# Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's European qualification

The European qualification for the 2016 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 4 to 9 January 2016 in Ankara, Turkey. Russia won the tournament by beating Netherlands 3–1, and qualified for the Olympic games. Nataliya Obmochaeva was selected the most valuable player.

## Qualification

The host country played with the 7 highest CEV ranking teams which had not yet qualified to the Olympic games. Numbers in brackets denoted the European ranking as of 5 October 2015 except the host which ranked 4th.
* Turkey (host)
* Russia (1)
* Italy (2)
* Germany (5)
* Netherlands (6)
* Belgium (7)
* Poland (8)
* Croatia (9)

## Pools composition

The pools composition was announced on 23 October 2015 at the headquarters of CEV, Luxembourg. It followed the Serpentine system according to their European ranking as of 5 October 2015. CEV reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the European ranking.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Turkey | Russia |
| Germany | Italy |
| Netherlands | Belgium |
| Croatia | Poland |

## Venue

* Ankara, Turkey
* Başkent Volleyball Hall
* Capacity: 7,600

## 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 Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 258 | 215 | 1.200 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 220 | 215 | 1.023 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 269 | 255 | 1.055 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 163 | 225 | 0.724 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 4 Jan | 14:00 | Netherlands | 2–3 | Germany | 28–26 | 22–25 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 11–15 | 108–111 | Report |
| 4 Jan | 19:30 | Croatia | 0–3 | Turkey | 18–25 | 22–25 | 17–25 | | | 57–75 | Report |
| 5 Jan | 19:30 | Germany | 1–3 | Turkey | 25–27 | 25–23 | 16–25 | 17–25 | | 83–100 | Report |
| 6 Jan | 16:30 | Germany | 3–0 | Croatia | 25–16 | 25–14 | 25–17 | | | 75–47 | Report |
| 6 Jan | 19:30 | Turkey | 0–3 | Netherlands | 14–25 | 10–25 | 21–25 | | | 45–75 | Report |
| 7 Jan | 16:30 | Netherlands | 3–0 | Croatia | 25–19 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | | 75–59 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 275 | 235 | 1.170 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 292 | 306 | 0.954 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 256 | 267 | 0.959 | |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0.556 | 286 | 301 | 0.950 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 4 Jan | 16:30 | Poland | 2–3 | Russia | 25–19 | 25–18 | 22–25 | 14–25 | 10–15 | 96–102 | Report |
| 5 Jan | 14:00 | Italy | 1–3 | Russia | 16–25 | 25–23 | 19–25 | 21–25 | | 81–98 | Report |
| 5 Jan | 16:30 | Belgium | 3–1 | Poland | 25–19 | 16–25 | 27–25 | 25–18 | | 93–87 | Report |
| 6 Jan | 14:00 | Belgium | 2–3 | Italy | 25–16 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 17–25 | 15–17 | 105–105 | Report |
| 7 Jan | 14:00 | Russia | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–17 | | | 75–58 | Report |
| 7 Jan | 19:30 | Italy | 3–2 | Poland | 25–18 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 19–25 | 15–13 | 106–103 | Report |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 8 January | 8 January |
| Russia | 3 |
| Russia | 3 | 9 January | 9 January |
| Turkey | 1 | 9 January | 9 January |
| Turkey | 1 | Russia | 3 |
| 8 January | 8 January | | Russia | 3 |
| 8 January | 8 January | Netherlands | 1 |
| Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | | |
| Italy | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 9 January | 9 January |
| | | Turkey | 2 |
| | | Italy | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Jan | 16:30 | Netherlands | 3–0 | Italy | 25–23 | 25–21 | 25–19 | | | 75–63 | Report |
| 8 Jan | 19:30 | Russia | 3–1 | Turkey | 21–25 | 25–18 | 25–12 | 25–20 | | 96–75 | Report |

### Third place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Jan | 16:30 | Turkey | 2–3 | Italy | 23–25 | 25–19 | 23–25 | 25–15 | 13–15 | 109–99 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Jan | 19:30 | Russia | 3–1 | Netherlands | 25–21 | 22–25 | 25–19 | 25–20 | | 97–85 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Netherlands | World Olympic Qualification Tournament |
| 3 | Italy | World Olympic Qualification Tournament |
| 4 | Turkey |
| 5 | Germany |
| 6 | Belgium |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | Croatia |
* 2016 European Olympic Qualifier
* Russia

## Dream team

* Most valuable player
    Nataliya Obmochaeva
* Best setter
    Yevgeniya Startseva
* Best outside spiker
    Paola Egonu
    Neriman Özsoy
* Best middle blocker
    Robin de Kruijf
    Kübra Akman
* Best opposite spiker
    Lonneke Slöetjes
* Best libero
    Stefania Sansonna