Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| Venue | Ginásio do Maracanãzinho (indoor) Copacabana Stadium (beach) |
| Dates | 6–21 August 2016 |
| No. of events | 4 |
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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.
Contents
Competition schedule
| P | Preliminary round | ⅛ | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
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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 | |||||
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| 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:
- Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams, 144 athletes)
- Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams, 144 athletes)
- Beach volleyball – men (24 teams, 48 athletes)
- Beach volleyball – women (24 teams, 48 athletes)
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
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Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Country | 2 October 2009 |  Copenhagen |
1 |  Brazil |
| 2015 World Cup | 8–23 September 2015 |  Japan |
2 |  United States |
 Italy |
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| 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 | |
| 1st World Qualifier | 3 | |||
| 2nd World Qualifier | 3–5 June 2016 |  Mexico City |
1 | |
| Total | 12 | |||
Women's volleyball
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Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Country | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen |
1 | Brazil |
| 2015 World Cup | 22 August – 6 September 2015 | Japan |
2 |  China |
 Serbia |
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| European Qualifier | 4–9 January 2016 |  Ankara |
1 | Russia |
| South American Qualifier | 6–10 January 2016 | Bariloche |
1 | Argentina |
| North American Qualifier | 7–9 January 2016 | Lincoln |
1 | United States |
| African Qualifier | 12–16 February 2016 |  Yaoundé |
1 | Cameroon |
| Asian Qualifier | 14–22 May 2016 | Tokyo |
1 | Japan |
| 1st World Qualifier | 3 | Italy |
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 South Korea |
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| 2nd World Qualifier | 20–22 May 2016 |  San Juan |
1 | Puerto Rico |
| Total | 12 | |||
Men's beach volleyball
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Women's beach volleyball
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Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Men's indoor competition
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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
Pool B
Knockout stage
Women's indoor competition
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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
Pool B
Knockout stage
Men's beach volleyball competition
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Knockout stage
Women's beach volleyball competition
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Knockout stage
Medal summary
Medal table
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Medalists
Indoor volleyball
Beach volleyball
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Brazil Alison Cerutti Bruno Oscar Schmidt |
Italy Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai |
Netherlands Alexander Brouwer Robert Meeuwsen |
| Women's beach |
Germany Laura Ludwig Kira Walkenhorst |
Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk Bárbara Seixas |
United States Kerri Walsh Jennings April Ross |
See also
References
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Volleyball:
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- Results Book – Volleyball
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- Beach Volleyball qualification website (fivb.com)
- Results Book – Beach Volleyball
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