Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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The qualification for the 2016 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 8 September 2015 to 5 June 2016. Twelve teams qualified, the hosts, the FIVB World Cup champions and runners-up, five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions and four teams from two World Olympic qualification tournaments.^[1] Teams already qualified for the event were not eligible to play in the following qualification tournaments.

Qualification summary[]

Means of qualification v t	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Cup	8–23 September 2015	Japan	2	United States
				Italy
South American Qualifier	9–11 October 2015	Maiquetía	1	Argentina
European Qualifier	5–10 January 2016	Berlin	1	Russia
African Qualifier	7–12 January 2016	Brazzaville	1	Egypt
North American Qualifier	8–10 January 2016	Edmonton	1	Cuba
Asian Qualifier*	28 May – 5 June 2016	Tokyo	1	Iran
1st World Qualifier			3	Poland
				France
				Canada
2nd World Qualifier	3–5 June 2016	Mexico City	1	Mexico
Total			12

Means of qualification[]

Pool standing procedure[]

Host country[]

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2016 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.

•  Brazil

2015 World Cup[]

• Venues:  Japan
• Dates: 8–23 September 2015
• The top two teams qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2015 Men's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	8–23 September
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament awards
MVP	Matt Anderson
Best Setter	Micah Christenson
Best OH	Osmany Juantorena Yūki Ishikawa
Best MB	Sebastián Sole Mohammad Mousavi
Best OPP	Ivan Zaytsev
Best Libero	Erik Shoji
Official website
2015 FIVB World Cup
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The 2015 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 8 to 23 September 2015 in Japan. The tournament served as a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The top two teams, USA and Italy, qualified for the Olympics,^[2][3] and joined Brazil as they had already secured a berth as the host country.

United States secured the country's second title with 10 victories and only 1 loss. Matt Anderson was elected the Most Valuable Player.^[4] Moreover, there were 3 record breakings. Firstly, Thomas Edgar broke the highest score points in a single match record in Australia's win over Egypt with 50 points.^[5] Secondly, in Canada's win over Australia in five sets (32–34, 25–14, 25–21, 27–29, 20–18), two tournament records were broken: the longest match (2 hours and 49 minutes) and the highest scoring game (245 points).^[6]

Information[]

The FIVB Volleyball World Cup began with signing a contract between Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) for hosting the tournament on 31 January 2013. In this event, Fuji TV had the right to broadcast the tournament. Moreover, the FIVB released the qualification process of the tournament:^[2]

1. Host country
2. 2014 World champions
3. 2 teams per continental confederation considered by World ranking, continental ranking, or continental championship

But, on 10 March 2015, the FIVB announced a change of the continental events following each continental confederation's agreement.^[7]

1. AVC used the World ranking as of 1 January 2015.
2. CAVB used the African Championship.
3. CEV used the European ranking as of 1 January 2015.
4. CSV held a qualification tournament.
5. NORCECA used the 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup.

Changes[]

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1. Olympics places
   Only the winners and runners-up of the competition could secure the berths in the 2016 Summer Olympics. It was different from last edition which three medalists teams joined the Olympics.
2. Qualification format
   The 2015 World Cup changed the format of the competition following the information above. There were not 2 wild card teams like 2011 edition. One of these spots belonged to the World champions, the other one belonged to the 2nd place of a continental event (2011 edition gave tickets to 4 of 5 continents, but 2015 edition gave tickets to all 5 continents).
3. Competition format
   Competition rounds decreased from 4 in 2011 to 3. Combining rounds 1 (3 days) and 2 (2 days) in 2011 to 1 round of 5 days. The hosts also reduced the venues from 8 to 6.
4. Pool standing procedure
   In 2011 edition, match points was the first criterion, but 2015 changed it to number of matches won. All criteria are shown in section Pool standing procedure.^[8]
5. Net touch
   In this edition, players can not touch the whole net and antennas, not just the white band like in 2011 edition.^[9]
6. Roster
   All 14 players (maximum 12 regular players and maximum 2 liberos) can play in every match and be named in score sheets.
7. Individual awards
   Individual awards were given to players by positions, unlike previous editions when awards were given to players by volleyball skills.
8. Attribution of points
   FIVB approved the proposal that in case the team hosting the Summer Olympics participated in a previous World Cup then they would keep the World Ranking points gained at the previous World Cup.^[8]
9. Referee
   It was the first time in the competition when there was a challenge referee. In each match, there was a referee who controlled the challenge system.

