Olympic Summer Games 2020 / volleyball (hall) / qualification

For the volleyball tournaments of the Olympic Games 2020 , eleven other teams qualified for men and women in addition to the host Japan . Six places were awarded in each of the international qualifying tournaments in August 2019. The remaining participants were determined in January 2020 at continental tournaments.

Men

Overview

qualification	date	host	Qualified teams
host			Japan
International qualification	August 9-11, 2019	Varna	Brazil
		Rotterdam	United States
		Bari	Italy
		Danzig	Poland
		St. Petersburg	Russia
		Ningbo	Argentina
African tournament	January 7-11, 2020	Cairo	Tunisia
Asian tournament	January 7-12, 2020	Jiangmen	Iran
European tournament	January 5th - 10th 2020	Berlin	France
NORCECA tournament	January 10-12, 2020	Vancouver	Canada
South American tournament	January 10-12, 2020	Santiago de Chile	Venezuela

International qualification

Participant and mode

Six tournaments took place in August 2019. The 24 best-placed teams in the volleyball world rankings from January 1, 2019 took part. They were divided into groups of four in a serpentine system. At each tournament the teams played one round each against each other. The tournament winners qualified for the Olympic Games.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F.
Brazil (1)	United States (2)	Italy (3)	Poland (4)	Russia (5)	Canada (6)
Egypt (13)	Belgium (12)	Serbia (10)	France (9)	Iran (8)	Argentina (7)
Bulgaria (14)	Netherlands (15)	Australia (16)	Slovenia (17)	Cuba (18)	Finland (19)
Puerto Rico (24)	South Korea (24)	Cameroon (23)	Tunisia (22)	Mexico (21)	China (20)
in brackets the position in the world ranking from January 1, 2019

game schedule

Group A in Varna
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Brazil	3	8th	9: 2	1,239
2.	Bulgaria	2	7th	8: 4	1.118
3.	Egypt	1	3	4: 6	0.883
4th	Puerto Rico	0	0	0: 9	0.770

August 9	Brazil	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Egypt	Bulgaria	1: 3
August 10	Brazil	Egypt	3-0
	Puerto Rico	Bulgaria	0: 3
August 11th	Egypt	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Bulgaria	Brazil	2: 3

Group B in Rotterdam
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	United States	3	9	9: 2	1.161
2.	Netherlands	2	5	7: 5	1.038
3.	Belgium	1	3	4: 6	0.940
4th	South Korea	0	1	2: 9	0.880

August 9	Netherlands	South Korea	3: 2
	Belgium	United States	1: 3
August 10	Belgium	Netherlands	0: 3
	United States	South Korea	3-0
August 11th	Netherlands	United States	1: 3
	South Korea	Belgium	0: 3

Group C in Bari
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Italy	3	8th	9: 2	1.262
2.	Serbia	2	6th	6: 4	1.053
3.	Australia	1	4th	6: 6	1.007
4th	Cameroon	0	0	0: 9	0.697

August 9	Australia	Serbia	1: 3
	Italy	Cameroon	3-0
August 10	Serbia	Cameroon	3-0
	Australia	Italy	2: 3
August 11th	Cameroon	Australia	0: 3
	Serbia	Italy	0: 3

Group D in Gdansk
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Poland	3	9	9: 1	1,200
2.	France	2	6th	6: 4	1.008
3.	Slovenia	1	3	4: 6	1,000
4th	Tunisia	0	0	1: 9	0.825

August 9	Poland	Tunisia	3-0
	France	Slovenia	3-0
August 10	Poland	France	3-0
	Tunisia	Slovenia	0: 3
August 11th	France	Tunisia	3: 1
	Poland	Slovenia	3: 1

Group E in Saint Petersburg
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Russia	3	9	9-0	1.302
2.	Iran	2	5	6: 5	1,089
3.	Cuba	1	4th	5: 6	0.933
4th	Mexico	0	0	0: 9	0.748

August 9	Iran	Cuba	3: 2
	Russia	Mexico	3-0
August 10	Iran	Mexico	3-0
	Russia	Cuba	3-0
August 11th	Cuba	Mexico	3-0
	Russia	Iran	3-0

Group F in Ningbo
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Argentina	3	8th	9: 4	1.056
2.	Canada	2	5	7: 5	1.087
3.	People's Republic of China	1	5	7: 7	0.980
4th	Finland	0	0	2: 9	0.877

August 9	China	Finland	3: 1
	Canada	Argentina	1: 3
August 10	Finland	Argentina	1: 3
	China	Canada	2: 3
August 11th	Canada	Finland	3-0
	China	Argentina	2: 3

African qualification

The African tournament took place in Cairo from January 7th to 11th, 2020 . Five teams determined the Olympic participant in a round, each against each other. Ghana missed the tournament at short notice due to organizational problems on arrival, which is why all of the team's games were rated 0: 3.

Group A
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Tunisia	4th	12	12: 1	1,586
2.	Egypt	3	9	9: 4	1.454
3.	Algeria	2	6th	8: 6	1.284
4th	Cameroon	1	3	3: 9	1.054
5.	Ghana	0	0	0:12	0.000

January 7th	Tunisia	Ghana	3: 0 (W)
	Egypt	Algeria	3: 1
January 8th	Ghana	Egypt	0: 3 (W)
	Cameroon	Tunisia	0: 3
January 9th	Cameroon	Algeria	0: 3
	Egypt	Tunisia	0: 3
10. January	Ghana	Cameroon	0: 3 (W)
	Tunisia	Algeria	3: 1
11th January	Algeria	Ghana	3: 0 (W)
	Cameroon	Egypt	0: 3

Asian qualification

The Asian tournament took place from January 7th to 12th, 2020 at the Sports Center Gymnasium in Jiangmen . The best teams of the 2019 Asian Cup that had not yet qualified through the international tournament competed, with Kazakhstan taking over for Pakistan . The teams first played in two groups of four before the Asian Olympic participant was determined in the semifinals and finals.

Group A
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Iran	3	9	9-0	1.341
2.	People's Republic of China	2	5	6: 5	1.080
3.	Taiwan	1	4th	5: 7	0.940
4th	Kazakhstan	0	0	1: 9	0.753

January 7th	Taiwan	Iran	0: 3
	China	Kazakhstan	3-0
January 8th	Kazakhstan	Iran	0: 3
	China	Taiwan	3: 2
January 9th	Taiwan	Kazakhstan	3: 1
	Iran	China	3-0

Group B
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Qatar	2	7th	8: 3	1.098
2.	South Korea	2	6th	8: 5	1.060
3.	Australia	2	5	6: 6	0.971
4th	India	0	0	1: 9	0.872

January 7th	Qatar	India	3-0
	Australia	South Korea	3: 2
January 8th	Australia	Qatar	0: 3
	South Korea	India	3-0
January 9th	India	Australia	1: 3
	Qatar	South Korea	2: 3

	Semi-finals January 11th				Final January 12th
	Iran	3
	South Korea	2
					Iran	3
					People's Republic of China	0
	Qatar	1
	People's Republic of China	3

European qualification

The European tournament took place from January 5th to 10th, 2020 in the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin . In addition to the German national team as hosts, the top-ranked teams in the European rankings (as of the 2019 European Championship ) that had not yet qualified took part in the tournament. In two groups of four, everyone played against everyone. The group winners and runners-up met each other in the semifinals. The two finalists determined the last European participant for the Olympic tournament.

Group A
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Slovenia	3	8th	9: 3	1.088
2.	Germany	2	7th	8: 3	1.086
3.	Belgium	1	2	3: 8	0.932
4th	Czech Republic	0	1	3: 9	0.906

January 5th	Slovenia	Belgium	3-0
	Germany	Czech Republic	3-0
6th January	Germany	Belgium	3-0
January 7th	Belgium	Czech Republic	3: 2
	Germany	Slovenia	2: 3
January 8th	Slovenia	Czech Republic	3: 1

Group B
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Bulgaria	3	7th	9: 4	1,096
2.	France	1	5	7: 6	1.033
3.	Serbia	1	4th	5: 6	1.037
4th	Netherlands	1	2	3: 8	0.829

January 5th	France	Serbia	3-0
6th January	Netherlands	Serbia	0: 3
	Bulgaria	France	3: 2
January 7th	Bulgaria	Netherlands	3-0
January 8th	Serbia	Bulgaria	2: 3
	France	Netherlands	2: 3

	Semi-finals January 9th				Final January 10th
	Slovenia	2
	France	3
					France	3
					Germany	0
	Bulgaria	1
	Germany	3

NORCECA qualification

The tournament for North and Central America and Oceania took place from January 10th to 12th, 2020 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver . The three best teams in the NORCECA championship that did not qualify via the international qualifying tournament, as well as the winner of the NORCECA Champions Cup, determined the Olympic participant in one round, each against each other.

