Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament European qualification

The European qualification for the 2008 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from September 1, 2007 to January 13, 2008.

Contents 1 Elimination round 1.1 First leg 1.2 Second leg 2 Pre–qualification tournaments 2.1 Tournament 1 2.1.1 Preliminary round 2.1.1.1 Pool A 2.1.1.2 Pool B 2.1.2 Final round 2.1.2.1 Bracket 2.1.2.2 Semifinals 2.1.2.3 Final 2.1.3 Final standing 2.2 Tournament 2 2.2.1 Preliminary round 2.2.1.1 Pool A 2.2.1.2 Pool B 2.2.2 Final round 2.2.2.1 Bracket 2.2.2.2 Semifinals 2.2.2.3 Final 2.2.3 Final standing 2.3 Tournament 3 2.3.1 Preliminary round 2.3.1.1 Pool A 2.3.1.2 Pool B 2.3.2 Final round 2.3.2.1 Bracket 2.3.2.2 Semifinals 2.3.2.3 Final 2.3.3 Final standing 2.4 Standing of second–placed teams 3 Qualification tournament 3.1 Preliminary round 3.1.1 Pool A 3.1.2 Pool B 3.2 Final round 3.2.1 Bracket 3.2.2 Semifinals 3.2.3 Final 3.3 Final standing 4 External links

Elimination round

• Dates: September 1–9, 2007
• All times are local.
• In case of an aggregate score tie, teams play a Golden Set to determine the winner.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montenegro	6–3	Latvia	3–1	3–2
Georgia	0–6	Romania	0–3	0–3
Austria	3–5	Sweden	3–2	0–3
Azerbaijan	0–6	Denmark	0–3	0–3

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 01	18:00	Georgia	0–3	Romania	12–25	19–25	16–25			47–75
Sep 01	20:00	Montenegro	3–1	Latvia	25–22	25–18	18–25	25–23		93–88
Sep 01	20:15	Austria	3–2	Sweden	25–21	23–25	25–20	22–25	16–14	111–105
Sep 02	18:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Denmark	23–25	29–31	21–25			73–81

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 02	18:00	Romania	3–0	Georgia	25–13	25–20	25–17			75–50
Sep 08	17:30	Denmark	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–17	25–15	25–22			75–54
Sep 09	16:00	Sweden	3–0	Austria	25–10	25–14	25–23			75–47
Sep 09	18:00	Latvia	2–3	Montenegro	23–25	23–25	25–22	25–23	19–21	115–116

Pre–qualification tournaments

Tournament 1

• Venue: Arena Savaria, Szombathely, Hungary
• Dates: November 28 – December 2, 2007
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Finland	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	183	154	1.188
2	Hungary	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	132	137	0.964
3	Estonia	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	159	183	0.869

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Nov 28	20:00	Estonia	2–3	Finland	21–25	17–25	25–21	25–22	9–15	97–108
Nov 29	20:00	Hungary	3–0	Estonia	25–19	25–22	25–21			75–62
Nov 30	20:00	Finland	3–0	Hungary	25–22	25–19	25–16			75–57

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	150	118	1.271
2	Belgium	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	137	143	0.958
3	Denmark	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	127	153	0.830

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Nov 28	17:30	Denmark	0–3	Belgium	26–28	22–25	20–25			68–78
Nov 29	17:30	Poland	3–0	Denmark	25–21	25–19	25–19			75–59
Nov 30	17:30	Belgium	0–3	Poland	22–25	18–25	19–25			59–75

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	December 1 – Szombathely
	Finland	3
	Belgium	0
					December 2 – Szombathely
					Finland	0
					Poland	3
	December 1 – Szombathely
	Poland	3
	Hungary	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Dec 01	15:30	Finland	3–0	Belgium	25–21	25–22	26–24			76–67
Dec 01	18:00	Poland	3–1	Hungary	25–14	25–18	20–25	25–17		95–74

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Dec 02	15:00	Finland	0–3	Poland	20–25	18–25	25–27			63–77

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Poland
2	Finland
3	Belgium
	Hungary
5	Denmark
	Estonia

Tournament 2

• Venue: Arena D'Évora, Évora, Portugal
• Dates: November 28 – December 2, 2007
• All times are Western European Time (UTC±0).

Preliminary round

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	3	1	1	5	3	1.667	188	179	1.050
2	Czech Republic	3	1	1	5	5	1.000	213	213	1.000
3	Portugal	3	1	1	3	5	0.600	175	184	0.951

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Nov 28	15:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Portugal	21–25	25–19	22–25	25–20	12–15	105–104
Nov 29	15:00	Germany	2–3	Czech Republic	25–18	26–24	24–26	23–25	11–15	109–108
Nov 30	18:30	Portugal	0–3	Germany	25–27	25–27	21–25			71–79

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	151	124	1.218
2	Sweden	3	1	1	3	5	0.600	188	194	0.969
3	Slovakia	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	172	193	0.891

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Nov 28	19:00	Sweden	3–2	Slovakia	28–26	22–25	30–28	22–25	16–14	118–118
Nov 29	18:30	France	3–0	Sweden	25–23	25–23	26–24			76–70
Nov 30	15:00	Slovakia	0–3	France	15–25	18–25	21–25			54–75

