Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The European qualification for the 2008 men's Olympic volleyball tournament was held from 1 September 2007 to 13 January 2008.

Elimination round

Dates: 1–9 September 2007
All times are local.
In case of an aggregate score tie, teams play a Golden Set to determine the winner.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montenegro	6–3	Latvia	3–1	3–2
Romania	6–0	Georgia	3–0	3–0
Austria	3–5	Sweden	3–2	0–3
Azerbaijan	0–6	Denmark	0–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Sep	18:00	Romania	3–0	Georgia	25–12	25–19	25–16			75–47
01 Sep	20:00	Montenegro	3–1	Latvia	25–22	25–18	18–25	25–23		93–88
01 Sep	20:15	Austria	3–2	Sweden	25–21	23–25	25–20	22–25	16–14	111–105
02 Sep	18:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Denmark	23–25	29–31	21–25			73–81

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Sep	18:00	Romania	3–0	Georgia	25–13	25–20	25–17			75–50
08 Sep	17:30	Denmark	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–17	25–15	25–22			75–54
09 Sep	16:00	Sweden	3–0	Austria	25–10	25–14	25–23			75–47
09 Sep	18:00	Latvia	2–3	Montenegro	23–25	23–25	25–22	25–23	19–21	115–116

Pre–qualification tournaments

The Qualification Tournament hosts Turkey, the three 2007 World Cup participants and the next-best ranked team from the 2007 European Championship which are not yet qualified directly qualified for the Qualification Tournament.

Tournament 1

Venue: Arena Savaria, Szombathely, Hungary
Dates: 28 November–2 December 2007
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Finland	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	183	154	1.188
2	Hungary	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	132	137	0.964
3	Estonia	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	159	183	0.869

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	20:00	Estonia	2–3	Finland	21–25	17–25	25–21	25–22	9–15	97–108
29 Nov	20:00	Hungary	3–0	Estonia	25–19	25–22	25–21			75–62
30 Nov	20:00	Finland	3–0	Hungary	25–22	25–19	25–16			75–57

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	150	118	1.271
2	Belgium	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	137	143	0.958
3	Denmark	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	127	153	0.830

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	17:30	Denmark	0–3	Belgium	26–28	22–25	20–25			68–78
29 Nov	17:30	Poland	3–0	Denmark	25–21	25–19	25–19			75–59
30 Nov	17:30	Belgium	0–3	Poland	22–25	18–25	19–25			59–75

Final round

	Semifinals				Final

	1 December
	Finland	3
	Belgium	0

					2 December
					Finland	0
					Poland	3



	1 December
	Poland	3
	Hungary	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Dec	15:30	Finland	3–0	Belgium	25–21	25–22	26–24			76–67
01 Dec	18:00	Poland	3–1	Hungary	25–14	25–18	20–25	25–17		95–74

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Dec	15:00	Finland	0–3	Poland	20–25	18–25	25–27			63–77

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Poland
2	Finland
3	Belgium
3	Hungary
5	Denmark
5	Estonia

	Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Tournament 2

Venue: Arena D'Évora, Évora, Portugal
Dates: 28 November–2 December 2007
All times are Western European Time (UTC±0).

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	3	1	1	5	3	1.667	188	179	1.050
2	Czech Republic	3	1	1	5	5	1.000	213	213	1.000
3	Portugal	3	1	1	3	5	0.600	175	184	0.951

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	15:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Portugal	21–25	25–19	22–25	25–20	12–15	105–104
29 Nov	15:00	Germany	2–3	Czech Republic	25–18	26–24	24–26	23–25	11–15	109–108
30 Nov	18:30	Portugal	0–3	Germany	25–27	25–27	21–25			71–79

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	151	124	1.218
2	Sweden	3	1	1	3	5	0.600	188	194	0.969
3	Slovakia	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	172	193	0.891

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	19:00	Sweden	3–2	Slovakia	28–26	22–25	30–28	22–25	16–14	118–118
29 Nov	18:30	France	3–0	Sweden	25–23	25–23	26–24			76–70
30 Nov	15:00	Slovakia	0–3	France	15–25	18–25	21–25			54–75

Final round

	Semifinals				Final

	1 December
	Germany	3
	Sweden	0

					2 December
					Germany	3
					Czech Republic	2



	1 December
	France	0
	Czech Republic	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Dec	15:05	France	0–3	Czech Republic	19–25	20–25	14–25			53–75
01 Dec	18:30	Germany	3–0	Sweden	25–19	25–11	25–21			75–51

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Dec	16:05	Germany	3–2	Czech Republic	25–22	21–25	25–17	22–25	15–13	108–102