Group A
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Canada	3	8th	9: 2	1.363
2.	Cuba	2	7th	8: 4	1.076
3.	Puerto Rico	1	3	3: 6	0.809
4th	Mexico	0	1	1: 9	0.817

10. January	Canada	Mexico	3-0
	Cuba	Puerto Rico	3-0
11th January	Puerto Rico	Mexico	3-0
	Canada	Cuba	3: 2
January 12th	Cuba	Mexico	3: 1
	Canada	Puerto Rico	3-0

South American qualification

The South American tournament took place in Santiago de Chile from January 10th to 12th, 2020 . The four best teams of the South American Championship , which had not qualified through the international qualifying tournament, determined in one round each against each other the Olympic participant.

Group A
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Venezuela	2	7th	8: 4	1.107
2.	Chile	2	6th	7: 5	1.013
3.	Colombia	2	5	7: 5	1.045
4th	Peru	0	0	1: 9	0.830

10. January	Peru	Colombia	0: 3
	Chile	Venezuela	1: 3
11th January	Colombia	Venezuela	3: 2
	Chile	Peru	3: 1
January 12th	Venezuela	Peru	3-0
	Chile	Colombia	3: 1

Women

Overview

qualification	date	host	Qualified teams
host			Japan
International qualification	August 2-4, 2019	Wroclaw	Serbia
		Ningbo	People's Republic of China
		Shreveport - Bossier City	United States
		Uberlândia	Brazil
		Kaliningrad	Russia
		Catania	Italy
African tournament	5th - 9th January 2020	Yaoundé	Kenya
Asian tournament	January 7-12, 2020	Nakhon Ratchasima	South Korea
European tournament	January 7-12, 2020	Apeldoorn	Turkey
NORCECA tournament	January 10-12, 2020	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic
South American tournament	7th - 9th January 2020	Bogotá	Argentina

International qualification

Participant and mode

Six tournaments took place in August 2019. The 24 best-placed teams in the volleyball world rankings from January 1, 2019 took part. They were divided into groups of four in a serpentine system. At each tournament the teams played one round each against each other. The tournament winners qualified for the Olympic Games.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F.
Serbia (1)	People's Republic of China (2)	United States (3)	Brazil (4)	Russia (5)	Netherlands (7)
Puerto Rico (13)	Turkey (12)	Argentina (11)	Dominican Republic (10)	South Korea (9)	Italy (8)
Thailand (14)	Germany (15)	Bulgaria (16)	Cameroon (17)	Canada (18)	Belgium (19)
Poland (25)	Czech Republic (24)	Kazakhstan (23)	Azerbaijan (22)	Mexico (21)	Kenya (20)
in brackets the position in the world ranking from January 1, 2019

game schedule

Group A in Wroclaw
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Serbia	3	9	9: 1	1.281
2.	Poland	2	5	7: 5	1.048
3.	Thailand	1	4th	5: 7	0.963
4th	Puerto Rico	0	0	1: 9	0.772

August 2nd	Serbia	Thailand	3-0
	Poland	Puerto Rico	3-0
3rd August	Serbia	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Thailand	Poland	2: 3
4th of August	Puerto Rico	Thailand	1: 3
	Serbia	Poland	3: 1

Group B in Ningbo
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	People's Republic of China	3	9	9: 1	1.281
2.	Turkey	2	6th	6: 5	0.975
3.	Germany	1	3	5: 6	1.012
4th	Czech Republic	0	0	1: 9	0.792

August 2nd	China	Czech Republic	3-0
	Turkey	Germany	3: 1
3rd August	Turkey	Czech Republic	3: 1
	China	Germany	3: 1
4th of August	Czech Republic	Germany	0: 3
	China	Turkey	3-0

Group C in Shreveport - Bossier City
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	United States	3	8th	9: 2	1.374
2.	Bulgaria	2	7th	8: 4	1.203
3.	Argentina	1	3	4: 7	0.913
4th	Kazakhstan	0	0	1: 9	0.615

August 2nd	Argentina	Bulgaria	1: 3
	United States	Kazakhstan	3-0
3rd August	United States	Bulgaria	3: 2
	Kazakhstan	Argentina	1: 3
4th of August	United States	Argentina	3-0
	Kazakhstan	Bulgaria	0: 3

