Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The qualification for the 2008 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 1 September 2007 to 8 June 2008.

Means of qualification[]

	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 2008 World Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Host country[]

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2008 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.

•  China

2007 World Cup[]

• Venues:  Japan
• Dates: 18 November – 2 December 2007
• The top three teams qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

2007 Men's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	18 November – 2 December
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Bulgaria
Fourth place	United States
Tournament awards
MVP	Gilberto Godoy Filho
Official website
2007 FIVB World Cup
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The 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 18 November to 2 December 2007 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined China as they had already secured a berth as the host country.

Qualification[]

12 teams participated in the World Cup:

• Host country:  Japan
• The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2007 (5):  Brazil,  Spain,  Australia,  United States,  Egypt
• Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2007 (4):  Russia,  Argentina,  Tunisia,  Puerto Rico
• Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2007 (2):  South Korea,  Bulgaria

Squads[]

Venues[]

Site	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Hiroshima Fukuoka Tokyo Toyama Saitama Matsumoto Okayama
A	Saitama	Hiroshima	Fukuoka	Tokyo
	Saitama Super Arena	Hiroshima Green Arena	Marine Messe Fukuoka	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
	Capacity: 22,500	Capacity: 4,750	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 10,000
B	Matsumoto	Toyama	Okayama	Tokyo
	Matsumoto City Gymnasium	Toyama City Gymnasium	Okayama Momotaro Arena	Komazawa Gymnasium
	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 11,000	Capacity: 3,875

Format[]

The competition system of the 2007 World Cup for Men was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 other teams. Points were accumulated throughout the whole tournament. The final standing was determined by the number of points gained.

Results[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	21	10	1	30	4	7.500	852	673	1.266
2	Russia	20	9	2	29	9	3.222	899	742	1.212
3	Bulgaria	20	9	2	29	13	2.231	988	881	1.121
4	United States	19	8	3	28	12	2.333	947	843	1.123
5	Spain	18	7	4	22	15	1.467	848	825	1.028
6	Puerto Rico	16	5	6	21	19	1.105	878	869	1.010
7	Argentina	16	5	6	15	23	0.652	825	876	0.942
8	Australia	15	4	7	14	25	0.560	839	940	0.893
9	Japan	14	3	8	14	26	0.538	865	923	0.937
10	Egypt	14	3	8	13	27	0.481	829	922	0.899
11	South Korea	13	2	9	9	31	0.290	818	947	0.864
12	Tunisia	12	1	10	12	32	0.375	909	1056	0.861

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

First round[]

Site A[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Nov	13:00	Australia	3–2	South Korea	22–25	25–20	23–25	25–20	29–27	124–117	P2 P3
18 Nov	15:50	Argentina	0–3	Russia	16–25	22–25	17–25			55–75	P2 P3
18 Nov	18:30	Japan	2–3	Tunisia	25–22	21–25	25–18	22–25	14–16	107–106	P2 P3
19 Nov	12:30	Australia	0–3	Russia	22–25	26–28	10–25			58–78	P2 P3
19 Nov	15:00	Argentina	3–1	Tunisia	25–19	25–21	23–25	25–23		98–88	P2 P3
19 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–20	25–21			75–56	P2 P3
20 Nov	12:30	Russia	3–1	Tunisia	22–25	25–15	25–12	25–16		97–68	P2 P3
20 Nov	15:00	Argentina	3–0	South Korea	26–24	25–22	25–20			76–66	P2 P3
20 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Australia	19–25	21–25	21–25			61–75	P2 P3