Qualification[]

12 teams participated in the World Cup.^[7] Only teams who had not yet qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics could compete in the tournament.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Qualified
Host country	31 January 2013	Lausanne	Japan
2014 World Championship	30 Aug – 21 Sep 2014	Poland	Poland
World Ranking for Asian Team	22 September 2014	Bangkok	Iran
			Australia
European Ranking[10]	15 October 2014	Luxembourg	Russia
			Italy
South American Qualifier	19–23 May 2015	Cali	Argentina
			Venezuela
2015 NORCECA Champions Cup	21–23 May 2015	Detroit	Canada
			United States
2015 African Championship	22–30 July 2015	Cairo	Egypt
			Tunisia
Total			12

Squads[]

Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in the tournament. The rosters of 14 players of each team can be seen in the article below.

Venues[]

Site	First round	Second round	Third round	Hiroshima Osaka Tokyo Hamamatsu Toyama
A	Hiroshima	Osaka	Tokyo
	Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center	Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
	Capacity: 4,750	Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 13,291
B	Hamamatsu	Toyama	Tokyo
	Hamamatsu Arena	Toyama City Gymnasium	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 10,000

Format[]

The competition system of the 2015 World Cup for men was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 remaining teams. The teams were divided into 2 pools of 6 teams each. In round 1, total 30 matches in 5 days, each teams played against the other teams from the same pool. For rounds 2 and 3, total 36 matches in 6 days, each team played against the teams from another pool. The pools composition followed the Serpentine system based on the FIVB World Ranking where the host team was at the top position. There were no teams from CAVB on the drawing of lots day, the teams from CAVB were at the bottom position of pool composition. Numbers in brackets denoted the FIVB World Ranking as of 22 September 2014 except the hosts who ranked 21st.[11]

Pool A Pool B  Japan (Hosts)  Russia (2)  Italy (4)  Poland (3)  United States (5)  Argentina (6)  Australia (13)  Iran (10)  Canada (14)  Venezuela (29)  Egypt (19)  Tunisia (15)

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

Results[]

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	10	1	30	31	6	5.167	899	746	1.205
2	Italy	10	1	29	30	8	3.750	918	780	1.177
3	Poland	10	1	29	31	11	2.818	1011	884	1.144
4	Russia	8	3	23	25	12	2.083	885	794	1.115
5	Argentina	7	4	21	26	16	1.625	985	922	1.068
6	Japan	5	6	16	21	21	1.000	928	934	0.994
7	Canada	5	6	13	18	22	0.818	886	940	0.943
8	Iran	4	7	12	16	24	0.667	905	893	1.013
9	Australia	4	7	12	15	24	0.625	831	925	0.898
10	Egypt	2	9	8	13	30	0.433	889	976	0.911
11	Venezuela	1	10	3	8	32	0.250	815	981	0.831
12	Tunisia	0	11	2	5	33	0.152	747	924	0.808

