Aussie volleyball teams miss out on Tokyo 2020 berths

The Australian men's and women's volleyball teams' Tokyo 2020 dreams came to an end, missing out on their last chance for Olympic qualification at their respective Asian Qualification Tournaments.

With only the overall winner at the men's tournament in China and the women's tournament in Thailand earning a spot at Tokyo 2020, both men's and women's team just missed the semi-finals finishing third in their pool.

Despite winning two of three pool games, the men's team finish tied with both Qatar and Korea on two wins apiece, with Korea and Qatar progressing on tie-breaker.

The men started the tournament strongly, beating Korea 3-2 in their first match up before going down to Qatar 3-0. Despite a 3-1 victory over India in their final pool match, the Koreans' five-set win over Qatar in the final pool match ended the Aussie hopes.

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The Australian men’s volleyball team is out of the race to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. This follows Korea accounting for Qatar, so that Korea secured the remaining berth in the semi-finals at the Asian Volleyball Confederation Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Jiangmen, China. Earlier, the Volleyroos accounted for India 3-1 in their final pool match but were then reliant on Qatar defeating Korea to secure a place in the semis. Korea defeated Qatar 3-2 to qualify for the semi-finals ahead of Australia. The Volleyroos won two out of their three pool matches but paid dearly for the 0-3 loss to Qatar. Qatar, Korea, China and Iran have made it through to the semi-finals with the winning team at the end of the tournament qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. It means Australia won’t be represented in the men’s volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics after also narrowly missing out on qualifying for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. #volleyball #Olympics #volley #ausvolley #australia
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Qatar, Korea, China and Iran have made it through to the semi-finals with the winning team at the end of the tournament qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics.

After their last Olympic appearance being two decades ago at Sydney 2000, the Australian women's volleyball team were gunning to make their long-awaited return to the Olympic stage.

Unfortunately, it wasn't to be, with the Aussie women finishing third in their pool after a 3-0 loss to hosts, Thailand and 3-0 loss to Chinese Taipei.

You can find the full results for the men's competition HERE and the women's competition HERE