The 1987 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the fifteenth edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in Belgium from 25 September to 3 October 1987, with the final round held in Ghent.
Participating teams
Format
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of three sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and group stage fifths and sixths played the 9th to 12th semifinals. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th and 5th played against 6th).
Pools composition
Squads
Venues
Preliminary round
Pool A
venue location: Eupen, Belgium
Pool B
venue location: Ghent, Belgium
Final round
9th–12th place
Pools A and B fifth and sixth positions play each other. venue location: Auderghem, Belgium
9th–12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
5th–8th place
Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other. venue location: Auderghem, Belgium
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final
Pools A and B first and second positions play each other. venue location: Ghent, Belgium
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final ranking
Individual awards
MVP: Best spiker: Best setter:
References
Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)