1985 Women's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Netherlands
Dates	29 September – 6 October
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Various (in 5 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (11th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Ingrid Piersma
Official website
Website
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The 1985 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the fourteenth edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in the Netherlands from 29 September to 6 October 1985, with the final round held in Arnhem.

Participating teams

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided into three groups of four teams each. In the second stage, two groups were formed, one containing the winners and runners-up from all first stage groups (six teams in total) to contest the tournament title. A second group was formed by the remaining six teams which played for position places (7th to 12th). All groups in both stages played a single round-robin format.

Pools composition

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3
Bulgaria	France	Hungary
Czechoslovakia	Poland	Italy
East Germany	Soviet Union	Netherlands
Greece	West Germany	Romania

Squads

Venues

Pool 1	Pool 2	Beverwijk Enschede Leeuwarden Sittard Arnhem class=notpageimage| Tournament host cities
Beverwijk	Enschede
Pool 3	7th–12th pool
Leeuwarden	Sittard
Final pool
Arnhem

Preliminary round

Pool 1

• venue location: Beverwijk, Netherlands

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	East Germany	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	164	93	1.763	Final pool
2	Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	143	115	1.243
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	130	132	0.985	7th–12th pool
4	Greece	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	38	135	0.281

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Bulgaria	15–13	15–12	8–15	15–7		53–47	Report
29 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Greece	15–4	15–3	15–3			45–10	Report
30 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Greece	15–4	15–4	15–2			45–10	Report
30 Sep	East Germany	3–1	Bulgaria	15–3	15–17	15–4	16–14		61–38	Report
1 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Greece	15–6	15–10	15–2			45–18	Report
1 Oct	East Germany	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–11	15–8	13–15	15–11		58–45	Report

Pool 2

• venue location: Enschede, Netherlands

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	141	71	1.986	Final pool
2	West Germany	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	125	135	0.926
3	Poland	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	118	135	0.874	7th–12th pool
4	France	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	106	149	0.711

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Poland	15–1	15–6	6–15	15–9		51–31	Report
29 Sep	West Germany	3–1	France	16–14	15–8	13–15	15–11		59–48	Report
30 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	West Germany	15–1	15–6	15–11			45–18	Report
30 Sep	Poland	3–0	France	15–12	15–13	15–11			45–36	Report
1 Oct	West Germany	3–1	Poland	15–9	15–9	3–15	15–9		48–42	Report
1 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–6	15–10	15–6			45–22	Report

Pool 3

• venue location: Leeuwarden, Netherlands