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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Germany |
| City | Berlin |
| Dates | 5–10 January |
| Teams | 8 (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 played | 16 |
| 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 |
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 Finland |
Squads
Venue
| All matches |
|---|
| Berlin, Germany |
| Max-Schmeling-Halle |
| Capacity: 8,500 |
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Pool standing procedure
- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- 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
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
| 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
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 9 January | ||||||
| France | 3 | |||||
| 10 January | ||||||
| Poland | 0 | |||||
| France | 1 | |||||
| 9 January | ||||||
| Russia | 3 | |||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||
| Russia | 3 | |||||
| 3rd place match | ||||||
| 10 January | ||||||
| Poland | 3 | |||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||
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 |
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
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References
- "CEV Board confirms organisers of Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments, adopts further measures to foster growth of the sport". CEV. 31 May 2015.
- "CEV European Ranking List - Men (as per 19.10.2015)". CEV. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016.
- "CEV launches bidding process for Continental Olympic qualifiers". CEV. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- "Nine berths still up for grabs as USA and Italy qualify for Rio". FIVB. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- "Pools for Continental Men's Olympic Qualifier announced". CEV. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.