Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Volleyball at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Pictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right)
Venue	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho (indoor) Copacabana Stadium (beach)
Dates	6–21 August 2016
«2012	2020»

Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women
Beach
Tournament		men		women

The volleyball tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was played between 6 and 21 August. 24 volleyball teams and 48 beach volleyball teams, total 386 athletes, participated in the tournament. The indoor volleyball competition took place at Ginásio do Maracanãzinhoin Maracanã, and the beach volleyball tournament was held atCopacabana Beach,^[1][2] in the temporary Copacabana Stadium.

Contents

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• 1Competition schedule
• 2Events
• 3Qualification
  • 3.1Men’s volleyball
  • 3.2Women’s volleyball
  • 3.3Beach volleyball
• 4Men’s indoor competition
  • 4.1Preliminary round
    • 4.1.1Pool A
    • 4.1.2Pool B
  • 4.2Knockout stage
• 5Women’s indoor competition
  • 5.1Preliminary round
    • 5.1.1Pool A
    • 5.1.2Pool B
  • 5.2Knockout stage
• 6Beach volleyball competition
  • 6.1Men’s competition
  • 6.2Women’s competition
• 7Medal summary
  • 7.1Medal table
  • 7.2Medalists
    • 7.2.1Indoor volleyball
    • 7.2.2Beach volleyball
• 8References
• 9See also
• 10External links

Competition schedule[edit]

P

Preliminary round

⅛

Round of 16

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	Sat 6	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16		Wed 17		Thu 18		Fri 19	Sat 20		Sun 21
Men’s indoor		P		P		P		P		P			¼				½			B	F
Women’s indoor	P		P		P		P		P		¼				½			B	F
Men’s beach	P	P	P	P	P	P	⅛	⅛		¼	½				B	F
Women’s beach	P	P	P	P	P	P	⅛	⅛	¼		½		B	F

Events[edit]

Four sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

• Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams, 144 athletes)
• Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams, 144 athletes)
• Beach volleyball – men (24 teams, 48 athletes)
• Beach volleyball – women (24 teams, 48 athletes)

Qualification[edit]

Each National Olympic Committee was allowed to enter one men’s and one women’s qualified team in the volleyball tournaments and two men’s and two women’s qualified teams in the beach volleyball.^[3][4][5]

Men’s volleyball[edit]

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men’s qualification

Means of qualification [ v t e ]	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Cup	8–23 September 2015	Japan	2	United States
				Italy
South American Qualifier	9–11 October 2015	Maiquetía	1	Argentina
European Qualifier	5–10 January 2016	Berlin	1	Russia
African Qualifier	7–12 January 2016	Brazzaville	1	Egypt
North American Qualifier	8–10 January 2016	Edmonton	1	Cuba
Asian Qualifier	28 May – 5 June 2016	Tokyo	1	Iran
1st World Qualifier			3	Poland
				France
				Canada
2nd World Qualifier	3–5 June 2016	Mexico City	1	Mexico
Total			12

Women’s volleyball[edit]

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women’s qualification

Means of qualification [ v t e ]	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Cup	22 August – 6 September 2015	Japan	2	China
				Serbia
European Qualifier	4–9 January 2016	Ankara	1	Russia
South American Qualifier	6–10 January 2016	Bariloche	1	Argentina
North American Qualifier	7–9 January 2016	Lincoln	1	United States
African Qualifier	12–16 February 2016	Yaoundé	1	Cameroon
Asian Qualifier	14–22 May 2016	Tokyo	1	Japan
1st World Qualifier			3	Italy
				Netherlands
				South Korea
2nd World Qualifier	20–22 May 2016	San Juan	1	Puerto Rico
Total			12

Beach volleyball[edit]

