Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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The qualification for the 2016 Men's Olympic volleyball tournament is held from 8 September 2015 to 6 June 2016. Twelve teams will qualify, the hosts, the FIVB World Cup champion and runner-up, five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions, and four teams from the World Olympic qualification tournament respectively.[1] Teams already qualified for the event are not eligible to play in the following qualification tournaments.

Qualification summary

Means of qualification
DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country2 October 2009Denmark Copenhagen1 Brazil
2015 World Cup8–23 September 2015 Japan2 United States
 Italy
South American Qualifier9–11 October 2015Venezuela Maiquetía1 Argentina
European Qualifier5–10 January 2016Germany Berlin1 Russia
African Qualifier7–12 January 2016Republic of the Congo Brazzaville1 Egypt
North American Qualifier8–10 January 2016Canada Edmonton1 Cuba
Asian Qualifier28 May – 5 June 2016Japan Tokyo1
1st World Qualifier3 
 
 
2nd World Qualifier3–5 June 2016Mexico Mexico City1
Total12

Means of qualification

Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games
Qualified for the World Olympic Qualification Tournament

Pool standing procedure

For all qualification tournaments

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

For North American qualification tournament only

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Points ratio
  4. Sets ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser

Host country

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.

FIVB World Cup

The winners and runners-up from 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Cup qualified for the Olympics.

Rank Team
1st  United States
2nd  Italy
3rd  Poland
4  Russia
5  Argentina
6  Japan
7  Canada
8  Iran
9  Australia
10  Egypt
11  Venezuela
12  Tunisia

Continental qualification tournaments

Africa

African Olympic Qualification Tournament
The winners qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. The second and third teams would play in World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Rank Team
1  Egypt
2  Tunisia
3  Algeria
4  Cameroon
5  Congo
6  DR Congo
7  Nigeria

Asia

Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament
The Asian Olympic qualification tournament will combine with World Olympic qualification tournament 1. The host teams and the top three ranked teams from the World ranking as of 1 January 2016 will compete in the tournament. And, the top ranked among the four teams will qualify as Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament winners.

Europe

European Olympic Qualification Tournament
The winners qulified for the 2016 Olympic Games. The second and third teams would play in World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Rank Team
1  Russia
2  France
3  Poland
4  Germany
5  Serbia
6  Bulgaria
7  Belgium
8  Finland

North America

NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament
The top four ranked teams from the 2015 NORCECA Volleyball Championship competed in this tournament. The winners qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. The second and third teams would play in the World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Matches Pts Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Cuba 3 0 15 233 190 1.226 9 0 MAX
2  Canada 2 1 10 207 194 1.067 6 3 2.000
3  Mexico 1 2 3 224 258 0.868 3 8 0.375
4  Puerto Rico 0 3 2 242 264 0.917 2 9 0.222
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Jan 17:10 Canada  3–0  Mexico 25–19 25–23 25–16     75–58 P2 P3
8 Jan 19:10 Cuba  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–22 25–20 33–31     83–73 P2 P3
9 Jan 13:45 Canada  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–16 25–22 25–23     75–61 P2 P3
9 Jan 16:10 Mexico  0–3  Cuba 15–25 22–25 23–25     60–75 P2 P3
10 Jan 17:10 Puerto Rico  2–3  Mexico 25–23 25–16 24–26 24–26 10–15 108–106 P2 P3
10 Jan 19:55 Canada  0–3  Cuba 15–25 21–25 21–25     57–75 P2 P3

