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

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Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Country — — 1  Brazil
2015 World Cup 8–23 September 2015  Japan 2  United States
 Italy
South American Qualifier 9–11 October 2015 Venezuela Maiquetía 1  Argentina
European Qualifier 5–10 January 2016 Germany Berlin 1  Russia
African Qualifier 7–12 January 2016 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 1  Egypt
North American Qualifier 8–10 January 2016 Canada Edmonton 1  Cuba
Asian Qualifier* 28 May – 5 June 2016 Japan Tokyo 1  Iran
1st World Qualifier 3  Poland
 France
 Canada
2nd World Qualifier 3–5 June 2016 Mexico Mexico City 1  Mexico
Total 12
* The Asian Qualifier was combined with the 1st World Qualifier. The best Asian team qualified as the Asian Qualifier winners, while the best three ranked teams except the Asian Qualifier winners qualified as the top three teams of the 1st World Qualifier.

Means of qualification

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Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the 2016 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament
Qualified for the 2016 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament

Pool standing procedure

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Host country

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

2015 World Cup

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Main article: 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland
4  Russia
5  Argentina
6  Japan
7  Canada
8  Iran
9  Australia
10  Egypt
11  Venezuela
12  Tunisia

Continental qualification tournaments

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Africa

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Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's African qualification
Rank Team Qualification
1  Egypt 2016 Summer Olympics
2  Tunisia 2016 2nd World Olympic
Qualification Tournament
3  Algeria
4  Cameroon
5  Congo
6  DR Congo
7  Nigeria

Asia and Oceania

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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[2] 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

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

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.

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

North America

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

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR
1  Cuba 3 3 0 15 233 190 1.226 9 0 MAX
2  Canada 3 2 1 10 207 194 1.067 6 3 2.000
3  Mexico 3 1 2 3 224 258 0.868 3 8 0.375
4  Puerto Rico 3 0 3 2 242 264 0.917 2 9 0.222
Source: [citation needed]
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

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Argentina 3 3 0 6 9 2 4.500 262 191 1.372
2  Venezuela 3 2 1 5 8 6 1.333 302 309 0.977
3  Chile 3 1 2 4 5 8 0.625 287 299 0.960
4  Colombia 3 0 3 3 3 9 0.333 254 306 0.830
Source: [citation needed]
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

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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[2] 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.[3]

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

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Poland 7 6 1 15 19 9 2.111 639 584 1.094
2  Iran 7 6 1 15 18 11 1.636 668 637 1.049
3  France 7 5 2 15 17 10 1.700 637 571 1.116
4  Canada 7 4 3 12 16 14 1.143 654 640 1.022
5  Australia 7 3 4 10 12 14 0.857 599 612 0.979
6  China 7 2 5 9 14 15 0.933 627 635 0.987
7  Japan 7 2 5 6 8 16 0.500 547 573 0.955
8  Venezuela 7 0 7 2 6 21 0.286 524 643 0.815
Source: [citation needed]
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

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Mexico 3 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 286 260 1.100
2  Chile 3 2 1 6 7 4 1.750 263 245 1.073
3  Tunisia 3 2 1 5 6 6 1.000 273 273 1.000
4  Algeria 3 0 3 0 2 9 0.222 227 271 0.838
Source: [citation needed]
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

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References

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  1. ^ "World Cup marks start of road to Rio". FIVB. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of October 2015)". FIVB. October 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Rio 2016 Olympic Games Qualification Process - Volleyball". FIVB. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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