Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification
# Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification

The European qualification for the 2008 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 1 September 2007 to 13 January 2008.

## Elimination round

* Dates: 1–9 September 2007
* All times are local.
* In case of an aggregate score tie, teams play a Golden Set to determine the winner.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Montenegro | 6–3 | Latvia | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Romania | 6–0 | Georgia | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Austria | 3–5 | Sweden | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Azerbaijan | 0–6 | Denmark | 0–3 | 0–3 |

### First leg

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 Sep | 18:00 | Romania | 3–0 | Georgia | 25–12 | 25–19 | 25–16 | | | 75–47 |
| 1 Sep | 20:00 | Montenegro | 3–1 | Latvia | 25–22 | 25–18 | 18–25 | 25–23 | | 93–88 |
| 1 Sep | 20:15 | Austria | 3–2 | Sweden | 25–21 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 22–25 | 16–14 | 111–105 |
| 2 Sep | 18:00 | Azerbaijan | 0–3 | Denmark | 23–25 | 29–31 | 21–25 | | | 73–81 |

### Second leg

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 Sep | 18:00 | Romania | 3–0 | Georgia | 25–13 | 25–20 | 25–17 | | | 75–50 |
| 8 Sep | 17:30 | Denmark | 3–0 | Azerbaijan | 25–17 | 25–15 | 25–22 | | | 75–54 |
| 9 Sep | 16:00 | Sweden | 3–0 | Austria | 25–10 | 25–14 | 25–23 | | | 75–47 |
| 9 Sep | 18:00 | Latvia | 2–3 | Montenegro | 23–25 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 25–23 | 19–21 | 115–116 |

## Pre–qualification tournaments

* The Qualification Tournament hosts Turkey, the three 2007 World Cup participants and the next-best ranked team from the 2007 European Championship which are not yet qualified directly qualified for the Qualification Tournament.

### Tournament 1

* Venue: Arena Savaria, Szombathely, Hungary
* Dates: 28 November – 2 December 2007
* All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

**Preliminary round**

**Pool A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Finland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 183 | 154 | 1.188 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 132 | 137 | 0.964 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Estonia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 159 | 183 | 0.869 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 28 Nov | 20:00 | Estonia | 2–3 | Finland | 21–25 | 17–25 | 25–21 | 25–22 | 9–15 | 97–108 |
| 29 Nov | 20:00 | Hungary | 3–0 | Estonia | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–21 | | | 75–62 |
| 30 Nov | 20:00 | Finland | 3–0 | Hungary | 25–22 | 25–19 | 25–16 | | | 75–57 |

**Preliminary round**

**Pool B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 118 | 1.271 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 137 | 143 | 0.958 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 127 | 153 | 0.830 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 28 Nov | 17:30 | Denmark | 0–3 | Belgium | 26–28 | 22–25 | 20–25 | 68–78 |
| 29 Nov | 17:30 | Poland | 3–0 | Denmark | 25–21 | 25–19 | 25–19 | 75–59 |
| 30 Nov | 17:30 | Belgium | 0–3 | Poland | 22–25 | 18–25 | 19–25 | 59–75 |

**Final round**

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 December | 1 December |
| Finland | 3 |
| Finland | 3 | 2 December | 2 December |
| Belgium | 0 | 2 December | 2 December |
| Belgium | 0 | Finland | 0 |
| 1 December | 1 December | | Finland | 0 |
| 1 December | 1 December | Poland | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | Poland | 3 |
| Hungary | 1 | | |

**Final round**

**Semifinals**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 Dec | 15:30 | Finland | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–21 | 25–22 | 26–24 | | | 76–67 |
| 1 Dec | 18:00 | Poland | 3–1 | Hungary | 25–14 | 25–18 | 20–25 | 25–17 | | 95–74 |

**Final round**

**Final**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 Dec | 15:00 | Finland | 0–3 | Poland | 20–25 | 18–25 | 25–27 | | | 63–77 |

**Final standing**

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | Poland |
| 2 | Finland |
| 3 | Belgium |
| 3 | Hungary |
| 5 | Denmark |
| 5 | Estonia |

* Qualified for the Qualification tournament

### Tournament 2

* Venue: Arena D'Évora, Évora, Portugal
* Dates: 28 November – 2 December 2007
* All times are Western European Time (UTC±0).

