Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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
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 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.
Rosters
Venue
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
Pool B
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
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
Medalists
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.
Best Scorers
Best Spikers
Best Blockers
Best Servers
Best Diggers
Best Setters
Best Receivers
Source: FIVB.com
See also
Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
References
External links
Official website
Final Standing
Awards
Results at Todor66.com
Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics