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 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016, and the gifts were presented by Ary Graça, Dr. Rafael Lloreda Currea and Dr. Amr Elwani, President and Executive Vice-Presidents of the FIVB. 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 standing procedure. In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented: 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. Knockout stage. Bracket. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>