The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Beijing, China from 10 to 24 August 2008.
The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams. Each team played all other teams in their pool with the winning team gaining 2 points and the losing side 1 point. The top four teams from each pool progressed through to the quarterfinals. The rest of the tournament was a single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match held between the two semifinal losers.
A total of 38 matches were played: 15 in each group, 4 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals, 1 bronze medal match, and 1 gold medal match.
Competition schedule PPreliminary round¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Sun 17 Mon 18 Tue 19 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Sun 24PPPPP¼ ½BF
Qualification
Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost country13 July 2001 Moscow12007 World Cup18 November – 2 December 20073African Qualifier3–9 February 2008 Durban1European Qualifier7–13 January 2008 İzmir1North American Qualifier6–11 January 2008 Caguas1South American Qualifier3–7 January 2008 Formosa11st World Qualifier23–25 May 2008 Düsseldorf12nd World Qualifier30 May – 1 June 2008 Espinho13rd World Qualifier31 May – 8 June 2008 Tokyo1Asian Qualifier1Total12
Pools composition Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 3 December 2007. 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 21st.
Pool APool B (Hosts) (1) (3) (2) (4) (5) (10) (8) (12) (14) (20) (19)
Rosters
Venues Main venueSub venue Beijing, China Beijing, ChinaCapital Indoor StadiumBeijing Institute of Technology GymnasiumCapacity: 17,345Capacity: 5,000
Preliminary round All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00). The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals. Pool A
Pool B
Final round All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00). 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.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
RankTeam45911
12–man rosterLloy Ball, Sean Rooney, David Lee, Rich Lambourne (L), Reid Priddy, Ryan Millar, Riley Salmon, Tom Hoff (c), Clay Stanley, Kevin Hansen, Gabe Gardner, Scott TouzinskyHead coachHugh McCutcheon
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeLloy BallSean RooneyDavid LeeRich Lambourne (L)Reid PriddyRyan MillarRiley SalmonTom Hoff (c)Clay StanleyKevin HansenGabriel GardnerScott TouzinskyHead coach: Hugh McCutcheonBruno RezendeMarcelo ElgartenAndré HellerSamuel FuchsGiba (c)Murilo EndresAndré NascimentoSérgio Santos (L)Anderson RodriguesGustavo EndresRodrigo SantanaDante AmaralHead coach: BernardinhoAleksandr KorneevSemyon PoltavskiyAleksandr KosarevSergey GrankinSergey TetyukhinVadim Khamuttskikh (c)Yury BerezhkoAleksey OstapenkoAleksandr VolkovAleksey Verbov (L)Maxim MikhaylovAleksey KuleshovHead coach: Vladimir Alekno
Awards
Most valuable player Clayton Stanley Best scorer Clayton Stanley Best spiker Sebastian Świderski Best blocker Gustavo Endres Best server Clayton Stanley Best digger Aleksey Verbov Best setter Paweł Zagumny Best receiver Michał Winiarski Best libero Mirko Corsano
References
External links Official website Final Standing Awards Statistics Results at Todor66.com Results at Sports123.com