Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Ariake Arena
Date24 July – 7 August 2021
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France (1st title)
Silver medal icon.svgRussian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
  2016
2024  

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

PPreliminary round¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchFFinal
Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6Sat 7
PPPPP¼½BF

Qualification

EventDatesVenue(s)QuotaQualifier(s)
Host nation [6] 1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Intercontinental Qualifier Pool A9–11 August 2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Varna 1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Pool B Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Pool C Flag of Italy.svg Bari 1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Pool D Flag of Poland.svg GdańskSopot 1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Pool E Flag of Russia.svg Saint Petersburg 1 Russian Olympic Committee flag.png ROC
Pool F Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ningbo 1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
European Qualifier 5–10 January 2020 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin 1Flag of France.svg  France
Asian Qualifier 7–12 January 2020 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiangmen 1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
African Qualifier 7–11 January 2020 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo 1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
South American Qualifier 10–12 January 2020 Flag of Chile.svg Mostazal 1Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
North American Qualifier 10–12 January 2020 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver 1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Total12

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 APool B
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Hosts)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (1)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (3)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (2)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (4)Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC (5)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (7)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (6)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran (8)Flag of France.svg  France (9)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (36)Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (22)

Rosters

Venue

All matches
Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan
Ariake Arena
Capacity: 15,000
Tokyo Ariake Arena.jpg

Pool standing procedure

In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented: [10]

  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

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament. [11]

Preliminary round

Pool A

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 541131443.5004353651.192 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 541111271.7144474111.088
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)53281091.1114374331.009
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5237991.0003963871.023
5Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 52369110.8184534600.985
6Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 50501150.0672813930.715
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
09:00
v
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 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 (2021-07-24)
17:05
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–0Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Vladimir Simonovic (SRB)
(25–21, 25–20, 25–15)
Results Statistics

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
19:40
v
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg2–3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 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 (2021-07-26)
09:00
v
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg3–0Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
(25–17, 25–20, 25–18)
Results Statistics

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
14:20
v
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg3–0Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
(25–20, 26–24, 25–20)
Results Statistics

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
19:40
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Patricia Rolf (USA)
(23–25, 25–23, 25–23, 25–20)
Results Statistics

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
09:00
v
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–0Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Paulo Turci (BRA)
(25–16, 25–20, 25–22)
Results Statistics

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
17:15
v
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg3–1Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Shin Muranaka (JPN)
(25–16, 25–13, 18–25, 25–15)
Results Statistics

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
19:40
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Fabrice Collados (FRA)
(20–25, 17–25, 25–23, 21–25)
Results Statistics

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
09:00
v
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–0Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
(25–13, 25–22, 25–12)
Results Statistics

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
14:20
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Liu Jiang (CHN)
(22–25, 21–25, 24–26)
Results Statistics

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
19:40
v
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
(30–28, 25–21, 21–25, 25–21)
Results Statistics

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
09:00
v
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg3–0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE)
(25–15, 25–21, 25–16)
Results Statistics

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
16:25
v
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–0Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
(25–22, 25–15, 25–17)
Results Statistics

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
19:40
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–2Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA)
(25–21, 20–25, 29–31, 25–22, 15–13)
Results Statistics

Pool B

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 541121352.6004273971.076 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 541101281.5004764501.058
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 532812101.2004764641.026
4Flag of France.svg  France 523810101.0004494421.016
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52368100.8004324121.049
6Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 50513150.2003394340.781
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
12:02
v
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Fabrice Collados (FRA)
(25–22, 25–20, 25–15)
Results Statistics

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
14:20
v
ROC  Russian Olympic Committee flag.png3–1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Paulo Turci (BRA)
(21–25, 25–23, 25–17, 25–21)
Results Statistics

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
23:00
v
United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–0Flag of France.svg  France Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Wojciech Maroszek (POL), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
(25–18, 25–18, 25–22)
Results Statistics

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
11:05
v
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–3Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Liu Jiang (CHN)
(23–25, 25–27, 25–21, 23–25)
Results Statistics

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
16:25
v
France  Flag of France.svg3–0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)
(25–21, 25–11, 25–21)
Results Statistics

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
22:25
v
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Shin Muranaka (JPN), Luis Macias (MEX)
(19–25, 21–25, 25–16, 25–21, 16–14)
Results Statistics

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
11:05
v
United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Makshanov (RUS), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
(25–14, 23–25, 25–14, 25–23)
Results Statistics

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
14:20
v
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg3–2Flag of France.svg  France Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA)
(23–25, 25–17, 25–20, 15–25, 15–13)
Results Statistics

