Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament European qualification

The European qualification for the 2012 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament is held from August 13, 2011 to May 13, 2012.

Pre-elimination round

• Dates: August 13–14, 2011
• All times are local.
• In case of a 1–1 tie, teams play a Golden Set to determine the winner.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Denmark	2–0	Georgia	3–0	3–0

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Aug	19:30	Denmark	3–0	Georgia	25–13	25–14	25–11			75–38	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	19:30	Denmark	3–0	Georgia	25–15	25–8	25–16			75–39	Report

Elimination round

• Dates: August 26 – September 4, 2011
• All times are local.
• In case of a 1–1 tie, teams play a Golden Set to determine the winner.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Denmark	0–2	Spain	1–3	0–3
Greece	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	3–0
Romania	0–2	Netherlands	1–3	1–3
Israel	0–2	Ukraine	0–3	1–3
Hungary	0–2	Latvia	2–3	1–3
Montenegro	2–0	Macedonia	3–1	3–2

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Aug	18:00	Hungary	2–3	Latvia	25–23	26–24	21–25	18–25	10–15	100–112	Report
26 Aug	20:30	Montenegro	3–1	Macedonia	31–29	27–25	28–30	25–22		111–106	Report
27 Aug	18:00	Romania	1–3	Netherlands	23–25	29–31	25–18	22–25		99–99	Report
27 Aug	18:30	Denmark	1–3	Spain	15–25	25–22	24–26	25–27		89–100	Report
28 Aug	19:30	Israel	0–3	Ukraine	24–26	20–25	21–25			65–76	Report
03 Sep	19:30	Greece	3–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–20	25–27	25–21	25–16		100–84	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
02 Sep	21:00	Macedonia	2–3	Montenegro	22–25	25–23	22–25	25–21	4–15	98–109	Report
03 Sep	17:00	Ukraine	3–1	Israel	25–22	26–24	21–25	25–23		97–94	Report
03 Sep	19:00	Latvia	3–1	Hungary	25–23	25–14	21–25	25–18		96–80	Report
03 Sep	19:00	Spain	3–0	Denmark	25–17	25–22	25–21			75–60	Report
03 Sep	19:30	Netherlands	3–1	Romania	25–20	23–25	25–18	25–18		98–81	Report
04 Sep	19:30	Greece	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–18	25–18	25–12			75–48	Report

Pre-qualification tournaments

Tournament 1

• Venue: Poprad Arena, Poprad, Slovakia
• Dates: November 22–26, 2011
• 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	Slovakia	6	2	0	6	1	6.000	176	137	1.285
2	Spain	3	1	1	4	4	1.000	180	182	0.989
3	Austria	0	0	2	1	6	0.167	135	172	0.785

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	18:00	Slovakia	3–0	Austria	25–21	25–14	25–19			75–54	Report
23 Nov	18:00	Spain	1–3	Slovakia	28–26	18–25	23–25	14–25		83–101	Report
24 Nov	18:00	Austria	1–3	Spain	25–22	19–25	19–25	18–25		81–97	Report

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Estonia	4	1	1	5	3	1.667	181	156	1.160
2	Turkey	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	131	132	0.992
3	Montenegro	2	1	1	3	5	0.600	157	181	0.867

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	20:30	Montenegro	0–3	Turkey	19–25	20–25	18–25			57–75	Report
23 Nov	20:30	Estonia	2–3	Montenegro	23–25	25–21	22–25	25–14	11–15	106–100	Report
24 Nov	20:30	Turkey	0–3	Estonia	19–25	15–25	22–25			56–75	Report

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	November 25
	Slovakia	3
	Turkey	2
					November 26
					Slovakia	2
					Spain	3
	November 25
	Estonia	1
	Spain	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	18:00	Slovakia	3–2	Turkey	25–22	23–25	17–25	25–17	15–12	105–101	Report
25 Nov	20:30	Estonia	1–3	Spain	25–23	18–25	22–25	25–27		90–100	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	18:00	Slovakia	2–3	Spain	20–25	25–21	23–25	25–21	15–17	108–109	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Spain
2	Slovakia
3	Estonia
	Turkey
5	Austria
	Montenegro

Tournament 2

• Venue: Léo Lagrange Sports Complex, Tourcoing, France
• Dates: November 23–27, 2011
• 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	France	5	2	0	6	2	3.000	163	157	1.038
2	Germany	4	1	1	5	4	1.250	197	160	1.231
3	Greece	0	0	2	1	6	0.167	129	172	0.750

