Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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The qualification for the 2020 women's Olympic volleyball tournament allocated twelve teams quota spots: the host, the winners of each of six Intercontinental Qualifying Tournaments, and five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions.[1] Teams already qualified for the event were not eligible to play in the following qualification tournaments. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Qualification summary

Event Dates Venue(s) Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation[3] — 1  Japan
Intercontinental Qualifier Pool A 1–4 August 2019 Poland Wrocław 1  Serbia
Pool B China Ningbo 1  China
Pool C United States Bossier City 1  United States
Pool D Brazil Uberlândia 1  Brazil
Pool E Russia Kaliningrad 1 ROC
Pool F Italy Catania 1  Italy
African Qualifier 5–9 January 2020 Cameroon Yaoundé 1  Kenya
South American Qualifier 7–9 January 2020 Colombia Bogotá 1  Argentina
Asian Qualifier 7–12 January 2020 Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima 1  South Korea
European Qualifier 7–12 January 2020 Netherlands Apeldoorn 1  Turkey
North American Qualifier 10–12 January 2020 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1  Dominican Republic
Total 12

Timeline

Confederation Tournament Dates Venue Teams
FIVB (Intercontinental) FIVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification Pool A 2–4 August 2019 Poland Wrocław 4
Pool B 2–4 August 2019 China Ningbo 4
Pool C 2–4 August 2019 United States Bossier City 4
Pool D 1–3 August 2019 Brazil Uberlândia 4
Pool E 2–4 August 2019 Russia Kaliningrad 4
Pool F 2–4 August 2019 Italy Catania 4
CAVB (Africa) CAVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 5–9 January 2020 Cameroon Yaoundé 5
AVC (Asia and Oceania) Asian Championship 17–25 August 2019 South Korea Seoul 11+2
AVC Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 7–12 January 2020 Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima 7
CEV (Europe) CEV Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 7–12 January 2020 Netherlands Apeldoorn 8
NORCECA (North America) NORCECA Champions Cup 22–24 August 2019 United States Colorado Springs 4
NORCECA Championship 8–13 October 2019 Puerto Rico San Juan 8
NORCECA Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 10–12 January 2020 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 4
CSV (South America) South American Championship 28 August–1 September 2019 Peru Cajamarca 8
CSV Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 7–9 January 2020 Colombia Bogotá 4

Pool standing procedure

For all qualification tournaments except North American qualification tournament

  1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
  2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
    • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
    • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
  3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
    • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
    • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
    • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

For North American qualification tournament only

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Points ratio
  4. Sets ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser

Host country

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2020 Olympic Games host country to participate in the tournament.

Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Qualification round

Twenty-four teams qualified for the competition as the top twenty-four teams of FIVB World Rankings on 1 January 2019 (except Japan who qualified as host.).[4][5]

Qualified to 2019 FIVB IOQT
Qualified but withdrew
2020 Summer Olympics host country
Seeding Team WC 2015 OG 2016 WGP 2017 WCH 2018 Total
1  Serbia 90 90 42 100 322
2  China 100 100 40 80 320
3  United States 80 80 38 58 256
4  Brazil 50 50 50 50 200
5  Russia 70 50 28 50 198
–  Japan 50 50 32 58 190
6  Netherlands 0 70 38 70 178
7  Italy 0 30 45 90 165
8  South Korea 40 50 18 30 138
9  Dominican Republic 30 3 30 45 108
10  Argentina 25 30 8 30 93
11  Turkey 0 3 24 45 72
12  Puerto Rico 0 20 14 36 70
13  Thailand 0 3 26 36 65
14  Germany 0 2 17 40 59
15  Bulgaria 0 0 15 40 55
16  Cameroon 0 20 2 25 47
17  Canada 0 2 12 30 44
18  Belgium 0 2 22 18 42
19  Kenya 5 0 2 30 37
20  Mexico 0 0 2 33 35
21  Azerbaijan 0 0 0 33 33
22  Kazakhstan 0 1 6 25 32
23  Czech Republic 0 0 16 15 31
–  Cuba 5 0 0 25 30
24  Poland 0 1 20 8 29

Qualified teams

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 1 January 2019.[4][6] Rankings are shown in brackets.

