Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification
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The European Qualification Tournament for the 2016 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held in Berlin, Germany from 5 to 10 January 2016.[1] Russia won the tournament by beating France 3–1, and qualified for the Summer Olympics. Sergey Tetyukhin was selected the most valuable player.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Germany |
| City | Berlin |
| Dates | 5–10 January |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Champions |  Russia (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  France |
| Third place |  Poland |
| Fourth place | Germany |
| Tournament awards | |
| MVP | Sergey Tetyukhin |
| Best Setter | Benjamin Toniutti |
| Best OH | Earvin N'Gapeth Denys Kaliberda |
| Best MB | Marcus Böhme Mateusz Bieniek |
| Best OPP | Maxim Mikhaylov |
| Best Libero | Jenia Grebennikov |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Official website | |
| CEV | |
← 2012 2020 → | |
Qualification
Pools composition
Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their CEV European Ranking as of 19 October 2015.[2] CEV reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the European Ranking. The pools were confirmed on 23 October 2015.[5]
Squads
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 261 | 232 | 1.125 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Poland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 276 | 260 | 1.062 | |
| 3 |  Serbia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 247 | 258 | 0.957 | |
| 4 |  Belgium |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 221 | 255 | 0.867 |
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jan | 18:00 | Belgium | 0–3 | Germany | 26–28 | 19–25 | 24–26 | 69–79 | Report | ||
| 5 Jan | 20:30 | Serbia | 1–3 | Poland | 25–22 | 18–25 | 23–25 | 21–25 | 87–97 | Report | |
| 6 Jan | 18:00 | Germany | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–20 | 26–24 | 25–20 | 76–64 | Report | ||
| 7 Jan | 15:00 | Poland | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–20 | 30–28 | 25–19 | 80–67 | Report | ||
| 8 Jan | 14:00 | Serbia | 3–1 | Belgium | 25–18 | 21–25 | 25–21 | 25–21 | 96–85 | Report | |
| 8 Jan | 20:00 | Poland | 2–3 | Germany | 25–21 | 17–25 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 10–15 | 99–106 | Report |
Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 245 | 187 | 1.310 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 226 | 206 | 1.097 | |
| 3 |  Bulgaria |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 215 | 239 | 0.900 | |
| 4 |  Finland |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 198 | 252 | 0.786 |
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jan | 15:00 | Finland | 0–3 | Russia | 17–25 | 16–25 | 19–25 | 52–75 | Report | ||
| 6 Jan | 15:00 | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Finland | 29–27 | 25–15 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 102–89 | Report | |
| 6 Jan | 20:30 | Russia | 1–3 | France | 15–25 | 25–20 | 17–25 | 19–25 | 76–95 | Report | |
| 7 Jan | 18:00 | Bulgaria | 0–3 | Russia | 20–25 | 22–25 | 17–25 | 59–75 | Report | ||
| 7 Jan | 20:30 | France | 3–0 | Finland | 25–21 | 25–20 | 25–16 | 75–57 | Report | ||
| 8 Jan | 17:00 | France | 3–0 | Bulgaria | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–15 | 75–54 | Report |
Final round
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 9 January | ||||||
| France | 3 | |||||
| 10 January | ||||||
| Poland | 0 | |||||
| France | 1 | |||||
| 9 January | ||||||
| Russia | 3 | |||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||
| Russia | 3 | |||||
| 3rd place match | ||||||
| 10 January | ||||||
| Poland | 3 | |||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
| Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
| Qualified for the 2016 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament |
Awards
- Most valuable player
- Best setter
- Best outside spikers
- Best middle blockers
- Best opposite spiker
- Best libero