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

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.

## Qualification summary

| Event | Event | Dates | Venue(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Host nation | Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool A | 9–11 August 2019 | Varna | 1 | Brazil |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool B | 9–11 August 2019 | Rotterdam | 1 | United States |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool C | 9–11 August 2019 | Bari | 1 | Italy |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool D | 9–11 August 2019 | Gdańsk–Sopot | 1 | Poland |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool E | 9–11 August 2019 | Saint Petersburg | 1 | ROC |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool F | 9–11 August 2019 | Ningbo | 1 | Argentina |
| European Qualifier | European Qualifier | 5–10 January 2020 | Berlin | 1 | France |
| Asian Qualifier | Asian Qualifier | 7–12 January 2020 | Jiangmen | 1 | Iran |
| African Qualifier | African Qualifier | 7–11 January 2020 | Cairo | 1 | Tunisia |
| South American Qualifier | South American Qualifier | 10–12 January 2020 | Mostazal | 1 | Venezuela |
| North American Qualifier | North American Qualifier | 10–12 January 2020 | Vancouver | 1 | Canada |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Timeline

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

## Host country

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

* Japan

## Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournaments

* The winners in each pool qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

### Qualification round

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

* 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

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 1 October 2018. 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

**Means of qualification**

* Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

## Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments

### Africa

* The winners in final round qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

**Qualified teams**

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.

**Qualified teams**

**Final round**

* Round robin
* Algeria
* Cameroon
* Egypt (H)
* Ghana (D)
* Tunisia

**Final round**

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

**Final round**

**Means of qualification**

* Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

**Final round**

**Round robin**

| 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 |

### Asia and Oceania

* The winners in final round qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

**Qualified teams**

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

* Pool WZ
* Iraq
* Kuwait
* Oman (H)

| Pool A | Pool B |
| - | - |
| Iran (H) | Japan |
| Australia | Chinese Taipei |
| Qatar | Thailand |
| Sri Lanka | Hong Kong |
| Pool C | Pool D |
| Kazakhstan | South Korea |
| China | Indonesia |
| Oman | Kuwait |
| India | Pakistan |
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Iran | Australia |
| Chinese Taipei | South Korea |
| China (H) | India |
| Kazakhstan | Qatar |

**Qualified teams**

**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**

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

**Zonal qualification round**

**Means of qualification**

* Qualified for the 2019 Asian Championship

**Zonal qualification round**

**Western Asia**

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kuwait (Q) | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Oman (H, Q) | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Iraq | 2 | 0 |

**Inter-zonal qualification round**

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

**Inter-zonal qualification round**

**Means of qualification**

* Qualified for the 2020 Asian Olympic Qualifier
* Qualified for the 2020 Asian Olympic Qualifier playoffs
* Already qualified as hosts for the 2020 Summer Olympics

**Inter-zonal qualification round**

**9th–12th places round**

| 9th–12th semifinals | 9th–12th semifinals | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| - | - | - | - |
| 19 September | 19 September |
| Qatar | 3 |
| Qatar | 3 | 20 September | 20 September |
| Indonesia | 0 | 20 September | 20 September |
| Indonesia | 0 | Qatar (Q) | 3 |
| 19 September | 19 September | | Qatar (Q) | 3 |
| 19 September | 19 September | Kazakhstan (Q) | 1 |
| Thailand | 2 | Kazakhstan (Q) | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| | | 20 September | 20 September |
| | | Indonesia | 2 |
| | | Thailand | 3 |

* Note: Kazakhstan replaced Pakistan, who withdrew from the final round.

**Final round**

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

**Final round**

**Means of qualification**

* Qualified for the 2020 Asian Olympic Qualifier semifinals

Final four

 SemifinalsFinal        11 January   Qatar1 12 January  China3

  China0 11 January  Iran (Q)3

  Iran3   South Korea2

Europe

The winners in final round qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Qualification round

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 Serbia100964848292

– Russia921004446282

– Poland96825042270

2 France94844250270

– Italy90924638266

3 Belgium84943844260

4 Slovenia98863636256

5 Bulgaria80903640246

6 Netherlands82744234232

H Germany86982818230

7 Czech Republic76882030214

Final round

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification

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

Means of qualification

Qualified for the 2020 European Olympic Qualifier semifinals

Pool A

Pos

Team

Pld

Pts

1

 Slovenia

3

8

2

 Germany (H)

3

7

3

 Belgium

3

2

4

 Czech Republic

3

1

Source: FIVB (H) Host

Pool B

Pos

Team

Pld

Pts

1

 Bulgaria

3

7

2

 France

3

5

3

 Serbia

3

4

4

 Netherlands

3

2

Source: FIVB

Final four

 SemifinalsFinal        9 January   Slovenia2 10 January  France3

  France (Q)3 9 January  Germany0

  Bulgaria1   Germany3

North America

The winners in final round qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Qualified teams

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

Qualification round – NORCECA Champions Cup

Round robin

 United States (H)

 Canada

 Cuba

 Puerto Rico

Qualification round – NORCECA Championship

Pool A

Pool B

 Canada (H)

 United States

 Mexico

 Cuba

 Puerto Rico

 Dominican Republic

 Guatemala

Final round

Round robin

 Canada (H)

 Cuba

 Mexico

 Puerto Rico

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.

(H): Qualification group hosts

Qualification round

Main articles: 2019 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Champions Cup and 2019 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

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

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

NORCECA Champions Cup – Round robin

Pos

Team

Pld

Pts

1 Cuba (Q)312

2 United States (H)37

3 Canada36

4 Puerto Rico35

Source: NORCECA

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

NORCECA Championship – Pool A

Pos

Team

Pld

Pts

1 Canada (H, Q)210

2 Mexico25

3 Puerto Rico20

Source: NORCECA

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

NORCECA Championship – Pool B

Pos

Team

Pld

Pts

1 United States315

2 Cuba310

3 Dominican Republic34

4 Guatemala31

Source: NORCECA

(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

NORCECA Championship – Final round

 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

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's North American qualification

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

Means of qualification

Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Round robin

Pos

Team

Pld

Pts

1 Canada (H, Q)313

2 Cuba311

3 Mexico35

4 Puerto Rico31

Source: FIVB

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

South America

The winners in final round qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Qualified teams

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

Qualification round

Pool A

Pool B

 Brazil

 Chile (H)

 Argentina

 Venezuela

 Colombia

 Peru

 Ecuador

 Bolivia

Final round

Round robin

 Chile (H)

 Venezuela

 Peru

 Colombia

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.

(H): Qualification group hosts

Qualification round

Main article: 2019 Men's South American Volleyball Championship

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

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

Pool A

Pos

Team

Pld

Pts

1

 Brazil

3

9

2

 Argentina

3

6

3

 Colombia

3

3

4

 Ecuador

3

0

Source: CSV

Pool B

Pos

Team

Pld

Pts

1

 Venezuela (Q)

3

7

2

 Chile (Q)

3

6

3

 Peru

3

5

4

 Bolivia

3

0

Source: CSV (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

5th–8th places round

 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

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's South American qualification

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

Means of qualification

Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Round robin

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

↑ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.↑ "Host city election for the Olympic Summer Games 2020". IOC. Retrieved 13 January 2020.↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 1 October 2018)". FIVB. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.1 2 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIVB. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.↑ "Intercontinental Olympic qualification tournament hosts announced". FIVB. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

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