2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 30th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. The tournament was co-hosted by Azerbaijan and Georgia, and was held between 22 September and 1 October 2017.

Serbia defeated Netherlands in the final to capture their second european title. Turkey defeated Azerbaijan for the bronze medal. Tijana Bošković from Serbia was elected the MVP.

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

Pool standing criteria
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
 * 1) Number of matches won
 * 2) Match points
 * 3) Sets ratio
 * 4) Points ratio
 * 5) Result of the match between the tied teams

Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

The second stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round. First, the playoff is played (involving groups second and third places) to determine which teams will join the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, 3rd place match and final.

Venues
Three venues (each in a different city) were selected to be used in the tournament. Two located in Azerbaijan (at Baku and Ganja) and one in Georgia (at Tbilisi).

Preliminary round
All times are Azerbaijan Time (AZT) / Georgia Time (GET) (UTC+04:00).

Pool A

 * venue: National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan

Pool B

 * venue: Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia

Pool C

 * venue: National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan

Pool D

 * venue: Göygöl Olympic Sport Complex, Ganja, Azerbaijan

Championship round
All times are Azerbaijan Time (AZT) (UTC+04:00).
 * venue: National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan

Individual awards

 * Most valuable player
 * 🇷🇸 Tijana Bošković
 * Best setter
 * Laura Dijkema
 * Best outside spikers
 * 🇷🇸 Brankica Mihajlović
 * Anne Buijs
 * Best middle blockers
 * 🇹🇷 Eda Erdem Dündar
 * 🇷🇸 Stefana Veljković
 * Best opposite spiker
 * Lonneke Slöetjes
 * Best libero
 * 🇦🇿 Valeriya Mammadova