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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
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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

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

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Women's volleyball

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

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Men's beach volleyball

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Women's beach volleyball

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

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Men's indoor competition

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's volleyball pool A standings

Pool B

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's volleyball pool B standings

Knockout stage

Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueGinásio do Maracanãzinho
Date7–21 August
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil (3rd title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
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2016 Summer Olympics
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Tournamentmenwomen
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The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 7 to 21 August 2016.

Brazil won the gold medal after a 3–0 win over Italy.[6] The United States defeated Russia 3–2 to win the bronze medal.[7]

The medals for the competition were presented by Shamil Tarpishchev, Russia; Habu Gumel, Nigeria; and Bernard Rajzman, Brazil; Members of the International Olympic Committee and Carlos Arthur Nuzman, Honorary member of the International Olympic Committee and President of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the gifts were presented by Ary Graça, Dr. Rafael Lloreda Currea and Dr. Amr Elwani, 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
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
P P P P P ¼ ½ B F

Qualification

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

Format

The preliminary round was a competition between the twelve teams, who were 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 pool advanced to the knockout stage (quarterfinals). The sixth placed teams in each pool were ranked eleventh in this competition. The fifth placed teams in each pool were ranked ninth.

The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers of the quarterfinals were eliminated and ranked fifth. The quarterfinal winners played in the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals competed for gold medal and the losers played for bronze medal.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of October 2015.[8] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st. The pools were confirmed on 6 June 2016.[9]

Pool A Pool B
 Brazil (Hosts)  Poland (2)
 Italy (4)  Russia (3)
 United States (5)  Argentina (6)
 Canada (10)  Iran (8)
 France (10)  Cuba (15)
 Mexico (24)  Egypt (17)

Rosters

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

Venue

All matches
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Capacity: 11,800

Pool standing procedure

In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented:[10]

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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.[11]

  • Argentina Hernán Casamiquela
  • Belgium Arturo Di Giacomo
  • Brazil Rogerio Espicalsky
  • Brazil Paulo Turci
  • China Liu Jiang
  • Dominican Republic Denny Cespedes
  • Egypt Nasr Shaaban
  • Germany Heike Kraft
  • Iran Mohammad Shahmiri
  • Italy Fabrizio Pasquali
  • Mexico Luis Macias
  • Poland Piotr Dudek
  • Qatar Ibrahim Al-Naama
  • Russia Andrey Zenovich
  • Serbia Vladimir Simonović
  • Slovakia Juraj Mokrý
  • South Korea Kang Joo-hee
  • Spain Susana Rodríguez
  • Tunisia Taoufik Boudaya
  • United States Patricia Rolf

Preliminary round

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
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
09:30 		Italy  3–0  France Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,456
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
(25–20, 25–20, 25–15)
Results Statistics
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
11:35 		Brazil  3–1  Mexico Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,686
Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL)
(23–25, 25–19, 25–14, 25–18)
Results Statistics
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
17:05 		United States  0–3  Canada Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,875
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)
(23–25, 17–25, 23–25)
Results Statistics
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
11:55 		France  3–0  Mexico Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,625
Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)
(25–18, 25–12, 25–22)
Results Statistics
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
15:00 		Italy  3–1  United States Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,494
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
(28–26, 20–25, 25–23, 25–23)
Results Statistics
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
22:35 		Brazil  3–1  Canada Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,749
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Piotr Dudek (POL)
(24–26, 25–18, 25–22, 25–17)
Results Statistics
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
17:05 		Canada  0–3  France Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,498
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
(19–25, 16–25, 19–25)
Results Statistics
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
20:30 		Italy  3–0  Mexico Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,472
Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Piotr Dudek (POL)
(25–17, 25–13, 25–17)
Results Statistics
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
22:35 		Brazil  1–3  United States Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,779
Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)
(20–25, 23–25, 25–20, 20–25)
Results Statistics
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
17:25 		United States  3–1  France Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,877
Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Luis Macias (MEX)
(25–22, 25–22, 14–25, 25–22)
Results Statistics
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
20:30 		Canada  3–0  Mexico Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,624
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)
(25–20, 25–13, 25–22)
Results Statistics
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
22:35 		Brazil  1–3  Italy Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,892
Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
(25–23, 23–25, 22–25, 15–25)
Results Statistics
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
11:35 		United States  3–0  Mexico Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,963
Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Piotr Dudek (POL)
(25–23, 25–11, 25–19)
Results Statistics
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
20:30 		Italy  1–3  Canada Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,109
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
(23–25, 17–25, 25–16, 21–25)
Results Statistics
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
22:45 		Brazil  3–1  France Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,800
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
(25–22, 22–25, 25–20, 25–23)
Results Statistics

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
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
15:00 		Poland  3–0  Egypt Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,658
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
(25–18, 25–20, 25–17)
Results Statistics
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
20:30 		Russia  3–1  Cuba Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,287
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
(25–17, 25–19, 22–25, 25–18)
Results Statistics
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
22:35 		Argentina  3–0  Iran Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,460
Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Liu Jiang (CHN)
(25–23, 26–24, 25–18)
Results Statistics
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
09:30 		Russia  1–3  Argentina Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,165
Referees: Arturo di Giacomo (BEL), Heike Kraft (GER)
(18–25, 25–18, 18–25, 21–25)
Results Statistics
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
17:35 		Poland  3–2  Iran Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,227
Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
(25–17, 25–23, 23–25, 20–25, 18–16)
Results Statistics
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
20:30 		Cuba  0–3  Egypt Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,016
Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
(22–25, 15–25, 22–25)
Results Statistics
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
09:30 		Iran  3–0  Cuba Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,625
Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Juray Mokrý (SVK)
(25–21, 31–29, 25–16)
Results Statistics
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
11:35 		Russia  3–0  Egypt Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,665
Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
(25–11, 25–17, 25–9)
Results Statistics
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
15:00 		Poland  3–0  Argentina Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,972
Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
(25–21, 25–19, 37–35)
Results Statistics
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
09:30 		Iran  3–0  Egypt Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,262
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
(28–26, 25–22, 25–16)
Results Statistics
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
11:35 		Argentina  3–0  Cuba Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,428
Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)
(25–16, 25–14, 25–16)
Results Statistics
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
15:00 		Poland  2–3  Russia Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,239
Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
(18–25, 25–16, 18–25, 25–22, 13–15)
Results Statistics
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
09:30 		Argentina  3–0  Egypt Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,175
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL)
(25–16, 25–19, 25–20)
Results Statistics
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
15:00 		Russia  3–0  Iran Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,387
Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)
(25–23, 25–16, 25–20)
Results Statistics
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
17:05 		Poland  3–0  Cuba Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,175
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
(25–18, 25–15, 25–17)
Results 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

 
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
 

Quarterfinals

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
10:00 		Canada  0–3  Russia Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,291
Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)
(15–25, 20–25, 18–25)
Results Statistics
17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
14:00 		United States  3–0  Poland Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,278
Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
(25–23, 25–22, 25–20)
Results Statistics
17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
18:00 		Italy  3–0  Iran Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,213
Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
(31–29, 25–19, 25–17)
Results Statistics
17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
22:15 		Brazil  3–1  Argentina Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,498
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Piotr Dudek (POL)
(25–22, 17–25, 25–19, 25–23)
Results Statistics

Semifinals

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
13:00 		Italy  3–2  United States Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,153
Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
(30–28, 26–28, 9–25, 25–22, 15–9)
Results Statistics
19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
22:15 		Russia  0–3  Brazil Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,784
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)
(21–25, 20–25, 17–25)
Results Statistics

Bronze medal match

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)
09:30 		United States  3–2  Russia Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,976
Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Liu Jiang (CHN)
(23–25, 21–25, 25–19, 25–19, 15–13)
Results Statistics

Gold medal match

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)
13:15 		Italy  0–3  Brazil Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,824
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
(22–25, 26–28, 24–26)
Results Statistics

Final standing

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Brazil (BRA)
Bruno Rezende (c)
Éder Carbonera
Wallace de Souza
William Arjona
Sérgio Santos (L)
Luiz Felipe Fonteles
Maurício Souza
Douglas Souza
Lucas Saatkamp
Evandro Guerra
Ricardo Lucarelli
Maurício Borges Silva
Head coach:

Bernardinho

 Italy (ITA)
Daniele Sottile
Luca Vettori
Osmany Juantorena
Simone Giannelli
Salvatore Rossini
Ivan Zaytsev
Filippo Lanza
Simone Buti
Massimo Colaci (L)
Matteo Piano
Emanuele Birarelli (c)
Oleg Antonov
Head coach:

Gianlorenzo Blengini

 United States (USA)
Matthew Anderson
Aaron Russell
Taylor Sander
David Lee (c)
Kawika Shoji
Reid Priddy
Murphy Troy
Thomas Jaeschke
Micah Christenson
Maxwell Holt
David Smith
Erik Shoji (L)
Head coach:

John Speraw

Awards

Statistics leaders

  • Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals were ranked.

Source: FIVB.com

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rio 2016: Beach Volleyball". Rio 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Rio 2016: Volleyball". Rio 2016. 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. ^ "Brazil make triumphant return to the top of the podium". FIVB. 21 August 2016.
  7. ^ "USA grab men's bronze with fantastic comeback". FIVB. 21 August 2016.
  8. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of October 2015)". FIVB. October 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Men's Olympic Games pools confirmed". FIVB. 6 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Pools Ranking Criteria". FIVB. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Volleyball List of Referees". FIVB. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

External links

Women's indoor competition

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

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

Template:2016 Summer Olympics women's volleyball pool A standings

Pool B

Template:2016 Summer Olympics women's volleyball pool B standings

Knockout stage

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueGinásio do Maracanãzinho
Date6–20 August
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China (3rd title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Serbia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
← 2012
2020 →
Volleyball at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Qualificationmenwomen
Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen
Beach
Qualificationmenwomen
Tournamentmenwomen

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

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

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

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

Venue

Brazil 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]

  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.[6]

  • Argentina Hernán Casamiquela
  • Belgium Arturo Di Giacomo
  • Brazil Rogerio Espicalsky
  • Brazil Paulo Turci
  • China Liu Jiang
  • Dominican Republic Denny Cespedes
  • Egypt Nasr Shaaban
  • Germany Heike Kraft
  • Iran Mohammad Shahmiri
  • Italy Fabrizio Pasquali
  • Mexico Luis Macias
  • Poland Piotr Dudek
  • Qatar Ibrahim Al-Naama
  • Russia Andrey Zenovich
  • Serbia Vladimir Simonović
  • Slovakia Juraj Mokrý
  • South Korea Kang Joo-hee
  • Spain Susana Rodríguez
  • Tunisia Taoufik Boudaya
  • United States 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-finalsSemi-finalsGold 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
 
 Netherlands1
 
 
 United States3
 

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.

Source: FIVB.org

Final standing

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 China (CHN)
Wei Qiuyue
Xu Yunli
Hui Ruoqi (c)
Zhang Changning
Yang Fangxu
Lin Li (L)
Yan Ni
Zhu Ting
Ding Xia
Gong Xiangyu
Liu Xiaotong
Yuan Xinyue
Head coach:

Lang Ping

 Serbia (SRB)
Jelena Nikolić
Maja Ognjenović (c)
Stefana Veljković
Jovana Brakočević
Bojana Živković
Milena Rašić
Brankica Mihajlović
Bianka Buša
Jovana Stevanović
Tijana Bošković
Tijana Malešević
Silvija Popović (L)
Head coach:

Zoran Terzić

 United States (USA)
Courtney Thompson
Jordan Larson-Burbach
Foluke Akinradewo
Christa Harmotto-Dietzen (c)
Alisha Glass
Carli Lloyd
Karsta Lowe
Kayla Banwarth (L)
Kelly Murphy
Kelsey Robinson
Kimberly Hill
Rachael Adams
Head coach:

Karch Kiraly

Awards

See also

References

  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 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

External links

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Men's beach volleyball competition

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Knockout stage

Men's beach volleyball
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueCopacabana Stadium
Dates6–18 August 2016
Competitors48 from 17 nations
Teams24
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alison Cerutti
Bruno Oscar Schmidt		  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniele Lupo
Paolo Nicolai		  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexander Brouwer
Robert Meeuwsen		  Netherlands
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The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place at the Copacabana Stadium. The competition was held from 6 to 18 August 2016. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.

The medals for the tournament were presented by Bernard Rajzman, Brazil, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Dr. Ary Graça Filho, President of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.

Qualification

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[1] 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

Pools composition

Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams. The top six teams from the FIVB beach volleyball Olympic ranking as of 12 June 2016[2] were seeded at the first row of each pools from pool A to F. The seventh to ninth from the ranking were drawn first in pool F, E, or D. Then, the tenth to twelfth were drawn in pool C, B, or A. The drawing of lots number three belonged the thirteenth to seventeenth teams. They were drawn in pool A to E. The remaining spot of third row were one of five confederation continental cup champions. Next, the four remaining were drawn in pool F to C. Finally the winners and runners-up from World continental cup were drawn last two spots. The teams from the same national Olympic committee could not be the same pool, except the last drawing.[3]

Group Team NOC
Seeding Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt  Brazil
Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen  Netherlands
Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena  United States
Evandro Oliveira / Pedro Solberg Salgado  Brazil
Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst  Netherlands
Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson  United States
Draw 1 Adrián Gavira / Pablo Herrera  Spain
Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš  Latvia
Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov  Russia
Draw 2 Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai  Italy
Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Łosiak  Poland
Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri  Italy
Draw 3 Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst  Austria
Grzegorz Fijałek / Mariusz Prudel  Poland
Markus Böckermann / Lars Flüggen  Germany
Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk  Canada
Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen  Mexico
Draw 4–5 Jefferson Pereira / Cherif Younousse  Qatar
Mohamed Arafet Naceur / Choaib Belhaj Salah  Tunisia
Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl  Austria
Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt  Chile
Nivaldo Díaz / Sergio González  Cuba
Draw 6 Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter  Canada
Dmitri Barsouk / Nikita Liamin  Russia
Draw
Pool A Pool B Pool C
 Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)  Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)  Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)
 Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA)  Kantor – Łosiak (POL)  Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)
 Doppler – Horst (AUT)  Böckermann – Flüggen (GER)  Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)
 Binstock – Schachter (CAN)  Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)  Belhaj – Naceur (TUN)
Pool D Pool E Pool F
 Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA)  Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)  Gibb – Patterson (USA)
 Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT)  Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)  Gavira – Herrera (ESP)
 Saxton – Schalk (CAN)  Fijałek – Prudel (POL)  Huber – Seidl (AUT)
 Díaz – González (CUB)  Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI)  Cherif – Jefferson (QAT)

Venue

Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Copacabana Stadium
Capacity: 12,000

Format

The preliminary round was a competition between the twenty four teams divided into six groups of four teams. This round, the teams competed in a single round-robin format. The two highest ranked teams in each group and the two best third ranked teams advanced automatically to the knockout stage. The other four third ranked teams faced the lucky loser playoffs to take the last two spots. The fourth placed teams in each pool were ranked nineteenth in this competition. The losers from the lucky loser playoffs were tied seventeenth. The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers in the round of sixteen were ranked ninth. The four quarter-final losers finished fifth. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals.

