Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification

Last updated October 08, 2025

The European qualification for the 2008 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 1 September 2007 to 13 January 2008.

Contents

Elimination round
First leg
Second leg
Pre–qualification tournaments
Tournament 1
Tournament 2
Tournament 3
Second ranked teams
Qualification tournament
Preliminary round 4
Final round 4
Final standing 4
External links

Elimination round

Dates: 1–9 September 2007
All times are local.
In case of an aggregate score tie, teams play a Golden Set to determine the winner.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montenegro	6–3	Latvia	3–1	3–2
Romania	6–0	Georgia	3–0	3–0
Austria	3–5	Sweden	3–2	0–3
Azerbaijan	0–6	Denmark	0–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	18:00	Romania	3–0	Georgia	25–12	25–19	25–16			75–47
1 Sep	20:00	Montenegro	3–1	Latvia	25–22	25–18	18–25	25–23		93–88
1 Sep	20:15	Austria	3–2	Sweden	25–21	23–25	25–20	22–25	16–14	111–105
2 Sep	18:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Denmark	23–25	29–31	21–25			73–81

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Sep	18:00	Romania	3–0	Georgia	25–13	25–20	25–17			75–50
8 Sep	17:30	Denmark	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–17	25–15	25–22			75–54
9 Sep	16:00	Sweden	3–0	Austria	25–10	25–14	25–23			75–47
9 Sep	18:00	Latvia	2–3	Montenegro	23–25	23–25	25–22	25–23	19–21	115–116

Pre–qualification tournaments

The Qualification Tournament hosts Turkey, the three 2007 World Cup participants and the next-best ranked team from the 2007 European Championship which are not yet qualified directly qualified for the Qualification Tournament.

Tournament 1

Venue: Arena Savaria, Szombathely, Hungary
Dates: 28 November – 2 December 2007
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Finland	2	2	0	4	6	2	3.000	183	154	1.188	Semifinals
2	Hungary	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	132	137	0.964	Semifinals
3	Estonia	2	0	2	2	2	6	0.333	159	183	0.869

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	20:00	Estonia	2–3	Finland	21–25	17–25	25–21	25–22	9–15	97–108
29 Nov	20:00	Hungary	3–0	Estonia	25–19	25–22	25–21			75–62
30 Nov	20:00	Finland	3–0	Hungary	25–22	25–19	25–16			75–57

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	150	118	1.271	Semifinals
2	Belgium	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	137	143	0.958	Semifinals
3	Denmark	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	127	153	0.830

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	17:30	Denmark	0–3	Belgium	26–28	22–25	20–25			68–78
29 Nov	17:30	Poland	3–0	Denmark	25–21	25–19	25–19			75–59
30 Nov	17:30	Belgium	0–3	Poland	22–25	18–25	19–25			59–75

Final round

	Semifinals				Final

	1 December

	Finland	3
					2 December
	Belgium	0
					Finland	0
	1 December
					Poland	3
	Poland	3

	Hungary	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Dec	15:30	Finland	3–0	Belgium	25–21	25–22	26–24			76–67
1 Dec	18:00	Poland	3–1	Hungary	25–14	25–18	20–25	25–17		95–74

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Dec	15:00	Finland	0–3	Poland	20–25	18–25	25–27			63–77

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Poland
2	Finland
3	Belgium
3	Hungary
5	Denmark
5	Estonia

	Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Tournament 2

Venue: Arena D'Évora, Évora, Portugal
Dates: 28 November – 2 December 2007
All times are Western European Time (UTC±0).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	2	1	1	3	5	3	1.667	188	179	1.050	Semifinals
2	Czech Republic	2	1	1	3	5	5	1.000	213	213	1.000	Semifinals
3	Portugal	2	1	1	3	3	5	0.600	175	184	0.951

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	15:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Portugal	21–25	25–19	22–25	25–20	12–15	105–104
29 Nov	15:00	Germany	2–3	Czech Republic	25–18	26–24	24–26	23–25	11–15	109–108
30 Nov	18:30	Portugal	0–3	Germany	25–27	25–27	21–25			71–79

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	France	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	151	124	1.218	Semifinals
2	Sweden	2	1	1	3	3	5	0.600	188	194	0.969	Semifinals
3	Slovakia	2	0	2	2	2	6	0.333	172	193	0.891

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	19:00	Sweden	3–2	Slovakia	28–26	22–25	30–28	22–25	16–14	118–118
29 Nov	18:30	France	3–0	Sweden	25–23	25–23	26–24			76–70
30 Nov	15:00	Slovakia	0–3	France	15–25	18–25	21–25			54–75

Final round

	Semifinals				Final

	1 December

	Germany	3
					2 December
	Sweden	0
					Germany	3
	1 December
					Czech Republic	2
	France	0

