Men's
Olympic Games 2008
Qualified Teams
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1.
China (host country) |
2.
Brazil (1st World Cup) |
3.
Russia (2nd World Cup) |
4.
Bulgaria (3rd World Cup) |
5.
Egypt (COQT Africa) |
6.
Japan (COQT Asia) * |
7.
Serbia (COQT Europe) |
8.
U.S.A. (COQT Norceca) |
9.
Venezuela (COQT South America) |
10.
Germany (1st WOQT
in Germany) |
11.
Italy (1st WOQT
in Japan) * |
12.
Poland (1st WOQT
in Portugal) |
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* The Asian Continental Qualification
Tournaments are played combined with the
World Olympic Qualification Tournaments
in Japan |
COQT = Continental Olympic Qualification
Tournament
WOQT = World Olympic Qualification
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CONTINENTAL
OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENTS
(The winner of
each tournament gets the Olympic berth)
NORCECA
January 4-12, Caguas, Puerto Rico |
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Final Ranking |
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1 |
U.S.A.
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2 |
Puerto Rico |
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3 |
Cuba |
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4 |
Canada |
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5 |
Mexico |
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6 |
Dominican Rep. |
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7 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
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8 |
Barbados |
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SOUTH-AMERICA
- CSV
January 2-8, Formosa, Argentina |
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Final Ranking |
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1 |
Venezuela
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8 |
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2 |
Argentina |
7 |
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3 |
Paraguay |
6 |
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4 |
Chile |
5 |
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5 |
Uruguay |
4 |
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EUROPE - CEV
January 7-13, Izmir, Turkey |
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Final Ranking |
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1 |
Serbia
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2 |
Spain |
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3 |
Netherlands
Finland |
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5 |
Germany
Poland |
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7 |
Italy
Turkey |
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AFRICA - CAVB
February 3-9, Durban, South Africa
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Final Ranking |
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1 |
Egypt |
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2 |
Algeria |
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3 |
Cameroon |
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4 |
Tunisia |
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5 |
South Africa
Morocco |
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7 |
Nigeria
Gabon |
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9 |
Rwanda
Mozambique |
GERMANY - WORLD OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION
May 23-25, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Final Ranking |
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1 |
Germany |
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2 |
Cuba |
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3 |
Spain |
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4 |
Chinese Taipei |
PORTUGAL - WORLD OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION
May 30 - June 1, Espinho,
Portugal
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Final Ranking |
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1 |
Poland |
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2 |
Portugal |
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3 |
Puerto Rico |
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4 |
Indonesia |
JAPAN - WORLD
AND ASIAN OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION
May 31 - June 8, Tokyo, Japan
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Final Ranking |
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1 |
Italy |
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2 |
Japan |
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3 |
Korea |
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4 |
Argentina |
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5 |
Australia |
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6 |
Iran |
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7 |
Algeria |
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8 |
Thailand |
WORLD OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENTS
Tournaments in Germany, Portugal, Japan
• May
23-25, 2008, Düsseldorf: Hosts Germany + Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Spain.
• May 30 to June
1, 2008, Espinho: Hosts Portugal + Indonesia,
Puerto Rico, Poland.
• May 31 to June 8, 2008, Tokyo: Hosts Japan +
Australia, Korea, Iran, Thailand (best
ranked in the Asian Continental Championship) +
Algeria, Argentina, Italy.
The winner of each World
Olympic Qualification Tournament is qualified for Beijing.
In Tokyo, where the tournament also doubles-up as the Asian
Olympic Qualification Tournament, the winner plus the best Asian
team (even if the winner is Asian) is qualified for the
Summer Games.
The drawing of lots to
decide the placing of the teams was conducted at the Keio
Plaza Hotel in Tokyo on
March 3, 2008.
In addition to the three
organizing countries and four Asian teams taking part in
Japan, the participation of the other nine teams was ensured as
per the World Ranking and the relative continental rule: 3 CEV: Poland, Spain, Italy; 2 NORCECA: Puerto Rico, Cuba; 2
AVC: Indonesia, Chinese Taipei; 1 CSV: Argentina; 1 CAVB:
Algeria.
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