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 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the 2008 World Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Host country

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2008 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.

2007 World Cup
Main article: 2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
Rank Team
1  Egypt
2  Algeria
3  Cameroon
4  Tunisia
5  Morocco
 South Africa
7  Gabon
 Nigeria
9  Mozambique
 Rwanda

Asia and Oceania

The 2008 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament combined with 2008 3rd World Olympic Qualification Tournament. The hosts Japan and the top four ranked teams except Japan from the 2007 Asian Championship competed in the tournament. The top ranked among the five teams except the 2008 3rd World Olympic Qualification Tournament winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics as the 2008 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament winners.

Europe
Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification
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
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
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Venezuela 4 4 0 8 12 1 12.000 322 233 1.382 2008 Summer Olympics
2  Argentina 4 3 1 7 10 3 3.333 309 244 1.266 2008 World Olympic Qualification Tournaments
3  Paraguay 4 2 2 6 6 9 0.667 301 334 0.901
4  Chile 4 1 3 5 5 9 0.556 278 320 0.869
5  Uruguay 4 0 4 4 1 12 0.083 244 323 0.755
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Jan17:30Chile 2–3 Paraguay27–2514–2525–1824–2610–15100–109P2
3 Jan20:15Argentina 3–0 Uruguay25–1625–1625–16  75–48P2
4 Jan17:30Chile 3–0 Uruguay25–2225–2025–19  75–61P2
4 Jan20:15Venezuela 3–0 Paraguay25–925–1925–13  75–41P2
5 Jan17:31Venezuela 3–0 Chile25–1625–2025–21  75–57P2
5 Jan20:17Argentina 3–0 Paraguay25–1625–1925–18  75–53P2
6 Jan17:30Venezuela 3–0 Uruguay25–1725–1625–18  75–51P2
6 Jan20:20Argentina 3–0 Chile25–1425–1425–18  75–46P2
7 Jan17:00Paraguay 3–1 Uruguay23–2525–2025–2325–16 98–84P2
7 Jan20:01Argentina 1–3 Venezuela25–2223–2520–2516–25 84–97P2

World qualification tournaments
Qualified teams

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

1st tournament
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 6 9 4 2.250 295 259 1.139 2008 Summer Olympics
2  Cuba 3 2 1 5 8 4 2.000 271 238 1.139
3  Spain 3 1 2 4 6 7 0.857 284 282 1.007
4  Chinese Taipei 3 0 3 3 1 9 0.111 177 248 0.714
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 May17:00Chinese Taipei 0–3 Germany18–2515–2517–25  50–75P2 P3
23 May20:00Spain 1–3 Cuba18–2525–1820–2517–25 80–93P2 P3
24 May17:00Spain 3–1 Chinese Taipei25–1925–1523–2525–20 98–79P2 P3
24 May20:00Cuba 2–3 Germany26–2425–2121–2518–2513–15103–110P2 P3
25 May12:00Chinese Taipei 0–3 Cuba14–2518–2516–25  48–75P2 P3
25 May15:00Germany 3–2 Spain25–2325–2323–2522–2515–10110–106P2 P3

2nd tournament
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 6 9 0 MAX 226 179 1.263 2008 Summer Olympics
2  Portugal 3 2 1 5 6 4 1.500 236 206 1.146
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 2 4 4 6 0.667 199 236 0.843
4  Indonesia 3 0 3 3 0 9 0.000 185 225 0.822
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 May19:00Indonesia 0–3 Portugal23–2517–2521–25  61–75P2 P3
30 May21:00Poland 3–0 Puerto Rico25–2325–1825–14  75–55P2 P3
31 May15:00Indonesia 0–3 Poland20–2517–2523–25  60–75P2 P3
31 May17:00Portugal 3–1 Puerto Rico25–1522–2525–1125–18 97–69P2 P3
1 Jun15:00Puerto Rico 3–0 Indonesia25–2125–2125–22  75–64P2 P3
1 Jun17:00Portugal 0–3 Poland21–2519–2524–26  64–76P2 P3

3rd tournament
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Italy 7 7 0 14 21 4 5.250 615 483 1.273 2008 Summer Olympics
2  Japan 7 6 1 13 20 7 2.857 659 584 1.128
3  South Korea 7 4 3 11 14 13 1.077 622 584 1.065
4  Argentina 7 4 3 11 16 11 1.455 598 589 1.015
5  Australia 7 3 4 10 11 13 0.846 522 526 0.992
6  Iran 7 2 5 9 11 16 0.688 597 630 0.948
7  Algeria 7 2 5 9 7 17 0.412 501 578 0.867
8  Thailand 7 0 7 7 2 21 0.095 425 565 0.752
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 May11:05Australia 3–0 Thailand25–1225–1525–14  75–41P2 P3
31 May13:05South Korea 1–3 Argentina25–1623–2523–2527–29 98–95P2 P3
31 May15:30Algeria 3–2 Iran35–3718–2525–2127–2519–17124–125P2 P3
31 May18:32Italy 3–2 Japan25–2028–3028–3035–3315–7131–120P2 P3
1 Jun11:05Thailand 0–3 Algeria23–2521–2515–25  59–75P2 P3
1 Jun13:05Argentina 0–3 Australia16–2520–2518–25  54–75P2 P3
1 Jun15:05Italy 3–0 South Korea25–1825–1725–21  75–56P2 P3
1 Jun18:00Japan 3–1 Iran25–1925–1723–2525–22 98–83P2 P3
3 Jun11:35Algeria 0–3 Argentina18–2524–2622–25  64–76P2 P3
3 Jun13:35Australia 0–3 Italy17–259–2516–25  42–75P2 P3
3 Jun15:35Iran 3–1 Thailand19–2525–1525–2325–14 94–77P2 P3
3 Jun18:30South Korea 1–3 Japan21–2525–2123–2519–25 88–96P2 P3
4 Jun11:35Argentina 3–1 Iran25–2727–2525–1925–9 102–80P2 P3
4 Jun13:55South Korea 3–2 Australia27–2925–2121–2525–2015–10113–105P2 P3
4 Jun16:30Italy 3–0 Algeria25–1525–2125–20  75–56P2 P3
4 Jun18:30Japan 3–0 Thailand25–2325–1425–16  75–53P2 P3
6 Jun11:35Thailand 0–3 Argentina15–2520–2516–25  51–75P2 P3
6 Jun13:35Iran 0–3 Italy16–2520–2518–25  54–75P2 P3
6 Jun15:35Algeria 0–3 South Korea9–2519–2517–25  45–75P2 P3
6 Jun18:30Australia 0–3 Japan22–2526–2827–29  75–82P2 P3
7 Jun11:05South Korea 3–1 Iran25–1925–2022–2525–22 97–86P2 P3
7 Jun13:15Australia 3–1 Algeria25–2225–1918–2525–20 93–86P2 P3
7 Jun15:25Italy 3–0 Thailand25–1925–1926–24  76–62P2 P3
7 Jun18:00Japan 3–2 Argentina26–2825–1325–1917–2520–18113–103P2 P3
8 Jun11:05Thailand 1–3 South Korea18–2525–2018–2521–25 82–95P2 P3
8 Jun13:15Iran 3–0 Australia25–1825–1625–23  75–57P2 P3
8 Jun15:05Argentina 2–3 Italy19–2519–2525–2225–215–1593–108P2 P3
8 Jun18:00Algeria 0–3 Japan20–2513–2518–25  51–75P2 P3
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