Group D in Uberlândia
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Brazil	3	7th	9: 4	1.218
2.	Dominican Republic	2	7th	8: 3	1.172
3.	Azerbaijan	1	4th	5: 6	0.953
4th	Cameroon	0	0	0: 9	0.653

August 2nd	Brazil	Cameroon	3-0
	Dominican R.	Azerbaijan	3-0
3rd August	Brazil	Azerbaijan	3: 2
	Cameroon	Dominican R.	0: 3
4th of August	Brazil	Dominican R.	3: 2
	Azerbaijan	Cameroon	3-0

Group E in Kaliningrad
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Russia	3	8th	9: 2	1.285
2.	South Korea	2	7th	8: 4	1.075
3.	Canada	1	3	4: 6	0.964
4th	Mexico	0	0	0: 9	0.700

August 2nd	South Korea	Canada	3: 1
	Russia	Mexico	3-0
3rd August	South Korea	Mexico	3-0
	Russia	Canada	3-0
4th of August	Mexico	Canada	0: 3
	Russia	South Korea	3: 2

Group F in Catania
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Italy	3	9	9-0	1,480
2.	Netherlands	2	6th	6: 3	1.254
3.	Belgium	1	3	3: 6	0.973
4th	Kenya	0	0	0: 9	0.506

August 2nd	Belgium	Netherlands	0: 3
	Italy	Kenya	3-0
3rd August	Netherlands	Kenya	3-0
	Belgium	Italy	0: 3
4th of August	Kenya	Belgium	0: 3
	Netherlands	Italy	0: 3

African qualification

The African tournament took place in Yaoundé from January 5th to 9th, 2020 . Five teams determined the Olympic participant in a round, each against each other.

Group A
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Kenya	4th	11	12: 3	1.268
2.	Cameroon	3	10	11: 3	1.326
3.	Egypt	2	6th	7: 6	1.154
4th	Nigeria	1	3	3:10	0.672
5.	Botswana	0	0	1:12	0.711

January 5th	Kenya	Egypt	3: 1
	Botswana	Cameroon	0: 3
6th January	Botswana	Kenya	0: 3
	Nigeria	Cameroon	0: 3
7 January	Nigeria	Egypt	0: 3
	Cameroon	Kenya	2: 3
January 8th	Botswana	Nigeria	1: 3
	Egypt	Cameroon	0: 3
January 9th	Nigeria	Kenya	0: 3
	Egypt	Botswana	3-0

Asian qualification

The Asian tournament was held from January 7th to 12th, 2020 at Chatchai Hall in Nakhon Ratchasima . The seven best teams of the 2019 Asian Cup competed, although Hong Kong , which was also eligible to start , did not participate. The teams initially played in two groups before the Asian Olympic participant was determined in the semifinals and finals.

Group A
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Thailand	2	6th	6-0	1.612
2.	Taiwan	1	3	3: 3	1.007
3.	Australia	0	0	0: 6	0.613

January 7th	Taiwan	Thailand	0: 3
January 8th	Australia	Taiwan	0: 3
January 9th	Thailand	Australia	3-0

Group B
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	South Korea	3	9	9-0	1.642
2.	Kazakhstan	2	6th	6: 3	1.137
3.	Indonesia	1	2	3: 8	0.843
4th	Iran	0	1	2: 9	0.715

January 7th	Iran	Kazakhstan	0: 3
	South Korea	Indonesia	3-0
January 8th	Indonesia	Kazakhstan	0: 3
	South Korea	Iran	3-0
January 9th	Iran	Indonesia	2: 3
	Kazakhstan	South Korea	0: 3

	Semi-finals January 11th				Final January 12th
	Thailand	3
	Kazakhstan	1
					Thailand	0
					South Korea	3
	South Korea	3
	Taiwan	1

European qualification

The European tournament took place from January 7th to 12th, 2020 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn . In addition to the Dutch national team as hosts, the top-ranked teams in the European rankings (as of the 2019 European Championship ) that had not yet qualified took part in the tournament. In two groups of four, everyone played against everyone. The group winners and runners-up met each other in the semifinals. The finalists determined the last European participant for the Olympic tournament.

