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.
Brazil won the gold medal after a 3–0 win over Italy. The United States defeated Russia 3–2 to win the bronze medal.
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 PPreliminary round¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17Thu 18Fri 19Sat 20Sun 21PPPPP ¼ ½ BF
Qualification
Format 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 Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of October 2015. 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.
Pool APool B (Hosts) (2) (4) (3) (5) (6) (10) (8) (10) (15) (24) (17)
Rosters
Venue All matches Rio de Janeiro, BrazilGinásio do MaracanãzinhoCapacity: 11,800
Pool standing procedure In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented:
Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio 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 The following referees were selected for the tournament.
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). The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.
Pool A
Pool B
Knockout stage 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
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
RankRio 2016 volleyball men Results, olympics.comTeam45911
12–man rosterBruno (c), Éder, Wallace, William, Sérgio (L), Lipe, M. Souza, Douglas, Lucas, Evandro, Lucarelli, MaurícioHead coachBernardinho
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeBruno Rezende (c)Éder CarboneraWallace de SouzaWilliam ArjonaSérgio Santos (L)Luiz Felipe FontelesMaurício SouzaDouglas SouzaLucas SaatkampEvandro GuerraRicardo LucarelliMaurício Borges SilvaHead coach: BernardinhoDaniele SottileLuca VettoriOsmany JuantorenaSimone GiannelliSalvatore RossiniIvan ZaytsevFilippo LanzaSimone ButiMassimo Colaci (L)Matteo PianoEmanuele Birarelli (c)Oleg AntonovHead coach: Gianlorenzo BlenginiMatthew AndersonAaron RussellTaylor SanderDavid Lee (c)Kawika ShojiReid PriddyMurphy TroyThomas JaeschkeMicah ChristensonMaxwell HoltDavid SmithErik Shoji (L)Head coach: John Speraw
Awards
Most valuable player Sérgio Santos Best setter Bruno Rezende Best outside spikers Aaron Russell Ricardo Lucarelli Best middle blockers Artem Volvich Emanuele Birarelli Best opposite spiker Wallace de Souza Best libero Sérgio Santos
Statistics leaders Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals were ranked.
Best Scorers RankNamePoints1 Wallace de Souza1472 Matthew Anderson1283 Ivan Zaytsev1274 Osmany Juantorena1165 Aaron Russell107
Best Spikers RankName1 Maksim Mikhaylov38.412 Wallace de Souza36.593 Aaron Russell33.504 Ricardo Lucarelli32.925 Egor Kliuka32.74 Best Blockers RankName1 Artem Volvich0.902 Maxwell Holt0.653 David Lee0.55 Emanuele Birarelli5 Maksim Mikhaylov0.50 Best Servers RankName1 Ivan Zaytsev0.482 Maxwell Holt0.393 Taylor Sander0.354 Matthew Anderson0.325 Ricardo Lucarelli0.30 Sergei Tetyukhin
Best Diggers RankName1 Erik Shoji1.812 Massimo Colaci1.553 Osmany Juantorena1.454 Sérgio Santos1.335 Aleksey Verbov1.20 Best Setters RankName1 Micah Christenson10.972 Simone Giannelli10.793 Bruno Rezende10.504 Sergey Grankin8.775 Igor Kobzar1.73 Best Receivers RankName1 Taylor Sander48.802 Erik Shoji45.183 Massimo Colaci42.044 Sérgio Santos41.845 Filippo Lanza40.76
Source: FIVB.com
See also Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
References
External links Official website Final Standing Awards Results at Todor66.com