Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

NOC is allowed to enter 1 men's and 1 women's qualified team in volleyball tournaments and 2 men's and 2 women's qualified teams in beach volleyball tournaments.

Indoor Volleyball

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Volleyball Men Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation - - 1   China
2007 FIVB Men's World Cup Nov 18 - Dec 2, 2007   Japan 3   Brazil
  Russia
  Bulgaria
African Olympic Qualification Tournament February 3–9, 2008   Durban 1   Egypt
Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament* May 31 - Jun 8, 2008   Tokyo 1   Japan
European Olympic Qualification Tournament January 7–13, 2008   İzmir 1   Serbia
North American Olympic Qualification Tournament January 6–11, 2008   Caguas 1   United States
South American Olympic Qualification Tournament January 3–7, 2008   Formosa 1   Venezuela
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 May 23–25, 2008   Düsseldorf 1   Germany
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 May 30 - Jun 1, 2008   Espinho 1   Poland
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 May 31 - Jun 8, 2008   Tokyo 1   Italy
TOTAL 12

* The Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament is combined with the World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3. The winner of the tournament will qualify as the champion of the World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 while the best Asian team except the winner will qualify as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament champion.

World Cup

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Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Brazil 21 10 1 852 673 1.266
2   Russia 20 9 2 899 742 1.212
3   Bulgaria 20 9 2 988 881 1.121
4   United States 19 8 3 947 843 1.123
5   Spain 18 7 4 848 825 1.028
6   Puerto Rico 16 5 6 878 869 1.010
7   Argentina 16 5 6 825 876 0.942
8   Australia 15 4 7 839 940 0.893
9   Japan 14 3 8 865 923 0.937
10   Egypt 14 3 8 829 922 0.899
11   South Korea 13 2 9 818 947 0.864
12   Tunisia 12 1 10 909 1056 0.861

African Qualification Tournament

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Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Algeria 8 4 0 322 253 1.273
2   Cameroon 7 3 1 311 265 1.174
3   Nigeria 6 2 2 309 346 0.893
4   South Africa 5 1 3 340 359 0.947
5   Rwanda 4 0 4 295 353 0.836
Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Egypt 8 4 0 340 247 1.377
2   Tunisia 7 3 1 341 248 1.375
3   Morocco 6 2 2 263 236 1.114
4   Gabon 5 1 3 208 286 0.727
5   Mozambique 4 0 4 179 300 0.597
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Algeria3
 
 
 
  Tunisia2
 
  Algeria2
 
 
 
  Egypt3
 
  Egypt3
 
 
  Cameroon1
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Cameroon3
 
 
  Tunisia2

European Qualification Tournament

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Elimination round
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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
Pre-Qualification Tournaments
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Tournament 1

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Finland 4 2 0 6 2 3.000
2   Hungary 3 1 1 3 3 1.000
3   Estonia 2 0 2 2 6 0.333
Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Poland 4 2 0 6 0 MAX
2   Belgium 3 1 1 3 3 1.000
3   Denmark 2 0 2 0 6 0.000
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Finland3
 
 
 
  Belgium0
 
  Finland0
 
 
 
  Poland3
 
  Poland3
 
 
  Hungary1
 

Tournament 2

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Germany 3 1 1 5 3 1.667
2   Czech Republic 3 1 1 5 5 1.000
3   Portugal 3 1 1 3 5 0.600
Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   France 4 2 0 6 0 MAX
2   Sweden 3 1 1 3 5 0.600
3   Slovakia 2 0 2 2 6 0.333
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Germany3
 
 
 
  Sweden0
 
  Germany3
 
 
 
  Czech Republic2
 
  France0
 
 
  Czech Republic3
 

Tournament 3

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Italy 4 2 0 6 2 3.000
2   Croatia 3 1 1 5 4 1.250
3   Montenegro 2 0 2 1 6 0.167
Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Netherlands 4 2 0 6 0 MAX
2   Greece 3 1 1 3 4 0.750
3   Romania 2 0 2 1 6 0.167
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Italy3
 
 
 
  Greece0
 
  Italy3
 
 
 
