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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Germany |
| City | Berlin |
| Dates | 5–10 January |
| Teams | 8 (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 played | 15 |
| 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.
- Germany (Hosts)
Serbia (1)- France (3)
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Belgium (6)
Slovenia (7)- Bulgaria (8)
Netherlands (9)
Czech Republic (11)
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 |
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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 | 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 Jan | 16:30 | Slovenia | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–23 | 28–26 | 25–20 | 78–69 | Report | ||
| 5 Jan | 19:30 | Czech Republic | 0–3 | Germany | 19–25 | 22–25 | 20–25 | 61–75 | Report | ||
| 6 Jan | 20:10 | Belgium | 0–3 | Germany | 18–25 | 23–25 | 24–26 | 65–76 | Report | ||
| 7 Jan | 17:00 | Belgium | 3–2 | Czech Republic | 21–25 | 28–26 | 25–20 | 22–25 | 19–17 | 115–113 | Report |
| 7 Jan | 20:10 | Germany | 2–3 | Slovenia | 34–32 | 20–25 | 25–19 | 21–25 | 12–15 | 112–116 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 17:30 | Slovenia | 3–1 | Czech Republic | 25–12 | 28–26 | 19–25 | 28–26 | 100–89 | Report |
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 Jan | 13:30 | France | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–21 | 25–21 | 25–22 | 75–64 | Report | ||
| 6 Jan | 14:00 | Netherlands | 0–3 | Serbia | 18–25 | 18–25 | 17–25 | 53–75 | Report | ||
| 6 Jan | 17:00 | Bulgaria | 3–2 | France | 25–23 | 17–25 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 15–8 | 101–103 | Report |
| 7 Jan | 14:00 | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Netherlands | 25–19 | 25–16 | 25–15 | 75–50 | Report | ||
| 8 Jan | 14:30 | Serbia | 2–3 | Bulgaria | 21–25 | 26–24 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 13–15 | 107–109 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 20:45 | France | 2–3 | Netherlands | 25–21 | 25–20 | 22–25 | 19–25 | 12–15 | 103–106 | Report |
Final round
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 9 January | ||||||
| Slovenia | 2 | |||||
| 10 January | ||||||
| France | 3 | |||||
| France | 3 | |||||
| 9 January | ||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 1 | |||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||
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) |
- Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Awards
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References
- "Germany and Berlin to host men's European Olympic qualifier!". CEV. 29 August 2019.
- "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.
- "CEV European Ranking List - Men (as per 30.09.2019)". CEV. 30 September 2019. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019.