Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification

The European qualification for the 2012 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 13 August 2011 to 13 May 2012.

Pool standing procedure[]

1. Match points
2. Number of matches won
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

Pre–elimination round[]

• Dates: 13–14 August 2011
• All times are local.
• In case of a 1–1 tie, teams play a Golden Set to determine the winner.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Denmark	2–0		3–0	3–0

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Aug	19:30	Denmark	3–0		25–13	25–14	25–11			75–38	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	19:30	Denmark	3–0		25–15	25–8	25–16			75–39	Report

Elimination round[]

• Dates: 26 August – 4 September 2011
• All times are local.
• In case of a 1–1 tie, teams play a Golden Set to determine the winner.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Denmark	0–2	Spain	1–3	0–3
Greece	2–0		3–1	3–0
Romania	0–2	Netherlands	1–3	1–3
Israel	0–2	Ukraine	0–3	1–3
Hungary	0–2	Latvia	2–3	1–3
Montenegro	2–0	Macedonia	3–1	3–2

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Aug	18:00	Hungary	2–3	Latvia	25–23	26–24	21–25	18–25	10–15	100–112	Report
26 Aug	20:30	Montenegro	3–1	Macedonia	31–29	27–25	28–30	25–22		111–106	Report
27 Aug	18:00	Romania	1–3	Netherlands	23–25	29–31	25–18	22–25		99–99	Report
27 Aug	18:30	Denmark	1–3	Spain	15–25	25–22	24–26	25–27		89–100	Report
28 Aug	19:30	Israel	0–3	Ukraine	24–26	20–25	21–25			65–76	Report
3 Sep	19:30	Greece	3–1		25–20	25–27	25–21	25–16		100–84	Report

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	21:00	Macedonia	2–3	Montenegro	22–25	25–23	22–25	25–21	4–15	98–109	Report
3 Sep	17:00	Ukraine	3–1	Israel	25–22	26–24	21–25	25–23		97–94	Report
3 Sep	19:00	Latvia	3–1	Hungary	25–23	25–14	21–25	25–18		96–80	Report
3 Sep	19:00	Spain	3–0	Denmark	25–17	25–22	25–21			75–60	Report
3 Sep	19:30	Netherlands	3–1	Romania	25–20	23–25	25–18	25–18		98–81	Report
4 Sep	19:30	Greece	3–0		25–18	25–18	25–12			75–48	Report

Pre–qualification tournaments[]

• The Qualification Tournament hosts Bulgaria and the four 2011 World Cup participants directly qualified for the Qualification Tournament.

Tournament 1[]

• Venue: , Poprad, Slovakia
• Dates: 22–26 November 2011
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round[]

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Slovakia	6	2	0	6	1	6.000	176	137	1.285
2	Spain	3	1	1	4	4	1.000	180	182	0.989
3	Austria	0	0	2	1	6	0.167	135	172	0.785

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	18:00	Slovakia	3–0	Austria	25–21	25–14	25–19			75–54	Report
23 Nov	18:00	Spain	1–3	Slovakia	28–26	18–25	23–25	14–25		83–101	Report
24 Nov	18:00	Austria	1–3	Spain	25–22	19–25	19–25	18–25		81–97	Report

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Estonia	4	1	1	5	3	1.667	181	156	1.160
2	Turkey	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	131	132	0.992
3	Montenegro	2	1	1	3	5	0.600	157	181	0.867

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	20:30	Montenegro	0–3	Turkey	19–25	20–25	18–25			57–75	Report
23 Nov	20:30	Estonia	2–3	Montenegro	23–25	25–21	22–25	25–14	11–15	106–100	Report
24 Nov	20:30	Turkey	0–3	Estonia	19–25	15–25	22–25			56–75	Report

Final round[]

	Semifinals				Final
	25 November
	Slovakia	3
					26 November
	Turkey	2
					Slovakia	2
	25 November
					Spain	3
	Estonia	1
	Spain	3

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	18:00	Slovakia	3–2	Turkey	25–22	23–25	17–25	25–17	15–12	105–101	Report
25 Nov	20:30	Estonia	1–3	Spain	25–23	18–25	22–25	25–27		90–100	Report

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	18:00	Slovakia	2–3	Spain	20–25	25–21	23–25	25–21	15–17	108–109	Report

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
1	Spain
2	Slovakia
3	Estonia
	Turkey
5	Austria
	Montenegro

Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Tournament 2[]

• Venue: , Tourcoing, France
• Dates: 23–27 November 2011
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round[]

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	5	2	0	6	2	3.000	163	157	1.038
2	Germany	4	1	1	5	4	1.250	197	160	1.231
3	Greece	0	0	2	1	6	0.167	129	172	0.750

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Nov	18:30	France	3–0	Greece	25–23	25–22	25–12			75–57	Report
24 Nov	19:00	Germany	2–3	France	25–12	19–25	21–25	25–11	10–15	100–88	Report
25 Nov	15:00	Greece	1–3	Germany	25–22	16–25	16–25	15–25		72–97	Report

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czech Republic	5	2	0	6	3	2.000	210	198	1.061
2	Belgium	3	1	1	4	3	1.333	165	157	1.051
3	Latvia	1	0	2	2	6	0.333	166	186	0.892

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Nov	15:00	Czech Republic	3–2	Latvia	21–25	26–24	25–20	23–25	16–14	111–108	Report
24 Nov	15:00	Latvia	0–3	Belgium	20–25	19–25	19–25			58–75	Report
25 Nov	20:00	Belgium	1–3	Czech Republic	24–26	23–25	25–23	18–25		90–99	Report