  Netherlands2
 
  Netherlands3
 
 
  Croatia0
 
Qualification Tournament
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Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Spain 5 2 1 7 7 1.000
2   Netherlands 5 2 1 6 6 1.000
3   Poland 4 1 2 7 6 1.167
4   Italy 4 1 2 5 6 0.833
Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Serbia 5 2 1 8 4 2.000
2   Finland 5 2 1 6 5 1.200
3   Germany 5 2 1 6 7 0.857
4   Turkey 3 0 3 5 9 0.556
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Spain3
 
 
 
  Finland1
 
  Spain2
 
 
 
  Serbia3
 
  Serbia3
 
 
  Netherlands0
 

North American Qualification Tournament

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Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   United States 6 3 0 225 157 1.433
2   Puerto Rico 5 2 1 232 202 1.149
3   Dominican Republic 4 1 2 209 221 0.946
4   Barbados 3 0 3 139 225 0.618
Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Canada 6 3 0 246 194 1.268
2   Cuba 5 2 1 242 193 1.254
3   Mexico 4 1 2 201 195 1.031
4   Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 3 118 225 0.524
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  United States
 
 
 
Bye
 
  United States3
 
 
 
  Cuba0
 
  Cuba3
 
 
 
  Dominican Republic0
 
  United States3
 
 
 
  Puerto Rico0
 
  Canada
 
 
 
Bye
 
  Canada0
 
 
 
  Puerto Rico3 Third place
 
  Puerto Rico3
 
 
 
  Mexico2
 
  Cuba3
 
 
  Canada1
 

South American Qualification Tournament

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Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Venezuela 8 4 0 322 233 1.382
2   Argentina 7 3 1 309 244 1.266
3   Paraguay 6 2 2 301 334 0.901
4   Chile 5 1 3 278 320 0.869
5   Uruguay 4 0 4 244 323 0.755

World Qualification Tournaments

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Tournament 1

Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Germany 6 3 0 295 259 1.139
2   Cuba 5 2 1 271 238 1.139
3   Spain 4 1 2 284 282 1.007
4   Chinese Taipei 3 0 3 177 248 0.714

Tournament 2

Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Poland 6 3 0 226 179 1.263
2   Portugal 5 2 1 236 206 1.146
3   Puerto Rico 4 1 2 199 236 0.843
4   Indonesia 3 0 3 185 225 0.822

Tournament 3

Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Italy 14 7 0 615 483 1.273
2   Japan 13 6 1 659 584 1.128
3   South Korea 11 4 3 622 584 1.065
4   Argentina 11 4 3 598 589 1.015
5   Australia 10 3 4 522 526 0.992
6   Iran 9 2 5 597 630 0.948
7   Algeria 9 2 5 501 578 0.867
8   Thailand 7 0 7 425 565 0.752

* Japan is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team except the winner.

Women

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Volleyball Women Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation - - 1   China
2007 FIVB Women's World Cup November 2–16, 2007   Japan 3   Italy
  Brazil
  United States
African Olympic Qualification Tournament January 22–26, 2008   Blida 1   Algeria
Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament* May 17–25, 2008   Tokyo 1   Kazakhstan
European Olympic Qualification Tournament January 15–20, 2008   Halle 1   Russia
North American Olympic Qualification Tournament December 17–22, 2007   Monterrey 1   Cuba
South American Olympic Qualification Tournament January 3–7, 2008   Lima 1   Venezuela
World Olympic Qualification Tournament May 17–25, 2008   Tokyo 3   Poland
  Serbia
  Japan
TOTAL 12
  • The Asian Olympic qualification tournament and the World Olympic Qualification Tournament are combined into one event. The top 3 teams at the tournament will qualify as the medallists of the World Olympic Qualification Tournament while the best Asian team outside the top 3 will qualify as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament champion.

