1948 Men's European Volleyball Championship

1948 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	24 - 26 September 1948
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Champions	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15

The 1948 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the first edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Rome, Italy from September 24 to September 26, 1948.

Teams

The following national teams participated:

• Belgium
• Czechoslovakia
• France
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Portugal

Round Robin

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	225	72	3.125
France	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	230	199	1.156
Italy	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	208	181	1.149
Portugal	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	179	172	1.041
Belgium	5	1	4	6	3	13	0.231	125	220	0.568
Netherlands	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	109	232	0.470

Source:

Matches

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	09:30	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Netherlands	15–1	15–5	15–7			45–13	Report
24 Sep	10:30	Italy	3–0	Belgium	15–8	15–5	15–6			45–19	Report
24 Sep	11:30	France	3–1	Portugal	15–11	15–9	10–15	15–10		55–45	Report
24 Sep	16:30	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–5	15–13			45–22	Report
24 Sep	17:30	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Portugal	15–3	15–8	15–6			45–17	Report
25 Sep	09:00	France	3–0	Belgium	15–8	15–7	15–7			45–22	Report
25 Sep	10:00	Italy	3–0	Portugal	15–8	15–9	15–10			45–27	Report
25 Sep	15:00	Czechoslovakia	3–0	France	15–7	15–5	15–5			45–17	Report
25 Sep	15:00	Belgium	3–1	Netherlands	15–11	15–8	7–15	15–6		52–40	Report
26 Sep	17:00	Portugal	3–0	Netherlands	15–1	15–2	15–6			45–9	Report
26 Sep		Czechoslovakia	3–0	Belgium	15–4	15–5	15–5			45–14	Report
26 Sep		France	3–2	Italy	15–8	8–15	15–9	15–17	15–13	68–62	Report
26 Sep		Czechoslovakia	3–0	Italy	15–1	15–5	15–5			45–11	Report
26 Sep		France	3–0	Netherlands	15–11	15–10	15–4			45–25	Report
26 Sep		Portugal	3–0	Belgium	15–1	15–4	15–13			45–18	Report

Final ranking

Place	Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Czechoslovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Italy
4.	Portugal
5.	Belgium
6.	Netherlands

1948 Men's European champions
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References

• CEV
• Results