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
8 Sep	12:10	Canada	1–3	Italy	19–25	20–25	25–22	13–25		77–97	P2 P3
8 Sep	15:10	United States	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–12	25–15			75–50	P2 P3
8 Sep	19:20	Japan	3–2	Egypt	25–19	23–25	25–18	17–25	15–7	105–94	P2 P3
9 Sep	12:10	Australia	0–3	Italy	17–25	18–25	15–25			50–75	P2 P3
9 Sep	15:10	Egypt	2–3	Canada	22–25	23–25	25–21	26–24	12–15	108–110	P2 P3
9 Sep	19:20	United States	3–1	Japan	25–23	21–25	25–11	25–14		96–73	P2 P3
10 Sep	12:10	Italy	3–1	Egypt	20–25	26–24	25–22	25–13		96–84	P2 P3
10 Sep	15:10	Canada	0–3	United States	21–25	20–25	17–25			58–75	P2 P3
10 Sep	19:20	Japan	3–1	Australia	25–17	25–21	25–27	25–18		100–83	P2 P3
12 Sep	12:10	United States	3–0	Italy	25–18	25–23	29–27			79–68	P2 P3
12 Sep	15:10	Australia	3–2	Egypt	23–25	26–24	25–23	20–25	15–13	109–110	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:20	Japan	3–0	Canada	25–17	25–15	25–21			75–53	P2 P3
13 Sep	12:10	Egypt	0–3	United States	20–25	13–25	21–25			54–75	P2 P3
13 Sep	15:10	Canada	3–2	Australia	32–34	25–14	25–21	27–29	20–18	129–116	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:20	Italy	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–20	25–15			75–56	P2 P3

Site B[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Sep	12:10	Argentina	3–1	Iran	25–27	25–22	25–22	26–24		101–95	P2 P3
8 Sep	15:10	Russia	3–0	Venezuela	29–27	25–16	25–15			79–58	P2 P3
8 Sep	18:40	Poland	3–0	Tunisia	25–17	25–15	25–20			75–52	P2 P3
9 Sep	12:10	Argentina	3-2	Venezuela	30–32	25–15	24–26	25-13	15–10	119–83	P2 P3
9 Sep	15:20	Tunisia	1–3	Iran	17–25	25–21	14–25	20–25		76–96	P2 P3
9 Sep	18:40	Poland	3–1	Russia	26–28	27–25	25–19	25–22		103–94	P2 P3
10 Sep	12:10	Iran	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–17	25–15			75–52	P2 P3
10 Sep	15:10	Argentina	1–3	Poland	18–25	25–19	21–25	25–27		89–96	P2 P3
10 Sep	18:40	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	25–17	25–16	29–27			79–60	P2 P3
12 Sep	12:10	Poland	3–2	Iran	18–25	23–25	25–15	25–20	15–11	106–96	P2 P3
12 Sep	15:10	Tunisia	2–3	Venezuela	25–19	18–25	25–22	26–28	13–15	107–109	P2 P3
12 Sep	18:40	Russia	3–1	Argentina	25–19	21–25	25–18	25–20		96–82	P2 P3
13 Sep	12:10	Venezuela	1–3	Poland	27–25	23–25	16–25	23–25		89–100	P2 P3
13 Sep	15:10	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	25–20	25–19	25–20			75–59	P2 P3
13 Sep	18:40	Iran	0–3	Russia	24–26	18–25	20–25			62–76	P2 P3

Second round[]

Site A[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	12:10	United States	3–0	Venezuela	25–18	25–16	25–20			75–54	P2 P3
16 Sep	15:10	Italy	3–0	Iran	25–19	25–23	25–21			75–63	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:20	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	25–21	25–19	25–19			75–59	P2 P3
17 Sep	12:10	United States	3–1	Iran	20–25	25–19	25–22	25–21		95–87	P2 P3
17 Sep	15:10	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	25–18	25–23	25–22			75–63	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:20	Japan	3–0	Venezuela	33–31	26–24	25–19			84–74	P2 P3
18 Sep	12:10	United States	3–0	Tunisia	25–14	25–19	29–27			79–60	P2 P3
18 Sep	15:10	Italy	3–0	Venezuela	25–16	25–22	25–18			75–56	P2 P3
18 Sep	19:20	Japan	2–3	Iran	25–22	25–23	18–25	21–25	12–15	101–110	P2 P3

