Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad

Venue

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho

Date

7–21 August 2016

Competitors

144 from 12 nations

Medalists

01 !		Brazil
02 !		Italy
03 !		United States

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The men'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 7 to 21 August 2016.

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 were presented by Shamil Tarpishchev, Habu Gumel and Bernard Rajzman IOC members from Russia, Nigeria and Brazil respectively; Carlos Arthur Nuzman IOC honorary member and 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	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Cup	8–23 September 2015	Japan	2	United States
2015 World Cup	8–23 September 2015	Japan	2	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

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 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

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

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]

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

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

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

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	Quarter-finals
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
09:30

Italy	3–0	France
(25–20, 25–20, 25–15) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,456
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Denny Cespedes (DOM)

7 August 2016
11:35

Brazil	3–1	Mexico
(23–25, 25–19, 25–14, 25–18) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,686
Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL)

7 August 2016
17:05

United States	0–3	Canada
(23–25, 17–25, 23–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,875
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)

9 August 2016
11:55

France	3–0	Mexico
(25–18, 25–12, 25–22) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,625
Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)

9 August 2016
15:00

Italy	3–1	United States
(28–26, 20–25, 25–23, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,494
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)

9 August 2016
22:35

Brazil	3–1	Canada
(24–26, 25–18, 25–22, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,749
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Piotr Dudek (POL)

11 August 2016
17:05

Canada	0–3	France
(19–25, 16–25, 19–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,498
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

11 August 2016
20:30

Italy	3–0	Mexico
(25–17, 25–13, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,472
Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Piotr Dudek (POL)

11 August 2016
22:35

Brazil	1–3	United States
(20–25, 23–25, 25–20, 20–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,779
Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)

13 August 2016
17:25

United States	3–1	France
(25–22, 25–22, 14–25, 25–22) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,877
Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Luis Macias (MEX)

13 August 2016
20:30

Canada	3–0	Mexico
(25–20, 25–13, 25–22) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,624
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)

13 August 2016
22:35

Brazil	1–3	Italy
(25–23, 23–25, 22–25, 15–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,892
Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

15 August 2016
11:35

United States	3–0	Mexico
(25–23, 25–11, 25–19) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,963
Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Piotr Dudek (POL)

15 August 2016
20:30

Italy	1–3	Canada
(23–25, 17–25, 25–16, 21–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,109
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)

15 August 2016
22:45

Brazil	3–1	France
(25–22, 22–25, 25–20, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,800
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

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	Quarter-finals
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
15:00

Poland	3–0	Egypt
(25–18, 25–20, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,658
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)

7 August 2016
20:30

Russia	3–1	Cuba
(25–17, 25–19, 22–25, 25–18) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,287
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

7 August 2016
22:35

Argentina	3–0	Iran
(25–23, 26–24, 25–18) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,460
Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Liu Jiang (CHN)

9 August 2016
09:30

Russia	1–3	Argentina
(18–25, 25–18, 18–25, 21–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,165
Referees: Arturo di Giacomo (BEL), Heike Kraft (GER)

9 August 2016
17:35

Poland	3–2	Iran
(25–17, 25–23, 23–25, 20–25, 18–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,227
Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)

9 August 2016
20:30

Cuba	0–3	Egypt
(22–25, 15–25, 22–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,016
Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)

11 August 2016
09:30

Iran	3–0	Cuba
(25–21, 31–29, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,625
Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Juray Mokrý (SVK)

11 August 2016
11:35

Russia	3–0	Egypt
(25–11, 25–17, 25–9) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,665
Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)

11 August 2016
15:00

Poland	3–0	Argentina
(25–21, 25–19, 37–35) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,972
Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

13 August 2016
09:30

Iran	3–0	Egypt
(28–26, 25–22, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,262
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

13 August 2016
11:35

Argentina	3–0	Cuba
(25–16, 25–14, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,428
Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)

13 August 2016
15:00

Poland	2–3	Russia
(18–25, 25–16, 18–25, 25–22, 13–15) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,239
Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)

15 August 2016
09:30

Argentina	3–0	Egypt
(25–16, 25–19, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,175
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL)

15 August 2016
15:00

Russia	3–0	Iran
(25–23, 25–16, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,387
Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)

15 August 2016
17:05

Poland	3–0	Cuba
(25–18, 25–15, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,175
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)

Knockout stage

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
The first ranked teams of both pools will play against the fourth ranked teams of the other pool. The second ranked teams will face the second or third ranked teams of the other pool, determined by drawing of lots. The drawing of lots will be held after the last match in the preliminary round.

