Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's European qualification

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2016 European Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host nation Turkey
Dates4–9 January
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Russia (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVPRussia Nataliya Obmochaeva
Official website
CEV
Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The European qualification for the 2016 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 4 to 9 January 2016 in Ankara, Turkey.[1] Russia won the tournament by beating Netherlands 3–1, and qualified for the Olympic games. Nataliya Obmochaeva was selected the most valuable player.

Qualification[edit]

The host country played with the 7 highest CEV ranking teams which had not yet qualified to the Olympic games.[2][3] Numbers in brackets denoted the European ranking as of 5 October 2015 except the host which ranked 4th.[4]

Pools composition[edit]

The pools composition was announced on 23 October 2015 at the headquarters of CEV, Luxembourg.[5] It followed the Serpentine system according to their European ranking as of 5 October 2015.[4] CEV reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the European ranking.

Pool A Pool B
 Turkey  Russia
 Germany  Italy
 Netherlands  Belgium
 Croatia  Poland

Squads[edit]

Further information: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's European qualification squads

Venue[edit]

Turkey Ankara, Turkey
Başkent Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 7,600

Pool standing procedure[edit]

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 258 215 1.200 Semifinals
2  Turkey 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 220 215 1.023
3  Germany 3 2 1 5 7 5 1.400 269 255 1.055
4  Croatia 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 163 225 0.724
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jan 14:00 Netherlands  2–3  Germany 28–26 22–25 22–25 25–20 11–15 108–111 Report
4 Jan 19:30 Croatia  0–3  Turkey 18–25 22–25 17–25     57–75 Report
5 Jan 19:30 Germany  1–3  Turkey 25–27 25–23 16–25 17–25   83–100 Report
6 Jan 16:30 Germany  3–0  Croatia 25–16 25–14 25–17     75–47 Report
6 Jan 19:30 Turkey  0–3  Netherlands 14–25 10–25 21–25     45–75 Report
7 Jan 16:30 Netherlands  3–0  Croatia 25–19 25–17 25–23     75–59 Report

Pool B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Russia 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 275 235 1.170 Semifinals
2  Italy 3 2 1 4 7 7 1.000 292 306 0.954
3  Belgium 3 1 2 4 5 7 0.714 256 267 0.959
4  Poland 3 0 3 2 5 9 0.556 286 301 0.950
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jan 16:30 Poland  2–3  Russia 25–19 25–18 22–25 14–25 10–15 96–102 Report
5 Jan 14:00 Italy  1–3  Russia 16–25 25–23 19–25 21–25   81–98 Report
5 Jan 16:30 Belgium  3–1  Poland 25–19 16–25 27–25 25–18   93–87 Report
6 Jan 14:00 Belgium  2–3  Italy 25–16 23–25 25–22 17–25 15–17 105–105 Report
7 Jan 14:00 Russia  3–0  Belgium 25–19 25–22 25–17     75–58 Report
7 Jan 19:30 Italy  3–2  Poland 25–18 25–22 22–25 19–25 15–13 106–103 Report

Final round[edit]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 January
 
 
 Russia3
 
9 January
 
 Turkey1
 
 Russia3
 
8 January
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Netherlands3
 
 
 Italy0
 
Third place
 
 
9 January
 
 
 Turkey2
 
 
 Italy3

Semifinals[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Jan 16:30 Netherlands  3–0  Italy 25–23 25–21 25–19     75–63 Report
8 Jan 19:30 Russia  3–1  Turkey 21–25 25–18 25–12 25–20   96–75 Report

Third place[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Jan 16:30 Turkey  2–3  Italy 23–25 25–19 23–25 25–15 13–15 109–99 Report

Final[edit]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Jan 19:30 Russia  3–1  Netherlands 25–21 22–25 25–19 25–20   97–85 Report

Final standing[edit]

Dream team[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "European Volleyball Olympic Qualification Venue(Polish)". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Qualification Process". CEV. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Russia top latest European Ranking, eight teams entering Continental Olympic Qualification now known". CEV. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b "CEV European Ranking List - Women". CEV. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Pools composition". CEV. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

External links[edit]

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