2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament

2019 Women's Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland; China; United States; Brazil; Russia; Italy
Dates	1–4 August 2019
Teams	24
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Official website
	volleyball.ioqt.2019.fivb.com
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The 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament was a volleyball tournament for women's national teams organised by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), held in August 2019. 24 teams played in the tournament, where the top 6 teams qualified to the 2020 Olympic volleyball tournament.

Qualification[]

Twenty-four teams qualified for the competition as the top twenty-four teams of FIVB World Rankings on 1 January 2019 (except Japan who qualified as the hosts.).^[1]^[2]

	Qualified to 2019 FIVB IOQT
	Qualified but withdrew
	2020 Summer Olympics host nation

Seeding	Team	WC 2015	OG 2016	WGP 2017	WCH 2018	Total
1	Serbia	90	90	42	100	322
2	China	100	100	40	80	320
3	United States	80	80	38	58	256
4	Brazil	50	50	50	50	200
5	Russia	70	50	28	50	198
–	Japan	50	50	32	58	190
6	Netherlands	0	70	38	70	178
7	Italy	0	30	45	90	165
8	South Korea	40	50	18	30	138
9	Dominican Republic	30	3	30	45	108
10	Argentina	25	30	8	30	93
11	Turkey	0	3	24	45	72
12	Puerto Rico	0	20	14	36	70
13	Thailand	0	3	26	36	65
14	Germany	0	2	17	40	59
15	Bulgaria	0	0	15	40	55
16	Cameroon	0	20	2	25	47
17	Canada	0	2	12	30	44
18	Belgium	0	2	22	18	42
19	Kenya	5	0	2	30	37
20	Mexico	0	0	2	33	35
21	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	33	33
22	Kazakhstan	0	1	6	25	32
23	Czech Republic	0	0	16	15	31
–	Cuba	5	0	0	25	30
24	Poland	0	1	20	8	29

Pools composition[]

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 1 January 2019.^[1]^[3] Rankings are shown in brackets.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Serbia (1)	China (2) (H)	United States (3) (H)	Brazil (4) (H)	Russia (5) (H)	Netherlands (7)
Puerto Rico (13)	Turkey (12)	Argentina (11)	Dominican Republic (10)	South Korea (9)	Italy (8) (H)
Thailand (14)	Germany (15)	Bulgaria (16)	Cameroon (17)	Canada (18)	Belgium (19)
Poland (26) (H)	Czech Republic (24)	Kazakhstan (23)	Azerbaijan (22)	Mexico (21)	Kenya (20)

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
(H): Qualification group hosts

Venues[]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Wrocław, Poland	Ningbo, China	Bossier City, United States
Hala Orbita	Beilun Gymnasium	CenturyLink Center
Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 12,440

Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Uberlândia, Brazil	Kaliningrad, Russia	Catania, Italy
Ginásio Sabiazinho		PalaCatania
Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 5,000

Pool standing procedure[]

Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
- Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
- Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
- Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
- Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
- Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
- If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads[]

Referees[]

Pool A

Anderson Caçador
Daniele Rapisarda
Susana Maria Rodriguez Jativa
Nurper Ozbar

Pool B

Taghrid Khattab
Shin Muranaka
Alexey Pashkevich
Ibrahim Mohd Ahmed Al Naama

Pool C

Rogerio Espicalsky
Andrew Cameron
Daniel Gonzalez
Ali Fadili

Pool D

Karina Noemi Rene
Scott Dziewirz
Luis Gerardo Macias
Brian Charles

Pool E

Ivaylo Ivanov
Wael Kandil
Epaminondas Gerothodoros
Igor Porvaznik

Pool F

Pedro Fabian Concia
Paulo Turci
Michail Themelis
Nicholas Heckford

Result[]

Pool A[]

	Qualified for the 2020 Olympic volleyball tournament

Venue: Hala Orbita, Wrocław, Poland
Dates: 2–4 August 2019
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	246	192	1.281
2	Poland (H)	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	280	267	1.049
3	Thailand	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	261	271	0.963
4	Puerto Rico	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	194	251	0.773

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Aug	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Thailand	25–15	25–22	25–18			75–55	P2 Report
2 Aug	20:30	Poland	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–18	30–28	25–15			80–61	P2 Report
3 Aug	17:00	Serbia	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–14	25–20	25–16			75–50	P2 Report
3 Aug	20:30	Thailand	2–3	Poland	23–25	25–22	28–26	23–25	11–15	110–113	P2 Report
4 Aug	17:00	Puerto Rico	1–3	Thailand	25–21	20–25	20–25	18–25		83–96	P2 Report
4 Aug	20:30	Serbia	3–1	Poland	21–25	25–23	25–16	25–23		96–87	P2 Report

Pool B[]

	Qualified for the 2020 Olympic volleyball tournament

Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China
Dates: 2–4 August 2019
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China (H)	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	246	192	1.281
2	Turkey	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	238	244	0.975
3	Germany	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	249	246	1.012
4	Czech Republic	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	195	246	0.793

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
2 Aug	15:00	China	3–0	Czech Republic	25–18	25–23	25–19		75–60	P2 Report
2 Aug	20:00	Turkey	3–1	Germany	27–25	25–20	17–25	25–20	94–90	P2 Report
3 Aug	15:00	Turkey	3–1	Czech Republic	25–15	25–22	21–25	25–17	96–79	P2 Report
3 Aug	20:00	China	3–1	Germany	25–22	25–22	21–25	25–15	96–84	P2 Report
4 Aug	15:00	Czech Republic	0–3	Germany	18–25	22–25	16–25		56–75	P2 Report
4 Aug	20:00	China	3–0	Turkey	25–18	25–12	25–18		75–48	P2 Report

Pool C[]

	Qualified for the 2020 Olympic volleyball tournament

Venue: CenturyLink Center, Shreveport-Bossier City, United States
Dates: 2–4 August 2019
All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States (H)	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	257	187	1.374
2	Bulgaria	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	272	226	1.204
3	Argentina	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	222	243	0.914
4	Kazakhstan	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	152	247	0.615

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Aug	15:00	Argentina	1–3	Bulgaria	26–24	9–25	18–25	20–25		73–99	P2 Report
2 Aug	18:00	United States	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–17	25–10	25–10			75–37	P2 Report
3 Aug	17:00	United States	3–2	Bulgaria	21–25	25–18	21–25	25–20	15–10	107–98	P2 Report
3 Aug	20:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Argentina	25–22	8–25	20–25	16–25		69–97	P2 Report
4 Aug	13:00	United States	3–0	Argentina	25–22	25–17	25–13			75–52	P2 Report
4 Aug	16:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Bulgaria	14–25	16–25	16–25			46–75	P2 Report

Pool D[]

	Qualified for the 2020 Olympic volleyball tournament

Venue: Ginásio Sabiazinho, Uberlândia, Brazil
Dates: 1–3 August 2019
All times are UTC−03:00.

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil (H)	3	0	7	9	4	2.250	290	238	1.218
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	251	214	1.173
3	Azerbaijan	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	224	235	0.953
4	Cameroon	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	147	225	0.653

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	14:15	Brazil	3–0	Cameroon	25–14	25–13	25–16			75–43	P2 Report
1 Aug	16:45	Dominican Republic	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–15	25–22	25–18			75–55	P2 Report
2 Aug	14:15	Brazil	3–2	Azerbaijan	25–13	23–25	21–25	25–19	15–12	109–94	P2 Report
2 Aug	16:45	Cameroon	0–3	Dominican Republic	20–25	19–25	14–25			53–75	P2 Report
3 Aug	10:00	Brazil	3–2	Dominican Republic	25–22	25–19	23–25	18–25	15–10	106–101	P2 Report
3 Aug	12:30	Azerbaijan	3–0	Cameroon	25–17	25–14	25–20			75–51	P2 Report

Pool E[]

	Qualified for the 2020 Olympic volleyball tournament

Venue: , Kaliningrad, Russia
Dates: 2–4 August 2019
All times are Kaliningrad Time (UTC+02:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia (H)	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	257	200	1.285
2	South Korea	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	271	252	1.075
3	Canada	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	217	225	0.964
4	Mexico	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	159	227	0.700

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Aug	16:00	South Korea	3–1	Canada	21–25	25–20	25–19	25–22		96–86	P2 Report
2 Aug	19:00	Russia	3–0	Mexico	25–13	25–8	26–24			76–45	P2 Report
3 Aug	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Mexico	25–21	25–15	26–24			76–60	P2 Report
3 Aug	19:00	Russia	3–0	Canada	25–13	25–21	25–22			75–56	P2 Report
4 Aug	16:00	Mexico	0–3	Canada	22–25	15–25	17–25			54–75	P2 Report
4 Aug	19:00	Russia	3–2	South Korea	21–25	20–25	25–22	25–16	15–11	106–99	P2 Report

Pool F[]

	Qualified for the 2020 Olympic volleyball tournament

Venue: PalaCatania, Catania, Italy
Dates: 2–4 August 2019
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy (H)	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	152	1.480
2	Netherlands	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	212	169	1.254
3	Belgium	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	181	186	0.973
4	Kenya	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	114	225	0.507

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
2 Aug	18:00	Belgium	0–3	Netherlands	20–25	15–25	22–25	57–75	P2 Report
2 Aug	21:15	Italy	3–0	Kenya	25–17	25–10	25–14	75–41	P2 Report
3 Aug	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Kenya	25–17	25–10	25–10	75–37	P2 Report
3 Aug	21:15	Belgium	0–3	Italy	17–25	16–25	16–25	49–75	P2 Report
4 Aug	18:00	Kenya	0–3	Belgium	15–25	14–25	7–25	36–75	P2 Report
4 Aug	21:15	Netherlands	0–3	Italy	23–25	17–25	22–25	62–75	P2 Report

Qualifying teams for the Summer Olympics[]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics^[a]
Serbia	4 August 2019	3 (2008, 2012, 2016)
China	4 August 2019	9 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
United States	4 August 2019	11 (1964, 1968, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Brazil	3 August 2019	10 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Russia	4 August 2019	13 (1964¹, 1968¹, 1972¹, 1976¹, 1980¹, 1988¹, 1992¹, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Italy	4 August 2019	5 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)

^ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

¹ The team represented the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1988, and the Unified Team in 1992.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). fivb.org. 23 September 2018.
^ "Intercontinental Olympic qualification tournament hosts announced". fivb.org. 30 January 2019.
^ "Intercontinental Olympic qualification tournament pools confirmed". fivb.org. 8 January 2019.

External links[]

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
Tokyo Volleyball Qualification – official website

[4] Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

[distribution_FIVB-1] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). fivb.org. 23 September 2018.

[Hosts_for_IOQT-2] "Intercontinental Olympic qualification tournament hosts announced". fivb.org. 30 January 2019.

[IOQT_Pool-3] "Intercontinental Olympic qualification tournament pools confirmed". fivb.org. 8 January 2019.

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