Site B[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Nov	12:30	Egypt	0–3	Puerto Rico	17–25	19–25	17–25			53–75	P2 P3
18 Nov	15:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Spain	25–21	19–25	25–20	25–17		94–83	P2 P3
18 Nov	18:00	Brazil	0–3	United States	26–28	28–30	20–25			74–83	P2 P3
19 Nov	13:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Egypt	25–19	25–18	23–25	25–18		98–80	P2 P3
19 Nov	15:30	Puerto Rico	3–1	United States	25–21	20–25	25–17	25–22		95–85	P2 P3
19 Nov	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Spain	30–28	25–17	25–16			80–61	P2 P3
20 Nov	13:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Puerto Rico	19–25	25–18	27–25	25–17		96–85	P2 P3
20 Nov	15:30	Spain	3–1	United States	21–25	25–20	27–25	25–20		98–90	P2 P3
20 Nov	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	25–18	25–14	25–17			75–49	P2 P3

Second round[]

Site A[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	12:30	South Korea	0–3	Russia	16–25	14–25	19–25			49–75	P2 P3
22 Nov	15:00	Australia	3–1	Tunisia	25–22	35–37	26–24	25–22		111–105	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	Argentina	25–23	25–19	26–24			76–66	P2 P3
23 Nov	12:30	South Korea	3–2	Tunisia	25–17	23–25	21–25	25–22	15–9	109–98	P2 P3
23 Nov	15:00	Argentina	3–1	Australia	25–21	21–25	25–14	25–23		96–83	P2 P3
23 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Russia	19–25	20–25	23–25			62–75	P2 P3

Site B[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	13:30	Egypt	0–3	Spain	19–25	21–25	19–25			59–75	P2 P3
22 Nov	15:30	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–13	25–21	25–17			75–51	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:30	Bulgaria	2–3	United States	27–29	25–20	30–28	22–25	12–15	116–117	P2 P3
23 Nov	12:00	Spain	0–3	Puerto Rico	18–25	22–25	18–25			58–75	P2 P3
23 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	25–14	25–21	25–19			75–54	P2 P3
23 Nov	18:00	Egypt	0–3	United States	22–25	18–25	19–25			59–75	P2 P3

Third round[]

Site A[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	12:30	Argentina	3–2	Puerto Rico	19–25	22–25	25–16	25–21	15–13	106–100	P2 P3
25 Nov	15:00	Spain	0–3	Russia	21–25	13–25	15–25			49–75	P2 P3
25 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–2	Egypt	25–17	19–25	21–25	25–23	15–9	105–99	P2 P3
26 Nov	12:30	Argentina	0–3	Spain	24–26	22–25	18–25			64–76	P2 P3
26 Nov	15:00	Egypt	0–3	Russia	19–25	18–25	19–25			56–75	P2 P3
26 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Puerto Rico	23–25	23–25	21–25			67–75	P2 P3
27 Nov	12:30	Argentina	3–1	Egypt	25–22	25–19	16–25	25–21		91–87	P2 P3
27 Nov	15:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Russia	22–25	21–25	19–25			62–75	P2 P3
27 Nov	18:00	Japan	1–3	Spain	26–24	19–25	18–25	19–25		82–99	P2 P3

Site B[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	12:30	Tunisia	1–3	United States	25–22	19–25	19–25	17–25		80–97	P2 P3
25 Nov	15:00	Bulgaria	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–20	25–19			75–59	P2 P3
25 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Australia	25–19	25–19	25–21			75–59	P2 P3
26 Nov	13:00	South Korea	0–3	United States	18–25	15–25	18–25			51–75	P2 P3
26 Nov	15:30	Australia	0–3	Bulgaria	17–25	19–25	13–25			49–75	P2 P3
26 Nov	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	25–19	25–16	25–21			75–56	P2 P3
27 Nov	13:00	Australia	0–3	United States	17–25	12–25	19–25			48–75	P2 P3
27 Nov	15:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Tunisia	26–24	22–25	25–15	25–17		98–81	P2 P3
27 Nov	18:30	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–17	25–20			75–57	P2 P3

Fourth round[]

Site A[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Nov	14:00	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	20–25	22–25	16–25			58–75	P2 P3
30 Nov	16:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Russia	25–21	23–25	25–22	22–25	15–12	110–105	P2 P3
30 Nov	19:30	Japan	0–3	United States	18–25	25–27	19–25			62–77	P2 P3
1 Dec	14:00	Argentina	0–3	United States	16–25	19–25	18–25			53–75	P2 P3
1 Dec	16:30	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–22	25–22	25–18			75–62	P2 P3
1 Dec	19:30	Japan	1–3	Bulgaria	25–22	20–25	20–25	20–25		85–97	P2 P3
2 Dec	14:00	Argentina	0–3	Bulgaria	17–25	22–25	23–25			62–75	P2 P3
2 Dec	16:30	Russia	3–2	United States	25–23	20–25	22–25	25–17	15–8	107–98	P2 P3
2 Dec	19:30	Japan	1–3	Brazil	25–23	21–25	19–25	18–25		83–98	P2 P3

Site B[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Nov	12:30	Puerto Rico	3–0	Tunisia	25–17	25–17	25–23			75–57	P2 P3
30 Nov	15:00	Egypt	3–1	South Korea	21–25	25–16	25–19	25–22		96–82	P2 P3
30 Nov	18:00	Australia	0–3	Spain	21–25	19–25	20–25			60–75	P2 P3
1 Dec	12:30	Egypt	3–1	Tunisia	25–21	18–25	25–21	25–22		93–89	P2 P3
1 Dec	15:00	Spain	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–17	28–26			78–65	P2 P3
1 Dec	18:00	Australia	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–21	15–25	25–18	25–21		90–85	P2 P3
2 Dec	12:00	Spain	3–1	Tunisia	25–16	25–22	21–25	25–18		96–81	P2 P3
2 Dec	14:30	South Korea	3–2	Puerto Rico	21–25	25–18	26–24	20–25	15–8	107–100	P2 P3
2 Dec	17:30	Australia	1–3	Egypt	14–25	25–23	21–25	22–25		82–98	P2 P3

Final standing[]

Awards[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Final standing
• Awards
• Statistics

Continental qualification tournaments[]

Africa[]

• Venue: , Durban, South Africa
• Dates: 3–9 February 2008
• The winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The runners-up qualified for the 2008 World Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

Rank	Team
1	Egypt
2	Algeria
3	Cameroon
4	Tunisia
5	Morocco
	South Africa
7
9

Asia and Oceania[]

The 2008 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament combined with 2008 3rd World Olympic Qualification Tournament. The hosts Japan and the top four ranked teams except Japan from the 2007 Asian Championship competed in the tournament. The top ranked among the five teams except the 2008 3rd World Olympic Qualification Tournament winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics as the 2008 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament winners.

Europe[]

• Venue: Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir, Turkey
• Dates: 7–13 January 2008
• The winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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

North America[]

• Venue: Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas, Puerto Rico
• Dates: 6–11 January 2008
• The winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The second and third ranked teams qualified for the 2008 World Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

Rank	Team
1	United States
2	Puerto Rico
3	Cuba
4	Canada
5	Mexico
6	Dominican Republic
7	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Barbados

South America[]

• Venue: Estadio Cincuentenario, Formosa, Argentina
• Dates: 3–7 January 2008
• All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).
• The winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The runners-up qualified for the 2008 World Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Venezuela	8	4	0	322	233	1.382	12	1	12.000
2	Argentina	7	3	1	309	244	1.266	10	3	3.333
3	Paraguay	6	2	2	301	334	0.901	6	9	0.667
4	Chile	5	1	3	278	320	0.869	5	9	0.556
5	Uruguay	4	0	4	244	323	0.755	1	12	0.083