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

17 August

Italy	3
		19 August
Iran	0
		Italy	3
17 August
		United States	2
United States	3
				21 August
Poland	0
				Italy	0
17 August
				Brazil	3
Canada	0
		19 August
Russia	3
		Russia	0
17 August
		Brazil	3	Bronze medal match
Brazil	3
				21 August
Argentina	1
				United States	3

				Russia	2

Quarterfinals

17 August 2016
10:00

Canada	0–3	Russia
(15–25, 20–25, 18–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,291
Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)

17 August 2016
14:00

United States	3–0	Poland
(25–23, 25–22, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,278
Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)

17 August 2016
18:00

Italy	3–0	Iran
(31–29, 25–19, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,213
Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)

17 August 2016
22:15

Brazil	3–1	Argentina
(25–22, 17–25, 25–19, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,498
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Piotr Dudek (POL)

Semifinals

19 August 2016
13:00

Italy	3–2	United States
(30–28, 26–28, 9–25, 25–22, 15–9) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,153
Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)

19 August 2016
22:15

Russia	0–3	Brazil
(21–25, 20–25, 17–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,784
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)

Bronze medal match

21 August 2016
09:30

United States	3–2	Russia
(23–25, 21–25, 25–19, 25–19, 15–13) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,976
Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Liu Jiang (CHN)

Gold medal match

21 August 2016
13:15

Italy	0–3	Brazil
(22–25, 26–28, 24–26) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,824
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Denny Cespedes (DOM)

Statistics leaders

Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.

Best Scorers

Rank	Name	Points
1	Wallace de Souza	147
2	Matthew Anderson	128
3	Ivan Zaytsev	127
4	Osmany Juantorena	116
5	Aaron Russell	107

Best Spikers

Rank	Name	%Eff
1	Maxim Mikhaylov	38.41
2	Wallace de Souza	36.59
3	Aaron Russell	33.50
4	Ricardo Lucarelli Souza	32.92
5	Egor Kliuka	32.74

Best Blockers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Artem Volvich	0.90
2	Maxwell Holt	0.65
3	David Lee	0.55
3	Emanuele Birarelli	0.55
5	Maxim Mikhaylov	0.50

Best Servers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Ivan Zaytsev	0.48
2	Maxwell Holt	0.39
3	Taylor Sander	0.35
4	Matthew Anderson	0.32
5	2 players tied	0.30

Best Diggers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Erik Shoji	1.81
2	Massimo Colaci	1.55
3	Osmany Juantorena	1.45
4	Sérgio Santos	1.33
5	Aleksey Verbov	1.20

Best Setters

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Micah Christenson	10.97
2	Simone Giannelli	10.79
3	Bruno Rezende	10.50
4	Sergey Grankin	8.77
5	Igor Kobzar	1.73

Best Receivers

Rank	Name	%Succ
1	Taylor Sander	48.80
2	Erik Shoji	45.18
3	Massimo Colaci	42.04
4	Sérgio Santos	41.84
5	Filippo Lanza	40.76

Source: FIVB.com

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Brazil
02 !	Italy
03 !	United States
4	Russia
5	Argentina
	Canada
	Iran
	Poland
9	Egypt
9	France
11	Cuba
11	Mexico

2016 Men's Olympic Champions
Brazil 3rd title

12–man Roster

Bruno Rezende

, Éder Carbonera, Wallace de Souza, William Arjona, Sérgio Santos, Luiz Felipe Fonteles, Maurício Souza, Douglas Souza, Lucas Saatkamp, Evandro Guerra, Ricardo Lucarelli Souza, Maurício Silva

Head Coach

Bernardo Rezende

Medalists

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Sérgio Santos

Best Setter

Bruno Rezende

Best Outside Spikers

Aaron Russell

Ricardo Lucarelli Souza

Best Middle Blockers

Artëm Volvich

Emanuele Birarelli

Best Opposite Spiker

Wallace de Souza

Best Libero

Sérgio Santos

References

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

External links

Events at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Chronological summary

Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

Tournaments

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Qualifications

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Women	1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Squads

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Brazil (BRA) Bruno Rezende Éder Carbonera Wallace de Souza William Arjona Sérgio Santos Luiz Felipe Fonteles Maurício Souza Douglas Souza Lucas Saatkamp Evandro Guerra Ricardo Lucarelli Souza Maurício Borges Silva	Italy (ITA) Pasquale Sottile Luca Vettori Osmany Juantorena Simone Giannelli Salvatore Rossini Ivan Zaytsev Filippo Lanza Simone Buti Massimo Colaci Matteo Piano Emanuele Birarelli Oleg Antonov	United States (USA) Matthew Anderson Aaron Russell Taylor Sander David Lee Kawika Shoji William Priddy Murphy Troy Thomas Jaeschke Micah Christenson Maxwell Holt David Smith Erik Shoji

Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Competition schedule

Qualification

Pools composition

Rosters

Venue

Format

Pool standing procedure

Referees

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Statistics leaders

Final standing

Medalists

Awards

See also

References

External links