Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification
# Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification

The European Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was a volleyball tournament for men's national teams held in Berlin, Germany from 5 to 10 January 2020. Eight teams played in the tournament and the winners France qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Qualification

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 qualified for the tournament. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked tenth.

* Germany (Hosts)
* Serbia (1)
* France (3)
* Belgium (6)
* Slovenia (7)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Netherlands (9)
* Czech Republic (11)

## Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their CEV European Ranking as of 30 September 2019. CEV reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the European Ranking.

| Pool A | Pool B |
| - | - |
| Germany | Serbia |
| Belgium | France |
| Slovenia | Bulgaria |
| Czech Republic | Netherlands |

## Venue

* All matches
* Berlin, Germany
* Max-Schmeling-Halle
* Capacity: 8,500

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

## Preliminary round

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Slovenia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 294 | 270 | 1.089 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 263 | 242 | 1.087 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 249 | 267 | 0.933 | |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 263 | 290 | 0.907 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Jan | 16:30 | Slovenia | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–23 | 28–26 | 25–20 | | | 78–69 | Report |
| 5 Jan | 19:30 | Czech Republic | 0–3 | Germany | 19–25 | 22–25 | 20–25 | | | 61–75 | Report |
| 6 Jan | 20:10 | Belgium | 0–3 | Germany | 18–25 | 23–25 | 24–26 | | | 65–76 | Report |
| 7 Jan | 17:00 | Belgium | 3–2 | Czech Republic | 21–25 | 28–26 | 25–20 | 22–25 | 19–17 | 115–113 | Report |
| 7 Jan | 20:10 | Germany | 2–3 | Slovenia | 34–32 | 20–25 | 25–19 | 21–25 | 12–15 | 112–116 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 17:30 | Slovenia | 3–1 | Czech Republic | 25–12 | 28–26 | 19–25 | 28–26 | | 100–89 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 285 | 260 | 1.096 | Semifinals |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 281 | 271 | 1.037 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 246 | 237 | 1.038 | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 209 | 253 | 0.826 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Jan | 13:30 | France | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–21 | 25–21 | 25–22 | | | 75–64 | Report |
| 6 Jan | 14:00 | Netherlands | 0–3 | Serbia | 18–25 | 18–25 | 17–25 | | | 53–75 | Report |
| 6 Jan | 17:00 | Bulgaria | 3–2 | France | 25–23 | 17–25 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 15–8 | 101–103 | Report |
| 7 Jan | 14:00 | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Netherlands | 25–19 | 25–16 | 25–15 | | | 75–50 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 14:30 | Serbia | 2–3 | Bulgaria | 21–25 | 26–24 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 13–15 | 107–109 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 20:45 | France | 2–3 | Netherlands | 25–21 | 25–20 | 22–25 | 19–25 | 12–15 | 103–106 | Report |

## Final round

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 January | 9 January |
| Slovenia | 2 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 10 January | 10 January |
| France | 3 | 10 January | 10 January |
| France | 3 | France | 3 |
| 9 January | 9 January | | France | 3 |
| 9 January | 9 January | Germany | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | Germany | 0 |
| Germany | 3 | | |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Jan | 17:00 | Slovenia | 2–3 | France | 25–13 | 25–22 | 14–25 | 21–25 | 9–15 | 94–100 | Report |
| 9 Jan | 20:10 | Bulgaria | 1–3 | Germany | 20–25 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 23–25 | | 91–95 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 Jan | 20:10 | France | 3–0 | Germany | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–23 | | | 75–63 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | France |
| 2 | Germany |
| 3 | Bulgaria |
| 3 | Slovenia |
| 5 | Belgium |
| 5 | Serbia |
| 7 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | Netherlands |

* Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

## Qualifying team for Summer Olympics

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
| - | - | - |
| France | 10 January 2020 | 4 (1988, 1992, 2004, 2016) |

* ↑ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Awards

* Most valuable player

    Jean Patry
* Best setter

    Lukas Kampa
* Best outside spikers

    Denys Kaliberda
    Earvin N'Gapeth
* Best middle blockers

    Viktor Yosifov
    Nicolas Le Goff
* Best opposite spiker

    Jean Patry
* Best libero

    Jenia Grebennikov
