Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

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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

Men

Volleyball Men	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	-	-	1
	Nov 18 - Dec 2, 2007		3
African Olympic Qualification Tournament	February 3–9, 2008		1
Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament	May 31 - Jun 8, 2008		1
European Olympic Qualification Tournament	January 7–13, 2008		1
North American Olympic Qualification Tournament	January 6–11, 2008		1
South American Olympic Qualification Tournament	January 3–7, 2008		1
	May 23–25, 2008		1
	May 30 - Jun 1, 2008		1
	May 31 - Jun 8, 2008		1
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

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

African Qualification Tournament

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio
1		8	4	0	322	253	1.273
2		7	3	1	311	265	1.174
3		6	2	2	309	346	0.893
4		5	1	3	340	359	0.947
5		4	0	4	295	353	0.836

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio
1		8	4	0	340	247	1.377
2		7	3	1	341	248	1.375
3		6	2	2	263	236	1.114
4		5	1	3	208	286	0.727
5		4	0	4	179	300	0.597

European Qualification Tournament

Elimination round

width=200	Team 1	width=50	Agg	width=200	Team 2	width=70	1st leg	width=70	2nd leg
	6 - 3		3 - 1	3 - 2
	0 - 6		0 - 3	0 - 3
	3 - 5		3 - 2	0 - 3
	0 - 6		0 - 3	0 - 3

Pre-Qualification Tournaments

Tournament 1

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio
1		4	2	0	6	2	3.000
2		3	1	1	3	3	1.000
3		2	0	2	2	6	0.333

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio
1		4	2	0	6	0	MAX
2		3	1	1	3	3	1.000
3		2	0	2	0	6	0.000

Tournament 2

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio
1		3	1	1	5	3	1.667
2		3	1	1	5	5	1.000
3		3	1	1	3	5	0.600

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio
1		4	2	0	6	0	MAX
2		3	1	1	3	5	0.600
3		2	0	2	2	6	0.333

Tournament 3

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio
1		4	2	0	6	2	3.000
2		3	1	1	5	4	1.250
3		2	0	2	1	6	0.167

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio
1		4	2	0	6	0	MAX
2		3	1	1	3	4	0.750
3		2	0	2	1	6	0.167

Qualification Tournament

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio
1		5	2	1	7	7	1.000
2		5	2	1	6	6	1.000
3		4	1	2	7	6	1.167
4		4	1	2	5	6	0.833

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio
1		5	2	1	8	4	2.000
2		5	2	1	6	5	1.200
3		5	2	1	6	7	0.857
4		3	0	3	5	9	0.556

North American Qualification Tournament

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio
1		6	3	0	225	157	1.433
2		5	2	1	232	202	1.149
3		4	1	2	209	221	0.946
4		3	0	3	139	225	0.618

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio
1		6	3	0	246	194	1.268
2		5	2	1	242	193	1.254
3		4	1	2	201	195	1.031
4		3	0	3	118	225	0.524

South American Qualification Tournament

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

World Qualification Tournaments

Tournament 1

width=25	Rk	width=200	Team	width=60	Points	width=60	Won	width=60	Lost	width=60	PW	width=60	PL	width=60	Ratio
1		6	3	0	295	259	1.139
2		5	2	1	271	238	1.139
3		4	1	2	284	282	1.007
4		3	0	3	177	248	0.714

Tournament 2

width=25	Rk	width=200	Team	width=60	Points	width=60	Won	width=60	Lost	width=60	PW	width=60	PL	width=60	Ratio
1		6	3	0	226	179	1.263
2		5	2	1	236	206	1.146
3		4	1	2	199	236	0.843
4		3	0	3	185	225	0.822

Tournament 3

width=25	Rk	width=200	Team	width=60	Points	width=60	Won	width=60	Lost	width=60	PW	width=60	PL	width=60	Ratio
1		14	7	0	615	483	1.273
2		13	6	1	659	584	1.128
3		11	4	3	622	584	1.065
4		11	4	3	598	589	1.015
5		10	3	4	522	526	0.992
6		9	2	5	597	630	0.948
7		9	2	5	501	578	0.867
8		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

Volleyball Women	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	-	-	1
	November 2–16, 2007		3
African Olympic Qualification Tournament	January 22–26, 2008		1
Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament	May 17–25, 2008		1
European Olympic Qualification Tournament	January 15–20, 2008		1
North American Olympic Qualification Tournament	December 17–22, 2007		1
South American Olympic Qualification Tournament	January 3–7, 2008		1
	May 17–25, 2008		3
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