Pool standing procedure

  1. Match points (2 for the winner, 1 for the loser, 0 for forfeit)
  2. Between 2 teams consider all teams points ratio / Between 3 teams consider head-to-head points ratio
  3. Seeding position of the pools composition

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.[4]

  • Argentina Osvaldo Sumavil
  • Brazil Mário Ferro
  • Brazil Elizir Martins de Oliveira
  • Canada Lucie Guillemette
  • China Wang Lijun
  • Colombia Juan Carlos Saavedra
  • Greece Charalampos Papadogoulas
  • Italy Davide Crescentini
  • Japan Mariko Satomi
  • Puerto Rico Carlos L. Rivera Rodriguez
  • Russia Roman Pristovakin
  • South Africa Giovanni Bake
  • Spain José Maria Padron
  • Switzerland Jonas Personeni
  • Thailand Kritsada Panaseri
  • United States Daniel Apol

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA) 3 2 1 5 4 3 1.333 127 119 1.067 Round of 16
2  Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) 3 2 1 5 5 2 2.500 140 128 1.094
3  Doppler – Horst (AUT) 3 2 1 5 4 4 1.000 133 145 0.917
4  Binstock – Schachter (CAN) 3 0 3 3 2 6 0.333 137 145 0.945
Source: FIVB
6 August 2016
10:00 		Carambula – Ranghieri Italy 2–0 Austria Doppler – Horst Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
(21–14, 21–13)
Report
6 August 2016
11:00 		Alison – Bruno Schmidt Brazil 2–0 Canada Binstock – Schachter Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Wang Lijun (CHN)
(21–19, 22–20)
Report
8 August 2016
15:30 		Alison – Bruno Schmidt Brazil 1–2 Austria Doppler – Horst Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,593
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
(21–23, 21–16, 13–15)
Report
8 August 2016
21:00 		Carambula – Ranghieri Italy 2–1 Canada Binstock – Schachter Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
(21–18, 14–21, 15–11)
Report
10 August 2016
15:30 		Alison – Bruno Schmidt Brazil 2–0 Italy Carambula – Ranghieri Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,531
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)
(21–19, 21–16)
Report
11 August 2016
00:00 		Doppler – Horst Austria 2–1 Canada Binstock – Schachter Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 1,953
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
(21–19, 16–21, 15–8)
Report

Pool B

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) 3 3 0 6 6 1 6.000 138 121 1.140 Round of 16
2  Barsouk – Liamin (RUS) 3 2 1 5 4 2 2.000 113 194 0.582
3  Kantor – Łosiak (POL) 3 1 2 4 2 4 0.500 113 116 0.974 Lucky losers
4  Böckermann – Flüggen (GER) 3 0 3 3 1 6 0.167 117 140 0.836
Source: FIVB
6 August 2016
17:30 		Brouwer – Meeuwsen Netherlands 2–0 Russia Barsouk – Liamin Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Daniel Apol (USA)
(21–15, 21–14)
Report
6 August 2016
21:00 		Kantor – Łosiak Poland 2–0 Germany Böckermann – Flüggen Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,135
Referees: Lucie Guillemette (CAN), Mário Ferro (BRA)
(21–11, 23–21)
Report
8 August 2016
12:00 		Kantor – Łosiak Poland 0–2 Russia Barsouk – Liamin Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
(14–21, 17–21)
Report
8 August 2016
18:30 		Brouwer – Meeuwsen Netherlands 2–1 Germany Böckermann – Flüggen Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,593
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Elzir De Oliveira (BRA)
(21–19, 17–21, 16–14)
Report
10 August 2016
16:30 		Brouwer – Meeuwsen Netherlands 2–0 Poland Kantor – Łosiak Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,531
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Juan Saavedra (COL)
(21–19, 21–19)
Report
10 August 2016
23:00 		Böckermann – Flüggen Germany 0–2 Russia Barsouk – Liamin Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,246
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
(14–21, 17–21)
Report

