Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Date6–20 August
Volleyball at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament   men   women
Rosters   men   women
Beach
Tournament men women

The women'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 6 to 20 August 2016.

Qualification

Means of qualification
DateHostVacanciesQualified
Hosts2 Oct 2009Denmark Copenhagen1 Brazil
2015 World Cup22 Aug–6 Sep 2015Japan Nagoya2
European Qualifier4–9 Jan 2016TBD1
African QualifierJan–Mar 2016TBD1
South American QualifierJan 2016Argentina1
North American Qualifier10–16 May 2016Dominican Republic1
Asian Qualifier *May 2016Japan1
World Qualifier3
Intercontinental Qualifier1
Total12

* 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

Brazil 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

Qualified for the Quarterfinals

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
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Aug                      
6 Aug                      
6 Aug                      
8 Aug                      
8 Aug                      
8 Aug                      
10 Aug                      
10 Aug                      
10 Aug                      
12 Aug                      
12 Aug                      
12 Aug                      
14 Aug                      
14 Aug                      
14 Aug                      

Pool B

Matches Sets Points
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 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
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Aug                      
6 Aug                      
6 Aug                      
8 Aug                      
8 Aug                      
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10 Aug                      
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12 Aug                      
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14 Aug                      
14 Aug                      
14 Aug                      

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
                   
16 August        
     
18 August
       
     
16 August
         
     
20 August
       
     
16 August
       
     
18 August
       
      Bronze medal match
16 August
         
           
             
20 August

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Aug                      
16 Aug                      
16 Aug                      
16 Aug                      

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Aug                      
18 Aug                      

Bronze medal match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Aug                      

Gold medal match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Aug                      

Final standing

Rank Team
1st
2nd
3rd
4
5
9
11

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Setter
  • Best Outside Spikers
  • Best Middle Blocker
  • Best Opposite Spikers
  • Best Libero

See also

References

    External links