The volleyball tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was played between 6 and 21 August. 24 volleyball teams and 48 beach volleyball teams, total 386 athletes, participated in the tournament. The indoor volleyball competition took place at Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Maracanã, and the beach volleyball tournament was held at Copacabana Beach, in the temporary Copacabana Stadium.
Video Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Competition schedule
Maps Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Events
Four sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
- Indoor volleyball - men (12 teams, 144 athletes)
- Indoor volleyball - women (12 teams, 144 athletes)
- Beach volleyball - men (24 teams, 48 athletes)
- Beach volleyball - women (24 teams, 48 athletes)
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee was allowed to enter one men's and one women's qualified team in the volleyball tournaments and two men's and two women's qualified teams in the beach volleyball.
Men's volleyball
Women's volleyball
Men's beach volleyball
Women's beach volleyball
Men's indoor competition
The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a knockout stage.
Preliminary round
The teams were divided into two groups of six countries, playing every team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a 3-0 or 3-1 win, two points for a 3-2 win, one point for a 2-3 loss and 0 points for a 1-3 or 0-3 loss. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.
Pool A
Pool B
Knockout stage
Women's indoor competition
The competition consisted of two stages; a Preliminary round followed by a knockout stage.
Preliminary round
The teams were divided into two groups of six countries, playing every team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a 3-0 or 3-1 win, two points for a 3-2 win, one point for a 2-3 loss and 0 points for a 1-3 or 0-3 loss. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.
Pool A
Pool B
Knockout stage
Men's beach volleyball competition
Knockout stage
Women's beach volleyball competition
Knockout stage
Medal summary
Medal table
- Key
* Host nation (Brazil)
Medalists
Indoor volleyball
Beach volleyball
See also
- Beach volleyball at the 2014 Asian Games
- Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Volleyball at the 2014 Asian Games
- Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
References
External links
- Volleyball qualification process
- Beach volleyball qualification process
- Volleyball qualification website
- Beach Volleyball qualification website
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