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F
 Serbia (1)  China (2) (H)  United States (3) (H)  Brazil (4) (H)  Russia (5) (H)  Netherlands (7)
 Puerto Rico (13)  Turkey (12)  Argentina (11)  Dominican Republic (10)  South Korea (9)  Italy (8) (H)
 Thailand (14)  Germany (15)  Bulgaria (16)  Cameroon (17)  Canada (18)  Belgium (19)
 Poland (26) (H)  Czech Republic (24)  Kazakhstan (23)  Azerbaijan (22)  Mexico (21)  Kenya (20)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts

Final round

Means of qualification

Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

Pool A

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Serbia (Q) 3 9
2  Poland (H) 3 5
3  Thailand 3 4
4  Puerto Rico 3 0
Source: FIVB
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pool B

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  China (H, Q) 3 9
2  Turkey 3 6
3  Germany 3 3
4  Czech Republic 3 0
Source: FIVB
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pool C

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  United States (H, Q) 3 8
2  Bulgaria 3 7
3  Argentina 3 3
4  Kazakhstan 3 0
Source: FIVB
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pool D

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Brazil (H, Q) 3 7
2  Dominican Republic 3 7
3  Azerbaijan 3 4
4  Cameroon 3 0
Source: FIVB
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pool E

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Russia (H, Q) 3 8
2  South Korea 3 7
3  Canada 3 3
4  Mexico 3 0
Source: FIVB
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pool F

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Italy (H, Q) 3 9
2  Netherlands 3 6
3  Belgium 3 3
4  Kenya 3 0
Source: FIVB
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Africa

Of the 5 entered teams, only winner of this round was qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

Means of qualification

Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

Round robin

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Kenya (Q) 4 11
2  Cameroon (H) 4 10
3  Egypt 4 6
4  Nigeria 4 3
5  Botswana 4 0
Source: FIVB
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Asia and Oceania

Qualified teams

Of the 61 AVC and IOC member associations, a total of 13 AVC member national teams entered the qualifying stage

Qualification round
Pool A Pool B
 South Korea (H)  Japan
 Iran  Kazakhstan
 Hong Kong  Australia
 India
Pool C Pool D
 Thailand  China
 Chinese Taipei  Sri Lanka
 New Zealand  Indonesia
Final round
Pool A Pool B
 Thailand (H)  South Korea
 Chinese Taipei  Kazakhstan
 Australia  Iran
 Indonesia

Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts

Qualification round

Of the 13 qualified teams, top eight teams (excluding Japan, and 2019 IOQT pool B winners China) will be qualified to the next round.

Means of qualification

Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament
Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament playoffs

Pool A

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  South Korea (H, Q) 2 6
2  Iran (Q) 2 3
3  Hong Kong 2 0
Source: AVC
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pool B

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Japan 3 9
2  Kazakhstan (Q) 3 6
3  Australia 3 3
4  India 3 0
Source: AVC
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pool C

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Thailand (Q) 2 6
2  Chinese Taipei (Q) 2 3
3  New Zealand 2 0
Source: AVC
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pool D

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  China 2 6
2  Indonesia (Q) 2 3
3  Sri Lanka 2 0
Source: AVC
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pool G

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Hong Kong 1 3
2  New Zealand 1 0
Source: AVC

Pool H

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Australia 2 6
2  India 2 2
3  Sri Lanka 2 1
Source: AVC

9th–12th Classification round

 
Ninth place playoffsNinth place
 
      
 
24 August
 
 
 Hong Kong0
 
25 August
 
 India (Q)3
 
 India 2
 
24 August
 
 Australia 3
 
 Australia (Q)3
 
 
 New Zealand2
 
Eleventh place
 
 
25 August
 
 
 Hong Kong 3
 
 
 New Zealand1

Final round

Of the 8 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

Means of qualification

Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament semifinals

Pool A

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Thailand (H) 2 6
2  Chinese Taipei 2 3
3  Australia 2 0
Source: AVC
(H) Host

Pool B

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  South Korea 3 9
2  Kazakhstan 3 6
3  Indonesia 3 2
4  Iran 3 1
Source: AVC

Final four

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 January
 
 
 South Korea3
 
12 January
 
 Chinese Taipei1
 
 South Korea (Q)3
 
11 January
 
 Thailand0
 
 Thailand3
 
 
 Kazakhstan1
 
Third place
 
 
12 January
 
 
 Chinese Taipei1
 
 
 Kazakhstan3

Europe

Qualification round

Eight teams qualified for the competition as the top eight teams of CEV European Rankings on 1 October 2019 (except Serbia , Russia and Italy who qualified as Intercontinental Qualifier winners).

