Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Men's beach volleyball
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beach Volleyball Ground
DatesAugust 9–22
Competitors48 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Phil Dalhausser
Todd Rogers
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Márcio Araújo
Fabio Luiz Magalhães
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg Ricardo Santos
Emanuel Rego
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
  2004
2012  

The men's Olympic beach volleyball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park from August 9 to August 22. [1]

Each of the 24 pairs in the tournament was placed in one of six groups of four teams apiece, and played a round-robin within that pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Round of 16. The six third-place teams were ranked against each other, with ties being broken by the ratio of points won to lost. The best two advanced to the Round of 16, while the other four played two matches (#3 vs. #6 and #4 vs. #5) with the winners of those two matches advancing as well. The losers of those matches, along with the fourth-place teams in each group, were eliminated.

The 16 teams that advanced to the elimination rounds played a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.

Dalhausser and Rogers celebrate their gold medal win. Dalhausser and Rogers celebrate after gold medal win at the 2008 Summer Olympics.jpg
Dalhausser and Rogers celebrate their gold medal win.

Qualification

The top eight finishes that a team had from January 1, 2007, to July 20, 2008, on the Swatch FIVB World Tour (2007 and 2008), SWATCH FIVB World Championships (2007) and on FIVB recognised Continental Championship Finals, counted towards Olympic qualification for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. [2] [3]

There were 24 teams competing at the Olympic Games, with a maximum of two teams per country. [2] [4]

Brazil had four teams in the top 10 of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking, but only two teams from each country could participate in the Olympic Games. Also Germany, the USA, and the Netherlands had three teams each in the top 24.

Qualifiers

The official cut off date for Olympic qualification for beach volleyball was July 20, 2008. The final Olympic Qualification Ranking for the 24 teams, was announced confirmed by the FIVB on July 24, 2008. [5]

If the host nation had a team in the top 6 teams on the FIVB Olympic ranking when the Olympic Games began, it was automatically seeded as #1; therefore China's team Xu - Wu (ranked as #5 on the Olympic ranking,) was seeded as #1. Accordingly, the #1 ranked Rogers - Dalhausser, was seeded as #2, Ricardo - Emanuel as #3, M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz as #4 and Nummerdor - Schuil as #5.

The Brazilian team Harley - Pedro, was placed as #5 on the Olympic ranking, but did not qualify because of the two teams per country rule. Harley - Pedro was ranked as #2 on the World ranking per July 21, 2008, and #1 per August 4, 2008.

No.RankTeamNOC
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking
11 Rogers - Dalhausser Flag of the United States.svg  United States
22 Ricardo - Emanuel Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
33 M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
54 Nummerdor - Schuil Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
65 Xu - Wu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
76 Brink - Dieckmann Ch. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
87 Barsouk - Kolodinsky Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
98 Klemperer - Koreng Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
129 Gibb - Rosenthal Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1310 Schacht - Slack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
1411 Herrera - Mesa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1512 Heyer - Heuscher Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
1613 Conde - Baracetti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
1714 Kais Kr. - Vesik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
1815 Doppler - Gartmayer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
1916 Boersma E. - Ronnes Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2117 Geor - Gia Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
2218 Kjemperud - Skarlund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2319 Gosch - Horst Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
2420 Laciga M. - Schnider Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
2521 Samoilovs - Pļaviņš Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
2822 Asahi - Shiratori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2623 Lione - Amore*Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
8424 Fernandes - Morais Flag of Angola.svg  Angola

* Matteo Varnier is replaced by Eugenio Amore on the Italian team, because of an injury to Varnier.

Participating nations

Preliminary round

Directly advance to Round of 16
3rd place/Lucky Loser playoffs
Eliminated

The two best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

The composition of the preliminary rounds was announced confirmed on April 16, 2008. [6]

The #1 seeded team was placed in pool A, #2 in pool B, #3 in C, #4 in D, #5 in E, and #6 in F. But if the host nation had a team in the top 6 teams, it was automatically seeded as #1. [6] Therefore, China's team Xu-Wu (ranked as #5,) is placed in pool A. [5]

There was held a draw of lots between seed #7 - #9, between #10 - #12, between #13 - #18, and between #19 - #24. The Drawing of lots was hosted by the 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam, in Gstaad on July 26, as part of the 2008 SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. [5]

A team received 2 points for each match won, and 1 point for each match lost.

