Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
| Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad |
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| Venue | Ginásio do Maracanãzinho | ||||||
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| Date | 6–20 August | ||||||
| Competitors | 144 from 12 nations | ||||||
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| Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
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| Tournament | men | women | ||
| Rosters | men | women | ||
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| Tournament | men | women | ||
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]
Contents
Competition schedule[edit]
| 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 | ||||
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| P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||
Qualification[edit]
| Means of qualification
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Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Country | 2 October 2009 | 1 | ||
| 2015 World Cup | 22 August – 6 September 2015 | 2 | ||
| European Qualifier | 4–9 January 2016 | 1 | ||
| South American Qualifier | 6–10 January 2016 | 1 | ||
| North American Qualifier | 7–9 January 2016 | 1 | ||
| African Qualifier | 12–16 February 2016 | 1 | ||
| Asian Qualifier | 14–22 May 2016 | 1 | ||
| 1st World Qualifier | 3 | |||
| 2nd World Qualifier | 20–22 May 2016 | 1 | ||
| Total | 12 | |||
Pools composition[edit]
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 |
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Rosters[edit]
Venue[edit]
| Ginásio do Maracanãzinho |
| Capacity: 11,800 |
Format[edit]
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[edit]
In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented:[5]
- 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[edit]
The following referees were selected for the tournament.[6]
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[edit]
All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
Pool A[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | — | 377 | 272 | 1.386 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3.000 | 393 | 323 | 1.217 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1.429 | 384 | 372 | 1.032 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0.778 | 347 | 364 | 0.953 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0.214 | 319 | 407 | 0.784 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 328 | 410 | 0.800 |
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6 August 2016
09:30 |
| Japan |
1–3 | |
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| (25–19, 15–25, 17–25, 21–25) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,760 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Patricia Rolf (USA) |
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6 August 2016
15:00 |
| Brazil |
3–0 | |
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| (25–14, 25–21, 25–13) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,890 Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Liu Jiang (CHN) |
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6 August 2016
20:30 |
| Russia |
3–0 | |
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| (25–13, 25–10, 25–16) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,437 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Luis Macias (MEX) |
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8 August 2016
11:35 |
| Japan |
3–0 | |
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| (25–20, 25–15, 25–17) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,400 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG) |
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8 August 2016
20:30 |
| Russia |
3–1 | |
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| (25–23, 23–25, 25–23, 25–14) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,398 Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT) |
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8 August 2016
22:35 |
| Brazil |
3–0 | |
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| (25–16, 25–19, 25–11) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,651 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA) |
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10 August 2016
17:05 |
| Russia |
3–0 | |
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| (25–19, 25–22, 25–23) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,396 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI) |
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10 August 2016
20:30 |
| South Korea |
3–0 | |
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| (25–18, 25–20, 25–23) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,248 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN) |
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10 August 2016
22:35 |
| Brazil |
3–0 | |
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| (25–18, 25–18, 25–22) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,759 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Luís Macias (MEX) |
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12 August 2016
11:35 |
| Argentina |
3–2 | |
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| (19–25, 25–19, 26–28, 25–21, 15–13) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,345 Referees: Taoufik Boudaya (TUN), Arturo di Giacomo (BEL) |
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12 August 2016
20:30 |
| Russia |
3–0 | |
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| (25–14, 30–28, 25–18) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,448 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Heike Kraft (GER) |
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12 August 2016
22:35 |
| Brazil |
3–0 | |
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| (25–17, 25–13, 27–25) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,790 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Liu Jiang (CHN) |
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14 August 2016
11:35 |
| South Korea |
3–0 | |
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| (25–15, 25–22, 25–20) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,893 Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA) |
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14 August 2016
20:30 |
| Japan |
3–0 | |
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| (25–23, 25–16, 26–24) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,939 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA) |
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14 August 2016
22:35 |
| Brazil |
3–0 | |
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| (25–23, 25–21, 25–21) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,892 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN) |
Pool B[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3.000 | 470 | 400 | 1.175 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2.000 | 455 | 425 | 1.071 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2.000 | 410 | 394 | 1.041 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 398 | 389 | 1.023 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0.333 | 351 | 374 | 0.939 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 277 | 379 | 0.731 |
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6 August 2016
11:35 |
| China |
2–3 | |
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| (23–25, 25–21, 25–18, 22–25, 13–15) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,410 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Paulo Turci (BRA) |
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6 August 2016
17:05 |
| United States |
3–0 | |
