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.
Participating teams
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.
Pools composition
Squads
Venues
Preliminary round
Pool A
venue location: Orléans, France
Pool B
venue location: Cannes, France
Pool C
venue location: Évreux, France
Final round
7th–12th pool
venue location: Cannes, France
Final pool
venue location: Lyon, France
Final ranking
References
Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)