Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

This article is about the men's indoor tournament. For the men's beach tournament, see Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women
Beach
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women

Competing teams

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Beijing, China, from 10 to 24 August 2008.

The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams. Each team played all other teams in their pool with the winning team gaining 2 points and the losing side 1 point. The top four teams from each pool progressed through to the quarterfinals. The rest of the tournament was a single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match held between the two semifinal losers.

A total of 38 matches were played: 15 in each group, 4 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals, 1 bronze medal match, and 1 gold medal match.

Qualification

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	–	–	1	China
2007 World Cup	Nov. 18 – Dec. 2, 2007	Japan	3	Brazil Russia Bulgaria
African Qualification Tournament	February 3–9, 2008	Durban, South Africa	1	Egypt
European Qualification Tournament	January 7–13, 2008	Izmir, Turkey	1	Serbia
NORCECA Qualification Tournament	January 6–11, 2008	Caguas, Puerto Rico	1	United States
South American Qualification Tournament	January 3–7, 2008	Formosa, Argentina	1	Venezuela
World Qualification Tournament 1	May 23–25, 2008	Düsseldorf, Germany	1	Germany
World Qualification Tournament 2	May 30 – Jun. 1, 2008	Espinho, Portugal	1	Poland
World Qualification Tournament 3	May 31 – Jun. 8, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	1	Italy
Asian Qualification Tournament*			1	Japan
Total			12

* The Asian Qualification Tournament was combined with the World Qualification Tournament 3. The first place team of the tournament qualified as the winners of the World Qualification Tournament 3 while the best Asian team except the winners qualified as the Asian Qualification Tournament winners.

Pools composition

Pool A

• China (roster)
• United States (roster)
• Bulgaria (roster)
• Italy (roster)
• Japan (roster)
• Venezuela (roster)

Pool B

• Brazil (roster)
• Russia (roster)
• Poland (roster)
• Serbia (roster)
• Egypt (roster)
• Germany (roster)

Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Venues

• Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China
• Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China

Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool A

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	10	5	0	460	371	1.240	15	4	3.750
2	Italy	9	4	1	439	401	1.095	13	6	2.167
3	Bulgaria	8	3	2	446	440	1.014	10	9	1.111
4	China	7	2	3	445	492	0.904	9	13	0.692
5	Venezuela	6	1	4	421	451	0.933	8	12	0.667
6	Japan	5	0	5	392	448	0.875	4	15	0.267

10 August 2008 12:10	Italy	3 – 1	Japan	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,000 Referee(s): Humberto Salas (Mexico), Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 23 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	19 18 25 17

02008-08-10 10 August 2008 12:35	United States	3 – 2	Venezuela	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee(s): Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria), Umit Sokullu (Turkey) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 22 21 15	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	18 18 25 25 10

10 August 2008 20:00	Bulgaria	3 – 1	China	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee(s): Francisco de Souza (Brazil), Mitch Davidson (Canada) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 26 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	20 21 28 19

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02008-08-12 12 August 2008 12:30	United States	3 – 1	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar), Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea) Report(s): result statistics
	24 25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	26 22 15 21

12 August 2008 20:00	Venezuela	2 – 3	China	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Massimo Menghini (Italy), Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria) Report(s): result statistics
	21 25 25 21 14	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 21 16 25 16

12 August 2008 22:45	Japan	1 – 3	Bulgaria	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee(s): Mitch Davidson (Canada), Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) Report(s): result statistics
	27 25 21 19	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	29 23 25 25

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14 August 2008 10:00	Italy	3 – 0	Venezuela	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,300 Referee(s): Mohammad Shahmiri (Iran), Mitch Davidson (Canada) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	21 20 21

14 August 2008 20:00	China	3 – 2	Japan	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Bela Hobor (Hungary), Frank Leuthauser (Germany) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 17 16 15	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	20 23 25 25 10

02008-08-14 14 August 2008 22:30	Bulgaria	1 – 3	United States	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 5,700 Referee(s): Francisco de Souza (Brazil), Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea) Report(s): result statistics
	29 21 14 24	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	27 25 25 26

