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

2020 Men's European Olympic Qualification Tournament
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
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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]

Qualification edit

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.

Germany (Hosts)
Serbia (1)
France (3)
Belgium (6)
Slovenia (7)
Bulgaria (8)
Netherlands (9)
Czech Republic (11)

Pools composition edit

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 edit

All matches
Berlin, Germany
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Capacity: 8,500

Pool standing procedure edit

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 edit

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	294	270	1.089	Semifinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	263	242	1.087	Semifinals
3	Belgium	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	249	267	0.933
4	Czech Republic	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	263	290	0.907

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	3	3	0	7	9	4	2.250	285	260	1.096	Semifinals
2	France	3	1	2	5	7	6	1.167	281	271	1.037	Semifinals
3	Serbia	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	246	237	1.038
4	Netherlands	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	209	253	0.826

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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 edit

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

Semifinals edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jan	17:00	Slovenia	2–3	France	25–13	25–22	14–25	21–25	9–15	94–100	Report
9 Jan	20:10	Bulgaria	1–3	Germany	20–25	23–25	25–20	23–25		91–95	Report

Final edit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jan	20:10	France	3–0	Germany	25–20	25–20	25–23			75–63	Report

Final standing edit

Rank	Team
1	France
2	Germany
3	Bulgaria
3	Slovenia
5	Belgium
5	Serbia
7	Czech Republic
7	Netherlands

	Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Qualifying team for Summer Olympics edit

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics^[a]
France	10 January 2020	4 (1988, 1992, 2004, 2016)

^ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards edit

Most valuable player
Jean Patry
Best setter
Lukas Kampa
Best outside spikers
Denys Kaliberda

Earvin N'Gapeth
Best middle blockers
Viktor Yosifov

Nicolas Le Goff
Best opposite spiker
Jean Patry
Best libero
Jenia Grebennikov

References edit

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

External links edit

[4] Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

[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.

[ranking-3] "CEV European Ranking List - Men (as per 30.09.2019)". CEV. 30 September 2019. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019.

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