The
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
tournaments at the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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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
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, in the temporary
Copacabana Stadium
Copacabana Stadium, also known as the Beach Volleyball Arena ( pt, link=no, Arena de Vôlei de Praia), was a temporary stadium located on Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that hosted the beach volleyball co ...
.
Competition schedule
Events
Four sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
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Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams, 144 athletes)
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Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams, 144 athletes)
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Beach volleyball – men (24 teams, 48 athletes)
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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
Medalists
Indoor volleyball
Beach volleyball
See also
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Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held from 9 September to 18 September at the Riocentro Pavilion 6 in Rio de Janeiro. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women.
In the men's sitting event, Bosn ...
References
External links
Volleyball:
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Volleyball qualification process (olympics.com.au)Volleyball qualification website (fivb.com)Results Book – Volleyball
Beach volleyball:
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Beach Volleyball qualification process (olympics.com.au)Beach Volleyball qualification website (fivb.com)
Results Book – Beach Volleyball
{{Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics
2016 Summer Olympics events
2016
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2016 in volleyball
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