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Volleyball competition held in Turkey
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
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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. Russia won the tournament by beating Netherlands 3–1, and qualified for the Olympic games. Nataliya Obmochaeva was selected the most valuable player.

Qualification

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

Pools composition

The pools composition was announced on 23 October 2015 at the headquarters of CEV, Luxembourg. It followed the Serpentine system according to their European ranking as of 5 October 2015. 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

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

Venue

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

Pool standing procedure

  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

Pool A

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:
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

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:
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

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

Semifinals

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

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

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

Rank Team Qualification
1  Russia 2016 Summer Olympics
2  Netherlands World Olympic
Qualification Tournament
3  Italy
4  Turkey
5  Germany
6  Belgium
7  Poland
8  Croatia
 2016 European Olympic Qualifier 

Russia

Dream team

See also

References

  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. ^ "CEV European Ranking List - Women". CEV. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. "Pools composition". CEV. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

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