Group A
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Poland	3	9	9: 2	1.138
2.	Netherlands	2	6th	7: 3	1.085
3.	Bulgaria	1	3	4: 7	0.927
4th	Azerbaijan	0	0	1: 9	0.865

January 7th	Poland	Bulgaria	3: 1
	Azerbaijan	Netherlands	0: 3
January 8th	Bulgaria	Netherlands	0: 3
January 9th	Bulgaria	Azerbaijan	3: 1
	Netherlands	Poland	1: 3
10. January	Poland	Azerbaijan	3-0

Group B
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Germany	3	9	9: 2	1.162
2.	Turkey	2	5	7: 6	1.066
3.	Belgium	1	4th	6: 7	0.973
4th	Croatia	0	0	2: 9	0.821

January 7th	Germany	Turkey	3: 1
January 8th	Croatia	Turkey	1: 3
	Germany	Belgium	3: 1
January 9th	Belgium	Croatia	3: 1
10. January	Germany	Croatia	3-0
	Turkey	Belgium	3: 2

	Semi-finals January 11th				Final January 12th
	Poland	2
	Turkey	3
					Turkey	3
					Germany	0
	Germany	3
	Netherlands	0

NORCECA qualification

The NORCECA tournament for North and Central America and Oceania took place from January 10th to 12th, 2020 at the Virgilio Travieso Sports Palace in Santo Domingo . The three best teams in the continental championship that did not qualify through the international qualifying tournament, as well as the winner of the NORCECA Champions Cup, determined the Olympic participant in one round, each against each other.

Group A
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Dominican Republic	3	8th	9: 3	1.296
2.	Puerto Rico	2	5	6: 5	0.959
3.	Canada	1	4th	6: 7	0.948
4th	Mexico	0	1	3: 9	0.860

10. January	Canada	Puerto Rico	2: 3
	Dominican R.	Mexico	3: 2
11th January	Puerto Rico	Mexico	3-0
	Canada	Dominican R.	1: 3
January 12th	Mexico	Canada	1: 3
	Dominican R.	Puerto Rico	3-0

South American qualification

The South American tournament took place from January 7th to 9th, 2020 at Coliseo El Salitre in Bogotá . The four best teams of the South American Championship , which had not qualified through the international qualifying tournament, determined in one round each against each other the Olympic participant.

Group A
space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Argentina	3	9	9: 1	1.222
2.	Colombia	2	6th	7: 3	1,214
3.	Venezuela	1	3	3: 6	0.870
4th	Peru	0	0	0: 9	0.743

January 7th	Argentina	Peru	3-0
	Venezuela	Colombia	0: 3
January 8th	Argentina	Venezuela	3-0
	Peru	Colombia	0: 3
January 9th	Peru	Venezuela	0: 3
	Argentina	Colombia	3: 1

Web links

• Information of the FIVB to international tournaments (English)
• Information of the FIVB to the continental tournaments (English)
• Information of the CEV (English)
• Information from the DVV

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Qualification System - Games of The XXXII Olympiad - Tokyo 2020. (PDF) FIVB, accessed on January 4, 2019 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Host Cities. FIVB, accessed on January 4, 2020 (English). 
3. ^ Egypt thrill home crowd as they beat Algeria in African Olympic Qualifier opening. CAVB, January 8, 2020, accessed on January 8, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Drawing of lots confirmed for AVC Men's Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 2020. AVC, November 11, 2019, accessed on January 4, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} 2020 Olympic qualification. DVV, accessed on April 1, 2020 . 
6. ^ Vancouver to host Men's Qualifier to Tokyo Games. NORCECA, October 8, 2019, accessed on January 4, 2020 . 
7. ↑ 2019 NORCECA Men Champions Cup Colorado Springs, August 20-25, 2019 Competition Regultions. (PDF) NORCECA, p. 8 , accessed on January 4, 2020 (English). 
8. ↑ CSV anuncia fechas y la Arena Monticello como sede del preolímpico masculino. CSV, November 22, 2019, accessed January 4, 2020 (Spanish). 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Match schedule confirmed for AVC Women's Tokyo Volleyball Qualification in Thailand. AVC, November 1, 2019, accessed January 4, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Santo Domingo to host Women's Qualifier to Tokyo 2020. NORCECA, October 22, 2019, accessed on January 4, 2020 . 
11. ↑ 2019 NORCECA Women Champions Cup Colorado Springs, August 20-25, 2019 Competition Regulations. (PDF) NORCECA, p. 8 , accessed on January 4, 2020 (English). 
12. ↑ Se acerca el clasificatorio sudamericano femenino para Tokyo-2020. CSV, December 18, 2019, accessed January 4, 2020 (Spanish).