The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics was 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 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.
Video Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament
Competition schedule
Maps Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament
Qualification
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
Format
The preliminary round was a competition between the twelve teams 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 group advanced to the knockout stage (quarter-finals). The sixth placed teams in each pool was ranked eleventh in this competition. The fifth placed teams in each pool was ranked ninth.
The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers of the quarter-finals were eliminated and ranked fifth. The quarter-final winners played in the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals.
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
- Set ratio
- Setpoint ratio
- Results between tied teams (head-to-head record)
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.
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
Statistics leaders
- Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.
Source: FIVB.com
See also
- Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament
References
External links
- Official website
- Final Standing
- Awards
- Statistics
- Results at Todor66.com
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments