Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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

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

PPreliminary round Round of 16 ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
Date
Event
Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17Thu 18Fri 19Sat 20Sun 21
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Events

Four sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

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
DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country2 October 2009Denmark Copenhagen1 Brazil
2015 World Cup8–23 September 2015 Japan2 United States
 Italy
South American Qualifier9–11 October 2015Venezuela Maiquetía1 Argentina
European Qualifier5–10 January 2016Germany Berlin1 Russia
African Qualifier7–12 January 2016Republic of the Congo Brazzaville1 Egypt
North American Qualifier8–10 January 2016Canada Edmonton1 Cuba
Asian Qualifier28 May – 5 June 2016Japan Tokyo1 Iran
1st World Qualifier3 Poland
 France
 Canada
2nd World Qualifier3–5 June 2016Mexico Mexico City1 Mexico
Total12

Women's volleyball

Means of qualification
DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country2 October 2009Denmark Copenhagen1 Brazil
2015 World Cup22 August – 6 September 2015 Japan2 China
 Serbia
European Qualifier4–9 January 2016Turkey Ankara1 Russia
South American Qualifier6–10 January 2016Argentina Bariloche1 Argentina
North American Qualifier7–9 January 2016United States Lincoln1 United States
African Qualifier12–16 February 2016Cameroon Yaoundé1 Cameroon
Asian Qualifier14–22 May 2016Japan Tokyo1 Japan
1st World Qualifier3 Italy
 Netherlands
 South Korea
2nd World Qualifier20–22 May 2016Puerto Rico San Juan1 Puerto Rico
Total12

Men's beach volleyball

Means of qualification
DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country2 October 2009Denmark Copenhagen1 Brazil
2015 World Championships26 June – 5 July 2015 Netherlands1 Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[6]13 June 2016Switzerland Lausanne15 Netherlands
 United States
 Netherlands
 United States
 Spain
 Latvia
 Russia
 Italy
 Poland
 Italy
 Austria
 Poland
 Germany
 Canada
 Mexico
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup20–26 June 2016Australia Cairns1 Qatar
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup3–9 May 2016Tunisia Kelibia1 Tunisia
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016Norway Stavanger1 Austria
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016Chile Santiago1 Chile
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup20–26 June 2016Mexico Guaymas1 Cuba
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup6–10 July 2016Russia Sochi2 Canada
 Russia
Total24

Women's beach volleyball

Means of qualification
DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country2 October 2009Denmark Copenhagen1 Brazil
2015 World Championships26 June – 5 July 2015 Netherlands1 Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[7]13 June 2016Switzerland Lausanne15 United States
 Germany
 Canada
 Netherlands
 Australia
 Italy
 Germany
 Spain
 Poland
 Switzerland
 Canada
 Switzerland
 United States
 Argentina
 China
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup20–26 June 2016Australia Cairns1 Australia
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup12–18 April 2016Nigeria Abuja1 Egypt
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016Norway Stavanger1 Netherlands
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016Argentina Santa Fe1 Venezuela
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup20–26 June 2016Mexico Guaymas1 Costa Rica
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup6–10 July 2016Russia Sochi2 Czech Republic
 Russia
Total24

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 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

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 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

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
17 August
 
 
 Italy3
 
19 August
 
 Iran0
 
 Italy3
 
17 August
 
 United States2
 
 United States3
 
21 August
 
 Poland0
 
 Italy0
 
17 August
 
 Brazil3
 
 Canada0
 
19 August
 
 Russia3
 
 Russia0
 
17 August
 
 Brazil3 Bronze medal match
 
 Brazil3
 
21 August
 
 Argentina1
 
 United States3
 
 
 Russia2
 

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 0 377 272 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 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-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
16 August
 