**Preliminary round**

**Pool A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 188 | 179 | 1.050 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 213 | 213 | 1.000 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Portugal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 175 | 184 | 0.951 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 28 Nov | 15:30 | Czech Republic | 2–3 | Portugal | 21–25 | 25–19 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 12–15 | 105–104 |
| 29 Nov | 15:00 | Germany | 2–3 | Czech Republic | 25–18 | 26–24 | 24–26 | 23–25 | 11–15 | 109–108 |
| 30 Nov | 18:30 | Portugal | 0–3 | Germany | 25–27 | 25–27 | 21–25 | | | 71–79 |

**Preliminary round**

**Pool B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 151 | 124 | 1.218 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 188 | 194 | 0.969 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 172 | 193 | 0.891 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 28 Nov | 19:00 | Sweden | 3–2 | Slovakia | 28–26 | 22–25 | 30–28 | 22–25 | 16–14 | 118–118 |
| 29 Nov | 18:30 | France | 3–0 | Sweden | 25–23 | 25–23 | 26–24 | | | 76–70 |
| 30 Nov | 15:00 | Slovakia | 0–3 | France | 15–25 | 18–25 | 21–25 | | | 54–75 |

**Final round**

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 December | 1 December |
| Germany | 3 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 December | 2 December |
| Sweden | 0 | 2 December | 2 December |
| Sweden | 0 | Germany | 3 |
| 1 December | 1 December | | Germany | 3 |
| 1 December | 1 December | Czech Republic | 2 |
| France | 0 | Czech Republic | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | | |

**Final round**

**Semifinals**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 Dec | 15:05 | France | 0–3 | Czech Republic | 19–25 | 20–25 | 14–25 | | | 53–75 |
| 1 Dec | 18:30 | Germany | 3–0 | Sweden | 25–19 | 25–11 | 25–21 | | | 75–51 |

**Final round**

**Final**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 Dec | 16:05 | Germany | 3–2 | Czech Republic | 25–22 | 21–25 | 25–17 | 22–25 | 15–13 | 108–102 |

**Final standing**

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | Germany |
| 2 | Czech Republic |
| 3 | France |
| 3 | Sweden |
| 5 | Portugal |
| 5 | Slovakia |

* Qualified for the Qualification tournament

### Tournament 3

* Venue: PalaCatania, Catania, Italy
* Dates: 28 November – 2 December 2007
* All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

**Preliminary round**

**Pool A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 186 | 172 | 1.081 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1.250 | 214 | 197 | 1.086 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Montenegro | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 144 | 175 | 0.823 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 28 Nov | 20:30 | Italy | 3–0 | Montenegro | 25–18 | 25–19 | 25–21 | | | 75–58 |
| 29 Nov | 17:30 | Croatia | 2–3 | Italy | 24–26 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–20 | 18–20 | 114–111 |
| 30 Nov | 20:00 | Montenegro | 1–3 | Croatia | 25–22 | 22–25 | 13–25 | 26–28 | | 86–100 |

**Preliminary round**

**Pool B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 154 | 125 | 1.232 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 160 | 161 | 0.994 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 144 | 172 | 0.837 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 28 Nov | 18:00 | Netherlands | 3–0 | Romania | 26–24 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | 76–61 |
| 29 Nov | 20:00 | Greece | 0–3 | Netherlands | 19–25 | 26–28 | 19–25 | | 64–78 |
| 30 Nov | 17:30 | Romania | 1–3 | Greece | 25–21 | 22–25 | 21–25 | 15–25 | 83–96 |

**Final round**

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 December | 1 December |
| Italy | 3 |
| Italy | 3 | 2 December | 2 December |
| Greece | 0 | 2 December | 2 December |
| Greece | 0 | Italy | 3 |
| 1 December | 1 December | | Italy | 3 |
| 1 December | 1 December | Netherlands | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 2 |
| Croatia | 0 | | |

