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Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification facts for kids

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The men's qualification for the Olympic volleyball tournament took place between September 2023 and June 2024, allocating twelve teams for the final tournament. As the host nation and the reigning Olympic champions, France reserved a direct spot each for the men's team.

The remainder of the twelve-team field endured a dual qualification pathway to secure the quota places for Paris 2024. First, the winners and runners-up from each of the three Olympic qualification tournaments qualified directly for the Games. Second, the last five berths were attributed to the eligible NOCs based on the FIVB World Rankings in June 2024, abiding by the universality principle, that was, prioritizing those from the continents without a qualified team yet in the Paris 2024 tournament.

Qualification summary

Qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified team
Host nation N/A 1  FRA
FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournaments Pool A 30 September – 8 October 2023 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 2  GER
 BRA
Pool B Japan Tokyo 2  USA
 JPN
Pool C China Xi'an 2  POL
 CAN
World Ranking qualification pathway 24 June 2024 N/A 5  SLO
 ITA
 ARG
 SRB
 EGY
Total 12

Host country

FIVB reserved a berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.

  •  FRA – 2020 Summer Olympic champion

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament

As a principal route for the tournament, the winners and runners-up in each of the three qualification pools secured the quota places for Paris 2024.

Qualified teams

FIVB released the names of the twenty-four teams eligible to compete in the men's Olympic qualification tournaments for Paris 2024 through the federation's world rankings of 12 September 2022 (except France — qualified for the Games as the host nation; and Russia — ineligible because of the country's instigation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine).

Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament
Qualified as hosts for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Ineligible for international competition
Seed Team Points
1  POL 389
2  ITA 369
 FRA 368
3  BRA 361
 RUS 352
4  USA 333
5  JPN 277
6  ARG 273
7  SLO 268
8  IRI 267
9  SRB 253
10  CUB 230
11  NED 228
12  TUR 200
13  CAN 189
14  UKR 187
15  GER 184
16  MEX 175
17  TUN 172
18  EGY 157
19  BEL 153
21  BUL 152
22  FIN 152
23  QAT 152
24  CHN 151

Pool draw

Pool A Pool B Pool C
 BRA  JPN  CHN
 ITA  USA  POL
 IRI  SLO  ARG
 CUB  SRB  NED
 UKR  TUR  CAN
 GER  TUN  MEX
 CZE  EGY  BEL
 QAT  FIN  BUL

Pool A (Brazil)

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  GER 0 0 0 0 0 0 611 493 1.239 Qualified for the
2024 Olympics
2  BRA (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 672 616 1.091
3  CUB 0 0 0 0 0 0 598 562 1.064
4  ITA 0 0 0 0 0 0 616 564 1.092
5  UKR 0 0 0 0 0 0 539 580 0.929
6  CZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 587 638 0.920
7  IRI 0 0 0 0 0 0 545 617 0.883
8  QAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 507 605 0.838
Source: Volleyball Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Men's standings
(H) Host.

Pool B (Japan)

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 610 474 1.287 Qualified for the
2024 Olympics
2  JPN (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 622 504 1.234
3  SLO 0 0 0 0 0 0 566 532 1.064
4  TUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 605 599 1.010
5  SRB 0 0 0 0 0 0 496 517 0.959
6  FIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 575 617 0.932
7  EGY 0 0 0 0 0 0 577 682 0.846
8  TUN 0 0 0 0 0 0 425 551 0.771
Source: Volleyball Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Men's standings
(H) Host.

Pool C (China)

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  POL 0 0 0 0 0 0 682 603 1.131 Qualified for the
2024 Olympics
2  CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 626 576 1.087
3  ARG 0 0 0 0 0 0 627 607 1.033
4  BEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 664 598 1.110
5  BUL 0 0 0 0 0 0 535 527 1.015
6  NED 0 0 0 0 0 0 568 591 0.961
7  CHN (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 559 623 0.897
8  MEX 0 0 0 0 0 0 389 525 0.741
Source: Volleyball Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Men's standings
(H) Host.

World ranking qualification

The remaining five berths were attributed to the highest-ranked eligible NOCs based on the FIVB world rankings at the end of the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Nations League preliminary phase. Under the universality principle, the teams were selected according to the order of priority: 1) those from the continent without a qualified team; and 2) highest-ranked eligible NOCs irrespective of the continent.

Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics via Olympic Qualification Tournament
Qualified as hosts for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Classifying via be the best ranked team from a continent without a qualified team in 2024 Summer Olympics (Africa)
Classifying via remaining spots for Top World Ranking teams not qualified via Olympic Qualification Tournament
Top 25 rankings as of 23 June 2024
Seed Team Points
1  POL 424.50
2  JPN 354.75
3  SLO 354.46
4  ITA 352.33
5  USA 325.89
6  BRA 318.52
7  FRA 317.34
8  ARG 298.34
9  CAN 279.67
10  SRB 259.97
11  GER 250.28
12  CUB 249.34
13  NED 204.81
14  UKR 200.61
15  IRN 185.07
16  BEL 180.15
17  TUR 179.58
18  CZE 165.11
19  EGY 164.05
20  BUL 161.06
21  QAT 153.67
22  CRO 148.48
23  POR 147.16
24  FIN 146.72
25  TUN 145.09

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