Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification

The European qualification for the 2012 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 13 August 2011 to 13 May 2012.

Pool standing procedure Match points Number of matches won Sets ratio Points ratio 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

Pre–elimination round Dates: 13–14 August 2011 All times are local. In case of a 1–1 tie, teams play a Golden Set to determine the winner.

First leg

Second leg

Elimination round Dates: 26 August – 4 September 2011 All times are local. In case of a 1–1 tie, teams play a Golden Set to determine the winner.

First leg

Second leg

Pre–qualification tournaments The Qualification Tournament hosts Bulgaria and the four 2011 World Cup participants directly qualified for the Qualification Tournament.

Tournament 1 Venue: Poprad Arena, Poprad, Slovakia Dates: 22–26 November 2011 All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round Pool A

Pool B

Final round

Semifinals

Final

Final standing RankTeam1235 Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Tournament 2 Venue: Complexe Sportif Léo Lagrange, Tourcoing, France Dates: 23–27 November 2011 All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

Semifinals

Final

Final standing RankTeam1235 Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Tournament 3 Venue: Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek, Croatia Dates: 22–26 November 2011 All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

Semifinals

Final

Final standing RankTeam1235 Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Second ranked teams Russia and Poland qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics via the 2011 World Cup and are replaced by the top two second ranked teams.

Qualification tournament Venue: Armeets Arena, Sofia, Bulgaria Dates: 8–13 May 2012 All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

Semifinals

Final

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