| New teams: France and Sweden replacing Yugoslavia and Turkey. |   
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| Group A |  | West Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Norway and Belgium |  | Group B |  | Italy, France, Yugoslavia, Austria and Switzerland |  | Group C |  | Romania, Sweden, Turkey, Spian, England and Portugal |   
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| Group A | won | lst | sf | sa | pointsratio |  | 1. |   West Germany | 4 | 0 | 12: | 0 | 180/553.273 |  | 2. |   Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 9: | 3 | 157/1011.554 |  | 3. |   Finland | 2 | 2 | 6: | 6 | 119/1340.888 |  | 4. |   Norway | 1 | 3 | 3: | 11 | 113/1990.568 |  | 5. |   Belgium | 0 | 4 | 2: | 12 | 117/1970.594 |   
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| Team | WeGe | Neth | Finl | Norw | Belg |  | West Germany | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Netherlands |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Finland |   |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Norway |   |   |   | --- | 3:2 |  | Belgium |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Imatra, Finland |  | Wed 04.05.83 |   Finland | 3-0 |   Norway | 45-23 | 15-9 | 15-4 | 15-10 |   |  | Wed 04.05.83 |   West Germany | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-12 | 15-5 | 15-6 | 15-1 |    |  | Thu 05.05.83 |   West Germany | 3-0 |   Norway | 45-9 | 15-1 | 15-1 | 15-7 |   |  | Thu 05.05.83 |   Netherlands | 3-0 |   Finland | 45-17 | 15-3 | 15-13 | 15-1 |  0:43 |  | Fri 06.05.83 |   Norway | 3-2 |   Belgium | 62-64 | 15-7 | 8-15 | 8-15 | 15-13 | 16-14 |  | Fri 06.05.83 |   West Germany | 3-0 |   Netherlands | 45-22 | 15-8 | 15-10 | 15-4 |  0:57  |  | Sat 07.05.83 |   Netherlands | 3-0 |   Norway | 45-19 | 15-6 | 15-6 | 15-7 |   |  | Sat 07.05.83 |   Finland | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-21 | 15-4 | 15-6 | 15-11 |   |  | Sun 08.05.83 |   Netherlands | 3-0 |   Belgium | 45-20 | 15-4 | 15-4 | 15-12 |    |  | Sun 08.05.83 |   West Germany | 3-0 |   Finland | 45-12 | 15-3 | 15-4 | 15-5 |   |   
 NEtherlands: Petra van de Linde, Fransje Murphy, Carolien Keulen, Irene Klunder, Helena van Eijkeren, Monique Remmen.
 
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| Group B | won | lst | sf | sa | pointsratio | miss |  | 1. |   Italy | 4 | 0 | 12: | 1 | 193/981.969 |   |  | 2. |   France | 3 | 1 | 9: | 4 | 122/1181.034 | 1 |  | 3. |   Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 8: | 7 | 195/1901.026 |   |  | 4. |   Austria | 1 | 3 | 3: | 10 | 97/1380.703 | 1 |  | 5. |   Switzerland | 0 | 4 | 2: | 12 | 138/2010.687 |   |   
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| Team | Ital | Fran | Yugo | Aust | Swed |  | Italy | --- | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | France |   | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Yugoslavia |   |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:1 |  | Austria |   |   |   | --- | 3:1 |  | Switzerland |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Wien, Austria |  | Mon 25.04.83 |   Italy | 3-0 |   France | 45-25 | 15-12 | 15-1 | 15-12 |   |  | Mon 25.04.83 |   Austria | 3-1 |   Switzerland | 56-48 | 15-6 | 16-14 | 10-15 | 15-13 |   |  | Tue 26.04.83 |   Yugoslavia | 3-1 |   Switzerland | 55-47 | 10-15 | 15-10 | 15-11 | 15-11 |   |  | Tue 26.04.83 |   Italy | 3-0 |   Austria | 45-8 | 15-3 | 15-1 | 15-4 |   |  | Wed 27.04.83 |   Italy | 3-0 |   Switzerland | 45-19 | 15-5 | 15-9 | 15-5 |   |  | Wed 27.04.83 |   France | 3-1 |   Yugoslavia | 52-49 | 7-15 | 15-10 | 15-13 | 15-11 |   |  | Thu 28.04.83 |   France | 3-0 |   Switzerland | 45-24 | 15-12 | 15-10 | 15-2 |   |  | Thu 28.04.83 |   Yugoslavia | 3-0 |   Austria | 45-33 | 15-9 | 15-12 | 15-12 |   |  | Fri 29.04.83 |   France | 3-0 |   Austria |   |  | Fri 29.04.83 |   Italy | 3-1 |   Yugoslavia | 58-46 | 13-15 | 15-8 | 15-10 | 15-13 |   |   
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| Group C | won | lst | sf | sa | pointsratio |  | 1. |   Romania | 5 | 0 | 15: | 0 | 225/982.296 |  | 2. |   Sweden | 4 | 1 | 12: | 4 | 212/1511.404 |  | 3. |   Turkey | 3 | 2 | 9: | 8 | 225/981.203 |  | 4. |   Spain | 2 | 3 | 9: | 9 | 204/2090.976 |  | 5. |   England | 1 | 4 | 3: | 12 | 143/2310.619 |  | 6. |   Portugal | 0 | 5 | 2: | 15 | 107.2400.446 |   
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| Team | Roma | Swed | Turk | Spai | Engl | Port |  | Romania | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Sweden |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Turkey |   |   | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Spain |   |   |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | England |   |   |   |   | --- | 3:2 |  | Portugal |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | points | set 1 | set 2 | set 3 | set 4 | set 5 |  |  played in Granada, Spain |  | Wed 20.04.83 | 16:30 |   Sweden | 3-0 |   England | 45-22 | 15-10 | 15-7 | 15-5 |    |  | Wed 20.04.83 | 16:30 |   Romania | 3-0 |   Turkey | 45-31 | 15-9 | 15-11 | 15-11 |    |  | Wed 20.04.83 | 20:00 |   Spain | 3-0 |   Portugal | 45-11 | 15-7 | 15-3 | 15-1 |    |  | Thu 21.04.83 | 16:00 |   Romania | 3-0 |   Sweden | 45-24 | 15-4 | 15-12 | 15-8 |    |  | Thu 21.04.83 | 18:00 |   Turkey | 3-0 |   Portugal | 45-18 | 15-11 | 15-3 | 15-4 |    |  | Thu 21.04.83 | 20:00 |   Spain | 3-0 |   England | 45-24 | 15-10 | 15-3 | 15-11 |    |  | Fri 22.04.83 | 16:00 |   Sweden | 3-1 |   Spain | 52-42 | 15-13 | 7-15 | 15-7 | 15-7 |  | Fri 22.04.83 | 18:00 |   Turkey | 3-0 |   England | 45-22 | 15-4 | 15-13 | 15-5 |   |  | Fri 22.04.83 | 20:00 |   Romania | 3-0 |   Portugal | 45-12 | 15-3 | 15-0 | 15-9 |    |  | Sat 23.04.83 | 16:00 |   Sweden | 3-0 |   Portugal | 45-15 | 15-12 | 15-9 | 15-4 |    |  | Sat 23.04.83 | 18:00 |   Romania | 3-0 |   England | 45-15 | 15-9 | 15-4 | 15-2 |    |  | Sat 23.04.83 | 20:00 |   Turkey | 3-2 |   Spain | 77-56 | 15-7 | 14-16 | 18-20 | 15-6 | 15-7 |  | Sun 24.04.83 | 10:00 |   Sweden | 3-0 |   Turkey | 46-27 | 16-14 | 15-5 | 15-8 |    |  | Sun 24.04.83 | 12:00 |   England | 3-2 |   Portugal | 60-51 | 15-2 | 15-6 | 3-15 | 12-15 | 15-13 |  | Sun 24.04.83 | 14:00 |   Romania | 3-0 |   Spain | 45-16 | 15-4 | 15-6 | 15-4 |    |   
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