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
				Men	Women
Host Country	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	2	Brazil	Brazil
2015 World Championships	26 June – 5 July 2015	Netherlands	2	Brazil	Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[6][7]	12 June 2016	Lausanne	30	Netherlands	United States
				United States	Germany
				Netherlands	Canada
				United States	Netherlands
				Spain	Australia
				Latvia	Italy
				Russia	Germany
				Italy	Spain
				Poland	Poland
				Italy	Switzerland
				Austria	Canada
				Poland	Switzerland
				Germany	United States
				Canada	Argentina
				Mexico	China
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup	15 April – 26 June 2016 (Final round)	Cairns	2	Qatar	Australia
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup		Various	2	Tunisia	Egypt
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup		Stavanger	2	Austria	Netherlands
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup		Various	2	Chile	Venezuela
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup		Guaymas	2	Cuba	Costa Rica
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	6–10 July 2016	Sochi	4	Canada	Czech Republic
				Russia	Russia
Total			48	24	24

Men’s indoor competition[edit]

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men’s tournament

The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a knockout stage.

Preliminary round[edit]

The teams were divided into two groups of six countries, playing every team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a 3–0 or 3–1 win, two points for a 3–2 win, one point for a 2–3 loss and 0 points for a 1–3 or 0–3 loss. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.

Pool A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	432	375	1.152	Quarter-finals
2	Canada	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	378	378	1.000
3	United States	5	3	2	9	10	8	1.250	419	405	1.035
4	Brazil (H)	5	3	2	9	11	9	1.222	467	442	1.057
5	France	5	2	3	6	8	9	0.889	386	367	1.052
6	Mexico	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	283	398	0.711

Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Pool B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	394	335	1.176	Quarter-finals
2	Poland	5	4	1	12	14	5	2.800	447	389	1.149
3	Russia	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	432	367	1.177
4	Iran	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	389	392	0.992
5	Egypt	5	1	4	3	3	12	0.250	286	362	0.790
6	Cuba	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	300	403	0.744

Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage[edit]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal
	17 August
	Italy	3
					19 August
	Iran	0
					Italy	3
	17 August
					United States	2
	United States	3
									21 August
	Poland	0
									Italy	0
	17 August
									Brazil	3
	Canada	0
					19 August
	Russia	3
					Russia	0
	17 August
					Brazil	3			Bronze medal
	Brazil	3
									21 August
	Argentina	1
									United States	3
									Russia	2

Women’s indoor competition[edit]

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women’s tournament

The competition consisted of two stages; a Preliminary round followed by a knockout stage.

Preliminary round[edit]

The teams were divided into two groups of six countries, playing every team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a 3–0 or 3–1 win, two points for a 3–2 win, one point for a 2–3 loss and 0 points for a 1–3 or 0–3 loss. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.

Pool A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	5	5	0	15	15	0	—	377	272	1.386	Quarter-finals
2	Russia	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	393	323	1.217
3	South Korea	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	384	372	1.032
4	Japan	5	2	3	6	7	9	0.778	347	364	0.953
5	Argentina	5	1	4	2	3	14	0.214	319	407	0.784
6	Cameroon	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	328	410	0.800

Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Pool B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	14	15	5	3.000	470	400	1.175	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	11	14	7	2.000	455	425	1.071
3	Serbia	5	3	2	10	12	6	2.000	410	394	1.041
4	China	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	398	389	1.023
5	Italy	5	1	4	3	4	12	0.333	351	374	0.939
6	Puerto Rico	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	277	379	0.731

Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage[edit]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	16 August
	Brazil	2
					18 August
	China	3
					China	3
	16 August
					Netherlands	1
	South Korea	1
									20 August
	Netherlands	3
									China	3
	16 August
									Serbia	1
	Russia	0
					18 August
	Serbia	3
					Serbia	3
	16 August
					United States	2			Bronze medal
	Japan	0
									20 August
	United States	3
									Netherlands	1
									United States	3

Beach volleyball competition[edit]

Men’s competition[edit]

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men’s tournament

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

12 August

Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA)

0

15 August

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

2

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

2

13 August

Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)

1

Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA)

1

16 August

Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)

2

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

2

12 August

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

1

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

2

15 August

Cherif – Jefferson (QAT)

0

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

2

12 August

Díaz – González (CUB)

1

Doppler – Horst (AUT)

