Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 15th edition of the event at an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Tokyo, Japan from 25 July to 8 August 2021. It was originally scheduled to take place from 26 July to 9 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, the games were played behind closed doors.

The United States won their first gold after finishing runners-up three times with a 3–0 win over Brazil. Serbia won the bronze medal with a victory over South Korea.

The medals for the competition were presented by Nenad Lalović, IOC Executive Board Member; Serbia, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ary Graça, FIVB President; Brazil.

Competition schedule PPreliminary round¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Sun 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun 8PPPPP¼ ½BF

Qualification

Pools composition Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 29 September 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 7th.

Pool APool B (Hosts) (1) (3) (2) (4) (5) (9) (8) (10) (11) (19) (12)

Rosters

Venue All matches Tokyo, JapanAriake ArenaCapacity: 15,000

Format The preliminary round was a competition between the twelve teams divided into two pools of six teams. The teams competed in a single round-robin format. The four highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage (quarter-finals). 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 quarter-finals were eliminated and ranked fifth. The quarterfinal winners played in the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals.

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 quarter-finals.

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage 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. As it happened at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the drawing ended up with the 2nd ranked teams facing each other, and the 3rd ranked teams playing against each other.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals Tandara Caixeta of Brazil was suspended from the semi-final match against South Korea after a positive out-of-competition drug test for Enobosarm.

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

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

Best scorers RankNamePoints1 Tijana Bošković1922 Kim Yeon-koung1363 Fernanda Garay1204 Gabriela Guimarães1065 Jordan Larson91 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley91

Best spikers RankName1 Fernanda Garay41.402 Tijana Bošković36.423 Andrea Drews34.944 Kim Yeon-koung31.995 Gabriela Guimarães27.35 Best blockers RankName1 Ana Carolina da Silva0.822 Carol Gattaz0.793 Foluke Akinradewo0.754 Mina Popović0.725 Haleigh Washington0.71 Best servers RankName1 Tijana Bošković0.482 Maja Ognjenovic0.28 Bianka Buša0.284 Yeum Hye-seon0.275 Carol Gattaz0.25

Best diggers RankName1 Oh Ji-young3.102 Justine Wong-Orantes2.93 Camila Brait2.934 Kim Yeon-koung2.775 Silvija Popović2.44 Best setters RankName1 Maja Ognjenović9.762 Jordyn Poulter8.823 Yeum Hye-seon7.434 Macris Carneiro6.545 Roberta Ratzke5.43 Best receivers RankName1 Justine Wong-Orantes74.452 Gabriela Guimarães71.133 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley70.594 Jordan Larson68.355 Bojana Milenković67.43

Final standing

Rank Team456789101112

12–woman rosterMicha Hancock, Jordyn Poulter, Justine Wong-Orantes (L), Jordan Larson (c), Annie Drews, Jordan Thompson, Michelle Bartsch-Hackley, Kim Hill, Foluke Akinradewo, Haleigh Washington, Kelsey Robinson, Chiaka OgboguHead coachKarch Kiraly

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMicha HancockJordyn PoulterJustine Wong-Orantes (L)Jordan Larson (c)Annie DrewsJordan ThompsonMichelle Bartsch-HackleyKim HillFoluke AkinradewoHaleigh WashingtonKelsey RobinsonChiaka OgboguHead coach:Karch KiralyCarol GattazRosamaria MontibellerMacris CarneiroRoberta RatzkeGabriela GuimarãesTandara CaixetaNatália Pereira (c)Ana Carolina da Silva Fe GarayAna Cristina de SouzaCamila Brait (L)Ana Beatriz CorrêaHead coach:Zé RobertoBianka BušaMina PopovićSlađana MirkovićBrankica MihajlovićMaja Ognjenović (c)Ana BjelicaMaja AleksićMilena RašićSilvija Popović (L)Tijana BoškovićBojana MilenkovićJelena BlagojevićHead coach:Zoran Terzić

Awards The awards were announced on 8 August 2021.

PositionPlayerMost valuable player Jordan LarsonSetter Jordyn PoulterOutside hitters Jordan Larson Michelle Bartsch-HackleyMiddle blockers Haleigh Washington Carol GattazOpposite spiker Tijana BoškovićLibero Justine Wong-Orantes

Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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