Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Ariake Arena | |||||||||
Date | 25 July – 8 August 2021 | |||||||||
Competitors | 144 from 12 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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Indoor | ||
Qualification | men | women |
Tournament | men | women |
Rosters | men | women |
Beach | ||
Qualification | men | women |
Tournament | men | women |
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.
It was originally scheduled to take place from 26 July to 9 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. [1] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors. [2]
The United States won their first gold after finishing runners-up three times with a 3–0 win over Brazil. [3] Serbia won the bronze medal with a victory over South Korea. [4]
The medals for the competition were presented by Nenad Lalović, IOC Executive Board Member; Serbia, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ary Graça, FIVB President; Brazil.
P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
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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P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
Event | Date(s) | Venue | Quota | Qualifier | |
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Host nation [5] | — | — | 1 | Japan | |
Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool A | 1–4 August 2019 | Wrocław | 1 | Serbia |
Pool B | Ningbo | 1 | China | ||
Pool C | Bossier City | 1 | United States | ||
Pool D | Uberlândia | 1 | Brazil | ||
Pool E | Kaliningrad | 1 | ROC | ||
Pool F | Catania | 1 | Italy | ||
African Qualifier | 5–9 January 2020 | Yaoundé | 1 | Kenya | |
South American Qualifier | 7–9 January 2020 | Bogotá | 1 | Argentina | |
Asian Qualifier | 7–12 January 2020 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 1 | South Korea | |
European Qualifier | 7–12 January 2020 | Apeldoorn | 1 | Turkey | |
North American Qualifier | 10–12 January 2020 | Santo Domingo | 1 | Dominican Republic | |
Total | 12 |
Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 29 September 2019. [6] 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 7th.
Pool A | Pool B |
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Japan (Hosts) | China (1) |
Serbia (3) | United States (2) |
Brazil (4) | ROC (5) |
South Korea (9) | Italy (8) |
Dominican Republic (10) | Argentina (11) |
Kenya (19) | Turkey (12) |
All matches |
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Tokyo, Japan |
Ariake Arena |
Capacity: 15,000 |
The preliminary round was a competition between the twelve teams divided into two pools of six teams. The teams competed in a single round-robin format. The four highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage (quarter-finals). The sixth placed teams in each pool were ranked eleventh in this competition. The fifth placed teams in each pool were ranked ninth. [7]
The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers of the quarter-finals were eliminated and ranked fifth. The quarterfinal winners played in the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals. [7]
In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented: [8]
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. [9]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5.000 | 434 | 315 | 1.378 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Serbia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4.333 | 381 | 313 | 1.217 | |
3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 0.900 | 374 | 415 | 0.901 | |
4 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1.000 | 411 | 406 | 1.012 | |
5 | Japan (H) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0.500 | 378 | 395 | 0.957 | |
6 | Kenya | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 242 | 376 | 0.644 |
25 July 2021 14:20 | Serbia | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS) |
(25–18, 25–12, 25–20) Results Statistics | ||||
25 July 2021 19:40 | Japan | 3–0 | Kenya | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE) |
(25–15, 25–11, 25–23) Results Statistics | ||||
25 July 2021 21:45 | Brazil | 3–0 | South Korea | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Shin Muranaka (JPN) |
(25–10, 25–22, 25–19) Results Statistics | ||||
27 July 2021 14:20 | Japan | 0–3 | Serbia | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK) |
(23–25, 16–25, 24–26) Results Statistics | ||||
27 July 2021 19:40 | Brazil | 3–2 | Dominican Republic | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Vladimir Simonović (SRB) |
(22–25, 25–17, 25–13, 23–25, 15–12) Results Statistics | ||||
27 July 2021 21:45 | South Korea | 3–0 | Kenya | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS) |
(25–14, 25–22, 26–24) Results Statistics | ||||
29 July 2021 11:05 | South Korea | 3–2 | Dominican Republic | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Shin Muranaka (JPN) |
(25–20, 17–25, 25–18, 15–25, 15–12) Results Statistics | ||||
29 July 2021 14:20 | Serbia | 3–0 | Kenya | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Sumie Myoi (JPN) |
(25–21, 25–11, 25–20) Results Statistics | ||||
29 July 2021 19:40 | Japan | 0–3 | Brazil | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS) |
(16–25, 18–25, 24–26) Results Statistics | ||||
31 July 2021 09:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Kenya | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Patricia Rolf (USA) |
(25–19, 25–18, 25–10) Results Statistics | ||||
31 July 2021 16:25 | Serbia | 1–3 | Brazil | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL) |
(20–25, 16–25, 25–23, 19–25) Results Statistics | ||||
31 July 2021 19:40 | Japan | 2–3 | South Korea | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Paulo Turci (BRA) |
(19–25, 25–19, 22–25, 25–15, 14–16) Results Statistics | ||||
2 August 2021 09:00 | Serbia | 3–0 | South Korea | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Makshanov (RUS), Sumie Myoi (JPN) |
(25–18, 25–17, 25–15) Results Statistics | ||||
2 August 2021 19:40 | Japan | 1–3 | Dominican Republic | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL) |