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jan	17:30	Chile	2–3	Paraguay	27–25	14–25	25–18	24–26	10–15	100–109	P2
3 Jan	20:15	Argentina	3–0	Uruguay	25–16	25–16	25–16			75–48	P2
4 Jan	17:30	Chile	3–0	Uruguay	25–22	25–20	25–19			75–61	P2
4 Jan	20:15	Venezuela	3–0	Paraguay	25–9	25–19	25–13			75–41	P2
5 Jan	17:31	Venezuela	3–0	Chile	25–16	25–20	25–21			75–57	P2
5 Jan	20:17	Argentina	3–0	Paraguay	25–16	25–19	25–18			75–53	P2
6 Jan	17:30	Venezuela	3–0	Uruguay	25–17	25–16	25–18			75–51	P2
6 Jan	20:20	Argentina	3–0	Chile	25–14	25–14	25–18			75–46	P2
7 Jan	17:00	Paraguay	3–1	Uruguay	23–25	25–20	25–23	25–16		98–84	P2
7 Jan	20:01	Argentina	1–3	Venezuela	25–22	23–25	20–25	16–25		84–97	P2

World qualification tournaments[]

Qualified teams

• Hosts
  •  Germany
  •  Portugal
  •  Japan
• Qualified through the 2007 Asian Championship.
  •  Australia *
  •  South Korea *
  •  Iran *
  •  Thailand *
  •  Indonesia
  •  Chinese Taipei
• Qualified through the Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament or the FIVB World Ranking as of 3 December 2007.
  •  Algeria (as African Olympic Qualification Tournament 2nd place)
  •  Poland (as World Ranking for European Team 1st place)
  •  Spain (as World Ranking for European Team 2nd place)
  •  Italy (as World Ranking for European Team 3rd place)
  •  Puerto Rico (as North American Olympic Qualification Tournament 2nd place)
  •  Cuba (as North American Olympic Qualification Tournament 3rd place)
  •  Argentina (as South American Olympic Qualification Tournament 2nd place)

* The top four teams from 2007 Asian Championship were predetermined to be in 3rd tournament in Japan.

1st tournament[]

• Venue: ISS Dome, Düsseldorf, Germany
• Dates: 23–25 May 2008
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• The winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	6	3	0	295	259	1.139	9	4	2.250
2	Cuba	5	2	1	271	238	1.139	8	4	2.000
3	Spain	4	1	2	284	282	1.007	6	7	0.857
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	177	248	0.714	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 May	17:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Germany	18–25	15–25	17–25			50–75	P2 P3
23 May	20:00	Spain	1–3	Cuba	18–25	25–18	20–25	17–25		80–93	P2 P3
24 May	17:00	Spain	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–15	23–25	25–20		98–79	P2 P3
24 May	20:00	Cuba	2–3	Germany	26–24	25–21	21–25	18–25	13–15	103–110	P2 P3
25 May	12:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Cuba	14–25	18–25	16–25			48–75	P2 P3
25 May	15:00	Germany	3–2	Spain	25–23	25–23	23–25	22–25	15–10	110–106	P2 P3

2nd tournament[]

• Venue: , Espinho, Portugal
• Dates: 30 May – 1 June 2008
• All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00).
• The winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	6	3	0	226	179	1.263	9	0	MAX
2	Portugal	5	2	1	236	206	1.146	6	4	1.500
3	Puerto Rico	4	1	2	199	236	0.843	4	6	0.667
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	185	225	0.822	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 May	19:00	Indonesia	0–3	Portugal	23–25	17–25	21–25			61–75	P2 P3
30 May	21:00	Poland	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–23	25–18	25–14			75–55	P2 P3
31 May	15:00	Indonesia	0–3	Poland	20–25	17–25	23–25			60–75	P2 P3
31 May	17:00	Portugal	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–15	22–25	25–11	25–18		97–69	P2 P3
1 Jun	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Indonesia	25–21	25–21	25–22			75–64	P2 P3
1 Jun	17:00	Portugal	0–3	Poland	21–25	19–25	24–26			64–76	P2 P3

3rd tournament[]

• Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
• Dates: 31 May – 8 June 2008
• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
• The winners and the best Asian team except the winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	14	7	0	615	483	1.273	21	4	5.250
2	Japan	13	6	1	659	584	1.128	20	7	2.857
3	South Korea	11	4	3	622	584	1.065	14	13	1.077
4	Argentina	11	4	3	598	589	1.015	16	11	1.455
5	Australia	10	3	4	522	526	0.992	11	13	0.846
6	Iran	9	2	5	597	630	0.948	11	16	0.688
7	Algeria	9	2	5	501	578	0.867	7	17	0.412
8	Thailand	7	0	7	425	565	0.752	2	21	0.095