0

18 August

Díaz – González (CUB)

2

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

0

13 August

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)

2

15 August

Huber – Seidl (AUT)

0

Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)

1

13 August

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

16 August

Gavira – Herrera (ESP)

0

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

12 August

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

1

Bronze medal

Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)

0

15 August

18 August

Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)

2

Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)

0

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

0

13 August

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

2

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

2

Saxton – Schalk (CAN)

0

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

2

Women’s competition[edit]

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women’s tournament

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

12 August

Larissa – Talita (BRA)

2

14 August

Borger – Büthe (GER)

0

Larissa – Talita (BRA)

2

13 August

Heidrich – Zumkehr (SUI)

1

Meppelink – Van Iersel (NED)

1

16 August

Heidrich – Zumkehr (SUI)

2

Larissa – Talita (BRA)

0

13 August

Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)

2

Bansley – Pavan (CAN)

2

14 August

Broder – Valjas (CAN)

0

Bansley – Pavan (CAN)

0

13 August

Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)

2

Forrer – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

0

17 August

Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)

2

Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)

2

12 August

Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)

0

Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)

2

14 August

Menegatti – Giombini (ITA)

0

Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)

2

13 August

Bawden – Clancy (AUS)

0

Brzostek – Kołosińska (POL)

1

16 August

Bawden – Clancy (AUS)

2

Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)

0

12 August

Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)

2

Bronze medal

Wang – Yue (CHN)

0

14 August

17 August

Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)

2

Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)

2

Larissa – Talita (BRA)

1

12 August

Birlova – Ukolova (RUS)

0

Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)

2

Birlova – Ukolova (RUS)

2

Elsa – Liliana (ESP)

0

Medal summary[edit]

Medal table[edit]

Key

*   Host nation (Brazil)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil*	2	1	0	3
2	China	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
4	Italy	0	2	0	2
5	Serbia	0	1	0	1
6	United States	0	0	3	3
7	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Total		4	4	4	12

Medalists[edit]

Indoor volleyball[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men’s indoor details	Brazil (BRA) Bruno Rezende Éder Carbonera Wallace de Souza William Arjona Sérgio Santos Luiz Felipe Fonteles Maurício Souza Douglas Souza Lucas Saatkamp Evandro Guerra Ricardo Lucarelli Souza Maurício Silva	Italy (ITA) Pasquale Sottile Luca Vettori Osmany Juantorena Simone Giannelli Salvatore Rossini Ivan Zaytsev Filippo Lanza Simone Buti Massimo Colaci Matteo Piano Emanuele Birarelli Oleg Antonov	United States (USA) Matthew Anderson Aaron Russell Taylor Sander David Lee Kawika Shoji William Priddy Murphy Troy Thomas Jaeschke Micah Christenson Maxwell Holt David Smith Erik Shoji
Women’s indoor details	China (CHN) Ding Xia Gong Xiangyu Hui Ruoqi Lin Li Liu Xiaotong Wei Qiuyue Xu Yunli Yan Ni Yang Fangxu Yuan Xinyue Zhang Changning Zhu Ting	Serbia (SRB) Tijana Bošković Jovana Brakočević Bianka Buša Tijana Malešević Brankica Mihajlović Jelena Nikolić Maja Ognjenović Silvija Popović Milena Rašić Jovana Stevanović Stefana Veljković Bojana Živković	United States (USA) Rachael Adams Foluke Akinradewo Kayla Banwarth Alisha Glass Christa Harmotto Kimberly Hill Jordan Larson Carli Lloyd Karsta Lowe Kelly Murphy Kelsey Robinson Courtney Thompson

Beach volleyball[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men’s beach details	Brazil (BRA) Alison Cerutti Bruno Oscar Schmidt	Italy (ITA) Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai	Netherlands (NED) Alexander Brouwer Robert Meeuwsen
Women’s beach details	Germany (GER) Laura Ludwig Kira Walkenhorst	Brazil (BRA) Ágatha Bednarczuk Bárbara Seixas	United States (USA) Kerri Walsh Jennings April Ross

References