(10–25, 23–25, 25–19, 19–25) Results Statistics | ||||
2 August 2021 21:45 | Brazil | 3–0 | Kenya | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA) |
(25–10, 25–16, 25–8) Results Statistics | ||||
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 418 | 401 | 1.042 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 409 | 377 | 1.085 | |
3 | Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1.500 | 434 | 416 | 1.043 | |
4 | ROC | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 422 | 378 | 1.116 | |
5 | China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 374 | 385 | 0.971 | |
6 | Argentina | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 275 | 375 | 0.733 |
25 July 2021 09:00 | ROC | 0–3 | Italy | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL) |
(23–25, 19–25, 14–25) Results Statistics | ||||
25 July 2021 11:05 | United States | 3–0 | Argentina | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA) |
(25–20, 25–19, 25–20) Results Statistics | ||||
25 July 2021 16:25 | China | 0–3 | Turkey | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Luis Macias (MEX) |
(21–25, 14–25, 14–25) Results Statistics | ||||
27 July 2021 09:00 | ROC | 3–0 | Argentina | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE) |
(25–19, 25–15, 25–13) Results Statistics | ||||
27 July 2021 11:05 | China | 0–3 | United States | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Wojciech Maroszek (POL), Fabrice Collados (FRA) |
(27–29, 22–25, 21–25) Results Statistics | ||||
27 July 2021 16:25 | Italy | 3–1 | Turkey | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG) |
(25–22, 23–25, 25–20, 25–15) Results Statistics | ||||
29 July 2021 09:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Argentina | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Liu Jiang (CHN) |
(25–21, 25–16, 25–15) Results Statistics | ||||
29 July 2021 16:25 | China | 2–3 | ROC | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK) |
(17–25, 25–23, 25–20, 25–27, 12–15) Results Statistics | ||||
29 July 2021 21:45 | United States | 3–2 | Turkey | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Kang Joo-hee (KOR) |
(25–19, 25–20, 17–25, 20–25, 15–12) Results Statistics | ||||
31 July 2021 11:05 | United States | 0–3 | ROC | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG) |
(20–25, 12–25, 19–25) Results Statistics | ||||
31 July 2021 14:20 | Argentina | 0–3 | Turkey | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE) |
(23–25, 20–25, 18–25) Results Statistics | ||||
31 July 2021 21:45 | China | 3–0 | Italy | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Shin Muranaka (JPN), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS) |
(25–21, 25–20, 26–24) Results Statistics | ||||
2 August 2021 11:05 | United States | 3–2 | Italy | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Luis Macias (MEX) |
(21–25, 25–16, 25–27, 25–16, 15–12) Results Statistics | ||||
2 August 2021 14:20 | ROC | 2–3 | Turkey | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP) |
(25–21, 23–25, 23–25, 25–15, 10–15) Results Statistics | ||||
2 August 2021 16:25 | China | 3–0 | Argentina | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Denny Cespedes (DOM) |
(25–15, 25–22, 25–19) Results Statistics | ||||
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
4 August | ||||||||||
Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
6 August | ||||||||||
ROC | 1 | |||||||||
Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
4 August | ||||||||||
South Korea | 0 | |||||||||
South Korea | 3 | |||||||||
8 August | ||||||||||
Turkey | 2 | |||||||||
Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
4 August | ||||||||||
United States | 3 | |||||||||
Serbia | 3 | |||||||||
6 August | ||||||||||
Italy | 0 | |||||||||
Serbia | 0 | |||||||||
4 August | ||||||||||
United States | 3 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
Dominican Republic | 0 | |||||||||
8 August | ||||||||||
United States | 3 | |||||||||
South Korea | 0 | |||||||||
Serbia | 3 | |||||||||
4 August 2021 09:00 | South Korea | 3–2 | Turkey | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Patricia Rolf (USA) |
(17–25, 25–17, 28–26, 18–25, 15–13) Results Statistics | ||||
4 August 2021 13:00 | Dominican Republic | 0–3 | United States | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Kang Joo-hee (KOR) |
(11–25, 20–25, 19–25) Results Statistics | ||||
4 August 2021 17:00 | Serbia | 3–0 | Italy | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS) |
(25–21, 25–14, 25–21) Results Statistics | ||||
4 August 2021 21:30 | Brazil | 3–1 | ROC | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP) |
(23–25, 25–21, 25–19, 25–22) Results Statistics | ||||
Tandara Caixeta of Brazil was suspended from the semi-final match to South Korea after a positive out-of-competition drug test for Enobosarm. [12]
6 August 2021 13:00 | Serbia | 0–3 | United States | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Susana Rodríguez (ESP) |
(19–25, 15–25, 23–25) Results Statistics | ||||
6 August 2021 21:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | South Korea | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Denny Cespedes (DOM) |
(25–16, 25–16, 25–16) Results Statistics | ||||
8 August 2021 09:00 | South Korea | 0–3 | Serbia | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Patricia Rolf (USA) |
(18–25, 15–25, 15–25) Results Statistics | ||||
8 August 2021 13:30 | Brazil | 0–3 | United States | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG) |
(21–25, 20–25, 14–25) Results Statistics | ||||
Best scorers
| Best spikers
Best blockers
Best servers
| Best diggers
Best setters
Best receivers
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The awards were announced on 8 August 2021. [16]
Position | Player |
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Most Valuable Player | Jordan Larson |
Setter | Jordyn Poulter |
Outside Spikers | Jordan Larson |
Michelle Bartsch-Hackley | |
Middle Blockers | Haleigh Washington |
Carol Gattaz | |
Opposite Spiker | Tijana Bošković |
Libero | Justine Wong-Orantes |
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