Volleyball at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Ariake Arena (indoor) Shiokaze Park (beach) |
Dates | 24 July – 8 August 2021 |
No. of events | 4 |
Competitors | 382 from 31 nations |
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 volleyball tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were played between 24 July and 8 August 2021. 24 volleyball teams and 48 beach volleyball teams participated in the tournament. The indoor volleyball competition took place at Ariake Arena in Ariake, and the beach volleyball tournament at Shiokaze Park, [1] [2] in the temporary Shiokaze Park Stadium.
It was originally scheduled to take place in 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. [3]
P | Preliminary round | ⅛ | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Date Event [4] [5] [6] | 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 | Sun 8 | ||||
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Men's indoor | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||
Women's indoor | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||
Men's beach | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | ⅛ | ⅛ | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||
Women's beach | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | ⅛ | ⅛ | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
* Host nation (Japan)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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4 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Totals (10 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's beach | ![]() Anders Mol Christian Sørum | ![]() Viacheslav Krasilnikov Oleg Stoyanovskiy | ![]() Cherif Younousse Ahmed Tijan |
Women's beach | ![]() April Ross Alix Klineman | ![]() Taliqua Clancy Mariafe Artacho del Solar | ![]() Joana Heidrich Anouk Vergé-Dépré |
This qualification pathways were confirmed by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball on 23 September 2018. [8]
Event | Dates | Venue(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) | |
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Host nation [9] | — | 1 | ![]() | ||
Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool A | 9–11 August 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Pool B | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | ||
Pool C | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | ||
Pool D | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | ||
Pool E | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | ||
Pool F | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | ||
European Qualifier | 5–10 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | |
Asian Qualifier | 7–12 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | |
African Qualifier | 7–11 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | |
South American Qualifier | 10–12 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | |
North American Qualifier | 10–12 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | |
Total | 12 |
Event | Dates | Venue(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) | |
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Host nation [9] | — | 1 | ![]() | ||
Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool A | 1–4 August 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Pool B | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | ||
Pool C | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | ||
Pool D | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | ||
Pool E | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | ||
Pool F | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | ||
African Qualifier | 5–9 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | |
South American Qualifier | 7–9 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | |
Asian Qualifier | 7–12 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | |
European Qualifier | 7–12 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | |
North American Qualifier | 10–12 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | |
Total | 12 |
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation [9] | — | — | 1 | ![]() |
2019 World Championships | 28 June – 7 July 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament | 18–22 September 2019 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() |
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FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking [10] | 13 June 2021 | ![]() | 15 | ![]() |
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2018–2020 CEV Continental Cup Final | 23–26 June 2021 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2018–2020 AVC Continental Cup Final | 25–27 June 2021 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final | 25–27 June 2021 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final | 25–27 June 2021 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2018–2020 CSV Continental Cup Final | 26–27 June 2021 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Total | 24 |
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation [9] | — | — | 1 | ![]() |
2019 World Championships | 28 June – 7 July 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament | 18–22 September 2019 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() |
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FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking [11] | 13 June 2021 | ![]() | 15 | ![]() |
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2018–2020 CEV Continental Cup Final | 23–26 June 2021 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2018–2020 AVC Continental Cup Final | 25–27 June 2021 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final | 25–27 June 2021 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final | 25–27 June 2021 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2018–2020 CSV Continental Cup Final | 26–27 June 2021 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Total | 24 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3.500 | 435 | 365 | 1.192 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 447 | 411 | 1.088 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1.111 | 437 | 433 | 1.009 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 396 | 387 | 1.023 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 453 | 460 | 0.985 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.067 | 281 | 393 | 0.715 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2.600 | 427 | 397 | 1.076 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1.500 | 476 | 450 | 1.058 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1.200 | 476 | 464 | 1.026 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1.000 | 449 | 442 | 1.016 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0.800 | 432 | 412 | 1.049 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0.200 | 339 | 434 | 0.781 |
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Rank | Team [12] [13] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5.000 | 434 | 315 | 1.378 | Quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4.333 | 381 | 313 | 1.217 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 0.900 | 374 | 415 | 0.901 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1.000 | 411 | 406 | 1.012 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0.500 | 378 | 395 | 0.957 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 242 | 376 | 0.644 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 418 | 401 | 1.042 | Quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 409 | 377 | 1.085 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1.500 | 434 | 416 | 1.043 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 422 | 378 | 1.116 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 374 | 385 | 0.971 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 275 | 375 | 0.733 |
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Rank | Team [14] [15] |
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