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02008-08-16 16 August 2008 10:00	United States	3 – 0	China	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,650 Referee(s): Patrick Deregnaucourt (France), Francisco de Souza (Brazil) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	22 12 18

16 August 2008 14:50	Italy	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee(s): Umit Sokullu (Turkey), Mohammad Shahmiri (Iran) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	20 21 16

16 August 2008 22:00	Venezuela	3 – 0	Japan	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee(s): Mitch Davidson (Canada), Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	23 21 23

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18 August 2008 10:00	Bulgaria	3 – 1	Venezuela	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,400 Referee(s): Mohammad Shahmiri (Iran), Francisco de Souza (Brazil) Report(s): result statistics
	23 25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	25 19 16 22

18 August 2008 20:00	China	2 – 3	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Mitch Davidson (Canada), Humberto Salas (Mexico) Report(s): result statistics
	17 23 25 25 14	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 25 21 20 16

02008-08-18 18 August 2008 22:35	Japan	0 – 3	United States	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 5,800 Referee(s): Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia), Patrick Deregnaucourt (France) Report(s): result statistics
	18 12 21	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

Pool B

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	9	4	1	427	373	1.145	13	4	3.250
2	Russia	9	4	1	496	447	1.110	14	7	2.000
3	Poland	9	4	1	434	404	1.074	12	6	2.000
4	Serbia	7	2	3	440	439	1.002	9	10	0.900
5	Germany	6	1	4	418	440	0.950	6	12	0.500
6	Egypt	5	0	5	267	379	0.704	0	15	0.000

10 August 2008 10:00	Serbia	1 – 3	Russia	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,100 Referee(s): Bela Hobor (Hungary), Osamu Sakaide (Japan) Report(s): result statistics
	25 21 22 14	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	20 25 25 25

10 August 2008 15:20	Brazil	3 – 0	Egypt	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee(s): Wang Ning (China), Mohammad Shahmiri (Iran) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	19 15 18

10 August 2008 22:20	Poland	3 – 0	Germany	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 5,700 Referee(s): Frans Loderus (Netherlands), Massimo Menghini (Italy) Report(s): result statistics
	25 33 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	17 31 20

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12 August 2008 10:00	Russia	3 – 2	Germany	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referee(s): Patrick Deregnaucourt (France), Bela Hobor (Hungary) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 21 25 16	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	27 21 25 23 14

12 August 2008 13:00	Egypt	0 – 3	Poland	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,000 Referee(s): Mohammad Shahmiri (Iran), Patricia Salvatore (United States) Report(s): result statistics
	21 18 10	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

12 August 2008 15:00	Serbia	1 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee(s): Wang Ning (China), Osamu Sakaide (Japan) Report(s): result statistics
	27 20 17 21	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	25 25 25 25

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14 August 2008 12:00	Germany	3 – 0	Egypt	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,200 Referee(s): Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar), Liu Jiang (China) Report(s): result statistics
	29 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	27 21 21

14 August 2008 12:30	Brazil	1 – 3	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico), Wang Ning (China) Report(s): result statistics
	25 24 29 19	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	22 26 31 25

14 August 2008 15:05	Poland	3 – 1	Serbia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee(s): Umit Sokullu (Turkey), Patrick Deregnaucourt (France) Report(s): result statistics
	31 22 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	29 25 22 21

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16 August 2008 12:00	Russia	3 – 0	Egypt	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,200 Referee(s): Liu Jiang (China), Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	19 14 18

16 August 2008 12:30	Serbia	3 – 1	Germany	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Wang Ning (China), Bela Hobor (Hungary) Report(s): result statistics
	25 27 24 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	21 25 26 23

16 August 2008 20:00	Brazil	3 – 0	Poland	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Osamu Sakaide (Japan) Report(s): result statistics
	30 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	28 19 19

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18 August 2008 12:20	Germany	0 – 3	Brazil	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,400 Referee(s): Liu Jiang (China), Umit Sokullu (Turkey) Report(s): result statistics
	22 21 23	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

18 August 2008 12:30	Poland	3 – 2	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Frans Loderus (Netherlands), Frank Leuthauser (Germany) Report(s): result statistics
	17 26 24 25 15	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 24 26 23 12