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	December 1 – Évora
	Germany	3
	Sweden	0
					December 2 – Évora
					Germany	3
					Czech Republic	2
	December 1 – Évora
	France	0
	Czech Republic	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Dec 01	15:05	France	0–3	Czech Republic	19–25	20–25	14–25			53–75
Dec 01	18:30	Germany	3–0	Sweden	25–19	25–11	25–21			75–51

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Dec 02	16:05	Germany	3–2	Czech Republic	25–22	21–25	25–17	22–25	15–13	108–102

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Germany
2	Czech Republic
3	France
	Sweden
5	Portugal
	Slovakia

Tournament 3

• Venue: PalaCatania, Catania, Italy
• Dates: November 28 – December 2, 2007
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	186	172	1.081
2	Croatia	3	1	1	5	4	1.250	214	197	1.086
3	Montenegro	2	0	2	1	6	0.167	144	175	0.823

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Nov 28	20:30	Italy	3–0	Montenegro	25–18	25–19	25–21			75–58
Nov 29	17:30	Croatia	2–3	Italy	24–26	22–25	25–20	25–20	18–20	114–111
Nov 30	20:00	Montenegro	1–3	Croatia	25–22	22–25	13–25	26–28		86–100

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	154	125	1.232
2	Greece	3	1	1	3	4	0.750	160	161	0.994
3	Romania	2	0	2	1	6	0.167	144	172	0.837

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Nov 28	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Romania	26–24	25–18	25–19			76–61
Nov 29	20:00	Greece	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	26–28	19–25			64–78
Nov 30	17:30	Romania	1–3	Greece	25–21	22–25	21–25	15–25		83–96

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	December 1 – Catania
	Italy	3
	Greece	0
					December 2 – Catania
					Italy	3
					Netherlands	2
	December 1 – Catania
	Netherlands	3
	Croatia	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Dec 01	16:00	Italy	3–0	Greece	25–15	25–19	25–19			75–53
Dec 01	18:30	Netherlands	3–0	Croatia	25–22	25–18	27–25			77–65

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Dec 02	18:00	Italy	3–2	Netherlands	20–25	21–25	25–20	25–21	15–13	106–104

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Italy
2	Netherlands
3	Croatia
	Greece
5	Montenegro
	Romania

Standing of second–placed teams

•  Russia and  Bulgaria qualified to 2008 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament via 2007 World Cup and are replaced by 2 second–placed teams.

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	7	3	1	11	3	3.667	335	296	1.132
2	Finland	7	3	1	9	5	1.800	322	298	1.081
3	Czech Republic	6	2	2	10	8	1.250	390	374	1.043

Qualification tournament

• Venue: Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir, Turkey
• Dates: January 7–13, 2008
• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).

Preliminary round

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Spain	5	2	1	7	7	1.000	292	307	0.951
2	Netherlands	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	253	269	0.941
3	Poland	4	1	2	7	6	1.167	288	275	1.047
4	Italy	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	246	228	1.079

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 07	15:30	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	29–27	25–18	25–10			79–55
Jan 07	20:30	Spain	3–2	Poland	19–25	25–22	26–28	25–21	15–11	110–107
Jan 08	18:00	Poland	3–0	Italy	25–20	26–24	25–21			76–65
Jan 09	15:30	Italy	2–3	Spain	21–25	25–13	25–19	19–25	12–15	102–97
Jan 09	20:30	Netherlands	3–2	Poland	19–25	25–23	25–19	16–25	15–13	100–105
Jan 10	18:00	Spain	1–3	Netherlands	24–26	25–22	19–25	17–25		85–98

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	276	260	1.062
2	Finland	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	259	241	1.075
3	Germany	5	2	1	6	7	0.857	268	279	0.961
4	Turkey	3	0	3	5	9	0.556	296	319	0.928

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 07	18:00	Turkey	2–3	Finland	34–32	18–25	25–22	22–25	12–15	111–119
Jan 08	15:30	Serbia	3–0	Finland	26–24	25–23	25–18			76–65
Jan 08	20:30	Germany	3–2	Turkey	25–20	17–25	21–25	25–19	15–12	103–101
Jan 09	18:00	Serbia	2–3	Germany	22–25	26–24	25–22	19–25	11–15	103–111
Jan 10	15:30	Finland	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–15	25–16			75–54
Jan 10	20:30	Turkey	1–3	Serbia	25–22	21–25	23–25	15–25		84–97

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	January 12 – İzmir
	Spain	3
	Finland	1
					January 13 – İzmir
					Spain	2
					Serbia	3
	January 12 – İzmir
	Serbia	3
	Netherlands	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 12	16:30	Spain	3–1	Finland	25–22	21–25	25–16	25–16		96–79
Jan 12	19:00	Serbia	3–0	Netherlands	25–23	27–25	25–21			77–69

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 13	16:00	Spain	2–3	Serbia	26–24	25–16	19–25	15–25	15–17	100–107

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Serbia
2	Spain
3	Finland
	Netherlands
5	Germany
	Poland
7	Italy
	Turkey

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• Official Website of the 2008 European Olympic Qualification Tournament

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