Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification

2016 European Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host nation  Germany
Dates 5–10 January
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Russia (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP Russia Sergey Tetyukhin
Official website
CEV

The European qualification tournament for the 2016 men's Olympic volleyball tournament was held in Berlin, Germany from 5 to 10 January 2016.[1] Russia won the tournament by beating France 3–1, and qualified for the Olympic games. Sergey Tetyukhin was selected the most valuable player.

Qualification

The hosts played with the top seven ranked teams from the CEV National Team Ranking as of 19 October 2015[2] which had not yet qualified to the 2016 Olympic Games.[3][4] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 4th.

Pools composition

The pools composition was announced on 23 October 2015 at the headquarters of CEV, Luxembourg.[5] It followed the Serpentine system according to their CEV National Team Ranking as of 19 October 2015.[2] CEV reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the CEV National Team Ranking.

Pool A Pool B
 Germany  Russia
 Poland  Bulgaria
 Serbia  France
 Belgium  Finland

Squads

Venue

All matches
Germany Berlin, Germany
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Capacity: 8,500

Pool standing procedure

  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

Preliminary round

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Germany 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 261 232 1.125
2  Poland 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 276 260 1.062
3  Serbia 1 2 3 4 7 0.571 247 258 0.957
4  Belgium 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 221 255 0.867
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jan18:00Belgium  0–3  Germany 26–2819–2524–26  69–79Report
5 Jan20:30Serbia  1–3  Poland 25–2218–2523–2521–25 87–97Report
6 Jan18:00Germany  3–0  Serbia 25–2026–2425–20  76–64Report
7 Jan15:00Poland  3–0  Belgium 25–2030–2825–19  80–67Report
8 Jan14:00Serbia  3–1  Belgium 25–1821–2525–2125–21 96–85Report
8 Jan20:00Poland  2–3  Germany 25–2117–2522–2525–2010–1599–106Report

Pool B

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  France 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 245 187 1.310
2  Russia 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 226 206 1.097
3  Bulgaria 1 2 3 3 7 0.429 215 239 0.900
4  Finland 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 198 252 0.786
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jan15:00Finland  0–3  Russia 17–2516–2519–25  52–75Report
6 Jan15:00Bulgaria  3–1  Finland 29–2725–1523–2525–22 102–89Report
6 Jan20:30Russia  1–3  France 15–2525–2017–2519–25 76–95Report
7 Jan18:00Bulgaria  0–3  Russia 20–2522–2517–25  59–75Report
7 Jan20:30France  3–0  Finland 25–2125–2025–16  75–57Report
8 Jan17:00France  3–0  Bulgaria 25–1925–2025–15  75–54Report

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
9 January
 
 
 France3
 
10 January
 
 Poland0
 
 France1
 
9 January
 
 Russia3
 
 Germany1
 
 
 Russia3
 
3rd place match
 
 
10 January
 
 
 Poland3
 
 
 Germany2

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Jan16:35Germany  1–3  Russia 33–3122–2519–2524–26 98–107Report
9 Jan19:35France  3–0  Poland 29–2732–3025–20  86–77Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jan13:35Poland  3–2  Germany 20–2525–2216–2528–2616–14105–112Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jan16:35France  1–3  Russia 25–1416–2523–2521–25 85–89Report

Final standing

Dream team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CEV Board confirms organisers of Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments, adopts further measures to foster growth of the sport". CEV. 31 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "CEV European Ranking List - Men (as per 19.10.2015)". CEV. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "CEV launches bidding process for Continental Olympic qualifiers". CEV. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Nine berths still up for grabs as USA and Italy qualify for Rio". FIVB. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Pools for Continental Men's Olympic Qualifier announced". CEV. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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