2008 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments
- 2008 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments
The 2008 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments is a qualification tournament to determined the final four spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics.The winner of each round-robin tournament will qualify for Beijing. In Tokyo, the winner of the tournament plus the best Asian team (even if the winner is Asian) will qualify for the Games as the Japan event doubles up as the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Australia, Korea, Iran and Thailand, as the four best-ranked teams at the Asian Continental Championship, complete the line-up in Tokyo alongside hosts Japan, Algeria, Argentina and Italy. In Espinho, hosts Portugal are joined by Indonesia, Poland, and Puerto Rico. In Düsseldorf, hosts Germany are joined by Chinese Taipei, Cuba and Spain.
Teams
* Hosts: vb|GER, vb|POR, vb|JPN
* Africa: vb|ALG*
* Asia: vb|AUS, vb|KOR, vb|IRI, vb|THA, vb|INA, vb|TPE
* Europe: vb|POL, vb|ESP, vb|ITA
* North America: vb|PUR, vb|CUB
* South America: vb|ARG
"* Replaced vb|TUN"
quads
*details|2008 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Squads
Qualifying 1
Qualifying 1 was held from May 23 to May 25, 2008 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Results
Ranking
* Japan is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team except the winner.
Awards
*Best Scorer: flagathlete|Takahiro Yamamoto|JPN
*Best Spiker: flagathlete|Alessandro Fei|ITA
*Best Blocker: flagathlete|Mohammad Mousavi|IRI
*Best Server: flagathlete|Takahiro Yamamoto|JPN
*Best Digger: flagathlete|Katsutoshi Tsumagari|JPN
*Best Setter: flagathlete|Saeid Marouf|IRI
*Best Receiver: flagathlete|Suk Jin-Wook|KOR
References
* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldOQT/2008/WM1OQT08 Tournament 1]
* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldOQT/2008/WM2OQT08 Tournament 2]
* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldOQT/2008/WM3OQT08 Tournament 3]
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