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
22:16
v
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0–3Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Wojciech Maroszek (POL), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)
(22–25, 20–25, 20–25)
Results Statistics

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
11:05
v
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Luis Macias (MEX)
(30–32, 25–23, 25–21, 25–20)
Results Statistics

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
16:30
v
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg3–2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
(23–25, 23–25, 25–19, 25–18, 15–8)
Results Statistics

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
22:35
v
ROC  Russian Olympic Committee flag.png1–3Flag of France.svg  France Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Shin Muranaka (JPN), Paulo Turci (BRA)
(21–25, 25–20, 17–25, 20–25)
Results Statistics

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
11:05
v
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–2Flag of France.svg  France Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Wojciech Maroszek (POL), Liu Jiang (CHN)
(25–22, 37–39, 25–17, 21–25, 20–18)
Results Statistics

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
14:25
v
ROC  Russian Olympic Committee flag.png3–0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Patricia Rolf (USA)
(25–20, 25–22, 25–16)
Results Statistics

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
23:00
v
United States  Flag of the United States.svg0–3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)
(21–25, 23–25, 23–25)
Results Statistics

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
 
          
 
3 August
 
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2
 
5 August
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
3 August
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2
 
7 August
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
3 August
 
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 2
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0
 
5 August
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1
 
3 August
 
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 3 Bronze medal match
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0
 
7 August
 
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 3
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2
 

Quarterfinals

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
09:00
v
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–3Russian Olympic Committee flag.png ROC Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Shin Muranaka (JPN)
(21–25, 28–30, 22–25)
Results Statistics

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
13:00
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Liu Jiang (CHN)
(20–25, 22–25, 20–25)
Results Statistics

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
17:01
v
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
(25–21, 23–25, 22–25, 25–14, 12–15)
Results Statistics

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
21:30
v
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg2–3Flag of France.svg  France Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA)
(25–21, 22–25, 25–21, 21–25, 9–15)
Results Statistics

Semifinals

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)
13:00
v
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–3Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
(25–18, 21–25, 24–26, 23–25)
Results Statistics

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)
21:00
v
France  Flag of France.svg3–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Shin Muranaka (JPN), Liu Jiang (CHN)
(25–22, 25–19, 25–22)
Results Statistics

Bronze medal match

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)
13:31
v
Bronze medal icon.svg Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg3–2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Wojciech Maroszek (POL), Fabrice Collados (FRA)
(25–23, 20–25, 20–25, 25–17, 15–13)
Results Statistics

Gold medal match

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)
21:15
v
Gold medal icon.svg France  Flag of France.svg3–2Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC Silver medal icon.svg Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Paulo Turci (BRA)
(25–23, 25–17, 21–25, 21–25, 15–12)
Results Statistics

Final standing

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Barthélémy Chinenyeze
Jenia Grebennikov (L)
Jean Patry
Benjamin Toniutti (c)
Kévin Tillie
Earvin N'Gapeth
Antoine Brizard
Stéphen Boyer
Nicolas Le Goff
Daryl Bultor
Trévor Clévenot
Yacine Louati
Head coach:
Laurent Tillie
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
Yaroslav Podlesnykh
Artem Volvich
Dmitry Volkov
Ivan Iakovlev
Denis Bogdan
Pavel Pankov
Viktor Poletaev
Maxim Mikhaylov
Egor Kliuka
Ilyas Kurkaev
Igor Kobzar (c)
Valentin Golubev (L)
Head coach:
Tuomas Sammelvuo
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)
Matías Sánchez
Federico Pereyra
Cristian Poglajen
Facundo Conte
Agustín Loser
Santiago Danani (L)
Sebastián Solé
Bruno Lima
Ezequiel Palacios
Luciano De Cecco (c)
Nicolás Méndez
Martín Ramos
Head coach:
Marcelo Méndez

Awards

The awards were announced on 7 August 2021. [13] [15]

PositionPlayer
Most Valuable Player Flag of France.svg Earvin N'Gapeth
Setter Flag of Argentina.svg Luciano De Cecco
Outside Spikers Flag of France.svg Earvin N'Gapeth
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png Egor Kliuka
Middle blockers Russian Olympic Committee flag.png Ivan Iakovlev
Flag of France.svg Barthélémy Chinenyeze
Opposite Spiker Russian Olympic Committee flag.png Maxim Mikhaylov
Libero Flag of France.svg Jenia Grebennikov

Statistics leaders

Source: Olympics.com

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