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 DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country——1 Brazil
2015 World Cup8–23 September 2015 Japan2 United States
 Italy
South American Qualifier9–11 October 2015Venezuela Maiquetía1 Argentina
European Qualifier5–10 January 2016Germany Berlin1 Russia
African Qualifier7–12 January 2016Republic of the Congo Brazzaville1 Egypt
North American Qualifier8–10 January 2016Canada Edmonton1 Cuba
Asian Qualifier*28 May – 5 June 2016Japan Tokyo1 Iran
1st World Qualifier3 Poland
 France
 Canada
2nd World Qualifier3–5 June 2016Mexico Mexico City1 Mexico
Total12
* 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

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

Host country

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

2015 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

Africa

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

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

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

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:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Jan17:10Canada 3–0 Mexico25–1925–2325–16  75–58P2 P3
8 Jan19:10Cuba 3–0 Puerto Rico25–2225–2033–31  83–73P2 P3
9 Jan13:45Canada 3–0 Puerto Rico25–1625–2225–23  75–61P2 P3
9 Jan16:10Mexico 0–3 Cuba15–2522–2523–25  60–75P2 P3
10 Jan17:10Puerto Rico 2–3 Mexico25–2325–1624–2624–2610–15108–106P2 P3
10 Jan19:55Canada 0–3 Cuba15–2521–2521–25  57–75P2 P3

South America

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:
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[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 tournament2nd tournament
QualificationQualifierQualificationQualifierQualificationQualifier
Host Country JapanEuropean QT FranceAfrican QT Tunisia
World Ranking
for Asian teams		 Iran Poland Algeria
 AustraliaNorth American QT 2nd CanadaNorth American QT 3rd Mexico
 ChinaSouth American QT 2nd VenezuelaSouth American QT 3rd Chile

1st tournament

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:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May10:10Iran 3–0 Australia25–1925–1725–18  75–54P2 P3
28 May12:55China 1–3 France13–2525–2223–2521–25 82–97P2 P3
28 May15:40Poland 3–2 Canada25–1817–2525–2118–2515–9100–98P2 P3
28 May19:20Japan 3–1 Venezuela26–2825–2025–1925–19 101–86P2 P3
29 May10:10Canada 2–3 Iran29–2725–1920–2521–2514–16109–112P2 P3
29 May13:15Venezuela 1–3 Australia25–1920–2510–2519–25 74–94P2 P3
29 May15:40France 2–3 Poland25–2225–1329–3117–2512–15108–106P2 P3
29 May19:15Japan 0–3 China20–2522–2523–25  65–75P2 P3
31 May10:10Australia 2–3 Canada19–2526–2425–2027–2911–15108–113P2 P3
31 May12:55China 3–0 Venezuela25–1625–1825–15  75–49P2 P3
31 May15:40Iran 0–3 France20–2518–2522–25  60–75P2 P3
31 May19:20Poland 3–0 Japan25–2225–1625–23  75–61P2 P3
1 Jun10:10Venezuela 0–3 Canada20–2520–2525–27  65–77P2 P3
1 Jun12:55France 3–1 Australia25–2225–1816–2544–42 110–107P2 P3
1 Jun15:40China 2–3 Poland28–2625–2016–2517–2510–1596–111P2 P3
1 Jun19:15Japan 1–3 Iran20–2525–1922–2525–27 92–96P2 P3
2 Jun10:10Canada 0–3 France17–2517–2516–25  50–75P2 P3
2 Jun12:55Iran 3–2 China26–2422–2525–1917–2518–16108–109P2 P3
2 Jun15:40Poland 3–0 Venezuela25–2125–1725–18  75–56P2 P3
2 Jun19:20Australia 3–0 Japan25–2325–1929–27  79–69P2 P3
4 Jun10:10China 1–3 Australia23–2522–2525–2024–26 94–96P2 P3
4 Jun12:55Venezuela 2–3 France21–2525–2311–2525–209–1591–108P2 P3
4 Jun15:40Poland 1–3 Iran20–2518–2525–2032–34 95–104P2 P3
4 Jun19:15Japan 1–3 Canada25–2319–2521–2519–25 84–98P2 P3
5 Jun10:10Iran 3–2 Venezuela25–2327–2921–2525–1815–8113–103P2 P3
5 Jun12:55Canada 3–2 China25–1620–2524–2625–2015–9109–96P2 P3
5 Jun15:40Australia 0–3 Poland21–2515–2525–27  61–77P2 P3
5 Jun19:20France 0–3 Japan18–2523–2523–25  64–75P2 P3

2nd tournament

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:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Jun18:00Chile 3–0 Tunisia25–2125–2125–21  75–63P2 P3
3 Jun20:30Mexico 3–0 Algeria25–2125–1625–21  75–58P2 P3
4 Jun18:00Tunisia 3–1 Algeria25–1422–2526–2425–21 98–84P2 P3
4 Jun20:30Mexico 3–1 Chile22–2525–2125–2225–22 97–90P2 P3
5 Jun18:00Algeria 1–3 Chile25–2318–2519–2523–25 85–98P2 P3
5 Jun20:30Mexico 2–3 Tunisia25–2323–2523–2525–1918–20114–112P2 P3

See also

References

  1. ↑ "World Cup marks start of road to Rio". FIVB. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "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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