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| (25–17, 25–22, 25–17) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,832 Referees: Taoufik Boudaya (TUN), Kang Joo-hee (KOR) |
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6 August 2016
22:35 |
| Serbia |
3–0 | |
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| (27–25, 25–20, 25–23) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,373 Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL) |
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8 August 2016
09:30 |
| China |
3–0 | |
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| (25–21, 25–21, 25–16) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,804 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Paulo Turci (BRA) |
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8 August 2016
15:00 |
| United States |
3–2 | |
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| (18–25, 25–18, 21–25, 25–20, 15–8) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,455 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Juraj Mokrý (SVK) |
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8 August 2016
17:05 |
| Serbia |
3–0 | |
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| (29–27, 25–18, 25–20) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,730 Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Andrey Zenovich (RUS) |
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10 August 2016
09:30 |
| China |
3–0 | |
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| (25–20, 25–17, 25–18) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,386 Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Kang Joo-hee (KOR) |
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10 August 2016
11:35 |
| Italy |
0–3 | |
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| (21–25, 20–25, 20–25) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,539 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Nasr Shaaban (EGY) |
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10 August 2016
15:00 |
| United States |
3–1 | |
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| (25–17, 21–25, 25–18, 25–19) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,134 Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA) |
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12 August 2016
09:30 |
| China |
0–3 | |
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| (19–25, 19–25, 22–25) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,509 Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Susana Rodríguez (ESP) |
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12 August 2016
15:00 |
| United States |
3–1 | |
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| (25–22, 25–22, 23–25, 25–20) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,243 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM) |
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12 August 2016
17:05 |
| Netherlands |
3–0 | |
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| (25–14, 25–22, 25–16) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,742 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG) |
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14 August 2016
09:30 |
| Serbia |
2–3 | |
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| (22–25, 20–25, 25–22, 25–18, 8–15) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,387 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Andrey Zenovich (RUS) |
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14 August 2016
15:00 |
| Italy |
3–0 | |
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| (25–14, 25–13, 25–22) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,225 Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Patricia Rolf (USA) |
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14 August 2016
17:05 |
| United States |
3–1 | |
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| (22–25, 25–17, 25–19, 25–19) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,897 Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Juraj Mokrý (SVK) |
Knockout stage[edit]
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[edit]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | ||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||
| 18 August | ||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||
| 20 August | ||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||
| 18 August | ||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||
| 2 | Bronze medal | |||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 August | ||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals[edit]
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16 August 2016
10:00 |
| South Korea |
1–3 | |
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| (19–25, 14–25, 25–23, 20–25) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,351 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY) |
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16 August 2016
14:00 |
| Japan |
0–3 | |
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| (16–25, 23–25, 22–25) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,226 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Heike Kraft (GER) |
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16 August 2016
18:00 |
| Russia |
0–3 | |
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| (9–25, 22–25, 21–25) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,121 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG) |
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16 August 2016
22:15 |
| Brazil |
2–3 | |
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| (25–15, 23–25, 22–25, 25–22, 13–15) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,498 Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Vladimir Simonović (SRB) |
Semi-finals[edit]
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18 August 2016
13:00 |
| Serbia |
3–2 | |
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| (20–25, 25–17, 25–21, 16–25, 15–13) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,837 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Nasr Shaaban (EGY) |
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18 August 2016
22:15 |
| China |
3–1 | |
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| (27–25, 23–25, 29–27, 25–23) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,411 Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA) |
Bronze medal match[edit]
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20 August 2016
13:00 |
| Netherlands |
1–3 | |
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| (23–25, 27–25, 22–25, 19–25) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,897 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Piotr Dudek (POL) |
Gold medal match[edit]
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20 August 2016
22:15 |
| China |
3–1 | |
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| (19–25, 25–17, 25–22, 25–23) Result Statistics |
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Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,773 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Patricia Rolf (USA) |
Statistics leaders[edit]
- Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.
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Best scorers
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Best spikers
Best blockers
Best servers
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Best diggers
Best setters
Best receivers
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Source: FIVB.org
Final standing[edit]
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Medalists[edit]
Awards[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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 7 June 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 Aug 2016. Retrieved 20 Aug 2016.