After the preliminary rounds, from August 9–14, 2008, the teams placed 1st and 2nd in each pool had qualified for the playoffs. The two best 3rd placed teams had also qualified. Two Lucky Loser matches qualified two more of the 3rd placed teams. The two 3rd placed teams that lost their Lucky Losers match, were out of the competition. Also out of the competition were teams placed 4th in their pool.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

[7]

Pool A

RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLSWSL
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu - Wu  (CHN)63013510461
2Flag of Spain.svg  Herrera - Mesa  (ESP)52111410742
3Flag of Austria.svg  Gosch - Horst  (AUT)41211113325
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Kais Kr. - Vesik  (EST)30313314926
August 10, 2008
10:00
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu - Wu  (CHN)20Flag of Austria.svg  Gosch - Horst  (AUT) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–16, 21–15)
 

August 10, 2008
22:00
Flag of Spain.svg  Herrera - Mesa  (ESP)20Flag of Estonia.svg  Kais Kr. - Vesik  (EST) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–18, 23–21)
 

August 12, 2008
10:00
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu - Wu  (CHN)21Flag of Estonia.svg  Kais Kr. - Vesik  (EST) Beach Volleyball Ground
(15–21, 21–11, 15–13)
 

August 12, 2008
23:00
Flag of Spain.svg  Herrera - Mesa  (ESP)20Flag of Austria.svg  Gosch - Horst  (AUT) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–14, 21–12)
 

August 14, 2008
16:00
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu - Wu  (CHN)20Flag of Spain.svg  Herrera - Mesa  (ESP) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–13, 21–15)
 

August 14, 2008
17:00
Flag of Estonia.svg  Kais Kr. - Vesik  (EST)12Flag of Austria.svg  Gosch - Horst  (AUT) Beach Volleyball Ground
(16–21, 21–18, 12–15)
 

Pool B

RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLSWSL
1Flag of Latvia.svg  Samoilovs - Pļaviņš  (LAT)52113913443
2Flag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA)5211219242
3Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heyer - Heuscher  (SUI)41212012934
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Conde - Baracetti  (ARG)4129912424
August 9, 2008
21:00
Flag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA)02Flag of Latvia.svg  Samoilovs - Pļaviņš  (LAT) Beach Volleyball Ground
(19–21, 18–21)
 

August 9, 2008
22:00
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heyer - Heuscher  (SUI)20Flag of Argentina.svg  Conde - Baracetti  (ARG) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–13, 21–17)
 

August 11, 2008
09:00
Flag of Argentina.svg  Conde - Baracetti  (ARG)20Flag of Latvia.svg  Samoilovs - Pļaviņš  (LAT) Beach Volleyball Ground
(23–21, 21–19)
 

August 11, 2008
22:00
Flag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA)20Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heyer - Heuscher  (SUI) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–15, 21–10)
 

August 13, 2008
09:00
Flag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA)20Flag of Argentina.svg  Conde - Baracetti  (ARG) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–12, 21–13)
 

August 13, 2008
18:00
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heyer - Heuscher  (SUI)12Flag of Latvia.svg  Samoilovs - Pļaviņš  (LAT) Beach Volleyball Ground
(17–21, 23–21, 13–15)
 

Pool C

RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLSWSL
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo - Emanuel  (BRA)6301268860
2Flag of Australia.svg  Schacht - Slack  (AUS)52111510242
3Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO)41211411124
4Flag of Angola.svg  Fernandes - Morais  (ANG)3037212606
August 9, 2008
13:00
Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo-Emanuel  (BRA)20Flag of Angola.svg  Fernandes - Morais  (ANG) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–8, 21–13)
 

August 9, 2008
14:00
Flag of Australia.svg  Schacht - Slack  (AUS)20Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–17, 21–19)
 

August 11, 2008
10:00
Flag of Australia.svg  Schacht - Slack  (AUS)20Flag of Angola.svg  Fernandes - Morais  (ANG) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–15, 21–9)
 

August 11, 2008
13:00
Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo-Emanuel  (BRA)20Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–19, 21–17)
 

August 13, 2008
14:00
Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO)20Flag of Angola.svg  Fernandes - Morais  (ANG) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–14, 21–13)
 

August 13, 2008
21:00
Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo-Emanuel  (BRA)20Flag of Australia.svg  Schacht - Slack  (AUS) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–14, 21–17)
 