Qualified to 2019 CEV COQT
Qualified as Intercontinental Qualifier winners
Seeding Team ECH 2019 ECH 2017 WCH 2018 WGP 2017 Total
–  Serbia 100 100 50 48 298
–  Italy 96 92 48 50 286
1  Netherlands 92 98 46 46 282
2  Turkey 98 96 42 42 278
–  Russia 88 90 44 44 266
3  Germany 90 86 40 36 252
4  Bulgaria 86 84 40 32 242
5  Poland 94 82 26 38 240
6  Belgium 84 74 34 40 232
7  Croatia 80 80 24 30 214
8  Azerbaijan 82 94 36 0 212

Final round

Of the 8 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

Means of qualification

Qualified for the European Olympic Qualification Tournament semifinals

Pool A

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Poland 3 9
2  Netherlands (H) 3 6
3  Bulgaria 3 3
4  Azerbaijan 3 0
Source: FIVB
(H) Host

Pool B

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Germany 3 9
2  Turkey 3 5
3  Belgium 3 4
4  Croatia 3 0
Source: FIVB

Final four

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 January
 
 
 Poland2
 
12 January
 
 Turkey3
 
 Turkey (Q)3
 
11 January
 
 Germany0
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Netherlands0
 

North America

Qualified teams

Of the 35 NORCECA and IOC member associations, a total of 8 NORCECA member national teams entered the qualifying stage.

Qualification round – NORCECA Champions Cup
Round robin
 United States (H)
 Dominican Republic
 Puerto Rico
 Canada
Qualification round – NORCECA Championship
Pool A Pool B
 Puerto Rico (H)  United States
 Canada  Dominican Republic
 Cuba  Mexico
 Costa Rica  Trinidad and Tobago
Final round
Round robin
 Dominican Republic (H)
 Canada
 Puerto Rico
 Mexico

Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts

Qualification round

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 will compete in the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Means of qualification

Qualified for the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament
Qualified for the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament playoffs

NORCECA Champions Cup – Round robin

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  United States (H) 3 13
2  Dominican Republic (Q) 3 8
3  Canada 3 6
4  Puerto Rico 3 3

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

NORCECA Championship – Pool A

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Puerto Rico (H, Q) 3 15
2  Canada 3 9
3  Cuba 3 6
4  Costa Rica 3 0

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

NORCECA Championship – Pool B

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  United States 3 15
2  Dominican Republic 3 10
3  Mexico 3 5
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0

Source: NORCECA

NORCECA Championship – Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
12 October
 
 
 Puerto Rico2
 
11 October
 
 Dominican Republic3
 
 Dominican Republic3
 
13 October
 
 Cuba0
 
 Dominican Republic3
 
 
 United States2
 
 
12 October
 
 
 United States3
 
11 October
 
 Canada0 3rd place match
 
 Canada (Q)3
 
13 October
 
 Mexico1
 
 Puerto Rico0
 
 
 Canada3
 
 
5th place match
 
  
 
13 October
 
 
 Cuba1
 
 
 Mexico (Q)3
 

Final round

Of the 4 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

Means of qualification

Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

Round robin

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Dominican Republic (H, Q) 3 12
2  Puerto Rico 3 8
3  Canada 3 7
4  Mexico 3 3

Source: FIVB
(H) Host. (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

South America

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  Peru (H)
 Argentina  Colombia
 Venezuela  Bolivia
 Ecuador  Uruguay
Final round
Round robin
 Colombia (H)
 Argentina
 Peru
 Venezuela

Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts

Qualification round

The top four teams from the 2019 South American Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Olympic Games will compete in the South American Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Means of qualification

Qualified for the South American Olympic Qualification Tournament
Qualified for the South American Olympic Qualification Tournament playoffs

Pool A

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Brazil 3 9
2  Argentina (Q) 3 6
3  Venezuela 3 2
4  Ecuador 3 1
Source: CSV
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pool B

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Colombia (Q) 3 8
2  Peru (Q) 3 7
3  Bolivia 3 3
4  Uruguay 3 0
Source: CSV
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

5th–8th Classification round

 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
31 Aug
 
 
 Venezuela3
 
1 Sept
 
 Uruguay0
 
 Venezuela (Q)3
 
31 Aug
 
 Bolivia0
 
 Bolivia3
 
 
 Ecuador0
 

Final round

Of the 4 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

Means of qualification

Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

Round robin

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Argentina (Q) 3 9
2  Colombia (H) 3 6
3  Venezuela 3 3
4  Peru 3 0
Source: FIVB
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

References

  1. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). fivb.org. 23 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Host city election for the Olympic Summer Games 2020". IOC. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). fivb.org. 23 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Intercontinental Olympic qualification tournament hosts announced". fivb.org. 30 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Intercontinental Olympic qualification tournament pools confirmed". fivb.org. 8 January 2019.
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