South America

South American Olympic Qualification Tournament
The winners qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. The second and third teams would play in World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Argentina 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 262 191 1.372
2  Venezuela 2 1 6 8 6 1.333 302 309 0.977
3  Chile 1 2 3 5 8 0.625 287 299 0.960
4  Colombia 0 3 1 3 9 0.333 254 306 0.830
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Oct 16:00 Argentina  3–0  Colombia 25–13 25–19 25–13     75–45 Result
9 Oct 19:00 Chile  2–3  Venezuela 18–25 21–25 25–20 27–25 11–15 102–110 Result
10 Oct 16:00 Argentina  3–0  Chile 25–22 25–17 25–19     75–58 Result
10 Oct 19:00 Venezuela  3–1  Colombia 25–19 25–22 23–25 31–29   104–95 Result
11 Oct 16:00 Colombia  2–3  Chile 36–34 20–25 18–25 30–28 10–15 114–127 Result
11 Oct 19:00 Venezuela  2–3  Argentina 12–25 25–22 12–25 27–25 12–15 88–112 Result

World qualification tournaments

World Olympic qualification tournaments
There will be 2 tournaments to get 5 remaining spots in the 2016 Olympic Games. Only the teams which have not yet qualified from the 3 events above can play in the tournament. 12 teams have rights to play in this tournament, Japan as a host of the 1st tournament, the top three Asian teams from World ranking as of 1 January 2016, and the 2nd and 3rd place from continental qualification tournaments. The 1st tournament is combined with the Asian Olympic qualification tournament which will play in Japan. The best ranked Asian team will qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games. The best three ranked teams, excluding the best Asian team, will also secure the vacancies in the 2016 Olympic Games. The 2nd tournament which will be held in Mexico consists of 4 teams, and only the best ranked team will take the last spot for the 2016 Olympic Games. The table below showed the allocation of 12 qualified teams.[2]

1st tournament2nd tournament
QualificationQualifierQualificationQualifierQualificationQualifier
Host country JapanEuropean QT FranceAfrican QT Tunisia
World Ranking for Asian teams Iran Poland Algeria
 AustraliaNorth American QT 2nd CanadaNorth American QT 3rd Mexico
 ChinaSouth American QT 2nd VenezuelaSouth American QT 3rd Chile

1st tournament

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  China 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May 10:00 Iran  –  Australia – – –     –  
28 May 12:45 China  –  France – – –     –  
28 May 15:30 Poland  –  Canada – – –     –  
28 May 19:10 Japan  –  Venezuela – – –     –  
29 May 10:00 Canada  –  Iran – – –     –  
29 May 12:45 Venezuela  –  Australia – – –     –  
29 May 15:30 France  –  Poland – – –     –  
29 May 19:05 Japan  –  China – – –     –  
31 May 10:00 Australia  –  Canada – – –     –  
31 May 12:45 China  –  Venezuela – – –     –  
31 May 15:30 Iran  –  France – – –     –  
31 May 19:10 Poland  –  Japan – – –     –  
1 Jun 10:00 Venezuela  –  Canada – – –     –  
1 Jun 12:45 France  –  Australia – – –     –  
1 Jun 15:30 China  –  Poland – – –     –  
1 Jun 19:05 Japan  –  Iran – – –     –  
2 Jun 10:00 Canada  –  France – – –     –  
2 Jun 12:45 Iran  –  China – – –     –  
2 Jun 15:30 Poland  –  Venezuela – – –     –  
2 Jun 19:10 Australia  –  Japan – – –     –  
4 Jun 10:00 China  –  Australia – – –     –  
4 Jun 12:45 Venezuela  –  France – – –     –  
4 Jun 15:30 Poland  –  Iran – – –     –  
4 Jun 19:05 Japan  –  Canada – – –     –  
5 Jun 10:00 Iran  –  Venezuela – – –     –  
5 Jun 12:45 Canada  –  China – – –     –  
5 Jun 15:30 Australia  –  Poland – – –     –  
5 Jun 19:10 France  –  Japan – – –     –  

2nd tournament

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Jun 18:00 Chile  –  Tunisia – – –     –  
3 Jun 20:30 Mexico  –  Algeria – – –     –  
4 Jun 18:00 Tunisia  –  Algeria – – –     –  
4 Jun 20:30 Mexico  –  Chile – – –     –  
5 Jun 18:00 Algeria  –  Chile – – –     –  
5 Jun 20:30 Mexico  –  Tunisia – – –     –  

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Qualification Process". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Qualification Detail". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

External links

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