| Volleyball at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |
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 %252C_Rio_2016.png.webp) 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 |
| Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | men | women |
| Tournament | men | women |
| Rosters | men | women |
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| Qualification | men | women |
| 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 Maracanãzinho in Maracanã, and the beach volleyball tournament was held at Copacabana Beach,[1][2] in the temporary Copacabana Stadium.
Competition schedule
| P | Preliminary round | ⅛ | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | 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 | 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
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
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
| 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 | Japan |
| 1st World Qualifier | 3 | Italy | ||
 Netherlands | ||||
 South Korea | ||||
| 2nd World Qualifier | 20–22 May 2016 |  San Juan | 1 | Puerto Rico |
| Total | 12 | |||
Men's beach volleyball
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
| 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
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 | 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 |
Pool B
| Pos | Team | 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 |
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
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 | 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 |
Pool B
| Pos | Team | 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 |
Knockout stage
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 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 | |||||||||
| United States | 3 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||
Men's beach volleyball competition
Knockout stage
Women's beach volleyball competition
Knockout stage
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
Beach volleyball
See also
References
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Beach Volleyball". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Volleyball". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ↑ "Rio 2016 – FIVB Volleyball Qualification System" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ↑ Kauffman, Bill (4 December 2012). "FIVB Discusses 2016 Olympic Qualification". Team USA. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ↑ "FIVB announces Rio 2016 Olympic Qualification System for beach volleyball". FIVB. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ↑ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ↑ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Women". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
External links
Volleyball:
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
- "Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- Volleyball qualification process (olympics.com.au)
- Volleyball qualification website (fivb.com)
- Results Book – Volleyball
Beach volleyball:
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
- "Beach Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- Beach Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- Beach Volleyball qualification process (olympics.com.au)
- Beach Volleyball qualification website (fivb.com)
- Results Book – Beach Volleyball
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