Pool C

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Dalhausser – Lucena (USA) 3 3 0 6 6 1 6.000 146 107 1.364 Round of 16
2  Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX) 3 2 1 5 4 3 1.333 123 108 1.139
3  Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) 3 1 2 4 4 4 1.000 144 142 1.014 Lucky losers
4  Belhaj – Naceur (TUN) 3 0 3 3 0 6 0.000 70 126 0.556
Source: FIVB
7 August 2016
12:00 		Lupo – Nicolai Italy 1–2 Mexico Ontiveros – Virgen Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,433
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
(21–14, 14–21, 11–15)
Report
7 August 2016
16:30 		Dalhausser – Lucena United States 2–0 Tunisia Belhaj – Naceur Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,924
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
(21–7, 21–13)
Report
9 August 2016
11:00 		Dalhausser – Lucena United States 2–0 Mexico Ontiveros – Virgen Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,988
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Elizir de Oliveira (BRA)
(21–14, 21–17)
Report
9 August 2016
22:00 		Lupo – Nicolai Italy 2–0 Tunisia Belhaj – Naceur Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,671
Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Juan Saavedra (COL)
(21–17, 21–13)
Report
11 August 2016
16:30 		Dalhausser – Lucena United States 2–1 Italy Lupo – Nicolai Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,241
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
(21–13, 17–21, 24–22)
Report
11 August 2016
16:30 		Ontiveros – Virgen Mexico 2–0 Tunisia Belhaj – Naceur Copacabana Stadium Court 1, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
(21–10, 21–10)
Report

Pool D

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Díaz – González (CUB) 3 3 0 6 6 2 3.000 159 142 1.120 Round of 16
2  Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA) 3 1 2 4 4 5 0.800 157 159 0.987
3  Saxton – Schalk (CAN) 3 1 2 4 3 5 0.600 138 149 0.926 Lucky losers
4  Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT) 3 1 2 4 4 5 0.800 150 164 0.915
Source: FIVB
7 August 2016
17:30 		Evandro – Pedro Solberg Brazil 1–2 Cuba Díaz – González Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,540
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
(22–24, 23–21, 13–15)
Report
8 August 2016
00:00 		Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš Latvia 2–1 Canada Saxton – Schalk Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,274
Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Daniel Apol (USA)
(21–17, 18–21, 15–13)
Report
9 August 2016
10:00 		Evandro – Pedro Solberg Brazil 1–2 Canada Saxton – Schalk Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,988
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
(21–17, 18–21, 14–16)
Report
9 August 2016
15:30 		Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš Latvia 1–2 Cuba Díaz – González Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,353
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
(21–23, 21–19. 9–15)
Report
11 August 2016
11:00 		Saxton – Schalk Canada 0–2 Cuba Díaz – González Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,838
Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Elzir De Oliveira (BRA)
(15–21, 18–21)
Report
11 August 2016
17:30 		Evandro – Pedro Solberg Brazil 2–1 Latvia Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,722
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Wang Lijun (CHN)
(21–16, 20–22, 15–7)
Report

Pool E

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) 3 3 0 6 6 1 6.000 134 103 1.301 Round of 16
2  Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED) 3 2 1 5 5 3 1.667 142 126 1.127
3  Fijałek – Prudel (POL) 3 1 2 4 3 5 0.600 126 140 0.900 Lucky losers
4  Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI) 3 0 3 3 1 6 0.167 103 136 0.757
Source: FIVB
7 August 2016
13:00 		Nummerdor – Varenhorst Netherlands 2–0 Chile Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,433
Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
(21–16, 21–13)
Report
7 August 2016
23:00 		Krasilnikov – Semenov Russia 2–0 Poland Fijałek – Prudel Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,329
Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
(21–14, 21–13)
Report
9 August 2016
17:30 		Nummerdor – Varenhorst Netherlands 2–1 Poland Fijałek – Prudel Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,590
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
(21–17, 19–21, 15–9)
Report
9 August 2016
23:00 		Krasilnikov – Semenov Russia 2–0 Chile Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,875
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)
(21–17, 21–14)
Report
11 August 2016
12:00 		Fijałek – Prudel Poland 2–1 Chile Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,838
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), José Padron (ESP)
(21–13, 16–21, 15–9)
Report
11 August 2016
13:00 		Nummerdor – Varenhorst Netherlands 1–2 Russia Krasilnikov – Semenov Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,838
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
(15–21, 21–14, 9–15)
Report

Pool F

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Gavira – Herrera (ESP) 3 2 1 5 5 4 1.250 153 147 1.041 Round of 16
2  Cherif – Jefferson (QAT) 3 2 1 5 4 4 1.000 135 145 0.931
3  Huber – Seidl (AUT) 3 1 2 4 4 4 1.000 145 140 1.036
4  Gibb – Patterson (USA) 3 1 2 4 3 4 0.750 125 126 0.992
Source: FIVB
6 August 2016
16:30 		Gibb – Patterson United States 2–0 Qatar Cherif – Jefferson Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
(21–16, 21–16)
Report
6 August 2016
22:00 		Gavira – Herrera Spain 2–1 Austria Huber – Seidl Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,135
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
(14–21, 21–17, 15–13)
Report
8 August 2016
13:00 		Gavira – Herrera Spain 1–2 Qatar Cherif – Jefferson Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)
(21–13, 18–21, 12–15)
Report
8 August 2016
16:30 		Gibb – Patterson United States 0–2 Austria Huber – Seidl Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,593
Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), José Padron (ESP)
(18–21, 18–21)
Report
10 August 2016
11:00 		Gibb – Patterson United States 1–2 Spain Gavira – Herrera Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,245
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
(19–21, 21–16, 7–15)
Report
10 August 2016
12:00 		Huber – Seidl Austria 1–2 Qatar Cherif – Jefferson Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,245
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
(21–18, 19–21, 12–15)
Report

Lucky losers

The table below shows the ranking of third-placed teams in the preliminary round. The top two teams will advance to next round automatically. The other teams will compete for the two remaining spots. The third-ranked team will play with the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will play with the fifth-ranked team.

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Doppler – Horst (AUT) 3 2 1 5 5 2 2.500 133 145 0.917 Round of 16
2  Huber – Seidl (AUT) 3 1 2 4 4 4 1.000 145 140 1.036
3  Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) 3 1 2 4 4 4 1.000 144 142 1.014 Lucky loser playoffs
4  Saxton – Schalk (CAN) 3 1 2 4 3 5 0.600 138 149 0.926
5  Fijałek – Prudel (POL) 3 1 2 4 3 5 0.600 126 140 0.900
6  Kantor – Łosiak (POL) 3 1 2 4 2 4 0.500 113 116 0.974
Source: FIVB

Lucky loser playoffs

11 August 2016
23:00 		Lupo – Nicolai Italy 2–1 Poland Kantor – Łosiak Copacabana Stadium Court 1, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Wang Lijun (CHN)
(21–12, 15–21, 15–13)
Report
11 August 2016
23:00 		Saxton – Schalk Canada 2–0 Poland Fijałek – Prudel Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,741
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
(21–19. 21–18)
Report

Knockout stage

The round of sixteen pair up weer determined by drawing of lots. The six first ranked teams in preliminary pools were separated automatically. Then, the lucky loser playoffs winners were drawn. The two best third ranked were drawn next. And, the last drawing belonged to the second ranked teams. The teams in the same pool from preliminary round could not meet in round of 16.

 
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
 

Round of 16

12 August 2016
12:00 		Krasilnikov – Semenov Russia 2–0 Qatar Cherif – Jefferson Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,237
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
(21–13, 21–13)
Report
12 August 2016
15:00 		Doppler – Horst Austria 0–2 Cuba Díaz – González Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,756
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
(17–21, 14–21)
Report
12 August 2016
20:00 		Ontiveros – Virgen Mexico 0–2 Netherlands Nummerdor – Varenhorst Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,878
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), José Padron (ESP)
(18–21, 15–21)
Report
12 August 2016
23:00 		Carambula – Ranghieri Italy 0–2 Italy Lupo – Nicolai Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,247
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Juan Saavedra (COL)
(12–21, 21–23)
Report
13 August 2016
11:00 		Alison – Bruno Schmidt Brazil 2–0 Spain Gavira – Herrera Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,989
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Wang Lijun (CHN)
(24–22, 21–13)
Report
13 August 2016
16:00 		Evandro – Pedro Solberg Brazil 1–2 Russia Barsouk – Liamin Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,778
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
(21–16, 14–21, 10–15)
Report
13 August 2016
19:00 		Saxton – Schalk Canada 0–2 Netherlands Brouwer – Meeuwsen Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,449
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
(12–21, 15–21)
Report
13 August 2016
23:59 		Dalhausser – Lucena United States 2–0 Austria Huber – Seidl Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,180
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
(21–14, 21–15)
Report