Pool D

RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLSWSL
1Flag of Austria.svg  Doppler - Gartmayer  (AUT)63015614462
2Flag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA)52113913152
3Flag of Russia.svg  Barsouk - Kolodinsky  (RUS)41213213034
4Flag of Italy.svg  Lione - Amore  (ITA)30310712906
August 10, 2008
13:00
Flag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA)20Flag of Italy.svg  Lione - Amore  (ITA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–18, 21–18)
 

August 10, 2008
23:00
Flag of Russia.svg  Barsouk - Kolodinsky  (RUS)12Flag of Austria.svg  Doppler - Gartmayer  (AUT) Beach Volleyball Ground
(16–21, 21–18, 14–16)
 

August 12, 2008
13:00
Flag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA)12Flag of Austria.svg  Doppler - Gartmayer  (AUT) Beach Volleyball Ground
(22–20, 19–21, 11–15)
 

August 12, 2008
21:00
Flag of Russia.svg  Barsouk - Kolodinsky  (RUS)20Flag of Italy.svg  Lione - Amore  (ITA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–17, 21–13)
 

August 14, 2008
15:00
Flag of Austria.svg  Doppler - Gartmayer  (AUT)20Flag of Italy.svg  Lione - Amore  (ITA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–19, 24–22)
 

August 14, 2008
18:00
Flag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA)20Flag of Russia.svg  Barsouk - Kolodinsky  (RUS) Beach Volleyball Ground
(24–22, 21–17)
 

Pool E

RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLSWSL
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nummerdor - Schuil  (NED)63013310661
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Laciga M. - Schnider  (SUI)52111310242
3Flag of Germany.svg  Klemperer - Koreng  (GER)41211813225
4Flag of Norway.svg  Kjemperud - Skarlund  (NOR)30312314726
August 9, 2008
10:00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nummerdor - Schuil  (NED)2–0Flag of Switzerland.svg  Laciga M. - Schnider  (SUI) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–14, 21–15)
 

August 9, 2008
23:00
Flag of Germany.svg  Klemperer - Koreng  (GER)21Flag of Norway.svg  Kjemperud - Skarlund  (NOR) Beach Volleyball Ground
(19–21, 22–20, 15–7)
 

August 11, 2008
21:00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nummerdor - Schuil  (NED)21Flag of Norway.svg  Kjemperud - Skarlund  (NOR) Beach Volleyball Ground
(13–21, 21–15, 15–9)
 

August 11, 2008
23:00
Flag of Germany.svg  Klemperer - Koreng  (GER)02Flag of Switzerland.svg  Laciga M. - Schnider  (SUI) Beach Volleyball Ground
(15–21, 15–21)
 

August 13, 2008
19:00
Flag of Norway.svg  Kjemperud - Skarlund  (NOR)02Flag of Switzerland.svg  Laciga M. - Schnider  (SUI) Beach Volleyball Ground
(17–21, 13–21)
 

August 13, 2008
20:00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nummerdor - Schuil  (NED)20Flag of Germany.svg  Klemperer - Koreng  (GER) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–16, 21–16)
 

Pool F

RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLSWSL
1Flag of the United States.svg  Gibb - Rosenthal  (USA)63014211161
2Flag of Japan.svg  Asahi - Shiratori  (JPN)41214715135
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Boersma E. - Ronnes  (NED)41212513734
4Flag of Germany.svg  Brink - Dieckmann Ch.  (GER)41210612124
August 10, 2008
20:00
Flag of Germany.svg  Brink - Dieckmann Ch.  (GER)20Flag of Japan.svg  Asahi - Shiratori  (JPN) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–18, 21–18)
 

August 10, 2008
21:00
Flag of the United States.svg  Gibb - Rosenthal  (USA)20Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Boersma E. - Ronnes  (NED) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–16, 21–15)
 

August 12, 2008
18:00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Boersma E. - Ronnes  (NED)12Flag of Japan.svg  Asahi - Shiratori  (JPN) Beach Volleyball Ground
(15–21, 25–23, 11–15)
 

August 12, 2008
22:00
Flag of Germany.svg  Brink - Dieckmann Ch.  (GER)02Flag of the United States.svg  Gibb - Rosenthal  (USA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(15–21, 13–21)
 

August 14, 2008
19:00
Flag of the United States.svg  Gibb - Rosenthal  (USA)21Flag of Japan.svg  Asahi - Shiratori  (JPN) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–15, 19–21, 18–16)
 

August 14, 2008
20:00
Flag of Germany.svg  Brink - Dieckmann Ch.  (GER)02Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Boersma E. - Ronnes  (NED) Beach Volleyball Ground
(16–21, 20–22)
 

Lucky loser

Directly advance to Round of 16
Third place/Lucky Loser playoffs
Eliminated

Of the 6 teams that are placed third in their pools, two are directly qualified to the playoffs. Of the four remaining third placed teams, another two teams get to the playoffs through winning a Lucky Loser match.