 
 Brazil2
 
18 August
 
 China3
 
 China3
 
16 August
 
 Netherlands1
 
 South Korea1
 
20 August
 
 Netherlands3
 
 China3
 
16 August
 
 Serbia1
 
 Russia0
 
18 August
 
 Serbia3
 
 Serbia3
 
16 August
 
 United States2 Bronze medal
 
 Japan0
 
20 August
 
 United States3
 
 Netherlands1
 
 
 United States3
 

Men's beach volleyball competition

Knockout stage

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
              
 
12 August
 
 
 CarambulaRanghieri (ITA)0
 
15 August
 
 LupoNicolai (ITA)2
 
 LupoNicolai (ITA)2
 
13 August
 
 BarsoukLiamin (RUS)1
 
 EvandroPedro Solberg (BRA)1
 
16 August
 
 BarsoukLiamin (RUS)2
 
 LupoNicolai (ITA)2
 
12 August
 
 KrasilnikovSemenov (RUS)1
 
 KrasilnikovSemenov (RUS)2
 
15 August
 
 CherifJefferson (QAT)0
 
 KrasilnikovSemenov (RUS)2
 
12 August
 
 DíazGonzález (CUB)1
 
 DopplerHorst (AUT)0
 
18 August
 
 DíazGonzález (CUB)2
 
 LupoNicolai (ITA)0
 
13 August
 
 AlisonBruno Schmidt (BRA)2
 
 DalhausserLucena (USA)2
 
15 August
 
 HuberSeidl (AUT)0
 
 DalhausserLucena (USA)1
 
13 August
 
 AlisonBruno Schmidt (BRA)2
 
 AlisonBruno Schmidt (BRA)2
 
16 August
 
 GaviraHerrera (ESP)0
 
 AlisonBruno Schmidt (BRA)2
 
12 August
 
 BrouwerMeeuwsen (NED)1 Bronze medal
 
 OntiverosVirgen (MEX)0
 
15 August18 August
 
 NummerdorVarenhorst (NED)2
 
 NummerdorVarenhorst (NED)0 KrasilnikovSemenov (RUS)0
 
13 August
 
 BrouwerMeeuwsen (NED)2  BrouwerMeeuwsen (NED)2
 
 SaxtonSchalk (CAN)0
 
 
 BrouwerMeeuwsen (NED)2
 

Women's beach volleyball competition

Knockout stage

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
              
 
12 August
 
 
 LarissaTalita (BRA)2
 
14 August
 
 BorgerBüthe (GER)0
 
 LarissaTalita (BRA)2
 
13 August
 
 HeidrichZumkehr (SUI)1
 
 MeppelinkVan Iersel (NED)1
 
16 August
 
 HeidrichZumkehr (SUI)2
 
 LarissaTalita (BRA)0
 
13 August
 
 LudwigWalkenhorst (GER)2
 
 BansleyPavan (CAN)2
 
14 August
 
 BroderValjas (CAN)0
 
 BansleyPavan (CAN)0
 
13 August
 
 LudwigWalkenhorst (GER)2
 
 ForrerVergé-Dépré (SUI)0
 
17 August
 
 LudwigWalkenhorst (GER)2
 
 LudwigWalkenhorst (GER)2
 
12 August
 
 ÁgathaBárbara (BRA)0
 
 RossWalsh Jennings (USA)2
 
14 August
 
 MenegattiGiombini (ITA)0
 
 RossWalsh Jennings (USA)2
 
13 August
 
 BawdenClancy (AUS)0
 
 BrzostekKołosińska (POL)1
 
16 August
 
 BawdenClancy (AUS)2
 
 RossWalsh Jennings (USA)0
 
12 August
 
 ÁgathaBárbara (BRA)2 Bronze medal
 
 WangYue (CHN)0
 
14 August17 August
 
 ÁgathaBárbara (BRA)2
 
 ÁgathaBárbara (BRA)2 LarissaTalita (BRA)1
 
12 August
 
 BirlovaUkolova (RUS)0  RossWalsh Jennings (USA)2
 
 BirlovaUkolova (RUS)2
 
 
 ElsaLiliana (ESP)0
 

Medal summary

Medal table

Key

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil*2103
2 China1001
 Germany1001
4 Italy0202
5 Serbia0101
6 United States0033
7 Netherlands0011
Totals (7 nations)44412

Medalists

Indoor volleyball

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's indoor
 Brazil (BRA)
William Arjona
Éder Carbonera
Wallace de Souza
Luiz Felipe Fonteles
Evandro Guerra
Ricardo Lucarelli Souza
Bruno Rezende
Lucas Saatkamp
Sérgio Santos
Maurício Borges Silva
Douglas Souza
Maurício Souza
 Italy (ITA)
Oleg Antonov
Emanuele Birarelli
Simone Buti
Massimo Colaci
Simone Giannelli
Osmany Juantorena
Filippo Lanza
Matteo Piano
Salvatore Rossini
Daniele Sottile
Luca Vettori
Ivan Zaytsev
 United States (USA)
Matthew Anderson
Micah Christenson
Maxwell Holt
Thomas Jaeschke
David Lee
William Priddy
Aaron Russell
Taylor Sander
Erik Shoji
Kawika Shoji
David Smith
Murphy Troy
Women's indoor
 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

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

See also

References

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  2. "Rio 2016: Volleyball". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. "Rio 2016 – FIVB Volleyball Qualification System" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  4. Kauffman, Bill (4 December 2012). "FIVB Discusses 2016 Olympic Qualification". Team USA. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  5. "FIVB announces Rio 2016 Olympic Qualification System for beach volleyball". FIVB. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  6. "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  7. "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Women". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

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