Quarterfinals

15 August 2016
16:00 		Dalhausser – Lucena United States 1–2 Brazil Alison – Bruno Schmidt Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,256
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
(14–21, 21–12, 9–15)
Report
15 August 2016
17:00 		Nummerdor – Varenhorst Netherlands 0–2 Netherlands Brouwer – Meeuwsen Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
(23–25, 17–21)
Report
15 August 2016
23:00 		Lupo – Nicolai Italy 2–1 Russia Barsouk – Liamin Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,318
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Elzir De Oliveira (BRA)
(21–18, 20–22, 15–11)
Report
15 August 2016
23:59 		Krasilnikov – Semenov Russia 2–1 Cuba Díaz – González Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,042
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Mário Ferro (BRA)
(22–20, 22–24, 18–16)
Report

Semifinals

16 August 2016
17:00 		Alison – Bruno Schmidt Brazil 2–1 Netherlands Brouwer – Meeuwsen Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
(21–17, 21–23, 16–14)
Report
16 August 2016
23:00 		Lupo – Nicolai Italy 2–1 Russia Krasilnikov – Semenov Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Elizir de Oliveira (BRA)
(15–21, 21–16, 15–13)
Report

Bronze medal game

18 August 2016
22:00 		Brouwer – Meeuwsen Netherlands 2–0 Russia Krasilnikov – Semenov Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,622
Referees: Elizir de Oliveira (BRA), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
(23–21, 22–20)
Report

Gold medal game

18 August 2016
23:59 		Alison – Bruno Schmidt Brazil 2–0 Italy Lupo – Nicolai Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,199
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Daniel Apol (USA)
(21–19, 21–17)
Report

Final ranking

Rank Team Seed
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) 10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) 2
4  Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) 9
5  Dalhausser – Lucena (USA) 3
 Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED) 5
 Barsouk – Liamin (RUS) 9
 Díaz – González (CUB) 24
9  Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA) 4
 Gavira – Herrera (ESP) 7
 Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA) 12
 Doppler – Horst (AUT) 13
 Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX) 15
 Saxton – Schalk (CAN) 16
 Huber – Seidl (AUT) 18
 Cherif – Jefferson (QAT) 19
17  Kantor – Łosiak (POL) 11
 Fijałek – Prudel (POL) 16
19  Gibb – Patterson (USA) 6
 Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT) 9
 Böckermann – Flüggen (GER) 14
 Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI) 20
 Belhaj – Naceur (TUN) 22
 Binstock – Schachter (CAN) 24

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. ^ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Rio 2016 Olympic beach volleyball drawing of lots Saturday in Gstaad". FIVB. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Volleyball List of Referees". FIVB. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

External links

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Women's beach volleyball competition

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Knockout stage

Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Medal summary

Medal table

Key

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

1  Brazil* 2 1 0 3
2  China 1 0 0 1
 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
Total 7 NOCs 4 4 4 12

Medalists

Indoor volleyball

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's indoor
details 		 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
Pasquale 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
details 		 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
details 		 Brazil (BRA)
Alison Cerutti
Bruno Oscar Schmidt 		 Italy (ITA)
Daniele Lupo
Paolo Nicolai 		 Netherlands (NED)
Alexander Brouwer
Robert Meeuwsen
Women's beach
details 		 Germany (GER)
Laura Ludwig
Kira Walkenhorst 		 Brazil (BRA)
Ágatha Bednarczuk
Bárbara Seixas 		 United States (USA)
Kerri Walsh Jennings
April Ross

See also

References

External links

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