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Nov	18:30	France	3–0	Greece	25–23	25–22	25–12			75–57	Report
24 Nov	19:00	Germany	2–3	France	25–12	19–25	21–25	25–11	10–15	100–88	Report
25 Nov	15:00	Greece	1–3	Germany	25–22	16–25	16–25	15–25		72–97	Report

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czech Republic	5	2	0	6	3	2.000	210	198	1.061
2	Belgium	3	1	1	4	3	1.333	165	157	1.051
3	Latvia	1	0	2	2	6	0.333	166	186	0.892

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Nov	15:00	Czech Republic	3–2	Latvia	21–25	26–24	25–20	23–25	16–14	111–108	Report
24 Nov	15:00	Latvia	0–3	Belgium	20–25	19–25	19–25			58–75	Report
25 Nov	20:00	Belgium	1–3	Czech Republic	24–26	23–25	25–23	18–25		90–99	Report

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	November 26
	France	2
	Belgium	3
					November 27
					Belgium	0
					Germany	3
	November 26
	Czech Republic	1
	Germany	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	15:00	France	2–3	Belgium	19–25	25–22	24–26	25–23	12–15	105–111	Report
26 Nov	18:30	Czech Republic	1–3	Germany	25–19	25–27	23–25	16–25		89–96	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Nov	16:00	Belgium	0–3	Germany	17–25	23–25	23–25			63–75	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Germany
2	Belgium
3	Czech Republic
	France
5	Greece
	Latvia

Tournament 3

• Venue: Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek, Croatia
• Dates: November 22–26, 2011
• 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	6	2	0	6	1	6.000	170	150	1.133
2	Croatia	2	1	1	3	5	0.600	175	192	0.911
3	Netherlands	1	0	2	3	6	0.500	203	206	0.985

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	17:20	Finland	3–1	Netherlands	25–23	19–25	25–19	25–20		94–87	Report
23 Nov	20:20	Croatia	0–3	Finland	24–26	23–25	16–25			63–76	Report
24 Nov	20:20	Netherlands	2–3	Croatia	25–18	25–19	21–25	33–35	12–15	116–112	Report

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Slovenia	5	2	0	6	3	2.000	212	201	1.055
2	Portugal	4	1	1	5	3	1.667	188	177	1.062
3	Ukraine	0	0	2	1	6	0.167	150	172	0.872

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	20:20	Portugal	3–0	Ukraine	25–21	25–18	25–23			75–62	Report
23 Nov	17:20	Slovenia	3–2	Portugal	26–28	19–25	25–19	25–23	20–18	115–113	Report
24 Nov	17:20	Ukraine	1–3	Slovenia	25–21	24–26	21–25	18–25		88–97	Report

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	November 25
	Slovenia	3
	Croatia	2
					November 26
					Slovenia	1
					Finland	3
	November 25
	Finland	3
	Portugal	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	17:20	Slovenia	3–2	Croatia	22–25	25–19	22–25	25–11	15–8	109–88	Report
25 Nov	20:20	Finland	3–0	Portugal	25–21	25–21	25–20			75–62	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	15:30	Slovenia	1–3	Finland	25–15	23–25	22–25	20–25		90–90	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Finland
2	Slovenia
3	Croatia
	Portugal
5	Netherlands
	Ukraine

Standing of second–placed teams

•  Russia and  Poland qualified to 2012 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament via 2011 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	Slovakia	9	3	1	11	6	1.833	389	347	1.121
2	Slovenia	7	3	1	10	8	1.250	411	379	1.084
3	Belgium	5	2	2	7	8	0.875	339	337	1.006

Qualification tournament

Qualified teams

8 teams advance to the qualification tournament.

• Host
  •  Bulgaria
• Directly qualified after 2011 Men's European Volleyball Championship
  •  Serbia
  •  Italy
• Qualified through pre-qualification tournaments
  •  Spain
  •  Germany
  •  Finland
  •  Slovakia (replaced  Russia who qualified via World Cup)
  •  Slovenia (replaced  Poland who qualified via World Cup)

• In case one or more European teams qualify through the 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup, the same number of second placed teams in the pre-qualification tournaments will qualify for European qualification tournament.

• Venue: Sofia, Bulgaria
• Dates: May 8–13, 2012
• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

External links

• Official Website of the 2012 European Olympic Qualification Tournament

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