Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification

The European Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was a volleyball tournament for men's national teams held in Berlin, Germany from 5 to 10 January 2020. 8 teams played in the tournament and the winners France qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] The 2020 Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

2020 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 France (1st title)
Runners-up Germany
Tournament awards
MVP Jean Patry
Best Setter Lukas Kampa
Best OH Denys Kaliberda
Earvin N'Gapeth
Best MB Viktor Yosifov
Nicolas Le Goff
Best OPP Jean Patry
Best Libero Jenia Grebennikov
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Official website

Qualification

The hosts Germany and the top seven ranked teams from the CEV European Ranking as of 30 September 2019[3] which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics qualified for this tournament. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 10th.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their CEV European Ranking as of 30 September 2019.[3] CEV reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the European Ranking.

Pool A Pool B
 Germany  Serbia
 Belgium  France
 Slovenia  Bulgaria
 Czech Republic  Netherlands

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  Slovenia 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 294 270 1.089
2  Germany 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 263 242 1.087
3  Belgium 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 249 267 0.933
4  Czech Republic 0 3 1 3 9 0.333 263 290 0.907
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jan16:30Slovenia  3–0  Belgium 25–2328–2625–20  78–69Report
5 Jan19:30Czech Republic  0–3  Germany 19–2522–2520–25  61–75Report
6 Jan20:10Belgium  0–3  Germany 18–2523–2524–26  65–76Report
7 Jan17:00Belgium  3–2  Czech Republic 21–2528–2625–2022–2519–17115–113Report
7 Jan20:10Germany  2–3  Slovenia 34–3220–2525–1921–2512–15112–116Report
8 Jan17:30Slovenia  3–1  Czech Republic 25–1228–2619–2528–26 100–89Report

Pool B

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Bulgaria 3 0 7 9 4 2.250 285 260 1.096
2  France 1 2 5 7 6 1.167 281 271 1.037
3  Serbia 1 2 4 5 6 0.833 246 237 1.038
4  Netherlands 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 209 253 0.826
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jan13:30France  3–0  Serbia 25–2125–2125–22  75–64Report
6 Jan14:00Netherlands  0–3  Serbia 18–2518–2517–25  53–75Report
6 Jan17:00Bulgaria  3–2  France 25–2317–2525–2219–2515–8101–103Report
7 Jan14:00Bulgaria  3–0  Netherlands 25–1925–1625–15  75–50Report
8 Jan14:30Serbia  2–3  Bulgaria 21–2526–2422–2525–2013–15107–109Report
8 Jan20:45France  2–3  Netherlands 25–2125–2022–2519–2512–15103–106Report

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
9 January
 
 
 Slovenia2
 
10 January
 
 France3
 
 France3
 
9 January
 
 Germany0
 
 Bulgaria1
 
 
 Germany3
 

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Jan17:00Slovenia  2–3  France 25–1325–2214–2521–259–1594–100Report
9 Jan20:10Bulgaria  1–3  Germany 20–2523–2525–2023–25 91–95Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jan20:10France  3–0  Germany 25–2025–2025–23  75–63Report

Final standing

Rank Team
1  France
2  Germany
3  Bulgaria
 Slovenia
5  Belgium
 Serbia
7  Czech Republic
 Netherlands
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Qualifying team for Summer Olympics

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics[lower-alpha 1]
 France 10 January 2020 4 (1988, 1992, 2004, 2016)
  1. Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

See also

References

  1. "Germany and Berlin to host men's European Olympic qualifier!". CEV. 29 August 2019.
  2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org (press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. "CEV European Ranking List - Men (as per 30.09.2019)". CEV. 30 September 2019. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019.
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