18 August 2008 15:15	Egypt	0 – 3	Serbia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee(s): Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico), Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar) Report(s): result statistics
	16 13 17	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

Final round

Quarterfinals format: (A1 vs. B4), (A3 vs. B2 or B3 – drawing of lots), (A2 vs. B2 or B3 – drawing of lots), (A4 vs. B1)

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	United States	3
	Serbia	2
					United States	3
					Russia	2
	Bulgaria	1
	Russia	3
									United States	3
									Brazil	1
	Italy	3
	Poland	2
					Italy	1			Bronze medal match
					Brazil	3
	China	0							Russia	3
	Brazil	3							Italy	0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Quarterfinals

20 August 2008 10:00	Bulgaria	1 – 3	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee(s): Bela Hobor (Hungary), Frans Loderus (Netherlands) Report(s): result statistics
	25 16 22 21	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	20 25 25 25

20 August 2008 12:15	Italy	3 – 2	Poland	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee(s): Umit Sokullu (Turkey), Patrick Deregnaucourt (France) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 18 26 17	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	19 22 25 28 15

20 August 2008 20:00	China	0 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Massimo Menghini (Italy), Frank Leuthauser (Germany) Report(s): result statistics
	17 15 16	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

02008-08-20 20 August 2008 22:01	United States	3 – 2	Serbia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee(s): Wang Ning (China), Mohammad Shahmiri (Iran) Report(s): result statistics
	20 25 21 25 15	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 23 25 18 12

Semifinals

02008-08-22 22 August 2008 12:35	United States	3 – 2	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Osamu Sakaide (Japan), Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 22 15	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	22 21 27 25 13

22 August 2008 20:00	Italy	1 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Humberto Salas (Mexico) Report(s): result statistics
	25 18 21 22	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	19 25 25 25

Bronze medal match

24 August 2008 10:00	3 ! Russia	3 – 0	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee(s): Frank Leuthauser (Germany), Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	22 19 23

Gold medal match

02008-08-24 24 August 2008 12:00	1 ! United States	3 – 1	Brazil 2 !	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Wang Ning (China), Bela Hobor (Hungary) Report(s): result statistics
	20 25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	25 22 21 23

Final standings

Rank	Team
1 !	United States
2 !	Brazil
3 !	Russia
4.	Italy
5.	Bulgaria
	China
	Poland
	Serbia
9.	Germany
	Venezuela
11.	Egypt
	Japan

2008 Men's Olympic Champions
United States 3rd title

12–man roster

Ball, Rooney, Lee, Lambourne, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Hoff, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner, Touzinsky

Head Coach

McCutcheon

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Lloy Ball Sean Rooney David Lee Richard Lambourne William Priddy Ryan Millar Riley Salmon Thomas Hoff Clayton Stanley Kevin Hansen Gabriel Gardner Scott Touzinsky	Brazil (BRA) Bruno Rezende Marcelo Elgarten André Heller Samuel Fuchs Gilberto Godoy Filho Murilo Endres André Nascimento Sérgio Santos Anderson Rodrigues Gustavo Endres Rodrigo Santana Dante Amaral	Russia (RUS) Aleksandr Korneev Semyon Poltavskiy Aleksandr Kosarev Sergey Grankin Sergey Tetyukhin Vadim Khamuttskikh Yury Berezhko Aleksey Ostapenko Aleksandr Volkov Aleksey Verbov Maxim Mikhaylov Aleksey Kuleshov

Awards

• Most Valuable Player

Clayton Stanley

• Best Scorer

Clayton Stanley

• Best Spiker

Sebastian Świderski

• Best Blocker

Gustavo Endres

• Best Server

Clayton Stanley

• Best Digger

Aleksey Verbov

• Best Setter

Paweł Zagumny

• Best Receiver

Michał Winiarski

• Best Libero

Mirko Corsano

External links

• Official website of the 2008 men's Olympic volleyball tournament
• Olympic Volleyball Story at FIVB.org
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com
• Results at Sports–Reference.com
• Medalists at Olympic.org