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
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
China Serbia United States

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. The United States won bronze by winning against the Netherlands.

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

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of October 2015. 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.

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

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team 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:

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.

• 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).

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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

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

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

Awards

• Most Valuable Player

Zhu Ting

• 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

See also

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

External links

• Official website