The 1987 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the fifteenth edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball.

It was hosted in several cities in Belgium from 25 September to 3 October 1987, with the final round held in Ghent.

In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each.

The second stage of the tournament consisted of three sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking.

The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and group stage fifths and sixths played the 9th to 12th semifinals.