3rd placed teams This table shows the results of the third placed teams after the pool play, and before the Lucky Loser matches.

RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatioSWSL
1Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO)4121141111.02724
2Flag of Russia.svg  Barsouk - Kolodinsky  (RUS)4121321301.01534
3Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heyer - Heuscher  (SUI)4121201290.93034
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Boersma E. - Ronnes  (NED)4121251370.91234
5Flag of Germany.svg  Klemperer - Koreng  (GER)4121181320.89425
6Flag of Austria.svg  Gosch - Horst  (AUT)4121111330.83525

Lucky Loser Results of the Lucky Loser matches only.

RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLSWSL
1Flag of Austria.svg  Gosch - Horst  (AUT)210423020
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heyer - Heuscher  (SUI)101304202
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLSWSL
1Flag of Germany.svg  Klemperer - Koreng  (GER)210484120
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Boersma E. - Ronnes  (NED)101414802
August 14, 2008
22:00
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heyer - Heuscher  (SUI)02Flag of Austria.svg  Gosch - Horst  (AUT) Beach Volleyball Ground - Court 2
(11–21, 19–21)
 

August 14, 2008
22:00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Boersma E. - Ronnes  (NED)02Flag of Germany.svg  Klemperer - Koreng  (GER) Beach Volleyball Ground - Court 2
(16–21, 25–27)
 

Playoffs

Round of 16

August 16, 2008
09:00
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Laciga M. - Schnider  (SUI)12Flag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(16–21, 23–21, 13–15)
 

August 16, 2008
10:00
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu - Wu  (CHN)02Flag of Germany.svg  Klemperer - Koreng  (GER) Beach Volleyball Ground
(15–21, 18–21)
 

August 16, 2008
11:00
Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO)21Flag of Austria.svg  Doppler - Gartmayer  (AUT) Beach Volleyball Ground
(19–21, 21–16, 15–13)
 

August 16, 2008
12:00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nummerdor - Schuil  (NED)20Flag of Australia.svg  Schacht - Slack  (AUS) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–16, 21–14)
 

August 16, 2008
18:00
Flag of Japan.svg  Asahi - Shiratori  (JPN)02Flag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–23, 15–21)
 

August 16, 2008
19:00
Flag of Austria.svg  Gosch - Horst  (AUT)20Flag of Latvia.svg  Samoilovs - Pļaviņš  (LAT) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–17, 21–18)
 

August 16, 2008
20:00
Flag of Spain.svg  Herrera - Mesa  (ESP)02Flag of the United States.svg  Gibb - Rosenthal  (USA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(24–26, 17–21)
 

August 16, 2008
21:00
Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo-Emanuel  (BRA)21Flag of Russia.svg  Barsouk - Kolodinsky  (RUS) Beach Volleyball Ground
(18–21, 25–23, 15–13)
 

Overview

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
               
8 Flag of Germany.svg  Klemperer - Koreng  (GER)13 23
2 Flag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA)2125
2 Flag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA)2121
17 Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO)11 13
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nummerdor - Schuil  (NED)19 19
17 Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO)2121
2 Flag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA)2317 15
4 Flag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA)21 214
3 Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo - Emanuel  (BRA)2121
9 Flag of the United States.svg  Gibb - Rosenthal  (USA)18 16
3 Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo - Emanuel  (BRA)20 18 Bronze medal game
4 Flag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA)2221
4 Flag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA)222117 Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO)15 10
19 Flag of Austria.svg  Gosch - Horst  (AUT)20 17 3 Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo - Emanuel  (BRA)2121

Quarterfinals

August 18, 2008
10:00
Flag of Germany.svg  Klemperer - Koreng  (GER)02Flag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(13–21, 23–25)
 