Site B[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	12:10	Egypt	0–3	Argentina	18–25	19–25	21–25			58–75	P2 P3
16 Sep	15:10	Canada	1–3	Poland	25–23	15–25	19–25	19–25		78–98	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:10	Australia	0–3	Russia	24–26	16–25	18–25			58–76	P2 P3
17 Sep	12:10	Egypt	0–3	Poland	20–25	23–25	18–25			61–75	P2 P3
17 Sep	15:10	Canada	0–3	Russia	21–25	16–25	19–25			56–75	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:10	Australia	0–3	Argentina	21–25	23–25	16–25			60–75	P2 P3
18 Sep	12:10	Egypt	0–3	Russia	20–25	24–26	18–25			62–76	P2 P3
18 Sep	15:10	Argentina	3–1	Canada	25–21	23–25	29–27	25–22		102–95	P2 P3
18 Sep	19:10	Australia	0–3	Poland	15–25	22–25	17–25			54–75	P2 P3

Third round[]

Site A[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	10:30	Italy	3–0	Russia	25–15	26–24	25–18			76–57	P2 P3
21 Sep	14:15	Japan	0–3	Argentina	24–26	22–25	21–25			67–76	P2 P3
21 Sep	17:10	United States	1–3	Poland	25–17	19–25	23–25	15–25		82–92	P2 P3
22 Sep	10:30	Italy	3–2	Argentina	22–25	25–20	25–21	20–25	16–14	108–105	P2 P3
22 Sep	14:15	Japan	1–3	Poland	26–24	25–27	21–25	19–25		91–101	P2 P3
22 Sep	17:10	United States	3–0	Russia	25–23	26–24	25–17			76–64	P2 P3
23 Sep	10:30	Italy	3–1	Poland	26–24	22–25	25–22	25–19		98–90	P2 P3
23 Sep	14:15	Japan	2–3	Russia	29–27	17–25	25–21	17–25	13–15	101–113	P2 P3
23 Sep	18:40	United States	3–1	Argentina	25–20	25–21	17–25	25–20		92–86	P2 P3

Site B[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	11:10	Egypt	3–2	Tunisia	23–25	25–21	23–25	25–17	15–11	111–99	P2 P3
21 Sep	14:10	Canada	3–0	Venezuela	25–18	25–22	25–23			75–63	P2 P3
21 Sep	17:10	Australia	3–0	Iran	27–25	27–25	25–22			79–72	P2 P3
22 Sep	11:10	Egypt	3–1	Venezuela	25–18	20–25	25–18	25–20		95–81	P2 P3
22 Sep	14:10	Canada	3–0	Iran	25–23	29–27	26–24			80–74	P2 P3
22 Sep	17:10	Australia	3–0	Tunisia	25–19	25–17	25–19			75–55	P2 P3
23 Sep	11:10	Egypt	0–3	Iran	18–25	11–25	23–25			52–75	P2 P3
23 Sep	14:10	Canada	3–0	Tunisia	25–19	25–21	25–17			75–57	P2 P3
23 Sep	17:10	Australia	3–1	Venezuela	25–16	25–21	22–25	25–21		97–83	P2 P3

Final standing[]

Rank Team  United States  Italy  Poland 4  Russia 5  Argentina 6  Japan 7  Canada 8  Iran 9  Australia 10  Egypt 11  Venezuela 12  Tunisia Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics

2015 Men's World Cup Champions  United States 2nd title Team roster Matt Anderson, Aaron Russell, Taylor Sander, David Lee (c), Paul Lotman, Kawika Shoji, Micah Christenson, Russell Holmes, Jayson Jablonsky, Murphy Troy, Maxwell Holt, David Smith, Erik Shoji, Dustin Watten Head coach John Speraw

Awards[]

Statistics leaders[]

Best Scorers Rank Name Points 1 Ahmed Abdelhay 230 2 Facundo Conte 214 3 Ivan Zaytsev 197 4 Kunihiro Shimizu 191 5 Bartosz Kurek 190 6 Yūki Ishikawa 188 7 Thomas Edgar 176 8 Matt Anderson 172 9 Dmitriy Muserskiy 157 10 Osmany Juantorena 156

Best Spikers Rank Name %Succ 1 Ivan Zaytsev 59.15 2 Osmany Juantorena 56.84 3 Dmitriy Muserskiy 55.93 4 Yūki Ishikawa 55.82 5 Ahmed Abdelhay 55.50 6 Maxim Mikhaylov 54.81 7 Amir Ghafour 53.55 8 Kunihiro Shimizu 53.53 9 Facundo Conte 53.40 10 Filippo Lanza 53.08