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

African Qualification Tournament

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

European Qualification Tournament

Pre-Qualification Tournaments

Tournament 1

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

Tournament 2

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

Tournament 3

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio
1		8	4	0	12	0	MAX
2		7	3	1	9	4	2.250
3		6	2	2	7	6	1.167
4		5	1	3	3	11	0.273
5		4	0	4	2	12	0.167

Qualification Tournament

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio
1		6	3	0	9	2	4.500
2		5	2	1	7	6	1.167
3		4	1	2	6	8	0.750
4		3	0	3	3	9	0.333

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio
1		6	3	0	9	4	2.250
2		4	1	2	6	6	1.000
3		4	1	2	5	7	0.714
4		4	1	2	4	7	0.571

North American Qualification Tournament

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio
1		4	2	0	175	151	1.159
2		3	1	1	172	182	0.945
3		2	0	2	192	206	0.932

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio
1		4	2	0	150	89	1.685
2		3	1	1	128	116	1.103
3		2	0	2	77	150	0.513

South American Qualification Tournament

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

World Qualification Tournament

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio
1		13	6	1	608	524	1.160
2		13	6	1	624	538	1.160
3		13	6	1	684	619	1.105
4		11	4	3	577	554	1.042
5		9	2	5	523	572	0.914
6		9	2	5	534	609	0.877
7		8	1	6	573	617	0.929
8		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

Qualifying criteria

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

Men

width=20	No.	width=20	Rank	width=200	Players	width=140	NOC	width=10
1	1	Todd Rogers Phil Dalhausser		C
2	2	Ricardo Santos Emanuel Rego		C
3	3	Marcio Araujo Fabio Luiz Magalhães
4	4	Reinder Nummerdor Richard Schuil		C
5	6	Xu Linyin Wu Penggen		HC
6	7	Julius Brink Christoph Dieckmann
7	8	Dmitri Barsouk Igor Kolodinsky
8	9	David Klemperer Eric Koreng
9	12	Jake Gibb Sean Rosenthal
10	13	Andrew Schacht Joshua Slack
11	14	Pablo Herrera Raul Mesa
12	15	Sascha Heyer Patrick Heuscher
13	16	Martín Conde Mariano Baracetti
14	17	Kristjan Kais Rivo Vesik
15	18	Clemens Doppler Peter Gartmayer
16	19	Emiel Boersma Bram Ronnes
17	21	Renato Gomes Jorge Terceiro
18	22	Jørre Kjemperud Tarjei Skarlund
19	23	Florian Gosch Alexander Horst
20	24	Martin Laciga Jan Schnider
21	25	Aleksandrs Samoilovs Martins Plavins
22	26	Riccardo Lione Matteo Varnier*
23	28	Kentaro Asahi Katsuhiro Shiratori
24	84	Emanuel Fernandes Morais Abreu		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

width=20	No.	width=20	Rank	width=200	Players	width=140	NOC	width=10
1	1	Kerri Walsh Misty May-Treanor		C
2	2	Tian Jia Wang Jie		HC
3	3	Juliana Felisberta Larissa França		C
4	4	Xue Chen Zhang Xi
5	5	Nicole Branagh Elaine Youngs
6	6	Talita Antunes Renata Ribeiro
7	9	Vasso Karadassiou Vassiliki Arvaniti		C
8	11	Sara Goller Laura Ludwig
9	12	Stephanie Pohl Okka Rau
10	13	Natalie Cook Tamsin Barnett
11	16	Nila Håkedal Ingrid Tørlen
12	20	Kathrine Maaseide Susanne Glesnes
13	21	Dalixia Fernández Tamara Larrea
14	23	Doris Schwaiger Stefanie Schwaiger
15	25	Liesbet Van Breedam Liesbeth Mouha
16	26	Imara Esteves Milagros Crespo
17	27	Efthalia Koutroumanidou Maria Tsiartsiani
18	28	Natalya Uryadova Alexandra Shiryaeva
19	29	Rebekka Kadijk Merel Mooren
—	30	Sara Montagnolli Sabine Swoboda
20	31	Bibiana Candelas Mayra García
21	32	Mika Teru Saiki Chiaki Kusuhara
22	33	Cristine Santanna Andrezza Martins
23	34	Simone Kuhn Lea Schwer
24	81	Judith Augoustides Vita Nel		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

• Federation Internationale de Volleyball
• Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Men, Women