Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The qualification for the 2008 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 1 September 2007 to 8 June 2008.

Means of qualification

	Qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games
	Qualified for the World Olympic Qualification Tournament

2007 World Cup

Main article: 2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

• Venues: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan and seven other venues in Japan
• Dates: 18 November–2 December 2007

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Russia
	Bulgaria
4	United States
5	Spain
6	Puerto Rico
7	Argentina
8	Australia
9	Japan
10	Egypt
11	South Korea
12	Tunisia

Continental qualification tournaments

Africa

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's African qualification

• Venue: Tongaat Hall, Durban, South Africa
• Dates: 3–9 February 2008

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Egypt
2	Algeria
3	Cameroon
4	Tunisia
5	Morocco
	South Africa
7	Gabon
	Nigeria
9	Mozambique
	Rwanda

Europe

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification

• Venue: Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir, Turkey
• Dates: 7–13 January 2008

Final standing

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

North America

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's North American qualification

• Venue: Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas, Puerto Rico
• Dates: 6–11 January 2008

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	United States
2	Puerto Rico
3	Cuba
4	Canada
5	Mexico
6	Dominican Republic
7	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Barbados

South America

• Venue: Estadio Cincuentenario, Formosa, Argentina
• Dates: 3–7 January 2008
• All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Venezuela	8	4	0	322	233	1.382	12	1	12.000
2	Argentina	7	3	1	309	244	1.266	10	3	3.333
3	Paraguay	6	2	2	301	334	0.901	6	9	0.667
4	Chile	5	1	3	278	320	0.869	5	9	0.556
5	Uruguay	4	0	4	244	323	0.755	1	12	0.083

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Jan	17:30	Chile	2–3	Paraguay	27–25	14–25	25–18	24–26	10–15	100–109	P2
03 Jan	20:15	Argentina	3–0	Uruguay	25–16	25–16	25–16			75–48	P2
04 Jan	17:30	Chile	3–0	Uruguay	25–22	25–20	25–19			75–61	P2
04 Jan	20:15	Venezuela	3–0	Paraguay	25–9	25–19	25–13			75–41	P2
05 Jan	17:31	Venezuela	3–0	Chile	25–16	25–20	25–21			75–57	P2
05 Jan	20:17	Argentina	3–0	Paraguay	25–16	25–19	25–18			75–53	P2
06 Jan	17:30	Venezuela	3–0	Uruguay	25–17	25–16	25–18			75–51	P2
06 Jan	20:20	Argentina	3–0	Chile	25–14	25–14	25–18			75–46	P2
07 Jan	17:00	Paraguay	3–1	Uruguay	23–25	25–20	25–23	25–16		98–84	P2
07 Jan	20:01	Argentina	1–3	Venezuela	25–22	23–25	20–25	16–25		84–97	P2

World qualification tournaments

Qualified teams

• Hosts
  • Germany
  • Portugal
  • Japan
• Qualified through the 2007 Asian Championship.
  • Australia *
  • South Korea *
  • Iran *
  • Thailand *
  • Indonesia
  • Chinese Taipei
• Qualified through the Continental Qualification Tournament or the FIVB World Ranking as of 3 December 2007.
  • Algeria (as African Qualification Tournament 2nd place)
  • Poland (as World Ranking for European Team 1st place)
  • Spain (as World Ranking for European Team 2nd place)
  • Italy (as World Ranking for European Team 3rd place)
  • Puerto Rico (as North American Qualification Tournament 2nd place)
  • Cuba (as North American Qualification Tournament 3rd place)
  • Argentina (as South American Qualification Tournament 2nd place)

* The top four teams from 2007 Asian Championship were predetermined to be in Tournament 3 in Japan.

Tournament 1

• Venue: ISS Dome, Düsseldorf, Germany
• Dates: 23–25 May 2008
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	6	3	0	295	259	1.139	9	4	2.250
2	Cuba	5	2	1	271	238	1.139	8	4	2.000
3	Spain	4	1	2	284	282	1.007	6	7	0.857
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	177	248	0.714	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 May	17:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Germany	18–25	15–25	17–25			50–75	P2 P3
23 May	20:00	Spain	1–3	Cuba	18–25	25–18	20–25	17–25		80–93	P2 P3
24 May	17:00	Spain	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–15	23–25	25–20		98–79	P2 P3
24 May	20:00	Cuba	2–3	Germany	26–24	25–21	21–25	18–25	13–15	103–110	P2 P3
25 May	12:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Cuba	14–25	18–25	16–25			48–75	P2 P3
25 May	15:00	Germany	3–2	Spain	25–23	25–23	23–25	22–25	15–10	110–106	P2 P3

