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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 1997 Men's
European Volleyball Championship Qualification was the qualifying event
for the 20th edition of the event, hosted in Eindhoven and Den Bosch,
Netherlands from September 6 to September 14, 1997 and organised by
Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de
Volleyball. The qualifying matches were played in 1996 and 1997. The
number one to four from the 1995 edition of the Men's European
Volleyball Championship - Italy, Yugoslavia, the Netherlands (also
hosts) and Bulgaria - were automatically qualified for the 1997 edition.
The six group winners qualified, and the two winners of the play-off
round.
