The qualification for the 2008 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 1 September 2007 to 8 June 2008.
Means of qualification
Host country
FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2008 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.
2007 World Cup
- Venues:
- Dates: 18 November â 2 December 2007
- The top three teams qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Continental qualification tournaments
Africa
Asia and Oceania
The 2008 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament combined with 2008 3rd World Olympic Qualification Tournament. The hosts Japan and the top four ranked teams except Japan from the 2007 Asian Championship competed in the tournament. The top ranked among the five teams except the 2008 3rd World Olympic Qualification Tournament winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics as the 2008 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament winners.
Europe
North America
South America
World qualification tournaments
Qualified teams
- Hosts
- Qualified through the 2007 Asian Championship.
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- Qualified through the Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament or the FIVB World Ranking as of 3 December 2007.
- (as African Olympic Qualification Tournament 2nd place)
- (as World Ranking for European Team 1st place)
- (as World Ranking for European Team 2nd place)
- (as World Ranking for European Team 3rd place)
- (as North American Olympic Qualification Tournament 2nd place)
- (as North American Olympic Qualification Tournament 3rd place)
- (as South American Olympic Qualification Tournament 2nd place)
<nowiki>*</nowiki> The top four teams from 2007 Asian Championship were predetermined to be in 3rd tournament in Japan.
1st tournament
2nd tournament
3rd tournament
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