Ko te 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship Qualification te kaupapa tohu mo te putanga 20 o te kaupapa, i whakahaerehia i Eindhoven me Den Bosch, Netherlands mai i te 6 Mahuru ki te 14 Mahuru 1997, a ka whakahaerehia e te tinana whakahaere o te whutupaoro o Europi, te European Volleyball Confederation. I purei nga whakataetae tohu i te 1996 me te 1997. I tohu a Netherlands hei kaihautu i a Itari, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria me Russia i tohu aunoa mai i te putanga 1995
o te Pākehā Volleyball Championship o nga tangata. Ko nga toa roopu e rima me nga roopu e rua mai i te waahanga whakatairanga i tohu mo te putanga 1997.