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

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2020 Men's European Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
City Berlin
Dates5–10 January
Teams 8  (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of France.svg  France (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Tournament awards
MVP Flag of France.svg Jean Patry
Best Setter Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Kampa
Best OH Flag of Germany.svg Denys Kaliberda
Flag of France.svg Earvin N'Gapeth
Best MB Flag of Bulgaria.svg Viktor Yosifov
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Le Goff
Best OPP Flag of France.svg Jean Patry
Best Libero Flag of France.svg Jenia Grebennikov
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Official website
FIVB

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. Eight teams played in the tournament and the winners France qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1] The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [2]

Contents

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 the tournament. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked tenth.

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 APool B
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Venue

All matches
Flag of Germany.svg Berlin, Germany
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Capacity: 8,500
Max-schmeling-halle berlin.jpg

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

Pool A

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3308933.0002942701.089 Semifinals
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3217832.6672632421.087
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3122380.3752492670.933
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3031390.3332632900.907
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
5 Jan16:30 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg3–0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 25–2328–2625–20  78–69 Report
5 Jan19:30 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19–2522–2520–25  61–75 Report
6 Jan20:10 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg0–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 18–2523–2524–26  65–76 Report
7 Jan17:00 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg3–2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 21–2528–2625–2022–2519–17115–113 Report
7 Jan20:10 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 34–3220–2525–1921–2512–15112–116 Report
8 Jan17:30 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg3–1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25–1228–2619–2528–26 100–89 Report

Pool B

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3307942.2502852601.096 Semifinals
2Flag of France.svg  France 3125761.1672812711.037
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 3124560.8332462371.038
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3122380.3752092530.826
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
5 Jan13:30 France  Flag of France.svg3–0Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 25–2125–2125–22  75–64 Report
6 Jan14:00 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 18–2518–2517–25  53–75 Report
6 Jan17:00 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg3–2Flag of France.svg  France 25–2317–2525–2219–2515–8101–103 Report
7 Jan14:00 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg3–0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25–1925–1625–15  75–50 Report
8 Jan14:30 Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg2–3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 21–2526–2422–2525–2013–15107–109 Report
8 Jan20:45 France  Flag of France.svg2–3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25–2125–2022–2519–2512–15103–106 Report

Final round

 
Semifinals Final
 
      
 
9 January
 
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2
 
10 January
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
9 January
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0
 
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3
 

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
9 Jan17:00 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg2–3Flag of France.svg  France 25–1325–2214–2521–259–1594–100 Report
9 Jan20:10 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg1–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20–2523–2525–2023–25 91–95 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
10 Jan20:10 France  Flag of France.svg3–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25–2025–2025–23  75–63 Report

Final standing

RankTeam
1Flag of France.svg  France
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Qualifying team for Summer Olympics

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of France.svg  France 10 January 20204 (1988, 1992, 2004, 2016)
  1. Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

See also

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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". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 "CEV European Ranking List - Men (as per 30.09.2019)". CEV. 30 September 2019. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019.