Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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.

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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Brazil won the gold medal after a 3–0 win over Italy.[1] The United States defeated Russia 3–2 to win the bronze medal.[2]

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

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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

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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   Maiquetía 1   Argentina
European Qualifier 5–10 January 2016   Berlin 1   Russia
African Qualifier 7–12 January 2016   Brazzaville 1   Egypt
North American Qualifier 8–10 January 2016   Edmonton 1   Cuba
Asian Qualifier* 28 May – 5 June 2016   Tokyo 1   Iran
1st World Qualifier 3   Poland
  France
  Canada
2nd World Qualifier 3–5 June 2016   Mexico City 1   Mexico
Total 12
* The Asian Qualifier was combined with the 1st World Qualifier. The best Asian team qualified as the Asian Qualifier winners, while the best three ranked teams except the Asian Qualifier winners qualified as the top three teams of the 1st World Qualifier.

Format

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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

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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 the hosts who ranked 1st. The pools were confirmed on 6 June 2016.[4]

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

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Venue

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

Pool standing procedure

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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. 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

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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

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Pool A

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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

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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

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  • 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Medalists

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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

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Statistics leaders

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

Source: FIVB.com

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Brazil make triumphant return to the top of the podium". FIVB. 21 August 2016.
  2. ^ "USA grab men's bronze with fantastic comeback". FIVB. 21 August 2016.
  3. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of October 2015)". FIVB. October 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Men's Olympic Games pools confirmed". FIVB. 6 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Pools Ranking Criteria". FIVB. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Volleyball List of Referees". FIVB. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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