August 18, 2008
11:00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nummerdor - Schuil  (NED)02Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO) Beach Volleyball Ground
(19–21, 19–21)
 

August 18, 2008
20:00
Flag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA)20Flag of Austria.svg  Gosch - Horst  (AUT) Beach Volleyball Ground
(22–20, 21–17)
 

August 18, 2008
21:00
Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo - Emanuel  (BRA)20Flag of the United States.svg  Gibb - Rosenthal  (USA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(21–18, 21–16)
 

Semifinals

August 20, 2008
09:00
Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO)02Flag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(11–21, 13–21)
 

August 20, 2008
10:00
Flag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA)20Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo - Emanuel  (BRA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(22–20, 21–18)
 

Bronze medal match

August 22, 2008
09:00
Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO)02Flag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo - Emanuel  (BRA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(15–21, 10–21)
 

Gold medal match

August 22, 2008
11:00
Flag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA)21Flag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA) Beach Volleyball Ground
(23–21, 17–21, 15–4)
 

Award ceremony

Final ranking

If the host nation has a team in the top 6 teams on the FIVB Olympic ranking when the Olympic Games begin, it is automatically seeded as #1. Therefore, China's team Xu - Wu (ranked as #5 on the FIVB Olympic ranking,) was seeded as #1 before the Games. [8]

RankTeamSeed
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Rogers - Dalhausser  (USA)2
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  M. Araújo - Fabio Luiz  (BRA)4
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Ricardo - Emanuel  (BRA)3
4.Flag of Georgia.svg  Geor - Gia  (GEO)17
5.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nummerdor - Schuil  (NED)5
Flag of Germany.svg  Klemperer - Koreng  (GER)8
Flag of the United States.svg  Gibb - Rosenthal  (USA)9
Flag of Austria.svg  Gosch - Horst  (AUT)19
9.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu - Wu  (CHN)1
Flag of Russia.svg  Barsouk - Kolodinsky  (RUS)7
Flag of Australia.svg  Schacht - Slack  (AUS)10
Flag of Spain.svg  Herrera - Mesa  (ESP)11
Flag of Austria.svg  Doppler - Gartmayer  (AUT)15
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Laciga M. - Schnider  (SUI)20
Flag of Latvia.svg  Samoilovs - Pļaviņš  (LAT)21
Flag of Japan.svg  Asahi - Shiratori  (JPN)22
17.Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heyer - Heuscher  (SUI)12
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Boersma E. - Ronnes  (NED)16
19.Flag of Germany.svg  Brink - Dieckmann Ch.  (GER)6
Flag of Argentina.svg  Conde - Baracetti  (ARG)13
Flag of Estonia.svg  Kais Kr. - Vesik  (EST)14
Flag of Norway.svg  Kjemperud - Skarlund  (NOR)18
Flag of Italy.svg  Lione - Amore  (ITA)23
Flag of Angola.svg  Fernandes - Morais  (ANG)24

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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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament</span>

The women'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 6 to 20 August 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship</span>

The 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the event, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Japan from 29 September to 20 October 2018. The final four was held at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship</span> The nineteenth staging of FIVB Volleyball Mens World Championship

The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the 19th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Italy and Bulgaria from 9 to 30 September 2018. For the first time, the tournament was jointly-hosted by more than one country. The final six was hosted by Italy at the Pala Alpitour in Turin.

The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place at the Copacabana Stadium. The competition was held from 6 to 18 August 2016. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.

The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place at the Copacabana Stadium. The competition was held from 6 to 17 August 2016. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.

The Intercontinental Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was a volleyball tournament for men's national teams organised by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), held from 9 to 11 August 2019. 24 teams played in the tournament and the winners in each pool qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 15th 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 Tokyo, Japan from 25 July to 8 August 2021.

The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Shiokaze Park. The competition was held from 24 July to 7 August 2021. 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. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship</span> International volleyball competition

The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the 20th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Poland and Slovenia from 26 August to 11 September 2022. It was originally planned to be held in Russia. However, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine starting on 24 February, Russia was stripped of organization rights.

The 2020 Women's Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament is a volleyball tournament for women's national teams organised by Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), to be held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 7 to 12 January 2020. 8 teams will play in the tournament, where the winners will qualify to the 2020 women's Olympic volleyball tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship</span> International volleyball competition

The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is the 19th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, being contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The Netherlands and Poland are dual hosts for this event.

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