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

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2016 Men's European Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host nation Germany
CityBerlin
Dates5–10 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up France
Third place Poland
Fourth place Germany
Tournament awards
MVPRussia Sergey Tetyukhin
Best SetterFrance Benjamin Toniutti
Best OHFrance Earvin N'Gapeth
Germany Denys Kaliberda
Best MBGermany Marcus Böhme
Poland Mateusz Bieniek
Best OPPRussia Maxim Mikhaylov
Best LiberoFrance Jenia Grebennikov
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Official website
CEV
Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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 Summer Olympics. Sergey Tetyukhin was selected the most valuable player.

Qualification[]

The hosts Germany and the top seven ranked teams from the CEV European Ranking as of 19 October 2015[2] which had not yet qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics qualified for the tournament.[3][4] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 4th.

Pools composition[]

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their CEV European Ranking as of 19 October 2015.[2] CEV reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the European Ranking. The pools were confirmed on 23 October 2015.[5]

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

Squads[]

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification squads

Venue[]

All matches
Berlin, Germany
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Capacity: 8,500
Max-schmeling-halle berlin.jpg

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[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
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 Jan 18:00 Belgium  0–3  Germany 26–28 19–25 24–26     69–79 Report
5 Jan 20:30 Serbia  1–3  Poland 25–22 18–25 23–25 21–25   87–97 Report
6 Jan 18:00 Germany  3–0  Serbia 25–20 26–24 25–20     76–64 Report
7 Jan 15:00 Poland  3–0  Belgium 25–20 30–28 25–19     80–67 Report
8 Jan 14:00 Serbia  3–1  Belgium 25–18 21–25 25–21 25–21   96–85 Report
8 Jan 20:00 Poland  2–3  Germany 25–21 17–25 22–25 25–20 10–15 99–106 Report

Pool B[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
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 Jan 15:00 Finland  0–3  Russia 17–25 16–25 19–25     52–75 Report
6 Jan 15:00 Bulgaria  3–1  Finland 29–27 25–15 23–25 25–22   102–89 Report
6 Jan 20:30 Russia  1–3  France 15–25 25–20 17–25 19–25   76–95 Report
7 Jan 18:00 Bulgaria  0–3  Russia 20–25 22–25 17–25     59–75 Report
7 Jan 20:30 France  3–0  Finland 25–21 25–20 25–16     75–57 Report
8 Jan 17:00 France  3–0  Bulgaria 25–19 25–20 25–15     75–54 Report

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 Jan 16:35 Germany  1–3  Russia 33–31 22–25 19–25 24–26   98–107 Report
9 Jan 19:35 France  3–0  Poland 29–27 32–30 25–20     86–77 Report

3rd place match[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jan 13:35 Poland  3–2  Germany 20–25 25–22 16–25 28–26 16–14 105–112 Report

Final[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jan 16:35 France  1–3  Russia 25–14 16–25 23–25 21–25   85–89 Report

Final standing[]

Rank Team
1  Russia
2  France
3  Poland
4  Germany
5  Serbia
6  Bulgaria
7  Belgium
8  Finland
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the 2016 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament

Awards[]

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. ^ a b "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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