1983 Women's European Volleyball Championship

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.

• venue location: Schwerin, East Germany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	151	120	1.258	Final pool
2	West Germany	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	125	108	1.157
3	Poland	3	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	170	150	1.133	7th–12th pool
4	France	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	80	148	0.541

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Sep	West Germany	3–1	Poland	15–10	17–15	4–15	15–5		51–45	Report
17 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–13	15–4	15–7			45–24	Report
18 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	West Germany	15–8	15–10	15–11			45–29	Report
18 Sep	Poland	3–1	France	15–8	15–13	13–15	15–2		58–38	Report
19 Sep	West Germany	3–0	France	15–11	15–5	15–2			45–18	Report
19 Sep	Poland	3–2	Bulgaria	15–11	13–15	15–9	9–15	15–11	67–61	Report

• venue location: Cottbus, East Germany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	144	68	2.118	Final pool
2	Romania	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	135	134	1.007
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	97	102	0.951	7th–12th pool
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	80	152	0.526

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Romania	15–3	8–15	15–5	15–5		53–28	Report
17 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Netherlands	15–1	15–4	15–6			45–11	Report
18 Sep	Romania	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–9	15–12	15–8			45–29	Report
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–8	15–5			45–17	Report
19 Sep	Romania	3–1	Netherlands	15–17	16–14	15–7	16–14		62–52	Report
19 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–4	16–14	15–5			46–23	Report

• venue location: Rostock, East Germany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	East Germany	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	136	70	1.943	Final pool
2	Hungary	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	120	71	1.690
3	Italy	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	91	117	0.778	7th–12th pool
4	Sweden	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	46	135	0.341

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Italy	15–7	16–14	15–5			46–26	Report
17 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Sweden	15–4	15–0	15–2			45–6	Report
18 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Italy	15–11	15–6	15–3			45–20	Report
18 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Sweden	15–6	15–3	15–5			45–14	Report
19 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Hungary	15–10	15–10	15–10			45–30	Report
19 Sep	Italy	3–0	Sweden	15–8	15–6	15–12			45–26	Report

• venue location: Cottbus, East Germany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Italy	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	208	176	1.182
2	Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	9	14	6	2.333	287	177	1.621
3	Poland	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	239	187	1.278
4	France	5	2	3	7	10	11	0.909	244	265	0.921
5	Netherlands	5	1	4	6	4	12	0.333	152	212	0.717
6	Sweden	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	138	251	0.550

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	Poland	3–1	France	15–8	15–13	13–15	15–2		58–38	Report
21 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Netherlands	15–1	15–4	15–6			45–11	Report
21 Sep	Italy	3–0	Sweden	15–8	15–6	15–12			45–26	Report
22 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Sweden	14–16	15–6	15–11	16–4		60–37	Report
22 Sep	Italy	3–1	France	15–7	15–10	11–15	15–12		56–44	Report
22 Sep	Poland	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–9	15–3			45–16	Report
23 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Italy	15–8	15–5	15–4			45–17	Report
23 Sep	Poland	3–0	Sweden	15–9	15–6	15–6			45–21	Report
23 Sep	France	3–1	Netherlands	15–11	15–13	13–15	15–7		58–46	Report
24 Sep	Italy	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–7	15–13			45–27	Report
24 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Sweden	15–5	15–11	15–3			45–19	Report
24 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–2	France	15–17	15–8	15–4	10–15	15–4	70–48	Report
25 Sep	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	15–12	15–10	15–12			45–34	Report
25 Sep	France	3–1	Sweden	15–11	11–15	15–7	15–2		56–35	Report
25 Sep	Poland	3–2	Czechoslovakia	15–13	10–15	7–15	15–9	17–15	64–67	Report

• venue location: Rostock, East Germany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	East Germany	5	5	0	10	15	5	3.000	280	194	1.443
2	Soviet Union	5	4	1	9	14	7	2.000	268	211	1.270
3	Hungary	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	223	177	1.260
4	Bulgaria	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	199	232	0.858
5	West Germany	5	1	4	6	4	13	0.308	181	227	0.797
6	Romania	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	138	248	0.556

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	West Germany	15–8	15–10	15–11			45–29	Report
21 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Romania	15–3	8–15	15–5	15–5		53–28	Report
21 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Hungary	15–10	15–10	15–10			45–30	Report
22 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Bulgaria	15–1	15–7	15–9			45–17	Report
22 Sep	East Germany	3–0	Romania	15–3	15–5	15–7			45–15	Report
22 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	West Germany	15–7	16–14	15–4			46–25	Report
23 Sep	Hungary	3–0	Romania	16–14	15–13	15–4			46–31	Report
23 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Bulgaria	13–15	15–8	15–5	15–10		58–38	Report
23 Sep	East Germany	3–1	West Germany	15–10	15–8	14–16	15–6		59–40	Report
24 Sep	West Germany	3–1	Romania	15–1	14–16	15–13	15–2		59–32	Report
24 Sep	East Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	15–6	12–15	11–15	15–9	15–9	68–54	Report
24 Sep	Soviet Union	3–2	Hungary	8–15	3–15	15–13	15–8	15–6	56–57	Report
25 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Romania	15–12	15–13	15–7			45–32	Report
25 Sep	Hungary	3–0	West Germany	15–11	15–7	15–10			45–28	Report
25 Sep	East Germany	3–2	Soviet Union	6–15	11–15	15–8	15–3	16–14	63–55	Report