2019 FIVB Women’s Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament
We are a year away from the Summer Olympic Games 2020 and the process of qualifying for the women’s Olympic volleyball tournament has already begun. It’s worth noting that the 2019 FIVB women’s volleyball international Olympic qualification tournament gives the best word’s teams to qualify for the Summer Olympic Games 2020.
You need to know that this tournament gives women’s volleyball teams a great chance to participate in the Olympic tournament. This competition brings together 24 volleyball teams from all over the world. Among the teams that took part in the tournament are: Azerbaijan, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Cuba, Italy, Japan, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mexico, Russia, Serbia, the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey as well as the United States. The top 6 teams have already qualified for the Olympic Games 2020. These teams include China, Brazil, Italy, Poland, Russia as well as the United States.
The championship began on August 1 in 2019 and lasted till August 4 in 2019. The tournament took place in six cities including Wroclaw (Poland), Ningbo (China), Bossier City (the United States), Uberlandia (Brazil), Kaliningrad (Russia) as well as Catania (Italy).
This blog post concentrates on the 2019 FIVB women’s volleyball intercontinental Olympic qualification tournament. We’ll tell you about the pool composition and the matches that took place during the tournament. As a result, you’ll be able to make sense of what was going on during the competition.
Pools Composition
All volleyball teams that took part in the 2019 FIVB women’s volleyball intercontinental Olympic qualification tournament were divided into 6 pools – pool A, pool B, pool C, pool D, pool E and pool F.
Such teams as Serbia, Puerto Rico, Thailand as well as Poland played in pool A.
Such teams as China, Turkey, Germany as well as Check Republic in pool B.
Such teams as Argentina, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan as well as the United States played in pool C.
Such teams as Azerbaijan, Brazil, Cameroon as well as the Dominican Republic played in pool D.
Such teams as Canada, Mexico, Russia as well as South Korea played in pool E.
Such teams as Belgium, Italy, Kenya as well as the Netherlands played in pool F.
Matches of Pool A
The matches of pool A took place in Wroclaw, Poland on 2–4 August in 2019. Serbia took the 1-st place, Poland took the 2-nd place, Thailand took the 3-rd place and Puerto Rico took the 4-th place in pool A.
– Serbia defeated Thailand 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 55, Set 1: 25 – 15, Set2: 25 – 22, Set 3: 25 – 18);
– Poland defeated Puerto Rico 3 – 0 (Total: 80 – 61, Set 1: 25 – 18, Set 2: 30 – 28, Set 3: 25 – 15);
– Serbia defeated Puerto Rico 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 50, Set 1: 25 – 14, Set 2: 25 – 20, Set 3: 25 – 16);
– Thailand lost to Poland 2 – 3 (Total: 110 – 113, Set 1: 23 – 25, Set 2: 25 – 22, Set 3: 28 – 26, Set 4: 23 – 25, Set 5: 11 – 15);
– Puerto Rico lost to Thailand 1 – 3 (Total: 83 – 96, Set 1: 25 – 21, Set 2: 20 – 25, Set 3: 20 – 25, Set 4: 18 – 25);
– Serbia has defeated Poland 3 – 1 (Total: 96 – 87, Set 1: 21 – 25, Set 2: 25 – 23, Set 3: 25 – 16, Set 4:25 – 23).
Matches of Pool B
The matches of pool B took place in Ningbo, China on 2–4 August 2019. China took the 1-st place, Turkey took the 2-nd place, Germany took the 3-rd place and Czech Republic took the 4-th place in pool B.
– China defeated Check Republic 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 60, Set 1: 25 – 18, Set 2: 25 – 23, Set 3: 25 – 19);
– Turkey defeated Germany 3 – 1 (Total: 94 – 90, Set 1: 27 – 25, Set 2: 25 – 20, Set 3: 17 – 25, Set 4: 25 – 20);
– Turkey defeated Czech Republic 3 – 1 (Total: 96 – 79, Set 1: 25 – 15, Set 2: 25 – 22, Set 3: 21 – 25, Set 4: 25 – 17);
– China defeated Germany 3 – 1 (Total: 96 – 84, Set 1: 25 – 22, Set 2: 25 – 22, Set 3: 21 – 25, Set 4: 25 – 15);
– Czech Republic lost to Germany 0 – 3 (Total: 56 – 75, Set 1: 18 – 25, Set 2: 22 – 25, Set 3: 16 – 25);
– China defeated Turkey 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 48, Set1: 25 – 18, Set2: 25 – 12, Set 3: 25 – 18).
Matches of Pool C
The matches of pool C took place in Shreveport-Bossier City, United States on 2–4 August 2019. The United States took the 1-st place, Bulgaria took the 2-nd place, Argentina took the 3-rd place and Kazakhstan took the 4-th place in pool C.
