2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

This is an article about qualification for the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship.

Pool standing procedure

 * 1) Number of matches won
 * 2) Match points
 * 3) Sets ratio
 * 4) Points ratio
 * 5) Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Direct qualification
The host country team(s) and the best ranked teams in 2015 European Championship, total 7 teams, directly qualified for 2017 European Championship.

First round
First round was held 20–22 May 2016. 8 teams competed in two first round tournaments consisting of 4 teams. The top ranked teams of each pools and the best 2nd placed teams with the best score qualified for the second round. All times are local.
 * Pools composition

Pool 1

 * Venue: 🇪🇪 Audentes Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Pool 2

 * Venue: 🇱🇹 Alytus Sports and Recreation centre, Alytus, Lithuania

Second round
24 teams competed in the second round, where each pool of 4 teams played in 2 tournaments in 15–25 September 2016. The 1st placed teams of each pool qualified directly for the 2017 Championship. The 2nd placed teams of each pool qualified for the third round. All times are local.
 * Pools composition

Pool A

 * Venue: 🇺🇦 FSK Olymp, Yuzhne, Ukraine


 * Venue: 🇮🇹 Palaterme, Montecatini Terme, Italy

Pool B

 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Palais des Sports de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France


 * Venue: 🇧🇪 Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium

Pool C

 * Venue: 🇭🇺 Érd Aréna, Érd, Hungary


 * Venue: 🇵🇱 BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała, Bielsko-Biała, Poland

Pool D

 * Venue: Póvoa de Varzim Municipal Stadium, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal


 * Venue: Dvorana Gimnasium, Rovinj, Croatia

Pool E

 * Venue: 🇧🇬 Hristo Botev stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria


 * Venue: 🇷🇴 Polyvalent Hall, Piatra Neamț, Romania

Pool F

 * Venue: 🇨🇿 Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno, Czech Republic


 * Venue: Tabor Hall, Maribor, Slovenia

Third round
The 2nd placed teams of the second round will play one home and one away match to determine the 3 winners who will then subsequently be qualified through to the 2017 Championship. The third round matches will be held on 1–9 October 2016.