3-2	Romania	63-64	11-15	15-9	5-15	15-10	17-15
Wed 19.09.51	Soviet Union	3-0	France	45-15	15-2	15-6	15-7
Wed 19.09.51	Bulgaria	3-0	Belgium	45-17	15-2	15-8	15-7
Thu 20.09.51	Bulgaria	3-0	Yugoslavia	45-19	15-5	15-6	15-8
Thu 20.09.51	Soviet Union	3-0	Romania	45-25	15-9	15-9	15-7
Thu 20.09.51	France	3-0	Belgium	45-23	15-8	15-10	15-5
Fri 21.09.51	France	3-2	Yugoslavia	64-58	7-15	15-6	15-12	12-15	15-10
Fri 21.09.51	Soviet Union	3-0	Belgium	45-10	15-4	15-3	15-3
Fri 21.09.51	Bulgaria	3-2	Romania	66-46	15-1	15-8	8-15	13-15	15-7
Sat 22.09.51	Yugoslavia	3-0	Belgium	46-31	16-14	15-11	15-6
Sat 22.09.51	Soviet Union	3-0	Bulgaria	45-15	15-8	15-3	15-4
Sat 22.09.51	Romania	3-0	France	49-41	17-15	15-11	17-15

	Final Rankinf	pt	won	lst	sets	points	m
1.	Soviet Union	14	7	0	21:0^max	315/107^2.944	7
2.	Bulgaria	14	6(1)	2(1)	20:9^2.22	383/256^1.496	8
3.	France	11	4(2)	3	13:13^1.00	320/320^1.000	7
4.	Romania	11	4	3(2)	16:10^1.60	333/295^1.129	7
5.	Yugoslavia	12	4(1)	4(1)	15:14^1.07	349/364^0.959	8
6.	Belgium	8	1	6	3:18^0.17	146/302^0.483	7
Group 7-10
7.	Portugal	10	4(1)	2	12:9^1.33	257/259^0.992	6
8.	Italy	7	2	3(1)	8:9^0.89	203/218^0.931	5
9.	Netherlands	7	1(1)	5	4:17^0.24	206/296^0.696	6
10.	Israel	5	0	5(1)	2:15^0.13	155/250^0.620	5

Winner from Men 1948 and 2nd from Men 1950 - Czechoslovakia did not take part.

Hungary and Poland also not played.

	Group 7-10	pt	won	lst	sets	points	m	Port	Ital	Neth	Isra
7.	Portugal	6	3(1)	0	9:2^4.50	151/121^1.248	3	-----	3:2^61-66	3:0^45-27	3:0^45-28
8.	Italy	5	2	1(1)	8:3^2.67	159/128^1.242	3		-----	3:0^45-36	3:0^48-31
9.	Netherlands	4	1(1)	2	3:8^0.38	130/149^0.872	3			-----	3:2^67-59
10.	Israel	3	0	3(1)	2:9^0.22	118/160^0.738	3				-----

date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
Wed 19.09.51	Portugal	3-2	Italy	61-66	9-15	15-12	7-15	15-13	15-11
Wed 19.09.51	Netherlands	3-2	Israel	67-59	13-15	18-16	15-8	6-15	15-5
Thu 20.09.51	Italy	3-0	Israel	48-31	15-9	15-6	18-16
Thu 20.09.51	Portugal	3-0	Netherlands	45-27	15-9	15-7	15-11
Fri 21.09.51	Italy	3-0	Netherlands	45-36	15-10	15-13	15-13
Fri 21.09.51	Portugal	3-0	Israel	45-28	15-9	15-6	15-13

First Groups Round.

First 2 to Final Group. Rest to Group 7-10.

	Group A	pt	won	lst	sets	points	m	Sovi	Belg	Ital
1.	Soviet Union	4	2	0	6:0^max	90/17^5.294	2	-----	3:0^45-4	3:0^45-13
2.	Belgium	3	1	1	3:3^1.00	49/76^0.645	2		-----	3:0^45-31
3.	Italy	2	0	2	0:6^0.00	44/90^0.489	2			-----

date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
Sat 15.09.51	Belgium	3-0	Italy	45-31	15-6	15-12	15-13
Sun 16.09.51	Soviet Union	3-0	Italy	45-13	15-4	15-7	15-2
Mon 17.09.51	Soviet Union	3-0	Belgium	45-4	15-2	15-1	15-1

	Group B	pt	won	lst	sets	points	m	Bulg	Yugo	Port	Neth
1.	Bulgaria	6	3	0	9:1^9.00	149/69^2.159	3	-----	3:1^59-47	3:0^45-16	3:0^45-6
2.	Yugoslavia	5	2	1	7:3^2.33	138/115^1.200	3		-----	3:0^46-33	3:0^45-23
3.	Portugal	4	1	2	3:7^0.43	106/138^0.768	3			-----	3:1^57-47
4.	Netherlands	3	0	3	1:9^0.11	76/147^0.517	3				-----

date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
Sat 15.09.51	Yugoslavia	3-0	Portugal	46-33	15-12	15-7	16-14
Sun 16.09.51	Bulgaria	3-1	Yugoslavia	59-47	15-10	15-8	14-16	15-13
Sun 16.09.51	Portugal	3-1	Netherlands	57-47	11-15	15-12	16-14	15-6
Mon 17.09.51	Yugoslavia	3-0	Netherlands	45-23	15-3	15-8	15-12
Mon 17.09.51	Bulgaria	3-0	Portugal	45-16	15-5	15-10	15-1
Tue 18.06.51	Bulgaria	3-0	Netherlands	45-6	15-1	15-3	15-2
postponned due to late arrival of one of the teams.

	Group C	pt	won	lst	sets	points	m	Roma	Fran	Isra
1.	Romania	4	2	0	6:1^6.00	104/64^1.625	2	-----	3:1^59-50	3:0^45-14
2.	France	3	1	1	4:3^1.33	95/82^1.159	2		-----	3:0^45-23
3.	Israel	2	0	2	0:6^0.00	37/90^0.411	2			-----

date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5
Sat 15.09.51	France	3-0	Israel	45-23	15-10	15-7	15-6
Sun 16.09.51	Romania	3-1	France	59-50	13-15	15-9	16-14	15-12
Mon 17.06.51	Romania	3-0	Israel	45-14	15-3	15-5	15-6

Teams Composition

1. Soviet Union

Konstantin Reva

Vladimir Savin

Valentin Kitaev

Vladimir Schagin

Alexey Jakuschev

Porfiriy Voronin

Vladimir Ulyanov

Sergey Nefyodov

Mikhail Pimenov

Vladimir Gaylit

Givi Achvlediani

Vladimir Andreev

Coach: Anatoliy Chinilin.

2. Bulgaria

Kostadin Shopov

Boris Gyuderov

Dragomir Stoyanov

Panayot Pondalov

Stoyan Kardzhiev

Boto Danailov

Kosta Badzhakov

Ivan Konarev

Petar Mehandzhiyski

Gencho Petkov

Peyu Parlev

Denyo Denev

Coach: Dimitar Elenkov

3. France

Igor Boulatsel

Rene Brockly

Igor Chichkine

Alphons Claparede

Michel Constantin

Rene Demotte

Francois Dujarden

Henri Pasqualini

Robert Pujol

Jack Vabre

Rene van Brantegem

Jackues Vilmin

Coach: Marcel Mathore

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