Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Date	7–21 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Brazil  Italy  United States

Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Qualification	men	women
Tournament	men	women
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Qualification	men	women
Tournament	men	women

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the event at an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 7 to 21 August 2016.

Brazil won the gold medal after a 3–0 win over Italy.^[1] The United States defeated Russia 3–2 to win the bronze medal.^[2]

The medals for the competition were presented by Shamil Tarpishchev, Russia; Habu Gumel, Nigeria; and Bernard Rajzman, Brazil; members of the International Olympic Committee and Carlos Arthur Nuzman, honorary member of the International Olympic Committee and President of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016, and the gifts were presented by Ary Graça, Dr. Rafael Lloreda Currea and Dr. Amr Elwani, President and Executive Vice-Presidents of the FIVB.

Competition schedule

Qualification

Means of qualification	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

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of October 2015.^[3] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st. The pools were confirmed on 6 June 2016.^[4]

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil (Hosts)	Poland (2)
Italy (4)	Russia (3)
United States (5)	Argentina (6)
Canada (10)	Iran (8)
France (10)	Cuba (15)
Mexico (24)	Egypt (17)

Rosters

Venue

All matches
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Capacity: 11,800

Format

The preliminary round was a competition between the twelve teams divided into two pools of six teams. This round, the teams competed in a single round-robin format. The four highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage (quarter-finals). The sixth placed teams in each pool was ranked eleventh in this competition. The fifth placed teams in each pool was ranked ninth.

The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers of the quarter-finals were eliminated and ranked fifth. The quarter-final winners played in the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals.

Pool standing procedure

In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented:^[5]

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Set ratio
4. Setpoint ratio
5. Results between tied teams (head-to-head record)

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Preliminary round

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
• The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

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.

Italy  v  France

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 09:30

Italy	3–0	France
(25–20, 25–20, 25–15) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,456 Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Denny Cespedes (DOM)

Brazil  v  Mexico

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 11:35

Brazil	3–1	Mexico
(23–25, 25–19, 25–14, 25–18) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,686 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL)

United States  v  Canada

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 17:05

United States	0–3	Canada
(23–25, 17–25, 23–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,875 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)

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France  v  Mexico

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 11:55

France	3–0	Mexico
(25–18, 25–12, 25–22) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,625 Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)

Italy  v  United States

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 15:00

Italy	3–1	United States
(28–26, 20–25, 25–23, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,494 Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)

Brazil  v  Canada

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 22:35

Brazil	3–1	Canada
(24–26, 25–18, 25–22, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,749 Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Piotr Dudek (POL)

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Canada  v  France

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 17:05

Canada	0–3	France
(19–25, 16–25, 19–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,498 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

Italy  v  Mexico

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 20:30

Italy	3–0	Mexico
(25–17, 25–13, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,472 Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Piotr Dudek (POL)

Brazil  v  United States

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 22:35

Brazil	1–3	United States
(20–25, 23–25, 25–20, 20–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,779 Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)

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United States  v  France

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 17:25

United States	3–1	France
(25–22, 25–22, 14–25, 25–22) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,877 Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Luis Macias (MEX)

Canada  v  Mexico

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 20:30

Canada	3–0	Mexico
(25–20, 25–13, 25–22) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,624 Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)

Brazil  v  Italy

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 22:35

Brazil	1–3	Italy
(25–23, 23–25, 22–25, 15–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,892 Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

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United States  v  Mexico

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 11:35

United States	3–0	Mexico
(25–23, 25–11, 25–19) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,963 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Piotr Dudek (POL)

Italy  v  Canada

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 20:30

Italy	1–3	Canada
(23–25, 17–25, 25–16, 21–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,109 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)

Brazil  v  France

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 22:45

Brazil	3–1	France
(25–22, 22–25, 25–20, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,800 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

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

Poland  v  Egypt

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 15:00

Poland	3–0	Egypt
(25–18, 25–20, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,658 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)

Russia  v  Cuba

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 20:30

Russia	3–1	Cuba
(25–17, 25–19, 22–25, 25–18) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,287 Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

Argentina  v  Iran

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 22:35

Argentina	3–0	Iran
(25–23, 26–24, 25–18) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,460 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Liu Jiang (CHN)

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Russia  v  Argentina

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 09:30

Russia	1–3	Argentina
(18–25, 25–18, 18–25, 21–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,165 Referees: Arturo di Giacomo (BEL), Heike Kraft (GER)

Poland  v  Iran

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 17:35

Poland	3–2	Iran
(25–17, 25–23, 23–25, 20–25, 18–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,227 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)

Cuba  v  Egypt

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 20:30

Cuba	0–3	Egypt
(22–25, 15–25, 22–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,016 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)

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Iran  v  Cuba

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 09:30

Iran	3–0	Cuba
(25–21, 31–29, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,625 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Juray Mokrý (SVK)

Russia  v  Egypt

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 11:35

Russia	3–0	Egypt
(25–11, 25–17, 25–9) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,665 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)

Poland  v  Argentina

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 15:00

Poland	3–0	Argentina
(25–21, 25–19, 37–35) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,972 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

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Iran  v  Egypt

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 09:30

Iran	3–0	Egypt
(28–26, 25–22, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,262 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

Argentina  v  Cuba

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 11:35

Argentina	3–0	Cuba
(25–16, 25–14, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,428 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)

Poland  v  Russia

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 15:00

Poland	2–3	Russia
(18–25, 25–16, 18–25, 25–22, 13–15) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,239 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)

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Argentina  v  Egypt

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 09:30

Argentina	3–0	Egypt
(25–16, 25–19, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,175 Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL)

Russia  v  Iran

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 15:00

Russia	3–0	Iran
(25–23, 25–16, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,387 Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)

Poland  v  Cuba

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 17:05

Poland	3–0	Cuba
(25–18, 25–15, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,175 Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)

Knockout stage

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
• The first ranked teams of both pools played against the fourth ranked teams of the other pool. The second ranked teams faced the second or third ranked teams of the other pool, determined by drawing of lots. The drawing of lots was held after the last match in the preliminary round.

Bracket

	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

Quarterfinals

Canada  v  Russia

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 10:00

Canada	0–3	Russia
(15–25, 20–25, 18–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,291 Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)

United States  v  Poland

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 14:00

United States	3–0	Poland
(25–23, 25–22, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,278 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)

Italy  v  Iran

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 18:00

Italy	3–0	Iran
(31–29, 25–19, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,213 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)

Brazil  v  Argentina

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 22:15

Brazil	3–1	Argentina
(25–22, 17–25, 25–19, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,498 Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Piotr Dudek (POL)

Semifinals

Italy  v  United States

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 13:00

Italy	3–2	United States
(30–28, 26–28, 9–25, 25–22, 15–9) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,153 Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)

Russia  v  Brazil

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 22:15

Russia	0–3	Brazil
(21–25, 20–25, 17–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,784 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)

Bronze medal match

United States  v  Russia

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 09:30

United States	3–2	Russia
(23–25, 21–25, 25–19, 25–19, 15–13) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,976 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Liu Jiang (CHN)

Gold medal match

Italy  v  Brazil

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 13:15

Italy	0–3	Brazil
(22–25, 26–28, 24–26) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,824 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Denny Cespedes (DOM)

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Italy  United States 4  Russia 5  Argentina  Canada  Iran  Poland 9  Egypt  France 11  Cuba  Mexico

2016 Men's Olympic Champions  Brazil 3rd title 12–man Roster Bruno (c), Éder, Wallace, William, Sérgio, Lipe, M. Souza, Douglas, Lucas, Evandro, Lucarelli, Maurício Head Coach Bernardinho

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Brazil (BRA) Bruno Rezende (c) 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 (ITA) Daniele Sottile Luca Vettori Osmany Juantorena Simone Giannelli Salvatore Rossini Ivan Zaytsev Filippo Lanza Simone Buti Massimo Colaci Matteo Piano Emanuele Birarelli (c) Oleg Antonov	United States (USA) Matthew Anderson Aaron Russell Taylor Sander David Lee (c) Kawika Shoji William Priddy Murphy Troy Thomas Jaeschke Micah Christenson Maxwell Holt David Smith Erik Shoji

Awards

Statistics leaders

• Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.

Best Scorers Rank Name Points 1 Wallace de Souza 147 2 Matthew Anderson 128 3 Ivan Zaytsev 127 4 Osmany Juantorena 116 5 Aaron Russell 107

Best Spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Maxim Mikhaylov 38.41 2 Wallace de Souza 36.59 3 Aaron Russell 33.50 4 Ricardo Lucarelli 32.92 5 Egor Kliuka 32.74 Best Blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Artem Volvich 0.90 2 Maxwell Holt 0.65 3 David Lee 0.55 Emanuele Birarelli 5 Maxim Mikhaylov 0.50 Best Servers Rank Name Avg 1 Ivan Zaytsev 0.48 2 Maxwell Holt 0.39 3 Taylor Sander 0.35 4 Matthew Anderson 0.32 5 Ricardo Lucarelli 0.30 Sergei Tetyukhin

Best Diggers Rank Name Avg 1 Erik Shoji 1.81 2 Massimo Colaci 1.55 3 Osmany Juantorena 1.45 4 Sérgio Santos 1.33 5 Aleksey Verbov 1.20 Best Setters Rank Name Avg 1 Micah Christenson 10.97 2 Simone Giannelli 10.79 3 Bruno Rezende 10.50 4 Sergey Grankin 8.77 5 Igor Kobzar 1.73 Best Receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 Taylor Sander 48.80 2 Erik Shoji 45.18 3 Massimo Colaci 42.04 4 Sérgio Santos 41.84 5 Filippo Lanza 40.76

Source: FIVB.com

See also

• Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

References

External links

• Official website
• Final Standing
• Awards
• Statistics
• Results at Todor66.com