World Cup

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Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Italy 22 11 0 858 604 1.421
2   Brazil 20 9 2 891 671 1.328
3   United States 20 9 2 940 821 1.145
4   Cuba 19 8 3 1020 951 1.073
5   Serbia 18 7 4 910 866 1.051
6   Poland 17 6 5 908 820 1.107
7   Japan 17 6 5 885 866 1.022
8   South Korea 15 4 7 825 848 0.973
9   Dominican Republic 14 3 8 797 911 0.875
10   Thailand 13 2 9 784 924 0.848
11   Peru 12 1 10 681 855 0.796
12   Kenya 11 0 11 498 860 0.579

African Qualification Tournament

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Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Algeria 8 4 0 322 201 1.602
2   Kenya 7 3 1 274 216 1.269
3   Cameroon 6 2 2 279 280 0.996
4   Senegal 5 1 3 260 321 0.810
5   South Africa 4 0 4 183 300 0.610

European Qualification Tournament

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Pre-Qualification Tournaments
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Tournament 1

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Netherlands 8 4 0 12 1 12.000
2   Ukraine 7 3 1 9 4 2.250
3   Czech Republic 6 2 2 7 8 0.875
4   Azerbaijan 5 1 3 5 11 0.455
5   Hungary 4 0 4 3 12 0.250

Tournament 2

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Romania 7 3 1 11 3 3.667
2   Bulgaria 7 3 1 10 5 2.000
3   Slovakia 6 2 2 7 8 0.875
4   Belarus 6 2 2 6 7 0.857
5   Belgium 4 0 4 1 12 0.083

Tournament 3

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Turkey 8 4 0 12 0 MAX
2   Croatia 7 3 1 9 4 2.250
3   Spain 6 2 2 7 6 1.167
4   France 5 1 3 3 11 0.273
5   Austria 4 0 4 2 12 0.167
Qualification Tournament
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Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Russia 6 3 0 9 2 4.500
2   Serbia 5 2 1 7 6 1.167
3   Romania 4 1 2 6 8 0.750
4   Croatia 3 0 3 3 9 0.333
Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio
1   Poland 6 3 0 9 4 2.250
2   Germany 4 1 2 6 6 1.000
3   Netherlands 4 1 2 5 7 0.714
4   Turkey 4 1 2 4 7 0.571
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Russia3
 
 
 
  Germany0
 
  Russia3
 
 
 
  Poland2
 
  Poland3
 
 
  Serbia1
 

North American Qualification Tournament

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Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Cuba 4 2 0 175 151 1.159
2   Canada 3 1 1 172 182 0.945
3   Puerto Rico 2 0 2 192 206 0.932
Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Dominican Republic 4 2 0 150 89 1.685
2   Mexico 3 1 1 128 116 1.103
3   Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 2 77 150 0.513
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Cuba
 
 
 
Bye
 
  Cuba3
 
 
 
  Puerto Rico0
 
  Mexico0
 
 
 
  Puerto Rico3
 
  Cuba3
 
 
 
  Canada0
 
  Dominican Republic
 
 
 
Bye
 
  Dominican Republic0
 
 
 
  Canada3 Third place
 
  Canada3
 
 
 
  Trinidad and Tobago0
 
  Puerto Rico3
 
 
  Dominican Republic2
 

South American Qualification Tournament

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Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Venezuela 8 4 0 358 267 1.341
2   Peru 7 3 1 334 214 1.561
3   Uruguay 6 2 2 290 287 1.010
4   Paraguay 5 1 3 253 319 0.793
5   Bolivia 4 0 4 216 364 0.593

World Qualification Tournament

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Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio
1   Poland 13 6 1 608 524 1.160
2   Serbia 13 6 1 624 538 1.160
3   Japan 13 6 1 684 619 1.105
4   Dominican Republic 11 4 3 577 554 1.042
5   Kazakhstan 9 2 5 523 572 0.914
6   South Korea 9 2 5 534 609 0.877
7   Thailand 8 1 6 573 617 0.929
8   Puerto Rico 8 1 6 503 593 0.848

* Kazakhstan is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team outside the top 3.

Beach Volleyball

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Qualifying criteria

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The main qualifying criteria were the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking lists as of July 21, 2008. It provided a total of 24 pairs in each event. Each NOC was allowed to enter 2 men's and 2 women's qualified teams in beach volleyball tournaments. Each continent and Host nation is guaranteed one entry in each event. If this is not satisfied by the entry selection method, the highest ranking player/pair will be qualified.

