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Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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The qualification for the 2020 men's Olympic volleyball tournament allocated twelve teams quota spots: the hosts, the winners in each of the six pools of Intercontinental Qualifying Tournament, and five continental Olympic qualification tournament winners. Teams already qualified for the event are not eligible to play in the following qualification tournaments. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Qualification summary

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Event Dates Venue(s) Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation[2] 1  Japan
Intercontinental Qualifier Pool A 9–11 August 2019 Bulgaria Varna 1  Brazil
Pool B Netherlands Rotterdam 1  United States
Pool C Italy Bari 1  Italy
Pool D Poland GdańskSopot 1  Poland
Pool E Russia Saint Petersburg 1 Russia ROC
Pool F China Ningbo 1  Argentina
European Qualifier 5–10 January 2020 Germany Berlin 1  France
Asian Qualifier 7–12 January 2020 China Jiangmen 1  Iran
African Qualifier 7–11 January 2020 Egypt Cairo 1  Tunisia
South American Qualifier 10–12 January 2020 Chile Mostazal 1  Venezuela
North American Qualifier 10–12 January 2020 Canada Vancouver 1  Canada
Total 12

Timeline

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Confederation Tournament Date Venue Teams
FIVB (Intercontinental) Intercontinental Olympic Qualifier Pool A 9–11 August 2019 Bulgaria Varna 4
Pool B 9–11 August 2019 Netherlands Rotterdam 4
Pool C 9–11 August 2019 Italy Bari 4
Pool D 9–11 August 2019 Poland GdańskSopot 4
Pool E 9–11 August 2019 Russia Saint Petersburg 4
Pool F 9–11 August 2019 China Ningbo 4
CAVB (Africa) African Olympic Qualifier 7–11 January 2020 Egypt Cairo 5
AVC (Asia and Oceania) Asian Championship Western Asia Qualifier 17–21 July 2019 Oman Muscat 3
Asian Championship 13–21 September 2019 Iran Tehran 15+1
Asian Olympic Qualifier 7–12 January 2020 China Jiangmen 8
CEV (Europe) European Olympic Qualifier 5–10 January 2020 Germany Berlin 8
NORCECA (North America) NORCECA Champions Cup 22–24 August 2019 United States Colorado Springs 4
NORCECA Championship 2–7 September 2019 Canada Winnipeg 5+1+1
North American Olympic Qualifier 10–12 January 2020 Canada Vancouver 4
CSV (South America) South American Championship 10–14 September 2019 Chile Mostazal 6+2
South American Olympic Qualifier 10–12 January 2020 Chile Mostazal 4

Pool standing procedure

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Host country

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FIVB reserved a berth for the 2020 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.

Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournaments

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Qualification round

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Twenty-four teams qualified for the competition as the top twenty-four teams of FIVB World Ranking on 1 October 2018[3] (except Japan who qualified as hosts for the 2020 Summer Olympics.).[4][5]

Qualified for the 2019 Intercontinental Olympic Qualifier
Already qualified as hosts for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Seeding Team WC 2015 OG 2016 WL 2017 WCH 2018 Total
1  Brazil 80 100 45 90 315
2  United States 100 80 40 80 300
3  Italy 90 90 24 62 266
4  Poland 80 50 32 100 262
5  Russia 70 70 38 56 234
6  Canada 30 50 42 45 167
7  Argentina 50 50 28 33 161
8  Iran 25 50 26 36 137
9  France 0 30 50 50 130
10  Serbia 0 2 38 70 110
 Japan 40 2 20 30 92
11  Belgium 0 1 34 45 80
12  Egypt 5 30 10 30 75
13  Bulgaria 0 2 30 40 72
14  Netherlands 0 0 18 50 68
15  Australia 5 3 19 36 63
16  Slovenia 0 0 22 40 62
17  Cuba 0 20 0 30 50
18  Finland 0 1 13 33 47
19  China 0 2 17 25 44
20  Mexico 0 20 6 14 40
21  Tunisia 5 3 5 25 38
22  Cameroon 0 2 0 30 32
23  South Korea 0 0 16 12 28
23  Puerto Rico 0 3 0 25 28

Qualified teams

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Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 1 October 2018.[4] Rankings are shown in brackets.

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F
 Brazil (1)  United States (2)  Italy (3) (H)  Poland (4) (H)  Russia (5) (H)  Canada (6)
 Egypt (13)  Belgium (12)  Serbia (10)  France (9)  Iran (8)  Argentina (7)
 Bulgaria (14) (H)  Netherlands (15) (H)  Australia (16)  Slovenia (17)  Cuba (18)  Finland (19)
 Puerto Rico (25)  South Korea (24)  Cameroon (23)  Tunisia (22)  Mexico (21)  China (20) (H)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts

Final round

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Means of qualification

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Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments

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Africa

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Qualified teams

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of the 53 CAVB and IOC member associations, a total of 5 CAVB member national teams entered the qualifying stage. But, Ghana were disqualified for not arriving in Cairo until just before the beginning of the tournament. All of Ghana's matches were forfeited and Ghana were ranked in last place in the final standing.

Final round
Round robin
 Algeria
 Cameroon
 Egypt (H)
 Ghana (D)
 Tunisia

Final round

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Of the 4 qualified teams, only winners of this round qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Means of qualification
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Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Round robin
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Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Tunisia (Q) 3 9
2  Egypt (H) 3 6
3  Algeria 3 3
4  Cameroon 3 0
5  Ghana (D) 0 0
Source: FIVB
(D) Disqualified; (H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Asia and Oceania

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Qualified teams

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Of the 61 AVC and IOC member associations, a total of 18 AVC member national teams entered the qualifying stage

Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts
  • Kazakhstan replaced Pakistan who withdrew from the final round.

Zonal qualification round

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Of the 3 western zone teams, top two teams qualified to the next round.

Means of qualification
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Qualified for the 2019 Asian Championship
Western Asia
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Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Kuwait (Q) 2 6
2  Oman (H, Q) 2 3
3  Iraq 2 0
Source: AVC
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Inter-zonal qualification round

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Of the 16 qualified teams, the top eight teams (excluding Japan) qualified for the next round.

Means of qualification
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Qualified for the 2020 Asian Olympic Qualifier
Qualified for the 2020 Asian Olympic Qualifier playoffs
Already qualified as hosts for the 2020 Summer Olympics
 
9th–12th semifinals9th place match
 
      
 
19 September
 
 
 Qatar3
 
20 September
 
 Indonesia0
 
 Qatar (Q)3
 
19 September
 
 Kazakhstan (Q)1
 
 Thailand2
 
 
 Kazakhstan3
 
11th place match
 
 
20 September
 
 
 Indonesia2
 
 
 Thailand3
  • Note: Kazakhstan replaced Pakistan, who withdrew from the final round.

Final round

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Of the 8 qualified teams, only the winners of this round qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Means of qualification
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Qualified for the 2020 Asian Olympic Qualifier semifinals

Europe

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Qualification round

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The hosts Germany and the top seven ranked teams from the CEV European Ranking as of 30 September 2019 which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics competed in the 2020 European Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Qualified for the 2020 European Olympic Qualifier
Already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics via the 2019 Intercontinental Olympic Qualifier
Seeding Team ECH 2019 ECH 2017 WCH 2018 WL 2017 Total
1  Serbia 100 96 48 48 292
 Russia 92 100 44 46 282
 Poland 96 82 50 42 270
2  France 94 84 42 50 270
 Italy 90 92 46 38 266
3  Belgium 84 94 38 44 260
4  Slovenia 98 86 36 36 256
5  Bulgaria 80 90 36 40 246
6  Netherlands 82 74 42 34 232
H  Germany 86 98 28 18 230
7  Czech Republic 76 88 20 30 214

Final round

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Of the 8 qualified teams, only the winners of this round qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Means of qualification
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Qualified for the 2020 European Olympic Qualifier semifinals

North America

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Qualified teams

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Of the 35 NORCECA and IOC member associations, a total of 7 NORCECA member national teams entered the qualifying stage

Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts

Qualification round

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The 2019 NORCECA Champions Cup champions and the top three teams from the 2019 NORCECA Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics competed in the 2020 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Means of qualification
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Qualified for the 2020 North American Olympic Qualifier
Qualified for the 2020 North American Olympic Qualifier playoffs
Already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics via the 2019 Intercontinental Olympic Qualifier
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
6 September
 
 
 Canada1
 
5 September
 
 Cuba3
 
 Cuba3
 
7 September
 
 Puerto Rico0
 
 Cuba3
 
 
 United States1
 
 
6 September
 
 
 United States3
 
5 September
 
 Mexico0 3rd place match
 
 Mexico (Q)3
 
7 September
 
 Dominican Republic1
 
 Canada3
 
 
 Mexico0
 
 
5th place match
 
  
 
6 September
 
 
 Dominican Republic2
 
 
 Puerto Rico (Q)3
 

Final round

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Of the 4 qualified teams, only winners of this round qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Means of qualification
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Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Round robin
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Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Canada (H, Q) 3 13
2  Cuba 3 11
3  Mexico 3 5
4  Puerto Rico 3 1

Source: FIVB
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

South America

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Qualified teams

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Of the 11 CSV and IOC member associations, a total of 8 CSV member national teams entered the qualifying stage

Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts

Qualification round

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The top four teams from the 2019 South American Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics competed in the 2020 South American Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Means of qualification
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Qualified for the 2020 South American Olympic Qualifier
Qualified for the 2020 South American Olympic Qualifier playoffs
Already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics via the 2019 Intercontinental Olympic Qualifier
 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
13 September
 
 
 Peru (Q)3
 
14 September
 
 Ecuador0
 
 Peru3
 
13 September
 
 Colombia2
 
 Colombia (Q)3
 
 
 Bolivia0
 
7th place match
 
 
14 September
 
 
 Ecuador3
 
 
 Bolivia1

Final round

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Of the 4 qualified teams, only winners of this round qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Means of qualification
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Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Round robin
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Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Venezuela (Q) 3 7
2  Chile (H) 3 6
3  Colombia 3 5
4  Peru 3 0
Source: FIVB
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

References

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  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Host city election for the Olympic Summer Games 2020". IOC. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 1 October 2018)". FIVB. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIVB. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Intercontinental Olympic qualification tournament hosts announced". FIVB. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.