Champions Russia (4th title) MVP Nataliya Goncharova Host nation Turkey | Dates 4 Jan 2016 – 9 Jan 2016 Teams 8 Venues 1 | |
Champion Russia women's national volleyball team | ||
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.
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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.
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 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