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	11:05	Australia	3–0	Thailand	25–12	25–15	25–14			75–41	P2 P3
31 May	13:05	South Korea	1–3	Argentina	25–16	23–25	23–25	27–29		98–95	P2 P3
31 May	15:30	Algeria	3–2	Iran	35–37	18–25	25–21	27–25	19–17	124–125	P2 P3
31 May	18:32	Italy	3–2	Japan	25–20	28–30	28–30	35–33	15–7	131–120	P2 P3
1 Jun	11:05	Thailand	0–3	Algeria	23–25	21–25	15–25			59–75	P2 P3
1 Jun	13:05	Argentina	0–3	Australia	16–25	20–25	18–25			54–75	P2 P3
1 Jun	15:05	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–17	25–21			75–56	P2 P3
1 Jun	18:00	Japan	3–1	Iran	25–19	25–17	23–25	25–22		98–83	P2 P3
3 Jun	11:35	Algeria	0–3	Argentina	18–25	24–26	22–25			64–76	P2 P3
3 Jun	13:35	Australia	0–3	Italy	17–25	9–25	16–25			42–75	P2 P3
3 Jun	15:35	Iran	3–1	Thailand	19–25	25–15	25–23	25–14		94–77	P2 P3
3 Jun	18:30	South Korea	1–3	Japan	21–25	25–21	23–25	19–25		88–96	P2 P3
4 Jun	11:35	Argentina	3–1	Iran	25–27	27–25	25–19	25–9		102–80	P2 P3
4 Jun	13:55	South Korea	3–2	Australia	27–29	25–21	21–25	25–20	15–10	113–105	P2 P3
4 Jun	16:30	Italy	3–0	Algeria	25–15	25–21	25–20			75–56	P2 P3
4 Jun	18:30	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–23	25–14	25–16			75–53	P2 P3
6 Jun	11:35	Thailand	0–3	Argentina	15–25	20–25	16–25			51–75	P2 P3
6 Jun	13:35	Iran	0–3	Italy	16–25	20–25	18–25			54–75	P2 P3
6 Jun	15:35	Algeria	0–3	South Korea	9–25	19–25	17–25			45–75	P2 P3
6 Jun	18:30	Australia	0–3	Japan	22–25	26–28	27–29			75–82	P2 P3
7 Jun	11:05	South Korea	3–1	Iran	25–19	25–20	22–25	25–22		97–86	P2 P3
7 Jun	13:15	Australia	3–1	Algeria	25–22	25–19	18–25	25–20		93–86	P2 P3
7 Jun	15:25	Italy	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–19	26–24			76–62	P2 P3
7 Jun	18:00	Japan	3–2	Argentina	26–28	25–13	25–19	17–25	20–18	113–103	P2 P3
8 Jun	11:05	Thailand	1–3	South Korea	18–25	25–20	18–25	21–25		82–95	P2 P3
8 Jun	13:15	Iran	3–0	Australia	25–18	25–16	25–23			75–57	P2 P3
8 Jun	15:05	Argentina	2–3	Italy	19–25	19–25	25–22	25–21	5–15	93–108	P2 P3
8 Jun	18:00	Algeria	0–3	Japan	20–25	13–25	18–25			51–75	P2 P3

External links[]

• Results of the 2008 African Olympic Qualification Tournament at Todor66.com
• Official website of the 2008 European Olympic Qualification Tournament
• Results of the 2008 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament at Todor66.com
• Results of the 2008 South American Olympic Qualification Tournament at FEVA.org
• Official website of the 2008 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament
• Official website of the 2008 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament
• Official website of the 2008 3rd World Olympic Qualification Tournament

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