Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Volleyball
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Pictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right)
VenueGinásio do Maracanãzinho (indoor)
Copacabana Stadium (beach)
Dates6–21 August 2016
No. of events4
Volleyball at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen
Beach
Qualificationmenwomen
Tournamentmenwomen

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:

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 Venezuela Maiquetía 1  Argentina
European Qualifier 5–10 January 2016 Germany Berlin 1  Russia
African Qualifier 7–12 January 2016 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 1  Egypt
North American Qualifier 8–10 January 2016 Canada Edmonton 1  Cuba
Asian Qualifier* 28 May – 5 June 2016 Japan Tokyo 1  Iran
1st World Qualifier 3  Poland
 France
 Canada
2nd World Qualifier 3–5 June 2016 Mexico 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 Turkey Ankara 1  Russia
South American Qualifier 6–10 January 2016 Argentina Bariloche 1  Argentina
North American Qualifier 7–9 January 2016 United States Lincoln 1  United States
African Qualifier 12–16 February 2016 Cameroon Yaoundé 1  Cameroon
Asian Qualifier 14–22 May 2016 Japan Tokyo 1  South Korea
1st World Qualifier 3  Italy
 Netherlands
 Japan
2nd World Qualifier 20–22 May 2016 Puerto Rico San Juan 1  Puerto Rico
Total 12

Men's beach volleyball

Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Country 2 October 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1  Brazil
2015 World Championships 26 June – 5 July 2015  Netherlands 1  Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[6] 13 June 2016 Switzerland 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 Australia Cairns 1  Qatar
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup 3–9 May 2016 Tunisia Kelibia 1  Tunisia
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup 22–26 June 2016 Norway Stavanger 1  Austria
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup 22–26 June 2016 Chile Santiago 1  Chile
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup 20–26 June 2016 Mexico Guaymas 1  Cuba
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup 6–10 July 2016 Russia 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 Switzerland 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 Australia Cairns 1  Australia
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup 12–18 April 2016 Nigeria Abuja 1  Egypt
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup 22–26 June 2016 Norway Stavanger 1  Netherlands
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup 22–26 June 2016 Argentina Santa Fe 1  Venezuela
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup 20–26 June 2016 Mexico Guaymas 1  Costa Rica
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup 6–10 July 2016 Russia 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
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 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

 
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 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
 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

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
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 match
 
 Japan0
 
20 August
 
 United States3
 
 United States3
 
 
 Netherlands1
 

Men's beach volleyball competition

Knockout stage

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold 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 August18 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

Knockout stage

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold 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 August17 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)

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Rio 2016: Beach Volleyball". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  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. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. 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.

External links

Volleyball:

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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  • 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:

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  • "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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