Qualifiers

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No. Rank Players NOC
1 1 Todd Rogers
Phil Dalhausser
  United States C
2 2 Ricardo Santos
Emanuel Rego
  Brazil C
3 3 Marcio Araujo
Fabio Luiz Magalhães
  Brazil
4 4 Reinder Nummerdor
Richard Schuil
  Netherlands C
5 6 Xu Linyin
Wu Penggen
  China HC
6 7 Julius Brink
Christoph Dieckmann
  Germany
7 8 Dmitri Barsouk
Igor Kolodinsky
  Russia
8 9 David Klemperer
Eric Koreng
  Germany
9 12 Jake Gibb
Sean Rosenthal
  United States
10 13 Andrew Schacht
Joshua Slack
  Australia
11 14 Pablo Herrera
Raul Mesa
  Spain
12 15 Sascha Heyer
Patrick Heuscher
  Switzerland
13 16 Martín Conde
Mariano Baracetti
  Argentina
14 17 Kristjan Kais
Rivo Vesik
  Estonia
15 18 Clemens Doppler
Peter Gartmayer
  Austria
16 19 Emiel Boersma
Bram Ronnes
  Netherlands
17 21 Renato Gomes
Jorge Terceiro
  Georgia
18 22 Jørre Kjemperud
Tarjei Skarlund
  Norway
19 23 Florian Gosch
Alexander Horst
  Austria
20 24 Martin Laciga
Jan Schnider
  Switzerland
21 25 Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Martins Plavins
  Latvia
22 26 Riccardo Lione
Matteo Varnier*
  Italy
23 28 Kentaro Asahi
Katsuhiro Shiratori
  Japan
24 84 Emanuel Fernandes
Morais Abreu
  Angola C

* Matteo Varnier is replaced by Eugenio Amore on the Italian team, because of an injury to Varnier.

H = Host Country Quota
C = Continental Quota

Women

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No. Rank Players NOC
1 1 Kerri Walsh
Misty May-Treanor
  United States C
2 2 Tian Jia
Wang Jie
  China HC
3 3 Juliana Felisberta
Larissa França
  Brazil C
4 4 Xue Chen
Zhang Xi
  China
5 5 Nicole Branagh
Elaine Youngs
  United States
6 6 Talita Antunes
Renata Ribeiro
  Brazil
7 9 Vasso Karadassiou
Vassiliki Arvaniti
  Greece C
8 11 Sara Goller
Laura Ludwig
  Germany
9 12 Stephanie Pohl
Okka Rau
  Germany
10 13 Natalie Cook
Tamsin Barnett
  Australia
11 16 Nila Håkedal
Ingrid Tørlen
  Norway
12 20 Kathrine Maaseide
Susanne Glesnes
  Norway
13 21 Dalixia Fernández
Tamara Larrea
  Cuba
14 23 Doris Schwaiger
Stefanie Schwaiger
  Austria
15 25 Liesbet Van Breedam
Liesbeth Mouha
  Belgium
16 26 Imara Esteves
Milagros Crespo
  Cuba
17 27 Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Maria Tsiartsiani
  Greece
18 28 Natalya Uryadova
Alexandra Shiryaeva
  Russia
19 29 Rebekka Kadijk
Merel Mooren
  Netherlands
30 Sara Montagnolli
Sabine Swoboda
  Austria*
20 31 Bibiana Candelas
Mayra García
  Mexico
21 32 Mika Teru Saiki
Chiaki Kusuhara
  Japan
22 33 Cristine Santanna
Andrezza Martins
  Georgia
23 34 Simone Kuhn
Lea Schwer
  Switzerland*
24 81 Judith Augoustides
Vita Nel
  South Africa C

* Austrian team Montagnolli - Swoboda is replaced by the Swiss team Kuhn - Schwer, because of medical reasons.

H = Host Country Quota
C = Continental Quota

References

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