Final round[]

	Semifinals				Final
	26 November
	France	2
					27 November
	Belgium	3
					Belgium	0
	26 November
					Germany	3
	Czech Republic	1
	Germany	3

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	15:00	France	2–3	Belgium	19–25	25–22	24–26	25–23	12–15	105–111	Report
26 Nov	18:30	Czech Republic	1–3	Germany	25–19	25–27	23–25	16–25		89–96	Report

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Nov	16:00	Belgium	0–3	Germany	17–25	23–25	23–25			63–75	Report

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
1	Germany
2	Belgium
3	Czech Republic
	France
5	Greece
	Latvia

Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Tournament 3[]

• Venue: Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek, Croatia
• Dates: 22–26 November 2011
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round[]

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Finland	6	2	0	6	1	6.000	170	150	1.133
2	Croatia	2	1	1	3	5	0.600	175	192	0.911
3	Netherlands	1	0	2	3	6	0.500	203	206	0.985

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	17:20	Finland	3–1	Netherlands	25–23	19–25	25–19	25–20		94–87	Report
23 Nov	20:20	Croatia	0–3	Finland	24–26	23–25	16–25			63–76	Report
24 Nov	20:20	Netherlands	2–3	Croatia	25–18	25–19	21–25	33–35	12–15	116–112	Report

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Slovenia	5	2	0	6	3	2.000	212	201	1.055
2	Portugal	4	1	1	5	3	1.667	188	177	1.062
3	Ukraine	0	0	2	1	6	0.167	150	172	0.872

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	20:20	Portugal	3–0	Ukraine	25–21	25–18	25–23			75–62	Report
23 Nov	17:20	Slovenia	3–2	Portugal	26–28	19–25	25–19	25–23	20–18	115–113	Report
24 Nov	17:20	Ukraine	1–3	Slovenia	25–21	24–26	21–25	18–25		88–97	Report

Final round[]

	Semifinals				Final
	25 November
	Slovenia	3
					26 November
	Croatia	2
					Slovenia	1
	25 November
					Finland	3
	Finland	3
	Portugal	0

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	17:20	Slovenia	3–2	Croatia	22–25	25–19	22–25	25–11	15–8	109–88	Report
25 Nov	20:20	Finland	3–0	Portugal	25–21	25–21	25–20			75–62	Report

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	15:30	Slovenia	1–3	Finland	25–15	23–25	22–25	20–25		90–90	Report

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
1	Finland
2	Slovenia
3	Croatia
	Portugal
5	Netherlands
	Ukraine

Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Second ranked teams[]

• Russia and Poland qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics via the 2011 World Cup and are replaced by the top two second ranked teams.

Qualified for the Qualification tournament

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Slovakia	9	3	1	11	6	1.833	389	347	1.121
2	Slovenia	7	3	1	10	8	1.250	411	379	1.084
3	Belgium	5	2	2	7	8	0.875	339	337	1.006

Qualification tournament[]

• Venue: Armeets Arena, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Dates: 8–13 May 2012
• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Preliminary round[]

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	9	3	0	9	0	MAX	225	176	1.278
2	Serbia	6	2	1	6	5	1.200	258	241	1.071
3	Spain	3	1	2	4	6	0.667	210	231	0.909
4	Slovenia	0	0	3	1	9	0.111	204	249	0.819

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 May	20:45	Bulgaria	3–0	Slovenia	25–23	25–18	25–22			75–63	Report
9 May	17:00	Slovenia	0–3	Spain	17–25	23–25	18–25			58–75	Report
9 May	19:30	Serbia	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	16–25	23–25			61–75	Report
10 May	17:30	Spain	1–3	Serbia	19–25	17–25	25–23	22–25		83–98	Report
11 May	14:30	Slovenia	1–3	Serbia	25–22	18–25	25–27	15–25		83–99	Report
11 May	20:45	Spain	0–3	Bulgaria	16–25	20–25	16–25			52–75	Report

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	8	3	0	9	2	4.500	253	236	1.072
2	Germany	6	2	1	6	4	1.500	242	225	1.076
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	3	7	0.429	215	230	0.935
4	Finland	1	0	3	4	9	0.444	282	301	0.937

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 May	14:30	Germany	3–0	Slovakia	25–19	25–22	25–20			75–61	Report
8 May	17:30	Finland	2–3	Italy	21–25	25–16	28–30	25–16	14–16	113–103	Report
9 May	14:00	Finland	1–3	Germany	29–31	19–25	25–21	16–25		89–102	Report
10 May	14:30	Slovakia	3–1	Finland	25–20	25–16	21–25	25–19		96–80	Report
10 May	20:45	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–22	25–21	25–22			75–65	Report
11 May	17:30	Slovakia	0–3	Italy	23–25	13–25	22–25			58–75	Report

Final round[]

	Semifinals				Final
	12 May
	Bulgaria	1
					13 May
	Germany	3
					Germany	2
	12 May
					Italy	3
	Italy	3
	Serbia	1

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 May	17:30	Italy	3–1	Serbia	25–14	25–19	19–25	25–16		94–74	Report
12 May	20:45	Bulgaria	1–3	Germany	22–25	25–20	22–25	16–25		85–95	Report

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 May	20:45	Germany	2–3	Italy	22–25	24–26	25–19	25–22	12–15	108–107	Report

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
1	Italy
2	Germany
3	Bulgaria
	Serbia
5	Slovakia
	Spain
7	Finland
	Slovenia

Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics

External links[]

• Official website