Best Blockers Rank Name Avg/set 1 Sebastián Sole 0.81 2 Mohammad Mousavi 0.80 3 Maxwell Holt 0.70 4 Matteo Piano 0.63 5 Facundo Conte 0.55 6 David Lee 0.54 7 Nehemiah Mote 0.54 8 Justin Duff 0.50 9 Abd Elhalim Mohamed Abou 0.49 10 Daniel Cornelius Jansen Vandoorn 0.48

Best Servers Rank Name Avg/set 1 Matt Anderson 0.70 2 Ivan Zaytsev 0.55 3 Maxim Mikhaylov 0.51 4 Mateusz Bieniek 0.48 5 Masahiro Yanagida 0.45 6 Bartosz Kurek 0.45 7 Facundo Conte 0.43 8 Micah Christenson 0.43 9 Ahmed Abdelhay 0.42 10 Dmitriy Muserskiy 0.41

Best Setters Rank Name Avg/set 1 Hideomi Fukatsu 10.17 2 Micah Christenson 9.57 3 Luciano De Cecco 8.93 4 Saeid Marouf 8.58 5 Simone Giannelli 7.58 6 Tyler Sanders 7.20 7 José Carrasco 6.63 8 Fabian Drzyzga 5.90 9 Sergey Grankin 4.65 10 Grigory Sukochev 4.38

Best Diggers Rank Name Avg/set 1 Luke Perry 2.33 2 Takeshi Nagano 2.33 3 Erik Shoji 2.22 4 Massimo Colaci 2.11 5 Tayeb Korbosli 1.92 6 Paweł Zatorski 1.76 7 Mehdi Marandi 1.45 8 Moalla Ismail 1.39 9 Osmany Juantorena 1.39 10 Yūki Ishikawa 1.31

Best Receivers Rank Name %Eff 1 Badawy Mohamed Moneim 58.62 2 Milad Ebadipour 57.89 3 Mehdi Marandi 53.54 4 Rafał Buszek 52.20 5 Luciano Zornetta 52.17 6 Michał Kubiak 51.79 7 John Gordon Perrin 50.00 8 Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi 50.00 9 Nicholas Hoag 46.15 10 Osmany Juantorena 45.28

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Final standing
• Awards
• Statistics

Continental qualification tournaments[]

Africa[]

• Venue: , Brazzaville, Congo
• Dates: 7–12 January 2016
• The winners qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The second and third ranked teams qualified for the 2016 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Rank	Team
1	Egypt
2	Tunisia
3	Algeria
4	Cameroon
5
6	DR Congo
7

Asia and Oceania[]

The 2016 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament combined with 2016 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament. The hosts Japan and the top three ranked teams except Japan from the FIVB World Ranking as of October 2015^[1] competed in the tournament. The top ranked among the four teams qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the 2016 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament winners.

Europe[]

The hosts Germany and the top seven ranked teams from the CEV European Ranking as of 19 October 2015 which had not yet qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics competed in the 2016 European Olympic Qualification Tournament.

• Venue: Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
• Dates: 5–10 January 2016
• The winners qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The second and third ranked teams qualified for the 2016 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Rank	Team
1	Russia
2	France
3	Poland
4	Germany
5	Serbia
6	Bulgaria
7	Belgium
8	Finland

North America[]

The top four teams from the 2015 NORCECA Championship competed in the 2016 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament.

