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| Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Ariake Arena | |||||||||
| Date | 24 July – 7 August 2021 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 144 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | men | women |
| Tournament | men | women |
| Rosters | men | women |
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| Qualification | men | women |
| Tournament | men | women |
The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 15th 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 Tokyo, Japan from 24 July to 7 August 2021.[1] It was originally scheduled to take place from 25 July to 8 August 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced on 24 March 2020 that the 2020 Summer Olympics would be delayed to 2021.[2] Because of this pandemic, all matches were played behind closed doors.[3]
France won their first gold and overall medal with a 3–2 win over the Russian team that competed as the ROC.[4] Argentina won the bronze medal in a narrow 3–2 victory over Brazil.[5]
The medals for the competition were presented by Bernard Rajzman, IOC Member, Olympian, and Silver Medalist, Brazil; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ary Graça, FIVB President; Brazil.
Competition schedule
| P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| Sat 24 | Sun 25 | Mon 26 | Tue 27 | Wed 28 | Thu 29 | Fri 30 | Sat 31 | Sun 1 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | ||||
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| P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||
Qualification
| Event | Dates | Venue(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) | |
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| Host nation[6] | — | 1 |  Japan
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| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool A | 9–11 August 2019 |  Varna
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1 |  Brazil
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| Pool B |  Rotterdam
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1 |  United States
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| Pool C |  Bari
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1 | Italy
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| Pool D |  Gdańsk–Sopot
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1 | Poland
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| Pool E |  Saint Petersburg
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1 |  ROC
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| Pool F |  Ningbo
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1 |  Argentina
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| European Qualifier | 5–10 January 2020 |  Berlin
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1 |  France
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| Asian Qualifier | 7–12 January 2020 | Jiangmen
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1 |  Iran
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| African Qualifier | 7–11 January 2020 |  Cairo
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1 |  Tunisia
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| South American Qualifier | 10–12 January 2020 |  Mostazal
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1 |  Venezuela
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| North American Qualifier | 10–12 January 2020 |  Vancouver
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1 | Canada
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| Total | 12 | ||||
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 knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers of the quarterfinals were eliminated. The quarterfinal winners played in the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals competed for gold medal and the losers played for bronze medal.[7]
Pools composition
Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 15 October 2019.[8] 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 10th. The pools were confirmed on 31 January 2020.[9]
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
| Japan (Hosts)
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Brazil (1)
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| Poland (3)
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United States (2)
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| Italy (4)
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ROC (5)
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| Canada (7)
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Argentina (6)
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| Iran (8)
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France (9)
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| Venezuela (36)
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Tunisia (22)
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Rosters
Venue
| All matches |
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| Tokyo, Japan
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| Ariake Arena |
| Capacity: 15,000 |
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Pool standing procedure
In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented:[10]
- 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.[11]
Hernán Casamiquela
Paulo Turci
Liu Jiang
Denny Cespedes
Fabrice Collados
Daniele Rapisarda
Shin Muranaka- Sumie Myoi
Luis Macias
Wojciech Maroszek
Evgeny Makshanov
Vladimir Simonović
Juraj Mokrý
Kang Joo-hee
Susana Rodríguez
Hamid Al-Rousi
Patricia Rolf
Preliminary round
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
- The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland
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5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3.500 | 435 | 365 | 1.192 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy
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5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 447 | 411 | 1.088 | |
| 3 | Japan (H)
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5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1.111 | 437 | 433 | 1.009 | |
| 4 | Canada
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5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 396 | 387 | 1.023 | |
| 5 | Iran
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5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 453 | 460 | 0.985 | |
| 6 | Venezuela
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.067 | 281 | 393 | 0.715 |
| 24 July 2021 09:00 v |
Italy
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3–2 | Canada
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Makshanov (RUS), Liu Jiang (CHN) |
| (26–28, 18–25, 25–21, 25–18, 15–11) Results Statistics | ||||
| 24 July 2021 17:05 v |
Japan
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3–0 | Venezuela
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Vladimir Simonovic (SRB) |
| (25–21, 25–20, 25–15) Results Statistics | ||||
| 24 July 2021 19:40 v |
Poland
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2–3 | Iran
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK) |
| (25–18, 22–25, 22–25, 25–22, 21–23) Results Statistics | ||||
| 26 July 2021 09:00 v |
Iran
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3–0 | Venezuela
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Susana Rodríguez (ESP) |
| (25–17, 25–20, 25–18) Results Statistics | ||||