	Czech Republic	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Dec	15:05	France	0–3	Czech Republic	19–25	20–25	14–25			53–75
1 Dec	18:30	Germany	3–0	Sweden	25–19	25–11	25–21			75–51

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Dec	16:05	Germany	3–2	Czech Republic	25–22	21–25	25–17	22–25	15–13	108–102

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Germany
2	Czech Republic
3	France
3	Sweden
5	Portugal
5	Slovakia

	Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Tournament 3

Venue: PalaCatania, Catania, Italy
Dates: 28 November – 2 December 2007
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	2	2	0	4	6	2	3.000	186	172	1.081	Semifinals
2	Croatia	2	1	1	3	5	4	1.250	214	197	1.086	Semifinals
3	Montenegro	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	144	175	0.823

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	20:30	Italy	3–0	Montenegro	25–18	25–19	25–21			75–58
29 Nov	17:30	Croatia	2–3	Italy	24–26	22–25	25–20	25–20	18–20	114–111
30 Nov	20:00	Montenegro	1–3	Croatia	25–22	22–25	13–25	26–28		86–100

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	154	125	1.232	Semifinals
2	Greece	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	160	161	0.994	Semifinals
3	Romania	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	144	172	0.837

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Romania	26–24	25–18	25–19			76–61
29 Nov	20:00	Greece	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	26–28	19–25			64–78
30 Nov	17:30	Romania	1–3	Greece	25–21	22–25	21–25	15–25		83–96

Final round

	Semifinals				Final

	1 December

	Italy	3
					2 December
	Greece	0
					Italy	3
	1 December
					Netherlands	2
	Netherlands	3

	Croatia	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Dec	16:00	Italy	3–0	Greece	25–15	25–19	25–19			75–53
1 Dec	18:30	Netherlands	3–0	Croatia	25–22	25–18	27–25			77–65

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Dec	18:00	Italy	3–2	Netherlands	20–25	21–25	25–20	25–21	15–13	106–104

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Italy
2	Netherlands
3	Croatia
3	Greece
5	Montenegro
5	Romania

	Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Second ranked teams

Russia and Bulgaria qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics via the 2007 World Cup and are replaced by the top two second ranked teams.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	3	1	7	11	3	3.667	335	296	1.132	Qualification tournament
2	Finland	4	3	1	7	9	5	1.800	322	298	1.081	Qualification tournament
3	Czech Republic	4	2	2	6	10	8	1.250	390	374	1.043

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Qualification tournament

Venue: Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir, Turkey
Dates: 7–13 January 2008
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	5	7	7	1.000	292	307	0.951	Semifinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	253	269	0.941	Semifinals
3	Poland	3	1	2	4	7	6	1.167	288	275	1.047
4	Italy	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	246	228	1.079

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Jan	15:30	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	29–27	25–18	25–10			79–55
7 Jan	20:30	Spain	3–2	Poland	19–25	25–22	26–28	25–21	15–11	110–107
8 Jan	18:00	Poland	3–0	Italy	25–20	26–24	25–21			76–65
9 Jan	15:30	Italy	2–3	Spain	21–25	25–13	25–19	19–25	12–15	102–97
9 Jan	20:30	Netherlands	3–2	Poland	19–25	25–23	25–19	16–25	15–13	100–105
10 Jan	18:00	Spain	1–3	Netherlands	24–26	25–22	19–25	17–25		85–98

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	276	260	1.062	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	259	241	1.075	Semifinals
3	Germany	3	2	1	5	6	7	0.857	268	279	0.961
4	Turkey	3	0	3	3	5	9	0.556	296	319	0.928

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Jan	18:00	Turkey	2–3	Finland	34–32	18–25	25–22	22–25	12–15	111–119
8 Jan	15:30	Serbia	3–0	Finland	26–24	25–23	25–18			76–65
8 Jan	20:30	Germany	3–2	Turkey	25–20	17–25	21–25	25–19	15–12	103–101
9 Jan	18:00	Serbia	2–3	Germany	22–25	26–24	25–22	19–25	11–15	103–111
10 Jan	15:30	Finland	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–15	25–16			75–54
10 Jan	20:30	Turkey	1–3	Serbia	25–22	21–25	23–25	15–25		84–97

Final round

	Semifinals				Final

	12 January

	Spain	3
					13 January
	Finland	1
					Spain	2
	12 January
					Serbia	3
	Serbia	3

	Netherlands	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jan	16:30	Spain	3–1	Finland	25–22	21–25	25–16	25–16		96–79
12 Jan	19:00	Serbia	3–0	Netherlands	25–23	27–25	25–21			77–69

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Jan	16:00	Spain	2–3	Serbia	26–24	25–16	19–25	15–25	15–17	100–107

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Serbia
2	Spain
3	Finland
3	Netherlands
5	Germany
5	Poland
7	Italy
7	Turkey

	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

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