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.

Quick Facts Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, Venue ...

Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Date	7–21 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Brazil (3rd title)  Italy  United States
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Brazil won the gold medal after a 3–0 win over Italy.^[1] The United States defeated Russia 3–2 to win the bronze medal.^[2]

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 Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the gifts were presented by Ary Graça, Dr. Rafael Lloreda Currea and Dr. Amr Elwani, President and Executive Vice-Presidents of the FIVB.

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.

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of October 2015.^[3] 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.^[4]

More information Pool A, Pool B ...

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil (Hosts)	Poland (2)
Italy (4)	Russia (3)
United States (5)	Argentina (6)
Canada (10)	Iran (8)
France (10)	Cuba (15)
Mexico (24)	Egypt (17)

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In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented:^[5]

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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

The following referees were selected for the tournament.^[6]

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
• The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

Pool A

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	432	375	1.152	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	378	378	1.000
3	United States	5	3	2	9	10	8	1.250	419	405	1.035
4	Brazil (H)	5	3	2	9	11	9	1.222	467	442	1.057
5	France	5	2	3	6	8	9	0.889	386	367	1.052
6	Mexico	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	283	398	0.711

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Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 09:30	Italy	3–0	France	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,456 Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(25–20, 25–20, 25–15) Results Statistics

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 11:35	Brazil	3–1	Mexico	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,686 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL)
	(23–25, 25–19, 25–14, 25–18) Results Statistics

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 17:05	United States	0–3	Canada	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,875 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)
	(23–25, 17–25, 23–25) Results Statistics

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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 11:55	France	3–0	Mexico	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,625 Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)
	(25–18, 25–12, 25–22) Results Statistics

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 15:00	Italy	3–1	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,494 Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
	(28–26, 20–25, 25–23, 25–23) Results Statistics

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 22:35	Brazil	3–1	Canada	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,749 Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Piotr Dudek (POL)
	(24–26, 25–18, 25–22, 25–17) Results Statistics

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 17:05	Canada	0–3	France	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,498 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(19–25, 16–25, 19–25) Results Statistics

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 20:30	Italy	3–0	Mexico	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,472 Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Piotr Dudek (POL)
	(25–17, 25–13, 25–17) Results Statistics

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 22:35	Brazil	1–3	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,779 Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)
	(20–25, 23–25, 25–20, 20–25) Results Statistics

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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 17:25	United States	3–1	France	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,877 Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Luis Macias (MEX)
	(25–22, 25–22, 14–25, 25–22) Results Statistics

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 20:30	Canada	3–0	Mexico	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,624 Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)
	(25–20, 25–13, 25–22) Results Statistics

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 22:35	Brazil	1–3	Italy	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,892 Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(25–23, 23–25, 22–25, 15–25) Results Statistics

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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 11:35	United States	3–0	Mexico	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,963 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Piotr Dudek (POL)
	(25–23, 25–11, 25–19) Results Statistics

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 20:30	Italy	1–3	Canada	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,109 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
	(23–25, 17–25, 25–16, 21–25) Results Statistics

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 22:45	Brazil	3–1	France	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,800 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(25–22, 22–25, 25–20, 25–23) Results Statistics

Pool B

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	394	335	1.176	Quarterfinals
2	Poland	5	4	1	12	14	5	2.800	447	389	1.149
3	Russia	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	432	367	1.177
4	Iran	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	389	392	0.992
5	Egypt	5	1	4	3	3	12	0.250	286	362	0.790
6	Cuba	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	300	403	0.744

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Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 15:00	Poland	3–0	Egypt	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,658 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
	(25–18, 25–20, 25–17) Results Statistics

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 20:30	Russia	3–1	Cuba	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,287 Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
	(25–17, 25–19, 22–25, 25–18) Results Statistics

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 22:35	Argentina	3–0	Iran	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,460 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Liu Jiang (CHN)
	(25–23, 26–24, 25–18) Results Statistics

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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 09:30	Russia	1–3	Argentina	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,165 Referees: Arturo di Giacomo (BEL), Heike Kraft (GER)
	(18–25, 25–18, 18–25, 21–25) Results Statistics

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 17:35	Poland	3–2	Iran	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,227 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
	(25–17, 25–23, 23–25, 20–25, 18–16) Results Statistics

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 20:30	Cuba	0–3	Egypt	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,016 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(22–25, 15–25, 22–25) Results Statistics

