# Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's European qualification

The 2020 Women's European Olympic Qualification Tournament was a volleyball tournament for women's national teams held in Apeldoorn, Netherlands from 7 to 12 January 2020. 8 teams played in the tournament and the winners Turkey qualified to the 2020 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament.

## Pools composition

The hosts Netherlands and the top seven ranked teams from the CEV National Team Ranking as of 9 September 2019 which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Olympic Games competed in this tournament. Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system. Rankings are shown in brackets.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Netherlands (3) | Turkey (4) |
| Bulgaria (7) | Germany (6) |
| Poland (8) | Belgium (9) |
| Azerbaijan (11) | Croatia (10) |

## Venue

* All matches
* Apeldoorn, Netherlands
* Omnisport Arena
* Capacity: 5,850

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* 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

## Preliminary round

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 196 | 177 | 1.107 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 242 | 223 | 1.085 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 244 | 263 | 0.928 | |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 152 | 171 | 0.889 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jan | 16:00 | Poland | 3–1 | Bulgaria | 23–25 | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–22 | 98–86 | Report |
| 7 Jan | 19:30 | Azerbaijan | 0–3 | Netherlands | 23–25 | 18–25 | 22–25 | | 63–75 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 19:30 | Bulgaria | 0–3 | Netherlands | 19–25 | 19–25 | 24–26 | | 62–76 | Report |
| 9 Jan | 16:00 | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Azerbaijan | 25–23 | 25–19 | 21–25 | 25–22 | 96–89 | Report |
| 9 Jan | 19:30 | Netherlands | 1–3 | Poland | 20–25 | 23–25 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 91–98 | Report |
| 10 Jan | 20:00 | Poland | 3–0 | Azerbaijan | 25–19 | 25–19 | 25–23 | | 75–61 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 279 | 240 | 1.163 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 290 | 272 | 1.066 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 201 | 197 | 1.020 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 225 | 274 | 0.821 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jan | 13:00 | Germany | 3–1 | Turkey | 25–15 | 21–25 | 25–21 | 25–21 | | 96–82 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 13:00 | Croatia | 1–3 | Turkey | 28–26 | 12–25 | 20–25 | 21–25 | | 81–101 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 16:00 | Belgium | 1–3 | Germany | 31–33 | 24–26 | 26–24 | 22–25 | | 103–108 | Report |
| 9 Jan | 13:00 | Belgium | 3–1 | Croatia | 20–25 | 28–26 | 25–16 | 25–22 | | 98–89 | Report |
| 10 Jan | 13:30 | Germany | 3–0 | Croatia | 25–15 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | | 75–55 | Report |
| 10 Jan | 16:30 | Turkey | 3–2 | Belgium | 25–20 | 25–15 | 20–25 | 22–25 | 15–10 | 107–95 | Report |

## Final round

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 11 January | 11 January |
| Poland | 2 |
| Poland | 2 | 12 January | 12 January |
| Turkey | 3 | 12 January | 12 January |
| Turkey | 3 | Turkey | 3 |
| 11 January | 11 January | | Turkey | 3 |
| 11 January | 11 January | Germany | 0 |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 0 |
| Netherlands | 0 | | |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Jan | 17:15 | Germany | 3–0 | Netherlands | 27–25 | 25–23 | 25–22 | | | 77–70 | Report |
| 11 Jan | 20:45 | Poland | 2–3 | Turkey | 25–19 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 31–33 | 11–15 | 110–115 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jan | 17:30 | Turkey | 3–0 | Germany | 25–17 | 25–19 | 25–22 | | | 75–58 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Turkey |
| 2 | Germany |
| 3 | Poland |
| 4 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Belgium |
| 6 | Bulgaria |
| 7 | Croatia |
| 8 | Azerbaijan |
* Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
    Meryem Boz
* Best setter
    Joanna Wołosz
* Best outside spikers
    Hanna Orthmann
    Magdalena Stysiak
* Best middle blockers
    Eda Erdem Dündar
    Robin de Kruijf
* Best opposite spiker
    Louisa Lippmann
* Best libero
    Simge Şebnem Aköz