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, in the temporary Copacabana Stadium.
Competition schedule PPreliminary roundRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17Thu 18Fri 19Sat 20Sun 21Men's indoorPPPPP BFWomen's indoorPPPPP BFMen's beachPPPPPP BF Women's beachPPPPPPBF
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.
Men's volleyball
Women's volleyball
Men's beach volleyball
Women's beach volleyball
Men's indoor competition
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
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
Knockout stage
Women's beach volleyball competition
Knockout stage
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists Indoor volleyball Men's indoorBruno Rezende (c)Éder CarboneraWallace de SouzaWilliam ArjonaSérgio Santos (L)Luiz Felipe FontelesMaurício SouzaDouglas SouzaLucas SaatkampEvandro GuerraRicardo LucarelliMaurício Borges SilvaDaniele SottileLuca VettoriOsmany JuantorenaSimone GiannelliSalvatore RossiniIvan ZaytsevFilippo LanzaSimone ButiMassimo Colaci (L)Matteo PianoEmanuele Birarelli (c)Oleg AntonovMatthew AndersonAaron RussellTaylor SanderDavid Lee (c)Kawika ShojiReid PriddyMurphy TroyThomas JaeschkeMicah ChristensonMaxwell HoltDavid SmithErik Shoji (L)Women's indoorYuan XinyueZhu TingYang FangxuGong XiangyuWei QiuyueZhang ChangningLiu XiaotongXu YunliHui Ruoqi (c)Lin Li (L)Ding XiaYan NiBianka BušaJovana BrakočevićBojana ŽivkovićTijana MaleševićBrankica MihajlovićMaja Ognjenović (c)Stefana VeljkovićJelena NikolićJovana StevanovićMilena RašićSilvija Popović (L)Tijana BoškovićAlisha GlassKayla Banwarth (L)Courtney ThompsonRachael AdamsCarli LloydJordan Larson-BurbachKelly MurphyChrista Harmotto-Dietzen (c)Kimberly HillFoluke AkinradewoKelsey RobinsonKarsta Lowe
Beach volleyball Men's beachAlison CeruttiBruno Oscar SchmidtDaniele LupoPaolo NicolaiAlexander BrouwerRobert MeeuwsenWomen's beachLaura LudwigKira WalkenhorstÁgatha BednarczukBárbara SeixasKerri Walsh JenningsApril Ross
See also Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Volleyball:
Volleyball qualification process (olympics.com.au) Volleyball qualification website (fivb.com) Results Book – Volleyball
Beach volleyball:
Beach Volleyball qualification process (olympics.com.au) Beach Volleyball qualification website (fivb.com) Results Book – Beach Volleyball