Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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 Maracanãzinho in Maracanã, and the beach volleyball tournament was held at Copacabana Beach,^[1][2] in the temporary Copacabana Stadium.

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
No. of events	4
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Competition schedule

P

Preliminary round

1⁄8

Round of 16

1⁄4

Quarter-finals

1⁄2

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Date Event	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			1⁄4				1⁄2			B	F
Women's indoor	P		P		P		P		P		1⁄4				1⁄2			B	F
Men's beach	P	P	P	P	P	P	1⁄8	1⁄8		1⁄4	1⁄2				B	F
Women's beach	P	P	P	P	P	P	1⁄8	1⁄8	1⁄4		1⁄2		B	F

Events

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

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

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

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	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

* The Asian Qualifier was combined with the 1st World Qualifier. The best Asian team qualified as the Asian Qualifier winners, while the best three ranked teams except the Asian Qualifier winners qualified as the top three teams of the 1st World Qualifier.

Women's volleyball

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

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	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	South Korea
1st World Qualifier			3	Italy
				Netherlands
				Japan
2nd World Qualifier	20–22 May 2016	San Juan	1	Puerto Rico
Total			12

Men's beach volleyball

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

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Championships	26 June – 5 July 2015	Netherlands	1	Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[6]	13 June 2016	Lausanne	15	Netherlands
				United States
				Netherlands
				United States
				Spain
				Latvia
				Russia
				Italy
				Poland
				Italy
				Austria
				Poland
				Germany
				Canada
				Mexico
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Cairns	1	Qatar
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup	3–9 May 2016	Kelibia	1	Tunisia
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Stavanger	1	Austria
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Santiago	1	Chile
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Guaymas	1	Cuba
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	6–10 July 2016	Sochi	2	Canada
				Russia
Total			24

Women's beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1	Brazil
2015 World Championships	26 June – 5 July 2015	Netherlands	1	Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[7]	13 June 2016	Lausanne	15	United States
				Germany
				Canada
				Netherlands
				Australia
				Italy
				Germany
				Spain
				Poland
				Switzerland
				Canada
				Switzerland
				United States
				Argentina
				China
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Cairns	1	Australia
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup	12–18 April 2016	Abuja	1	Egypt
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Stavanger	1	Netherlands
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Santa Fe	1	Venezuela
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Guaymas	1	Costa Rica
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	6–10 July 2016	Sochi	2	Czech Republic
				Russia
Total			24

Men's indoor competition

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

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

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	Quarterfinals
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

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	Quarterfinals
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

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	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 match
	Brazil	3
									21 August
	Argentina	1
									United States	3
									Russia	2

Women's indoor competition

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

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

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	MAX	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

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

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	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 match
	Japan	0
									20 August
	United States	3
									Netherlands	1
									United States	3

Men's beach volleyball competition

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

Knockout stage

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 beach volleyball competition

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

Knockout stage

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

Medal table

  *   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
Totals (7 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medalists

Indoor volleyball

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's indoor details	Brazil Bruno Rezende Éder Carbonera Wallace de Souza William Arjona Sérgio Santos Luiz Felipe Fonteles Maurício Souza Douglas Souza Lucas Saatkamp Evandro Guerra Ricardo Lucarelli Maurício Borges Silva	Italy Daniele 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 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 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 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 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

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

See also

• Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics