Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 15th 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 Tokyo, Japan from 24 July to 7 August 2021. It was originally scheduled to take place from 25 July to 8 August 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced on 24 March 2020 that the 2020 Summer Olympics would be delayed to 2021. Because of this pandemic, all matches were played behind closed doors.

France won their first gold and overall medal with a 3–2 win over the Russian team that competed as the ROC. Argentina won the bronze medal in a narrow 3–2 victory over Brazil.

The medals for the competition were presented by Bernard Rajzman, IOC Member, Olympian, and Silver Medalist, Brazil; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ary Graça, FIVB President; Brazil.

Competition schedule PPreliminary round¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchFFinal Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6Sat 7PPPPP¼ ½BF

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 knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers of the quarterfinals were eliminated. 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 15 October 2019. 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 10th. The pools were confirmed on 31 January 2020.

Pool APool B (Hosts) (1) (3) (2) (4) (5) (7) (6) (8) (9) (36) (22)

Rosters

Venue All matches Tokyo, JapanAriake ArenaCapacity: 15,000

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 Paulo Turci Liu Jiang Denny Cespedes Fabrice Collados Daniele Rapisarda Shin Muranaka Sumie Myoi Luis Macias Wojciech Maroszek Evgeny Makshanov Vladimir Simonović Juraj Mokrý Kang Joo-hee Susana Rodríguez Hamid Al-Rousi Patricia Rolf

Preliminary round All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). 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

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12–man RosterBarthélémy Chinenyeze, Jenia Grebennikov (L), Jean Patry, Benjamin Toniutti (c), Kévin Tillie, Earvin N'Gapeth, Antoine Brizard, Stéphen Boyer, Nicolas Le Goff, Daryl Bultor, Trévor Clévenot, Yacine LouatiHead coachLaurent Tillie

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeBarthélémy ChinenyezeJenia Grebennikov (L)Jean PatryBenjamin Toniutti (c)Kévin TillieEarvin N'GapethAntoine BrizardStéphen BoyerNicolas Le GoffDaryl BultorTrévor ClévenotYacine LouatiHead coach:Laurent TillieYaroslav PodlesnykhArtem VolvichDmitry VolkovIvan IakovlevDenis BogdanPavel PankovViktor PoletaevMaxim MikhaylovEgor KliukaIlyas KurkaevIgor Kobzar (c)Valentin Golubev (L)Head coach:Tuomas SammelvuoMatías SánchezFederico PereyraCristian PoglajenFacundo ConteAgustín LoserSantiago Danani (L)Sebastián SoléBruno LimaEzequiel PalaciosLuciano De Cecco (c)Nicolás MéndezMartín RamosHead coach:Marcelo Méndez

Awards The awards were announced on 7 August 2021.

PositionPlayerMost valuable player Earvin N'GapethSetter Luciano De CeccoOutside hitters Earvin N'Gapeth Egor KliukaMiddle blockers Ivan Iakovlev Barthélémy ChinenyezeOpposite spiker Maxim MikhaylovLibero Jenia Grebennikov

Statistics leaders Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals were ranked.

Best Scorers RankNamePoints1 Bruno Lima1382 Earvin N'Gapeth1363 Jean Patry1354 Maksim Mikhaylov1305 Facundo Conte125

Best Spikers RankName1 Jean Patry42.062 Trévor Clévenot34.033 Maksim Mikhaylov33.334 Yoandy Leal33.165 Ricardo Lucarelli32.37 Best Blockers RankName1 Ivan Iakovlev0.702 Lucas Saatkamp0.663 Agustín Loser0.634 Barthélémy Chinenyeze0.61 Nicolas Le Goff Best Servers RankName1 Ricardo Lucarelli0.382 Bruno Lima0.263 Antoine Brizard0.244 Egor Kliuka0.235 Jean Patry0.21

Best Diggers RankName1 Thales Hoss2.252 Jenia Grebennikov1.943 Valentin Golubev1.734 Santiago Danani1.665 Bruno Rezende1.22 Best Setters RankName1 Bruno Rezende10.782 Luciano De Cecco10.343 Igor Kobzar8.734 Antoine Brizard7.095 Benjamin Toniutti4.12 Best Receivers RankName1 Thales Hoss73.152 Santiago Danani67.083 Egor Kliuka66.674 Trévor Clévenot64.745 Facundo Conte62.56

Source: Olympics.com

Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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