1979 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 1979 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in France from 5 to 13 October 1979, with the final round held in Lyon.

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.

Pool A

 * venue location: Orléans, France

Pool B

 * venue location: Cannes, France

Pool C

 * venue location: Évreux, France

7th–12th pool

 * venue location: Cannes, France

Final pool

 * venue location: Lyon, France

Final ranking
Team Roster Lyudmila Chernyshyova, Nadezhda Radzevich, Lidiya Loginova, Tatyana Cherkasova, Irina Makogonova, Lyubov Kozyreva, Yelena Andreyuk, Yelena Akhaminova, Svetlana Nikishina, Nataliya Razumova and Tatyana Kunitskaya. Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol.