Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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The qualification for the 2016 Men's Olympic volleyball tournament was held from 8 September 2015 to 5 June 2016. Twelve teams qualified, 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 were 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 Iran
1st World Qualifier3 Poland
 France
 Canada
2nd World Qualifier3–5 June 2016Mexico Mexico City1 Mexico
Total12

Means of qualification

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

Pool standing procedure

For all qualification tournaments except North American qualification tournament

  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.

2015 World Cup

The winners and runners-up from 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Cup qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Italy
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Tournaments.

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

Asia and Oceania

Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament
The Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament combined with World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1. The hosts Japan and the top three ranked teams except Japan from the World ranking as of October 2015 competed in the tournament. The top ranked among the four teams qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games as Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament winners.

Europe

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

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 Tournaments.

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 Jan17:10Canada  3–0  Mexico 25–1925–2325–16  75–58P2 P3
8 Jan19:10Cuba  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–2225–2033–31  83–73P2 P3
9 Jan13:45Canada  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–1625–2225–23  75–61P2 P3
9 Jan16:10Mexico  0–3  Cuba 15–2522–2523–25  60–75P2 P3
10 Jan17:10Puerto Rico  2–3  Mexico 25–2325–1624–2624–2610–15108–106P2 P3
10 Jan19:55Canada  0–3  Cuba 15–2521–2521–25  57–75P2 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 Tournaments.

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 Oct16:00Argentina  3–0  Colombia 25–1325–1925–13  75–45Result
9 Oct19:00Chile  2–3  Venezuela 18–2521–2525–2027–2511–15102–110Result
10 Oct16:00Argentina  3–0  Chile 25–2225–1725–19  75–58Result
10 Oct19:00Venezuela  3–1  Colombia 25–1925–2223–2531–29 104–95Result
11 Oct16:00Colombia  2–3  Chile 36–3420–2518–2530–2810–15114–127Result
11 Oct19:00Venezuela  2–3  Argentina 12–2525–2212–2527–2512–1588–112Result

World qualification tournaments

World Olympic qualification tournaments
There were 2 tournaments to get 5 remaining spots in the 2016 Olympic Games. Only the teams which had not yet qualified from the 3 events above played in the tournament. 12 teams had rights to play in this tournament, Japan as the hosts of the 1st tournament, the top three Asian teams except Japan from World ranking as of October 2015, and the 2nd and 3rd place from continental qualification tournaments. The 1st tournament was combined with the Asian Olympic qualification tournament which played in Japan. The best ranked Asian team qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. The best three ranked teams, excluding the best Asian team, also secured the vacancies in the 2016 Olympic Games. The 2nd tournament which was held in Mexico consisted of 4 teams, and only the best ranked team took 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  Poland 6 1 15 19 9 2.111 639 584 1.094
2  Iran 6 1 15 18 11 1.636 668 637 1.049
3  France 5 2 15 17 10 1.700 637 571 1.116
4  Canada 4 3 12 16 14 1.143 654 640 1.022
5  Australia 3 4 10 12 14 0.857 599 612 0.979
6  China 2 5 9 14 15 0.933 627 635 0.987
7  Japan 2 5 6 8 16 0.500 547 573 0.955
8  Venezuela 0 7 2 6 21 0.286 524 643 0.815
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May10:10Iran  3–0  Australia 25–1925–1725–18  75–54P2 P3
28 May12:55China  1–3  France 13–2525–2223–2521–25 82–97P2 P3
28 May15:40Poland  3–2  Canada 25–1817–2525–2118–2515–9100–98P2 P3
28 May19:20Japan  3–1  Venezuela 26–2825–2025–1925–19 101–86P2 P3
29 May10:10Canada  2–3  Iran 29–2725–1920–2521–2514–16109–112P2 P3
29 May13:15Venezuela  1–3  Australia 25–1920–2510–2519–25 74–94P2 P3
29 May15:40France  2–3  Poland 25–2225–1329–3117–2512–15108–106P2 P3
29 May19:15Japan  0–3  China 20–2522–2523–25  65–75P2 P3
31 May10:10Australia  2–3  Canada 19–2526–2425–2027–2911–15108–113P2 P3
31 May12:55China  3–0  Venezuela 25–1625–1825–15  75–49P2 P3
31 May15:40Iran  0–3  France 20–2518–2522–25  60–75P2 P3
31 May19:20Poland  3–0  Japan 25–2225–1625–23  75–61P2 P3
1 Jun10:10Venezuela  0–3  Canada 20–2520–2525–27  65–77P2 P3
1 Jun12:55France  3–1  Australia 25–2225–1816–2544–42 110–107P2 P3
1 Jun15:40China  2–3  Poland 28–2625–2016–2517–2510–1596–111P2 P3
1 Jun19:15Japan  1–3  Iran 20–2525–1922–2525–27 92–96P2 P3
2 Jun10:10Canada  0–3  France 17–2517–2516–25  50–75P2 P3
2 Jun12:55Iran  3–2  China 26–2422–2525–1917–2518–16108–109P2 P3
2 Jun15:40Poland  3–0  Venezuela 25–2125–1725–18  75–56P2 P3
2 Jun19:20Australia  3–0  Japan 25–2325–1929–27  79–69P2 P3
4 Jun10:10China  1–3  Australia 23–2522–2525–2024–26 94–96P2 P3
4 Jun12:55Venezuela  2–3  France 21–2525–2311–2525–209–1591–108P2 P3
4 Jun15:40Poland  1–3  Iran 20–2518–2525–2032–34 95–104P2 P3
4 Jun19:15Japan  1–3  Canada 25–2319–2521–2519–25 84–98P2 P3
5 Jun10:10Iran  3–2  Venezuela 25–2327–2921–2525–1815–8113–103P2 P3
5 Jun12:55Canada  3–2  China 25–1620–2524–2625–2015–9109–96P2 P3
5 Jun15:40Australia  0–3  Poland 21–2515–2525–27  61–77P2 P3
5 Jun19:20France  0–3  Japan 18–2523–2523–25  64–75P2 P3

2nd tournament

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Mexico 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 286 260 1.100
2  Chile 2 1 6 7 4 1.750 263 245 1.073
3  Tunisia 2 1 5 6 6 1.000 273 273 1.000
4  Algeria 0 3 0 2 9 0.222 227 271 0.838
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Jun18:00Chile  3–0  Tunisia 25–2125–2125–21  75–63P2 P3
3 Jun20:30Mexico  3–0  Algeria 25–2125–1625–21  75–58P2 P3
4 Jun18:00Tunisia  3–1  Algeria 25–1422–2526–2425–21 98–84P2 P3
4 Jun20:30Mexico  3–1  Chile 22–2525–2125–2225–22 97–90P2 P3
5 Jun18:00Algeria  1–3  Chile 25–2318–2519–2523–25 85–98P2 P3
5 Jun20:30Mexico  2–3  Tunisia 25–2323–2523–2525–1918–20114–112P2 P3

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Qualification Process". FIVB. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Qualification Detail". FIVB. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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