2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 27th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Italy and Serbia from 23 September to 2 October 2011.

Format
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the second stage, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed advancing to the playoffs.

The second stage of the tournament consisted of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round. A playoff was played (involving group second and third places) to determine which teams joined the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, third place match and final.

Venues
The tournament was played at four venues in four cities (two in Italy and two in Serbia). Each city hosted a group during the preliminary round. Monza and Belgrade hosted the playoffs and quarterfinals. Belgrade also concluded the championship hosting the semifinals, third place match and final.

Preliminary round

 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

 * venue: Hala Pionir, Belgrade, Serbia

Pool B

 * venue: PalaIper, Monza, Italy

Pool C

 * venue: Crystal Hall, Zrenjanin, Serbia

Pool D

 * venue: PalaYamamay, Busto Arsizio, Italy

Championship round

 * venues:
 * Hala Pionir, Belgrade, Serbia
 * PalaIper, Monza, Italy


 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Semifinals
The semifinal and final matches played in Belgrade, Serbia were extremely stormy with more than five thousand Serbian audience. The semifinal match between Serbia and Turkey was fabulously breathtaking, Serbia having got to win against Turkey with a 3:2 score and qualify for the final.

Bronze medal match
In order to get the third place in the tournament Turkey and Italy came to court and both teams wanted it so much to win, but Turkey was the one getting to the bronze medal with a 3:2 win.

Final
At the final match against Germany, Serbia was able to get the title of European Champion in front of its audience, ending the match and the tournament with a 3:2 score once more.

Final standing
Team Roster: 1	Ana Lazarević 2	Jovana Brakočević 3	Sanja Malagurski 5	Nataša Krsmanović 6	Tijana Malešević 7	Brižitka Molnar 8	Ana Antonijević 9	Jovana Vesović 10	Maja Ognjenović 12	Jelena Nikolić 14	Nađa Ninković 16	Milena Rašić 18	Suzana Ćebić (L) 19	Silvija Popović (L) Head Coach: Zoran Terzić

Individual awards

 * MVP: 🇷🇸 Jovana Brakočević (SRB)
 * Best scorer: 🇹🇷 Neslihan Darnel (TUR)
 * Best spiker: 🇩🇪 Margareta Kozuch (GER)
 * Best blocker: 🇩🇪 Christiane Fürst (GER)
 * Best server: 🇹🇷 Bahar Toksoy (TUR)
 * Best setter: 🇷🇸 Maja Ognjenović (SRB)
 * Best receiver: 🇩🇪 Angelina Grün (GER)
 * Best libero: 🇷🇸 Suzana Ćebić (SRB)