**Final round**

**Semifinals**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 Dec | 16:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Greece | 25–15 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–53 |
| 1 Dec | 18:30 | Netherlands | 3–0 | Croatia | 25–22 | 25–18 | 27–25 | | | 77–65 |

**Final round**

**Final**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 Dec | 18:00 | Italy | 3–2 | Netherlands | 20–25 | 21–25 | 25–20 | 25–21 | 15–13 | 106–104 |

**Final standing**

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | Italy |
| 2 | Netherlands |
| 3 | Croatia |
| 3 | Greece |
| 5 | Montenegro |
| 5 | Romania |

* Qualified for the Qualification tournament

### Second ranked teams

* Russia and Bulgaria qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics via the 2007 World Cup and are replaced by the top two second ranked teams.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3.667 | 335 | 296 | 1.132 | Qualification tournament |
| 2 | Finland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1.800 | 322 | 298 | 1.081 | Qualification tournament |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1.250 | 390 | 374 | 1.043 | |

## Qualification tournament

* Venue: Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir, Turkey
* Dates: 7–13 January 2008
* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).

### Preliminary round

**Pool A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 292 | 307 | 0.951 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 253 | 269 | 0.941 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 288 | 275 | 1.047 | |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 246 | 228 | 1.079 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 7 Jan | 15:30 | Italy | 3–0 | Netherlands | 29–27 | 25–18 | 25–10 | | | 79–55 |
| 7 Jan | 20:30 | Spain | 3–2 | Poland | 19–25 | 25–22 | 26–28 | 25–21 | 15–11 | 110–107 |
| 8 Jan | 18:00 | Poland | 3–0 | Italy | 25–20 | 26–24 | 25–21 | | | 76–65 |
| 9 Jan | 15:30 | Italy | 2–3 | Spain | 21–25 | 25–13 | 25–19 | 19–25 | 12–15 | 102–97 |
| 9 Jan | 20:30 | Netherlands | 3–2 | Poland | 19–25 | 25–23 | 25–19 | 16–25 | 15–13 | 100–105 |
| 10 Jan | 18:00 | Spain | 1–3 | Netherlands | 24–26 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 17–25 | | 85–98 |

**Pool B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 276 | 260 | 1.062 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 259 | 241 | 1.075 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 268 | 279 | 0.961 | |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0.556 | 296 | 319 | 0.928 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 7 Jan | 18:00 | Turkey | 2–3 | Finland | 34–32 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 12–15 | 111–119 |
| 8 Jan | 15:30 | Serbia | 3–0 | Finland | 26–24 | 25–23 | 25–18 | | | 76–65 |
| 8 Jan | 20:30 | Germany | 3–2 | Turkey | 25–20 | 17–25 | 21–25 | 25–19 | 15–12 | 103–101 |
| 9 Jan | 18:00 | Serbia | 2–3 | Germany | 22–25 | 26–24 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 11–15 | 103–111 |
| 10 Jan | 15:30 | Finland | 3–0 | Germany | 25–23 | 25–15 | 25–16 | | | 75–54 |
| 10 Jan | 20:30 | Turkey | 1–3 | Serbia | 25–22 | 21–25 | 23–25 | 15–25 | | 84–97 |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 January | 12 January |
| Spain | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | 13 January | 13 January |
| Finland | 1 | 13 January | 13 January |
| Finland | 1 | Spain | 2 |
| 12 January | 12 January | | Spain | 2 |
| 12 January | 12 January | Serbia | 3 |
| Serbia | 3 | Serbia | 3 |
| Netherlands | 0 | | |

**Semifinals**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 Jan | 16:30 | Spain | 3–1 | Finland | 25–22 | 21–25 | 25–16 | 25–16 | | 96–79 |
| 12 Jan | 19:00 | Serbia | 3–0 | Netherlands | 25–23 | 27–25 | 25–21 | | | 77–69 |

**Final**

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 Jan | 16:00 | Spain | 2–3 | Serbia | 26–24 | 25–16 | 19–25 | 15–25 | 15–17 | 100–107 |

### Final standing

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

* Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