Tournament 2

• Venue: Nave Municipal de Espinho, Espinho, Portugal
• Dates: 30 May–1 June 2008
• All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	6	3	0	226	179	1.263	9	0	MAX
2	Portugal	5	2	1	236	206	1.146	6	4	1.500
3	Puerto Rico	4	1	2	199	236	0.843	4	6	0.667
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	185	225	0.822	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 May	19:00	Indonesia	0–3	Portugal	23–25	17–25	21–25			61–75	P2 P3
30 May	21:00	Poland	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–23	25–18	25–14			75–55	P2 P3
31 May	15:00	Indonesia	0–3	Poland	20–25	17–25	23–25			60–75	P2 P3
31 May	17:00	Portugal	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–15	22–25	25–11	25–18		97–69	P2 P3
01 Jun	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Indonesia	25–21	25–21	25–22			75–64	P2 P3
01 Jun	17:00	Portugal	0–3	Poland	21–25	19–25	24–26			64–76	P2 P3

Tournament 3

• Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
• Dates: 31 May–8 June 2008
• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
• The Asian Qualification Tournament was combined with the World Qualification Tournament 3. The first place team of the tournament qualified as the winners of the World Qualification Tournament 3, while the best Asian team except the winners qualified as the Asian Qualification Tournament winners.

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	14	7	0	615	483	1.273	21	4	5.250
2	Japan	13	6	1	659	584	1.128	20	7	2.857
3	South Korea	11	4	3	622	584	1.065	14	13	1.077
4	Argentina	11	4	3	598	589	1.015	16	11	1.455
5	Australia	10	3	4	522	526	0.992	11	13	0.846
6	Iran	9	2	5	597	630	0.948	11	16	0.688
7	Algeria	9	2	5	501	578	0.867	7	17	0.412
8	Thailand	7	0	7	425	565	0.752	2	21	0.095

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	11:05	Australia	3–0	Thailand	25–12	25–15	25–14			75–41	P2 P3
31 May	13:05	South Korea	1–3	Argentina	25–16	23–25	23–25	27–29		98–95	P2 P3
31 May	15:30	Algeria	3–2	Iran	35–37	18–25	25–21	27–25	19–17	124–125	P2 P3
31 May	18:32	Italy	3–2	Japan	25–20	28–30	28–30	35–33	15–7	131–120	P2 P3
01 Jun	11:05	Thailand	0–3	Algeria	23–25	21–25	15–25			59–75	P2 P3
01 Jun	13:05	Argentina	0–3	Australia	16–25	20–25	18–25			54–75	P2 P3
01 Jun	15:05	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–17	25–21			75–56	P2 P3
01 Jun	18:00	Japan	3–1	Iran	25–19	25–17	23–25	25–22		98–83	P2 P3
03 Jun	11:35	Algeria	0–3	Argentina	18–25	24–26	22–25			64–76	P2 P3
03 Jun	13:35	Australia	0–3	Italy	17–25	9–25	16–25			42–75	P2 P3
03 Jun	15:35	Iran	3–1	Thailand	19–25	25–15	25–23	25–14		94–77	P2 P3
03 Jun	18:30	South Korea	1–3	Japan	21–25	25–21	23–25	19–25		88–96	P2 P3
04 Jun	11:35	Argentina	3–1	Iran	25–27	27–25	25–19	25–9		102–80	P2 P3
04 Jun	13:55	South Korea	3–2	Australia	27–29	25–21	21–25	25–20	15–10	113–105	P2 P3
04 Jun	16:30	Italy	3–0	Algeria	25–15	25–21	25–20			75–56	P2 P3
04 Jun	18:30	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–23	25–14	25–16			75–53	P2 P3
06 Jun	11:35	Thailand	0–3	Argentina	15–25	20–25	16–25			51–75	P2 P3
06 Jun	13:35	Iran	0–3	Italy	16–25	20–25	18–25			54–75	P2 P3
06 Jun	15:35	Algeria	0–3	South Korea	9–25	19–25	17–25			45–75	P2 P3
06 Jun	18:30	Australia	0–3	Japan	22–25	26–28	27–29			75–82	P2 P3
07 Jun	11:05	South Korea	3–1	Iran	25–19	25–20	22–25	25–22		97–86	P2 P3
07 Jun	13:15	Australia	3–1	Algeria	25–22	25–19	18–25	25–20		93–86	P2 P3
07 Jun	15:25	Italy	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–19	26–24			76–62	P2 P3
07 Jun	18:00	Japan	3–2	Argentina	26–28	25–13	25–19	17–25	20–18	113–103	P2 P3
08 Jun	11:05	Thailand	1–3	South Korea	18–25	25–20	18–25	21–25		82–95	P2 P3
08 Jun	13:15	Iran	3–0	Australia	25–18	25–16	25–23			75–57	P2 P3
08 Jun	15:05	Argentina	2–3	Italy	19–25	19–25	25–22	25–21	5–15	93–108	P2 P3
08 Jun	18:00	Algeria	0–3	Japan	20–25	13–25	18–25			51–75	P2 P3

External links

• Results of the 2008 African Olympic Qualification Tournament at Todor66.com
• Official website of the 2008 European Olympic Qualification Tournament
• Results of the 2008 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament at Todor66.com
• Results of the 2008 South American Olympic Qualification Tournament at FEVA.org
• Official website of the 2008 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1
• Official website of the 2008 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2
• Official website of the 2008 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3