• Venue: Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton, Canada
• Dates: 8–10 January 2016
• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00).
• The winners qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The runners-up qualified for the 2016 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament, whereas the third ranked team qualified for the 2016 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	3	0	15	233	190	1.226	9	0	MAX
2	Canada	2	1	10	207	194	1.067	6	3	2.000
3	Mexico	1	2	3	224	258	0.868	3	8	0.375
4	Puerto Rico	0	3	2	242	264	0.917	2	9	0.222

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jan	17:10	Canada	3–0	Mexico	25–19	25–23	25–16			75–58	P2 P3
8 Jan	19:10	Cuba	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–22	25–20	33–31			83–73	P2 P3
9 Jan	13:45	Canada	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–16	25–22	25–23			75–61	P2 P3
9 Jan	16:10	Mexico	0–3	Cuba	15–25	22–25	23–25			60–75	P2 P3
10 Jan	17:10	Puerto Rico	2–3	Mexico	25–23	25–16	24–26	24–26	10–15	108–106	P2 P3
10 Jan	19:55	Canada	0–3	Cuba	15–25	21–25	21–25			57–75	P2 P3

South America[]

• Venue: , Maiquetía, Venezuela
• Dates: 9–11 October 2015
• All times are Venezuelan Standard Time (UTC–04:30).
• The winners qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The runners-up qualified for the 2016 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament, whereas the third ranked team qualified for the 2016 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	262	191	1.372
2	Venezuela	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	302	309	0.977
3	Chile	4	1	2	5	8	0.625	287	299	0.960
4	Colombia	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	254	306	0.830

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 Oct	16:00	Argentina	3–0	Colombia	25–13	25–19	25–13			75–45
9 Oct	19:00	Chile	2–3	Venezuela	18–25	21–25	25–20	27–25	11–15	102–110
10 Oct	16:00	Argentina	3–0	Chile	25–22	25–17	25–19			75–58
10 Oct	19:00	Venezuela	3–1	Colombia	25–19	25–22	23–25	31–29		104–95
11 Oct	16:00	Colombia	2–3	Chile	36–34	20–25	18–25	30–28	10–15	114–127
11 Oct	19:00	Venezuela	2–3	Argentina	12–25	25–22	12–25	27–25	12–15	88–112

World qualification tournaments[]

There were 2 tournaments to get 5 remaining spots in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Only the teams which had not yet qualified from the 3 events above played in the tournaments. 12 teams had rights to play in the tournaments, Japan as the hosts of the 1st tournament, the top three Asian teams except Japan from the FIVB World Ranking as of October 2015^[1] and the second and third ranked teams from continental qualification tournaments. The 1st tournament was combined with the 2016 Asian Olympic qualification tournament which played in Japan. The best ranked Asian team qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The best three ranked teams, excluding the best Asian team, also secured the vacancies in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The 2nd tournament which was held in Mexico consisted of 4 teams, and only the best ranked team took the last spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The table below showed the allocation of 12 qualified teams.^[2]

1st tournament				2nd tournament
Qualification	Qualifier	Qualification	Qualifier	Qualification	Qualifier
Host Country	Japan	European QT	France	African QT	Tunisia
World Ranking for Asian teams	Iran		Poland		Algeria
	Australia	North American QT 2nd	Canada	North American QT 3rd	Mexico
	China	South American QT 2nd	Venezuela	South American QT 3rd	Chile

1st tournament[]

• Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
• Dates: 28 May – 5 June 2016
• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	6	1	15	19	9	2.111	639	584	1.094
2	Iran	6	1	15	18	11	1.636	668	637	1.049
3	France	5	2	15	17	10	1.700	637	571	1.116
4	Canada	4	3	12	16	14	1.143	654	640	1.022
5	Australia	3	4	10	12	14	0.857	599	612	0.979
6	China	2	5	9	14	15	0.933	627	635	0.987
7	Japan	2	5	6	8	16	0.500	547	573	0.955
8	Venezuela	0	7	2	6	21	0.286	524	643	0.815

