# Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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

| P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Sat 20 | Sun 21 | Sun 21 |
| P | | P | | P | | P | | P | | | ¼ | ¼ | | | ½ | | | B | F |

## Qualification

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | — | — | 1 | Brazil |
| 2015 World Cup | 8–23 September 2015 | Japan | 2 | United States |
| 2015 World Cup | 8–23 September 2015 | Japan | 2 | Italy |
| South American Qualifier | 9–11 October 2015 | Maiquetía | 1 | Argentina |
| European Qualifier | 5–10 January 2016 | Berlin | 1 | Russia |
| African Qualifier | 7–12 January 2016 | Brazzaville | 1 | Egypt |
| North American Qualifier | 8–10 January 2016 | Edmonton | 1 | Cuba |
| Asian Qualifier* | 28 May – 5 June 2016 | Tokyo | 1 | Iran |
| 1st World Qualifier | 28 May – 5 June 2016 | Tokyo | 3 | Poland |
| 1st World Qualifier | 28 May – 5 June 2016 | Tokyo | 3 | France |
| 1st World Qualifier | 28 May – 5 June 2016 | Tokyo | 3 | Canada |
| 2nd World Qualifier | 3–5 June 2016 | Mexico City | 1 | Mexico |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## 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 A | Pool B |
| Brazil (Hosts) | Poland (2) |
| Italy (4) | Russia (3) |
| United States (5) | Argentina (6) |
| Canada (10) | Iran (8) |
| France (10) | Cuba (15) |
| Mexico (24) | Egypt (17) |

## Venue

* All matches
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
* Capacity: 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2.600 | 432 | 375 | 1.152 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1.429 | 378 | 378 | 1.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1.250 | 419 | 405 | 1.035 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1.222 | 467 | 442 | 1.057 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 386 | 367 | 1.052 | |
| 6 | Mexico | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.067 | 283 | 398 | 0.711 | |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3.000 | 394 | 335 | 1.176 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Poland | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2.800 | 447 | 389 | 1.149 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2.167 | 432 | 367 | 1.177 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Iran | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 389 | 392 | 0.992 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Egypt | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0.250 | 286 | 362 | 0.790 | |
| 6 | Cuba | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.067 | 300 | 403 | 0.744 | |

## 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | |
| Italy | 3 | | | |
| Italy | 3 | 19 August | 19 August | | |
| Iran | 0 | 19 August | 19 August | |
| Iran | 0 | Italy | 3 | |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Italy | 3 | |
| 17 August | 17 August | United States | 2 | |
| United States | 3 | United States | 2 | |
| United States | 3 | | | | 21 August | 21 August |
| Poland | 0 | | | | 21 August | 21 August |
| Poland | 0 | | | | Italy | 0 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | | | Italy | 0 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | | Brazil | 3 |
| Canada | 0 | | | | Brazil | 3 |
| Canada | 0 | 19 August | 19 August | | | |
| Russia | 3 | 19 August | 19 August | | | |
| Russia | 3 | Russia | 0 | | | |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Russia | 0 | | | |
| 17 August | 17 August | Brazil | 3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Brazil | 3 | Brazil | 3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Brazil | 3 | | | | 21 August | 21 August |
| Argentina | 1 | | | | 21 August | 21 August |
| Argentina | 1 | | | | United States | 3 |
| | | | | | Russia | 2 |

### Gold medal match
## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Italy |
| | United States |
| 4 | Russia |
| 5 | Iran |
| 5 | Poland |
| 5 | Canada |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 9 | Egypt |
| 9 | France |
| 11 | Cuba |
| 11 | Mexico |
* 2016 Men's Olympic champions
* Brazil 3rd title
* 12–man roster
* Bruno (c), Éder, Wallace, William, Sérgio (L), Lipe, M. Souza, Douglas, Lucas, Evandro, Lucarelli, Maurício
* Head coach
* Bernardinho

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Brazil (BRA)Bruno Rezende (c) Éder Carbonera Wallace de Souza William Arjona Sérgio Santos (L) Luiz Felipe Fonteles Maurício Souza Douglas Souza Lucas Saatkamp Evandro Guerra Ricardo Lucarelli Maurício Borges Silva Head coach: Bernardinho | Italy (ITA)Daniele Sottile Luca Vettori Osmany Juantorena Simone Giannelli Salvatore Rossini Ivan Zaytsev Filippo Lanza Simone Buti Massimo Colaci (L) Matteo Piano Emanuele Birarelli (c) Oleg Antonov Head coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini | United States (USA)Matthew Anderson Aaron Russell Taylor Sander David Lee (c) Kawika Shoji Reid Priddy Murphy Troy Thomas Jaeschke Micah Christenson Maxwell Holt David Smith Erik 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.
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Wallace de Souza | 147 |
| 2 | Matthew Anderson | 128 |
| 3 | Ivan Zaytsev | 127 |
| 4 | Osmany Juantorena | 116 |
| 5 | Aaron Russell | 107 |
| Rank | Name | %Eff |
| 1 | Maksim Mikhaylov | 38.41 |
| 2 | Wallace de Souza | 36.59 |
| 3 | Aaron Russell | 33.50 |
| 4 | Ricardo Lucarelli | 32.92 |
| 5 | Egor Kliuka | 32.74 |
| Rank | Name | Avg |
| 1 | Artem Volvich | 0.90 |
| 2 | Maxwell Holt | 0.65 |
| 3 | David Lee | 0.55 |
| 3 | Emanuele Birarelli | 0.55 |
| 5 | Maksim Mikhaylov | 0.50 |
| Rank | Name | Avg |
| 1 | Ivan Zaytsev | 0.48 |
| 2 | Maxwell Holt | 0.39 |
| 3 | Taylor Sander | 0.35 |
| 4 | Matthew Anderson | 0.32 |
| 5 | Ricardo Lucarelli | 0.30 |
| 5 | Sergei Tetyukhin | 0.30 |
| Rank | Name | Avg |
| 1 | Erik Shoji | 1.81 |
| 2 | Massimo Colaci | 1.55 |
| 3 | Osmany Juantorena | 1.45 |
| 4 | Sérgio Santos | 1.33 |
| 5 | Aleksey Verbov | 1.20 |
| Rank | Name | Avg |
| 1 | Micah Christenson | 10.97 |
| 2 | Simone Giannelli | 10.79 |
| 3 | Bruno Rezende | 10.50 |
| 4 | Sergey Grankin | 8.77 |
| 5 | Igor Kobzar | 1.73 |
| Rank | Name | %Succ |
| 1 | Taylor Sander | 48.80 |
| 2 | Erik Shoji | 45.18 |
| 3 | Massimo Colaci | 42.04 |
| 4 | Sérgio Santos | 41.84 |
| 5 | Filippo Lanza | 40.76 |
Source: FIVB.com