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Germany
2	Czech Republic
3	France
3	Sweden
5	Portugal
5	Slovakia

	Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Tournament 3

Venue: PalaCatania, Catania, Italy
Dates: 28 November–2 December 2007
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	186	172	1.081
2	Croatia	3	1	1	5	4	1.250	214	197	1.086
3	Montenegro	2	0	2	1	6	0.167	144	175	0.823

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	20:30	Italy	3–0	Montenegro	25–18	25–19	25–21			75–58
29 Nov	17:30	Croatia	2–3	Italy	24–26	22–25	25–20	25–20	18–20	114–111
30 Nov	20:00	Montenegro	1–3	Croatia	25–22	22–25	13–25	26–28		86–100

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	154	125	1.232
2	Greece	3	1	1	3	4	0.750	160	161	0.994
3	Romania	2	0	2	1	6	0.167	144	172	0.837

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Romania	26–24	25–18	25–19			76–61
29 Nov	20:00	Greece	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	26–28	19–25			64–78
30 Nov	17:30	Romania	1–3	Greece	25–21	22–25	21–25	15–25		83–96

Final round

	Semifinals				Final

	1 December
	Italy	3
	Greece	0

					2 December
					Italy	3
					Netherlands	2



	1 December
	Netherlands	3
	Croatia	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Dec	16:00	Italy	3–0	Greece	25–15	25–19	25–19			75–53
01 Dec	18:30	Netherlands	3–0	Croatia	25–22	25–18	27–25			77–65

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Dec	18:00	Italy	3–2	Netherlands	20–25	21–25	25–20	25–21	15–13	106–104

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Italy
2	Netherlands
3	Croatia
3	Greece
5	Montenegro
5	Romania

	Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Second placed teams

Russia and Bulgaria qualified to the 2008 men's Olympic volleyball tournament via the 2007 World Cup and are replaced by the two second placed teams.

	Qualified for the Qualification tournament

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	7	3	1	11	3	3.667	335	296	1.132
2	Finland	7	3	1	9	5	1.800	322	298	1.081
3	Czech Republic	6	2	2	10	8	1.250	390	374	1.043

Qualification tournament

Venue: Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir, Turkey
Dates: 7–13 January 2008
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Spain	5	2	1	7	7	1.000	292	307	0.951
2	Netherlands	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	253	269	0.941
3	Poland	4	1	2	7	6	1.167	288	275	1.047
4	Italy	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	246	228	1.079

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Jan	15:30	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	29–27	25–18	25–10			79–55
07 Jan	20:30	Spain	3–2	Poland	19–25	25–22	26–28	25–21	15–11	110–107
08 Jan	18:00	Poland	3–0	Italy	25–20	26–24	25–21			76–65
09 Jan	15:30	Italy	2–3	Spain	21–25	25–13	25–19	19–25	12–15	102–97
09 Jan	20:30	Netherlands	3–2	Poland	19–25	25–23	25–19	16–25	15–13	100–105
10 Jan	18:00	Spain	1–3	Netherlands	24–26	25–22	19–25	17–25		85–98

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	276	260	1.062
2	Finland	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	259	241	1.075
3	Germany	5	2	1	6	7	0.857	268	279	0.961
4	Turkey	3	0	3	5	9	0.556	296	319	0.928

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Jan	18:00	Turkey	2–3	Finland	34–32	18–25	25–22	22–25	12–15	111–119
08 Jan	15:30	Serbia	3–0	Finland	26–24	25–23	25–18			76–65
08 Jan	20:30	Germany	3–2	Turkey	25–20	17–25	21–25	25–19	15–12	103–101
09 Jan	18:00	Serbia	2–3	Germany	22–25	26–24	25–22	19–25	11–15	103–111
10 Jan	15:30	Finland	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–15	25–16			75–54
10 Jan	20:30	Turkey	1–3	Serbia	25–22	21–25	23–25	15–25		84–97

Final round

	Semifinals				Final

	12 January
	Spain	3
	Finland	1

					13 January
					Spain	2
					Serbia	3



	12 January
	Serbia	3
	Netherlands	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jan	16:30	Spain	3–1	Finland	25–22	21–25	25–16	25–16		96–79
12 Jan	19:00	Serbia	3–0	Netherlands	25–23	27–25	25–21			77–69

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Jan	16:00	Spain	2–3	Serbia	26–24	25–16	19–25	15–25	15–17	100–107

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Serbia
2	Spain
3	Finland
3	Netherlands
5	Germany
5	Poland
7	Italy
7	Turkey

	Qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games

External links

Official website

Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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