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	10:10	Iran	3–0	Australia	25–19	25–17	25–18			75–54	P2 P3
28 May	12:55	China	1–3	France	13–25	25–22	23–25	21–25		82–97	P2 P3
28 May	15:40	Poland	3–2	Canada	25–18	17–25	25–21	18–25	15–9	100–98	P2 P3
28 May	19:20	Japan	3–1	Venezuela	26–28	25–20	25–19	25–19		101–86	P2 P3
29 May	10:10	Canada	2–3	Iran	29–27	25–19	20–25	21–25	14–16	109–112	P2 P3
29 May	13:15	Venezuela	1–3	Australia	25–19	20–25	10–25	19–25		74–94	P2 P3
29 May	15:40	France	2–3	Poland	25–22	25–13	29–31	17–25	12–15	108–106	P2 P3
29 May	19:15	Japan	0–3	China	20–25	22–25	23–25			65–75	P2 P3
31 May	10:10	Australia	2–3	Canada	19–25	26–24	25–20	27–29	11–15	108–113	P2 P3
31 May	12:55	China	3–0	Venezuela	25–16	25–18	25–15			75–49	P2 P3
31 May	15:40	Iran	0–3	France	20–25	18–25	22–25			60–75	P2 P3
31 May	19:20	Poland	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–16	25–23			75–61	P2 P3
1 Jun	10:10	Venezuela	0–3	Canada	20–25	20–25	25–27			65–77	P2 P3
1 Jun	12:55	France	3–1	Australia	25–22	25–18	16–25	44–42		110–107	P2 P3
1 Jun	15:40	China	2–3	Poland	28–26	25–20	16–25	17–25	10–15	96–111	P2 P3
1 Jun	19:15	Japan	1–3	Iran	20–25	25–19	22–25	25–27		92–96	P2 P3
2 Jun	10:10	Canada	0–3	France	17–25	17–25	16–25			50–75	P2 P3
2 Jun	12:55	Iran	3–2	China	26–24	22–25	25–19	17–25	18–16	108–109	P2 P3
2 Jun	15:40	Poland	3–0	Venezuela	25–21	25–17	25–18			75–56	P2 P3
2 Jun	19:20	Australia	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–19	29–27			79–69	P2 P3
4 Jun	10:10	China	1–3	Australia	23–25	22–25	25–20	24–26		94–96	P2 P3
4 Jun	12:55	Venezuela	2–3	France	21–25	25–23	11–25	25–20	9–15	91–108	P2 P3
4 Jun	15:40	Poland	1–3	Iran	20–25	18–25	25–20	32–34		95–104	P2 P3
4 Jun	19:15	Japan	1–3	Canada	25–23	19–25	21–25	19–25		84–98	P2 P3
5 Jun	10:10	Iran	3–2	Venezuela	25–23	27–29	21–25	25–18	15–8	113–103	P2 P3
5 Jun	12:55	Canada	3–2	China	25–16	20–25	24–26	25–20	15–9	109–96	P2 P3
5 Jun	15:40	Australia	0–3	Poland	21–25	15–25	25–27			61–77	P2 P3
5 Jun	19:20	France	0–3	Japan	18–25	23–25	23–25			64–75	P2 P3

2nd tournament[]

• Venue: Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, Mexico
• Dates: 3–5 June 2016
• All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Mexico	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	286	260	1.100
2	Chile	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	263	245	1.073
3	Tunisia	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	273	273	1.000
4	Algeria	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	227	271	0.838

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jun	18:00	Chile	3–0	Tunisia	25–21	25–21	25–21			75–63	P2 P3
3 Jun	20:30	Mexico	3–0	Algeria	25–21	25–16	25–21			75–58	P2 P3
4 Jun	18:00	Tunisia	3–1	Algeria	25–14	22–25	26–24	25–21		98–84	P2 P3
4 Jun	20:30	Mexico	3–1	Chile	22–25	25–21	25–22	25–22		97–90	P2 P3
5 Jun	18:00	Algeria	1–3	Chile	25–23	18–25	19–25	23–25		85–98	P2 P3
5 Jun	20:30	Mexico	2–3	Tunisia	25–23	23–25	23–25	25–19	18–20	114–112	P2 P3

See also[]

• Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

References[]

External links[]

• Qualification system
• Qualification process
• Official website of the 2016 African Olympic Qualification Tournament
• Official website of the 2016 European Olympic Qualification Tournament
• Official website of the 2016 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament
• Official website of the 2016 South American Olympic Qualification Tournament
• Official website of the 2016 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament
• Official website of the 2016 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament