Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women
Beach
Tournament		men		women

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be the 14th edition of the event at an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 7 to 21 August 2016.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Hosts	2 Oct 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Cup	8–23 Sep 2015	Tokyo	2
African Qualifier	Jan–Mar 2016	TBD	1
European Qualifier	5–10 Jan 2016	TBD	1
South American Qualifier	Jan 2016		1
North American Qualifier	10–16 May 2016		1
Asian Qualifier *	May 2016		1
World Qualifier			3
Intercontinental Qualifier			1
Total			12

* The Asian Qualifier will be combined with the World Qualifier. The best asian team of the tournament will qualify as the Asian Qualifier winners, while the top three teams except the best asian team will also qualify for the Olympic Games.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil (Hosts)

Venue

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Capacity: 11,800

Pool standing procedure

1. Match points
2. Numbers of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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

Preliminary round

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
2		0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
3		0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
4		0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
5		0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
6		0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Pool B

Final round

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Rank Team 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! 4 5 9 11 Medalists Gold Silver Bronze Awards Most Valuable Player Best Setter Best Outside Spikers Best Middle Blockers Best Opposite Spiker Best Libero See also Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament References External links