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 09:30	Iran	3–0	Cuba	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,625 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Juray Mokrý (SVK)
	(25–21, 31–29, 25–16) Results Statistics

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 11:35	Russia	3–0	Egypt	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,665 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(25–11, 25–17, 25–9) Results Statistics

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 15:00	Poland	3–0	Argentina	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,972 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
	(25–21, 25–19, 37–35) Results Statistics

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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 09:30	Iran	3–0	Egypt	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,262 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
	(28–26, 25–22, 25–16) Results Statistics

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 11:35	Argentina	3–0	Cuba	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,428 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)
	(25–16, 25–14, 25–16) Results Statistics

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 15:00	Poland	2–3	Russia	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,239 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(18–25, 25–16, 18–25, 25–22, 13–15) Results Statistics

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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 09:30	Argentina	3–0	Egypt	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,175 Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL)
	(25–16, 25–19, 25–20) Results Statistics

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 15:00	Russia	3–0	Iran	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,387 Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)
	(25–23, 25–16, 25–20) Results Statistics

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 17:05	Poland	3–0	Cuba	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,175 Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(25–18, 25–15, 25–17) Results Statistics

• 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				Gold medal match
	17 August
	Italy	3
					19 August
	Iran	0
					Italy	3
	17 August
					United States	2
	United States	3
									21 August
	Poland	0
									Italy	0
	17 August
									Brazil	3
	Canada	0
					19 August
	Russia	3
					Russia	0
	17 August
					Brazil	3			Bronze medal match
	Brazil	3
									21 August
	Argentina	1
									United States	3
									Russia	2

Quarterfinals

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 10:00	Canada	0–3	Russia	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,291 Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)
	(15–25, 20–25, 18–25) Results Statistics

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 14:00	United States	3–0	Poland	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,278 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
	(25–23, 25–22, 25–20) Results Statistics

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 18:00	Italy	3–0	Iran	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,213 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(31–29, 25–19, 25–17) Results Statistics

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 22:15	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,498 Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Piotr Dudek (POL)
	(25–22, 17–25, 25–19, 25–23) Results Statistics

Semifinals

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 13:00	Italy	3–2	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,153 Referees: Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
	(30–28, 26–28, 9–25, 25–22, 15–9) Results Statistics

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 22:15	Russia	0–3	Brazil	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,784 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)
	(21–25, 20–25, 17–25) Results Statistics

Bronze medal match

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 09:30	United States	3–2	Russia	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,976 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Liu Jiang (CHN)
	(23–25, 21–25, 25–19, 25–19, 15–13) Results Statistics

Gold medal match

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 13:15	Italy	0–3	Brazil	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,824 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(22–25, 26–28, 24–26) Results Statistics

• Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals were ranked.

More information Rank, Name ...

Best Scorers Rank Name Points 1 Wallace de Souza 147 2 Matthew Anderson 128 3 Ivan Zaytsev 127 4 Osmany Juantorena 116 5 Aaron Russell 107

Best Spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Maksim Mikhaylov 38.41 2 Wallace de Souza 36.59 3 Aaron Russell 33.50 4 Ricardo Lucarelli 32.92 5 Egor Kliuka 32.74 Best Blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Artem Volvich 0.90 2 Maxwell Holt 0.65 3 David Lee 0.55 Emanuele Birarelli 5 Maksim Mikhaylov 0.50 Best Servers Rank Name Avg 1 Ivan Zaytsev 0.48 2 Maxwell Holt 0.39 3 Taylor Sander 0.35 4 Matthew Anderson 0.32 5 Ricardo Lucarelli 0.30 Sergei Tetyukhin

Best Diggers Rank Name Avg 1 Erik Shoji 1.81 2 Massimo Colaci 1.55 3 Osmany Juantorena 1.45 4 Sérgio Santos 1.33 5 Aleksey Verbov 1.20 Best Setters Rank Name Avg 1 Micah Christenson 10.97 2 Simone Giannelli 10.79 3 Bruno Rezende 10.50 4 Sergey Grankin 8.77 5 Igor Kobzar 1.73 Best Receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 Taylor Sander 48.80 2 Erik Shoji 45.18 3 Massimo Colaci 42.04 4 Sérgio Santos 41.84 5 Filippo Lanza 40.76

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Source: FIVB.com

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