Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball; at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Date	6–20 August 2016
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists

The women'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 6 to 20 August 2016.

China won their third gold by defeating Serbia in the final.^[1] The United States won bronze by winning against the Netherlands.^[2]

The medals for the competition were presented by Yu Zaiqing, People's Republic of China; Anita DeFrantz, United States of America; and Chang Ung, Democratic People's Republic of Korea; members of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Ary Graça, Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz and Aleksandar Boričić, President and Executive Vice-Presidents of the FIVB.

Competition schedule

P	Preliminary round	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

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
P		P		P		P		P		¼				½			B	F

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Cup	22 August – 6 September 2015	Japan	2	China
2015 World Cup	22 August – 6 September 2015	Japan	2	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

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 Hosts who ranked 3rd. The pools were confirmed on 23 May 2016.^[4]

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil (Hosts)	United States (1)
Russia (4)	China (2)
Japan (5)	Serbia (6)
South Korea (9)	Italy (8)
Argentina (12)	Netherlands (14)
Cameroon (21)	Puerto Rico (16)

Rosters

Venue

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]

Number of matches won
Match points
Set ratio
Setpoint ratio
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]

Hernán Casamiquela
Arturo Di Giacomo
Rogerio Espicalsky
Paulo Turci
Liu Jiang
Denny Cespedes
Nasr Shaaban
Heike Kraft
Mohammad Shahmiri
Fabrizio Pasquali
Luis Macias
Piotr Dudek
Ibrahim Al-Naama
Andrey Zenovich
Vladimir Simonović
Juraj Mokrý
Kang Joo-hee
Susana Rodríguez
Taoufik Boudaya
Patricia Rolf

Preliminary round

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

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.

6 August 2016
09:30

Japan	1–3	South Korea
(25–19, 15–25, 17–25, 21–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,760
Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Patricia Rolf (USA)

6 August 2016
15:00

Brazil	3–0	Cameroon
(25–14, 25–21, 25–13) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,890
Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Liu Jiang (CHN)

6 August 2016
20:30

Russia	3–0	Argentina
(25–13, 25–10, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,437
Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Luis Macias (MEX)

8 August 2016
11:35

Japan	3–0	Cameroon
(25–20, 25–15, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,400
Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)

8 August 2016
20:30

Russia	3–1	South Korea
(25–23, 23–25, 25–23, 25–14) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,398
Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)

8 August 2016
22:35

Brazil	3–0	Argentina
(25–16, 25–19, 25–11) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,651
Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)

10 August 2016
17:05

Russia	3–0	Cameroon
(25–19, 25–22, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,396
Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)

10 August 2016
20:30

South Korea	3–0	Argentina
(25–18, 25–20, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,248
Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)

10 August 2016
22:35

Brazil	3–0	Japan
(25–18, 25–18, 25–22) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,759
Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Luís Macias (MEX)

12 August 2016
11:35

Argentina	3–2	Cameroon
(19–25, 25–19, 26–28, 25–21, 15–13) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,345
Referees: Taoufik Boudaya (TUN), Arturo di Giacomo (BEL)

12 August 2016
20:30

Russia	3–0	Japan
(25–14, 30–28, 25–18) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,448
Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Heike Kraft (GER)

12 August 2016
22:35

Brazil	3–0	South Korea
(25–17, 25–13, 27–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,790
Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Liu Jiang (CHN)

14 August 2016
11:35

South Korea	3–0	Cameroon
(25–15, 25–22, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,893
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

14 August 2016
20:30

Japan	3–0	Argentina
(25–23, 25–16, 26–24) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,939
Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)

14 August 2016
22:35

Brazil	3–0	Russia
(25–23, 25–21, 25–21) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,892
Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)

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

6 August 2016
11:35

China	2–3	Netherlands
(23–25, 25–21, 25–18, 22–25, 13–15) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,410
Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Paulo Turci (BRA)

6 August 2016
17:05

United States	3–0	Puerto Rico
(25–17, 25–22, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,832
Referees: Taoufik Boudaya (TUN), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)

6 August 2016
22:35

Serbia	3–0	Italy
(27–25, 25–20, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,373
Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL)

8 August 2016
09:30

China	3–0	Italy
(25–21, 25–21, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,804
Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Paulo Turci (BRA)

8 August 2016
15:00

United States	3–2	Netherlands
(18–25, 25–18, 21–25, 25–20, 15–8) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,455
Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)

8 August 2016
17:05

Serbia	3–0	Puerto Rico
(29–27, 25–18, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,730
Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)

10 August 2016
09:30

China	3–0	Puerto Rico
(25–20, 25–17, 25–18) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,386
Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)

10 August 2016
11:35

Italy	0–3	Netherlands
(21–25, 20–25, 20–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,539
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

10 August 2016
15:00

United States	3–1	Serbia
(25–17, 21–25, 25–18, 25–19) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,134
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

12 August 2016
09:30

China	0–3	Serbia
(19–25, 19–25, 22–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,509
Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)

12 August 2016
15:00

United States	3–1	Italy
(25–22, 25–22, 23–25, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,243
Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)

12 August 2016
17:05

Netherlands	3–0	Puerto Rico
(25–14, 25–22, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,742
Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)

14 August 2016
09:30

Serbia	2–3	Netherlands
(22–25, 20–25, 25–22, 25–18, 8–15) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,387
Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)

14 August 2016
15:00

Italy	3–0	Puerto Rico
(25–14, 25–13, 25–22) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,225
Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Patricia Rolf (USA)

14 August 2016
17:05

United States	3–1	China
(22–25, 25–17, 25–19, 25–19) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,897
Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)

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

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

Quarter-finals

16 August 2016
10:00

South Korea	1–3	Netherlands
(19–25, 14–25, 25–23, 20–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,351
Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

16 August 2016
14:00

Japan	0–3	United States
(16–25, 23–25, 22–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,226
Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Heike Kraft (GER)

16 August 2016
18:00

Russia	0–3	Serbia
(9–25, 22–25, 21–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,121
Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)

16 August 2016
22:15

Brazil	2–3	China
(25–15, 23–25, 22–25, 25–22, 13–15) Result Statistics

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

Semi-finals

18 August 2016
13:00

Serbia	3–2	United States
(20–25, 25–17, 25–21, 16–25, 15–13) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,837
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

18 August 2016
22:15

China	3–1	Netherlands
(27–25, 23–25, 29–27, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,411
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)

Bronze medal match

20 August 2016
13:00

Netherlands	1–3	United States
(23–25, 27–25, 22–25, 19–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,897
Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Piotr Dudek (POL)

Gold medal match

20 August 2016
22:15

China	3–1	Serbia
(19–25, 25–17, 25–22, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,773
Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Patricia Rolf (USA)

Statistics leaders

Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.

Best scorers

Rank	Name	Points
1	Zhu Ting	179
2	Lonneke Slöetjes	157
3	Tijana Bošković	137
4	Brankica Mihajlović	121
5	Anne Buijs	104

Best spikers

Rank	Name	%Eff
1	Zhu Ting	42.27
2	Brankica Mihajlović	31.60
3	Lonneke Slöetjes	28.57
4	Jordan Larson	28.57
5	Kimberly Hill	28.00

Best blockers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Milena Rašić	0.83
2	Robin de Kruijf	0.76
3	Foluke Akinradewo	0.56
4	Rachael Adams	0.52
5	Zhu Ting	0.48

Best servers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Milena Rašić	0.57
2	Tijana Bošković	0.33
3	Anne Buijs	0.30
4	Hui Ruoqi	0.29
5	Jordan Larson	0.26

Best diggers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Debby Stam	2.30
2	Lin Li	1.90
3	Silvija Popović	1.80
4	Kayla Banwarth	1.75
5	Jordan Larson	1.56

Best setters

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Alisha Glass	10.47
2	Laura Dijkema	10.36
3	Maja Ognjenović	9.03
4	Ding Xia	5.52
5	Wei Qiuyue	4.74

Best receivers

Rank	Name	%Succ
1	Silvija Popović	45.32
2	Jordan Larson	44.05
3	Kayla Banwarth	41.72
4	Zhu Ting	39.16
5	Lin Li	35.06

Source: FIVB.org

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	Serbia
	United States
4	Netherlands
5	Brazil
	Japan
	Russia
	South Korea
9	Argentina
9	Italy
11	Cameroon
11	Puerto Rico

2016 Women's Olympic Champions
China 3rd title

12–woman roster

Ding Xia, Gong Xiangyu, Hui Ruoqi (c), Lin Li, Liu Xiaotong, Wei Qiuyue, Xu Yunli, Yan Ni, Yang Fangxu, Yuan Xinyue, Zhang Changning, Zhu Ting

Head coach

Lang Ping

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Zhu Ting^[7]

Best Setter

Alisha Glass

Best Outside Spikers

Zhu Ting

Brankica Mihajlović

Best Middle Blockers

Milena Rašić

Foluke Akinradewo

Best Opposite Spiker

Lonneke Slöetjes

Best Libero

Lin Li

References

↑ "China crowned champions in Rio de Janeiro". rio2016.fivb.com. 20 August 2016.
↑ "USA raise high wall to stop Netherlands for bronze medal". rio2016.fivb.com. 20 August 2016.
↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Women (as of October 2015)". FIVB. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
↑ "Rio 2016 women's volleyball pools unveiled". fivb.com. 23 May 2016.
↑ "Pools Ranking Criteria". FIVB. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
↑ Referees
↑ "FIVB:#Rio2016 women's #Volleyball Dream Team". fivb.com. 20 Aug 2016. Retrieved 20 Aug 2016.

External links

Official website

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[1] "China crowned champions in Rio de Janeiro". rio2016.fivb.com. 20 August 2016.

[2] "USA raise high wall to stop Netherlands for bronze medal". rio2016.fivb.com. 20 August 2016.

[3] "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Women (as of October 2015)". FIVB. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

[4] "Rio 2016 women's volleyball pools unveiled". fivb.com. 23 May 2016.

[5] "Pools Ranking Criteria". FIVB. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[6] Referees

[7] "FIVB:#Rio2016 women's #Volleyball Dream Team". fivb.com. 20 Aug 2016. Retrieved 20 Aug 2016.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
China Ding Xia Gong Xiangyu Hui Ruoqi (c) 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 (c) Silvija Popović Milena Rašić Jovana Stevanović Stefana Veljković Bojana Živković	United States Rachael Adams Foluke Akinradewo Kayla Banwarth Alisha Glass Christa Harmotto (c) Kimberly Hill Jordan Larson Carli Lloyd Karsta Lowe Kelly Murphy Kelsey Robinson Courtney Thompson

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