– Argentina lost to Bulgaria 1 – 3 (Total: 73 – 99, Set 1: 26 – 24, Set 2: 9 – 25, Set 3: 18 – 25, Set 4: 20 – 25);
– The United States has defeated Kazakhstan 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 37, Set 1: 25 – 17, Set 2: 25 – 10, Set 3: 25 – 10);
– The United States has defeated Bulgaria 3 – 2 (Total: 107 – 98, Set 1: 21 – 25, Set 2: 25 – 18, Set 3: 21 – 25, Set 4: 25 – 20, Set 5: 15 – 20);
– Kazakhstan lost to Argentina 1 – 3 (Total: 69 – 97, Set 1: 25 – 22, Set 2: 8 – 25, Set 3: 20 – 25, Set 4: 16 – 25);
– The United States defeated Argentina 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 52, Set 1: 25 – 22, Set 2: 25 – 17, Set 3: 25 – 13);
– Kazakhstan lost to Bulgaria 0 – 3 (Total: 46 – 75, Set 1: 14 – 25, Set 2: 16 – 25, Set 3: 16 – 25).
Matches of Pool D
Matches of pool D took place in Uberlandia, Brazil on 1–3 August in 2019. Brazil took the 1-st place, the Dominican Republic took 2-nd place, Azerbaijan took the 3-rd place and Cameron took the 4-th place in pool D.
– Brazil defeated Cameroon 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 43, Set 1: 25 – 14, Set 2: 25 – 13, Set 3: 25 – 16);
– The Dominican Republic defeated Azerbaijan 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 55, Set 1: 25 – 15, Set 2: 25 – 22, Set 3: 25 – 18);
– Brazil defeated Azerbaijan 3 – 2 (Total: 109 – 94, Set 1: 25 – 13, Set 2: 23 – 25, Set 3: 21 – 25, Set 4: 25 – 19, Set 5: 15 – 12);
– Cameroon lost to the Dominican Republic 0 – 3 (Total: 53 – 75, Set 1: 20 – 25, Set 2: 19 – 25, Set 3: 14 – 25);
– Brazil defeated the Dominican Republic 3 – 2 (Total: 106 – 101, Set 1: 25 – 22, Set 2: 25 – 19, Set 3: 23 – 25, Set 4: 18 – 25, Set 5: 15 – 10);
– Azerbaijan defeated Cameroon 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 51, Set 1: 25 – 17, Set 2: 25 – 14, Set 3: 25 – 20).
Matches of Pool E
Matches of pool E took place in Kaliningrad, Russia on 2 – 4 August in 2019. Russia took the 1-st place, South Korea took 2-nd place, Canada took the 3-rd place and Mexico took the 4-th place in pool E.
– South Korea defeated Canada 3 – 1 (Total: 96 – 86, Set 1: 21 – 25, Set 2: 25 – 20, Set 3: 25 – 19, Set 4: 25 – 22);
– Russia defeated Mexico 3 – 0 (Total: 76 – 45, Set 1: 25 – 13, Set 2: 25 – 8, Set 3: 26 – 24);
– South Korea defeated Mexico 3 – 0 (Total: 76 – 60, Set 1: 25 – 21, Set 2: 25 – 15, Set 3: 26 – 24);
– Russia defeated Canada 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 56, Set 1: 25 – 13, Set 2: 25 – 21, Set 3: 25 – 22);
– Mexico lost to Canada 0 – 3 (Total: 54 – 75, Set 1: 22 – 25, Set 2: 15 – 25, Set 3: 17 – 25);
– Russia defeated South Korea 3 – 2 (Total: 106 – 99, Set 1: 21 – 25, Set 2: 20 – 25, Set 3: 25 – 22, Set 4: 25 – 16, Set 5: 15 – 11).
Matches of Pool F
Matches of pool F took place in Catania, Italy on 2–4 August 2019. Italy took the 1-st place, the Netherlands took the 2-nd place, Belgium took the 3-rd place and Kenya took the 4-th place in pool F.
– Belgium lost to the Netherlands 0 – 3 (Total: 57 – 75, Set 1: 20 – 25, Set 2: 15 – 25, Set 3: 22 – 25);
– Italy defeated Kenya 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 41, Set 1: 25 – 17, Set 2: 25 – 10, Set 3: 25 – 14);
– The Netherlands defeated Kenya 3 – 0 (Total: 75 – 37, Set 1: 25 – 17, Set 2: 25 – 10, Set 3: 25 – 10);
– Belgium lost to Italy 0 – 3 (Total: 49 – 75, Set 1: 17 – 25, Set 2: 16 – 25, Set 3: 16 – 25);
– Kenya lost to Belgium 0 – 3 (Total: 36 – 75, Set 1: 15 – 25, Set 2: 14 – 25, Set 3: 7 – 25);
– The Netherlands lost to Italy 0 – 3 (Total: 62 – 75, Set 1: 23 – 25, Set 2: 17 – 25, Set 3: 22 – 25).
Thank you so much for reading this article. As you can see, the Canada women’s national volleyball team hasn’t qualified to the 2020 Olympic volleyball tournament. Nevertheless, the team still has a chance to qualify for the Summer Olympic Games 2020.