Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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

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
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

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	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Cup	8–23 September 2015	Japan	2	United States
2015 World Cup	8–23 September 2015	Japan	2	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

* 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	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

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	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	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
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	6–10 July 2016	Sochi	2	Russia
Total			24

Women'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[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
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	6–10 July 2016	Sochi	2	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

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

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

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.[8] The United States won bronze by winning against the Netherlands.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11]

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:[12]

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.[13]

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	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.

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 09:30	Japan	1–3	South Korea	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,760 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Patricia Rolf (USA)
	(25–19, 15–25, 17–25, 21–25) Result Statistics

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 15:00	Brazil	3–0	Cameroon	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,890 Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Liu Jiang (CHN)
	(25–14, 25–21, 25–13) Result Statistics

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 20:30	Russia	3–0	Argentina	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,437 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Luis Macias (MEX)
	(25–13, 25–10, 25–16) Result Statistics

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 11:35	Japan	3–0	Cameroon	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,400 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
	(25–20, 25–15, 25–17) Result Statistics

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 20:30	Russia	3–1	South Korea	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,398 Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(25–23, 23–25, 25–23, 25–14) Result Statistics

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 22:35	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,651 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)
	(25–16, 25–19, 25–11) Result Statistics

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 17:05	Russia	3–0	Cameroon	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,396 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)
	(25–19, 25–22, 25–23) Result Statistics

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 20:30	South Korea	3–0	Argentina	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,248 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)
	(25–18, 25–20, 25–23) Result Statistics

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 22:35	Brazil	3–0	Japan	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,759 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Luís Macias (MEX)
	(25–18, 25–18, 25–22) Result Statistics

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 11:35	Argentina	3–2	Cameroon	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,345 Referees: Taoufik Boudaya (TUN), Arturo di Giacomo (BEL)
	(19–25, 25–19, 26–28, 25–21, 15–13) Result Statistics

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 20:30	Russia	3–0	Japan	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,448 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Heike Kraft (GER)
	(25–14, 30–28, 25–18) Result Statistics

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 22:35	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,790 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Liu Jiang (CHN)
	(25–17, 25–13, 27–25) Result Statistics

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 11:35	South Korea	3–0	Cameroon	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,893 Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
	(25–15, 25–22, 25–20) Result Statistics

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 20:30	Japan	3–0	Argentina	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,939 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)
	(25–23, 25–16, 26–24) Result Statistics

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 22:35	Brazil	3–0	Russia	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,892 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)
	(25–23, 25–21, 25–21) Result Statistics

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 (2016-08-06) 11:35	China	2–3	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,410 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Paulo Turci (BRA)
	(23–25, 25–21, 25–18, 22–25, 13–15) Result Statistics

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 17:05	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,832 Referees: Taoufik Boudaya (TUN), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)
	(25–17, 25–22, 25–17) Result Statistics

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 22:35	Serbia	3–0	Italy	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,373 Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL)
	(27–25, 25–20, 25–23) Result Statistics

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 09:30	China	3–0	Italy	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,804 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Paulo Turci (BRA)
	(25–21, 25–21, 25–16) Result Statistics

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 15:00	United States	3–2	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,455 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(18–25, 25–18, 21–25, 25–20, 15–8) Result Statistics

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 17:05	Serbia	3–0	Puerto Rico	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,730 Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
	(29–27, 25–18, 25–20) Result Statistics

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 09:30	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,386 Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)
	(25–20, 25–17, 25–18) Result Statistics

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 11:35	Italy	0–3	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,539 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(21–25, 20–25, 20–25) Result Statistics

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 15:00	United States	3–1	Serbia	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,134 Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
	(25–17, 21–25, 25–18, 25–19) Result Statistics

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 09:30	China	0–3	Serbia	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,509 Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
	(19–25, 19–25, 22–25) Result Statistics

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 15:00	United States	3–1	Italy	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,243 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(25–22, 25–22, 23–25, 25–20) Result Statistics

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 17:05	Netherlands	3–0	Puerto Rico	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,742 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
	(25–14, 25–22, 25–16) Result Statistics

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 09:30	Serbia	2–3	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,387 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
	(22–25, 20–25, 25–22, 25–18, 8–15) Result Statistics

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 15:00	Italy	3–0	Puerto Rico	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,225 Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Patricia Rolf (USA)
	(25–14, 25–13, 25–22) Result Statistics

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 17:05	United States	3–1	China	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,897 Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(22–25, 25–17, 25–19, 25–19) Result Statistics

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		Final

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

Quarter-finals

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 10:00	South Korea	1–3	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,351 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(19–25, 14–25, 25–23, 20–25) Result Statistics

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 14:00	Japan	0–3	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,226 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Heike Kraft (GER)
	(16–25, 23–25, 22–25) Result Statistics

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 18:00	Russia	0–3	Serbia	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,121 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
	(9–25, 22–25, 21–25) Result Statistics

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 22:15	Brazil	2–3	China	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,498 Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)
	(25–15, 23–25, 22–25, 25–22, 13–15) Result Statistics

Semi-finals

18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 13:00	Serbia	3–2	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,837 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(20–25, 25–17, 25–21, 16–25, 15–13) Result Statistics

18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 22:15	China	3–1	Netherlands	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,411 Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)
	(27–25, 23–25, 29–27, 25–23) Result Statistics

Bronze medal match

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 13:00	Netherlands	1–3	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,897 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Piotr Dudek (POL)
	(23–25, 27–25, 22–25, 19–25) Result Statistics

Gold medal match

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 22:15	China	3–1	Serbia	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,773 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Patricia Rolf (USA)
	(19–25, 25–17, 25–22, 25–23) Result Statistics

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
6	Russia
7	South Korea
8	Japan
9	Italy
10	Argentina
11	Cameroon
12	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

Medalists

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Zhu Ting[14]

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

"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. 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.
"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 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

External links

Official website

Men's beach volleyball competition

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold 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 August

18 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 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold 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 August

17 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

Key

* Host nation (Brazil)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil*	2	1	0	3
2	China	1	0	0	1
2	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 nations)		4	4	4	12

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

References

External links

Volleyball:

"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
Volleyball qualification process (olympics.com.au)
Volleyball qualification website (fivb.com)
Results Book – Volleyball

Beach volleyball:

"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
Beach Volleyball qualification process (olympics.com.au)
Beach Volleyball qualification website (fivb.com)
Results Book – Beach Volleyball

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

[13] Referees

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

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Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Qualification	men	women
Tournament	men	women
Rosters	men	women
Beach
Qualification	men	women
Tournament	men	women

Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Competition schedule

Events

Qualification

Men's volleyball

Women's volleyball

Men's beach volleyball

Women's beach volleyball

Men's indoor competition

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

Women's indoor competition

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

Competition schedule

Qualification

Pools composition

Rosters

Venue

Format

Pool standing procedure

Referees

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Statistics leaders

Final standing

Medalists

Awards

See also

References

External links

Men's beach volleyball competition

Knockout stage

Women's beach volleyball competition

Knockout stage

Medal summary

Medal table

Indoor volleyball

Beach volleyball

See also

References

External links