The Balkan Volleyball Association

Ankara, Turkey, January 16, 2012. The Drawing of Lots for the women’s Olympic qualification

tournament that is scheduled for this coming May 1-6 in Ankara (Turkey) was completed

yesterday at hotel “Limak Ambassadore” under the supervision of CEV Vice President Jan Hronek

and with the highest authorities of the Turkish Volleyball Federation in attendance.

The composition of the two preliminary Pools for the tournament whereby the winner will book a

ticket to the 2012 Olympics in London reads as follows: 

 
Pool A: Germany, Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia 
Pool B: Serbia, Poland, Russia, Netherlands 

The two first-ranked teams of each Pool will play crossed semifinals (1A vs. 2B and 1B vs. 2A) with

the winners advancing to the final match where the much wanted ticket to the Olympics will be

assigned. The tournament will run at “Baskent” sports hall, the splendid facility built and owned

by the Turkish Volleyball Federation that has hosted quite many major international events in the

past couple of years.    

A detailed match schedule will be available soon.