The Men’s Olympic Qualification tournament begins on January 7

As reported by the fivb website:

Luxembourg, 7 January 2008. The year 2008 immediately starts with an extremely important tournament for the best men’s volleyball teams of Europe, for which all matches will be broadcasted live on Eurosport and live for free on www.laola1.tv and on www.bwin.com.

Today, the European Olympic Qualification Tournament commence in Izmir (TUR) and from 7-13 January, eight teams from the world’s leading volleyball continent will fight for only one ticket for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Two European men’s teams already secured a spot for the Olympic Games 2008. Beside the Brazilians which won the 2007 FIVB World Cup in Japan, Russia and Bulgaria picked up the two other berths for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The third European participant will be the winner of the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Izmir.

Based on the last ranking of the 2007 European Championships, which was organized in St-Petersburg and Moscow, Spain (European Champion), Serbia (bronze medal) and Finland (4th) are the main favorites for the highly wanted Olympic ticket. But for sure, the host team as well as Poland, Italy, Netherlands and Germany will play the outsiders in their respective pools.
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