FIVB Men's Volleyball World Olympic Qualification Tournament
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| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1972 |
| Ceased | 2016 |
| CEO |  Ary Graça |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Continent | International (FIVB) |
| Official website | FIVB |
The FIVB Men's Volleyball World Olympic Qualification Tournament was a volleyball qualification tournament for the Olympic Games. contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body.
A corresponding tournament for women's national teams is the FIVB Women's Volleyball World Olympic Qualification Tournament.
First tournament (2016)
Results summary
First format (1972–1984)
| Year | Host | Qualified Teams | Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Runners-up | 3rd Place | |||||
| 1972 |  France |
 Poland |
 Romania |
N/a | 12 | ||
| 1976 |  Italy |
 Czechoslovakia |
Italy |
N/a | 14 | ||
| 1980 |  Pernik/Sofia |
 Bulgaria |
Romania |
N/a | 10 | ||
| 1984 |  Barcelona |
Italy* |
 China* |
 South Korea* |
6 | ||
Second format (1988–2012)
| Year | Qualified Teams | Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First tournament | Second tournament | Third tournament | ||||
| 1988 | Brasília (6) |  Amsterdam (6) | Florence (6) |
18 | ||
 Argentina | Netherlands |  Sweden | ||||
| 1992 | Montpellier (6) | Rotterdam (6) | N/a | 12 | ||
France | Netherlands | |||||
| 1996 |  Espinho (4) |  Munich (4) |  Patras (4) |
12 | ||
Bulgaria |  Yugoslavia | Poland | ||||
| 2000 | Matosinhos (4) | Piraeus (4) | Castelnau-le-Lez (4) |
12 | ||
Argentina | Spain | Netherlands | ||||
| 2004 | Matosinhos (4) |  Tokyo (8) | Madrid (4) |
16 | ||
Poland | France | Netherlands | ||||
| 2008 | Düsseldorf (4) | Espinho (4) | Tokyo (8) |
16 | ||
Germany | Poland | Italy | ||||
| 2012 | Tokyo (8) | Sofia (4) | Berlin (4) |
16 | ||
 Serbia | Bulgaria | Germany | ||||
Third format (2016)
| Year | Host | Qualified Teams | Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Runners-up | 3rd Place | |||||
| 2016 | Tokyo |
Poland |
France |
 Canada |
8 | ||
 Mexico City |
Mexico |
N/a | 4 | ||||