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

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
MVP Sergey Tetyukhin
Best Setter Benjamin Toniutti
Best OH Earvin N'Gapeth
Denys Kaliberda
Best MB Marcus Böhme
Mateusz Bieniek
Best OPP Maxim Mikhaylov
Best Libero Jenia Grebennikov
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Official website

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 this 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

Venue

All matches
Berlin, Germany
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Capacity: 8,500

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 Jan18:00Belgium  0–3  Germany 26–2819–2524–26  69–79Report
5 Jan20:30Serbia  1–3  Poland 25–2218–2523–2521–25 87–97Report
6 Jan18:00Germany  3–0  Serbia 25–2026–2425–20  76–64Report
7 Jan15:00Poland  3–0  Belgium 25–2030–2825–19  80–67Report
8 Jan14:00Serbia  3–1  Belgium 25–1821–2525–2125–21 96–85Report
8 Jan20:00Poland  2–3  Germany 25–2117–2522–2525–2010–1599–106Report

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 Jan15:00Finland  0–3  Russia 17–2516–2519–25  52–75Report
6 Jan15:00Bulgaria  3–1  Finland 29–2725–1523–2525–22 102–89Report
6 Jan20:30Russia  1–3  France 15–2525–2017–2519–25 76–95Report
7 Jan18:00Bulgaria  0–3  Russia 20–2522–2517–25  59–75Report
7 Jan20:30France  3–0  Finland 25–2125–2025–16  75–57Report
8 Jan17:00France  3–0  Bulgaria 25–1925–2025–15  75–54Report

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 Jan16:35Germany  1–3  Russia 33–3122–2519–2524–26 98–107Report
9 Jan19:35France  3–0  Poland 29–2732–3025–20  86–77Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jan13:35Poland  3–2  Germany 20–2525–2216–2528–2616–14105–112Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jan16:35France  1–3  Russia 25–1416–2523–2521–25 85–89Report

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

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