Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Date	6–20 August 2016
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
China  Serbia  United States

Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Qualification		men		women
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women
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Qualification		men		women
Tournament		men		women

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.

China won their third gold by defeating Serbia in the final.^[1] The United States won bronze by winning against the Netherlands.^[2]

The medals were presented by Yu Zaiqing, Anita DeFrantz and Chang Ung IOC members from China, United States and North Korea respectively and by Ary Graça, Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz and Aleksandar Boricic, President and Executive Vice-Presidents of the FIVB.

Competition schedule

P

Preliminary round

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Sat 6	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16		Wed 17		Thu 18		Fri 19	Sat 20
P		P		P		P		P		¼				½			B	F

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Cup	22 August – 6 September 2015	Japan	2	China
				Serbia
European Qualifier	4–9 January 2016	Ankara	1	Russia
South American Qualifier	6–10 January 2016	Bariloche	1	Argentina
North American Qualifier	7–9 January 2016	Lincoln	1	United States
African Qualifier	12–16 February 2016	Yaoundé	1	Cameroon
Asian Qualifier	14–22 May 2016	Tokyo	1	Japan
1st World Qualifier			3	Italy
				Netherlands
				South Korea
2nd World Qualifier	20–22 May 2016	San Juan	1	Puerto Rico
Total			12

Pools composition

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 Hosts who ranked 3rd. The pools were confirmed on 23 May 2016.^[4]

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil (Hosts)	United States (1)
Russia (4)	China (2)
Japan (5)	Serbia (6)
South Korea (9)	Italy (8)
Argentina (12)	Netherlands (14)
Cameroon (21)	Puerto Rico (16)

Rosters

Venue

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Capacity: 11,800

Format

The preliminary round was a competition between the twelve teams 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 group advanced to the knockout stage (quarter-finals). The sixth placed teams in each pool was ranked eleventh in this competition. The fifth placed teams in each pool was ranked ninth.
The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers of the quarter-finals were eliminated and ranked fifth. The quarter-final winners played in the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals.

Pool standing procedure

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. Set ratio
4. Setpoint ratio
5. Results between tied teams (head-to-head record)

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.^[6]

• Hernán Casamiquela
• Arturo Di Giacomo
• Rogerio Espicalsky
• Paulo Turci
• Liu Jiang
• Denny Cespedes
• Nasr Shaaban
• Heike Kraft
• Mohammad Shahmiri
• Fabrizio Pasquali
• Luis Macias
• Piotr Dudek
• Ibrahim Al-Naama
• Andrey Zenovich
• Vladimir Simonović
• Juraj Mokrý
• Kang Joo-hee
• Susana Rodríguez
• Taoufik Boudaya
• Patricia Rolf

Preliminary round

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	5	5	0	15	15	0	—	377	272	1.386	Quarter-finals
2	Russia	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	393	323	1.217
3	South Korea	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	384	372	1.032
4	Japan	5	2	3	6	7	9	0.778	347	364	0.953
5	Argentina	5	1	4	2	3	14	0.214	319	407	0.784
6	Cameroon	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	328	410	0.800

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

Japan  v  South Korea

6 August 2016 09:30

Japan	1–3	South Korea
(25–19, 15–25, 17–25, 21–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,760 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Patricia Rolf (USA)

Brazil  v  Cameroon

6 August 2016 15:00

Brazil	3–0	Cameroon
(25–14, 25–21, 25–13) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,890 Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Liu Jiang (CHN)

Russia  v  Argentina

6 August 2016 20:30

Russia	3–0	Argentina
(25–13, 25–10, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,437 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Luis Macias (MEX)

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Japan  v  Cameroon

8 August 2016 11:35

Japan	3–0	Cameroon
(25–20, 25–15, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,400 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)

Russia  v  South Korea

8 August 2016 20:30

Russia	3–1	South Korea
(25–23, 23–25, 25–23, 25–14) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,398 Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)

Brazil  v  Argentina

8 August 2016 22:35

Brazil	3–0	Argentina
(25–16, 25–19, 25–11) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,651 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)

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Russia  v  Cameroon

10 August 2016 17:05

Russia	3–0	Cameroon
(25–19, 25–22, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,396 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)

South Korea  v  Argentina

10 August 2016 20:30

South Korea	3–0	Argentina
(25–18, 25–20, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,248 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)

Brazil  v  Japan

10 August 2016 22:35

Brazil	3–0	Japan
(25–18, 25–18, 25–22) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,759 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Luís Macias (MEX)

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Argentina  v  Cameroon

12 August 2016 11:35

Argentina	3–2	Cameroon
(19–25, 25–19, 26–28, 25–21, 15–13) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,345 Referees: Taoufik Boudaya (TUN), Arturo di Giacomo (BEL)

Russia  v  Japan

12 August 2016 20:30

Russia	3–0	Japan
(25–14, 30–28, 25–18) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,448 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Heike Kraft (GER)

Brazil  v  South Korea

12 August 2016 22:35

Brazil	3–0	South Korea
(25–17, 25–13, 27–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,790 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Liu Jiang (CHN)

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South Korea  v  Cameroon

14 August 2016 11:35

South Korea	3–0	Cameroon
(25–15, 25–22, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,893 Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

Japan  v  Argentina

14 August 2016 20:30

Japan	3–0	Argentina
(25–23, 25–16, 26–24) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,939 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)

Brazil  v  Russia

14 August 2016 22:35

Brazil	3–0	Russia
(25–23, 25–21, 25–21) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,892 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Taoufik Boudaya (TUN)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	14	15	5	3.000	470	400	1.175	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	11	14	7	2.000	455	425	1.071
3	Serbia	5	3	2	10	12	6	2.000	410	394	1.041
4	China	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	398	389	1.023
5	Italy	5	1	4	3	4	12	0.333	351	374	0.939
6	Puerto Rico	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	277	379	0.731

Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

China  v  Netherlands

6 August 2016 11:35

China	2–3	Netherlands
(23–25, 25–21, 25–18, 22–25, 13–15) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,410 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Paulo Turci (BRA)

United States  v  Puerto Rico

6 August 2016 17:05

United States	3–0	Puerto Rico
(25–17, 25–22, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,832 Referees: Taoufik Boudaya (TUN), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)

Serbia  v  Italy

6 August 2016 22:35

Serbia	3–0	Italy
(27–25, 25–20, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,373 Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Arturo Di Giacomo (BEL)

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China  v  Italy

8 August 2016 09:30

China	3–0	Italy
(25–21, 25–21, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,804 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Paulo Turci (BRA)

United States  v  Netherlands

8 August 2016 15:00

United States	3–2	Netherlands
(18–25, 25–18, 21–25, 25–20, 15–8) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,455 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)

Serbia  v  Puerto Rico

8 August 2016 17:05

Serbia	3–0	Puerto Rico
(29–27, 25–18, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,730 Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)

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China  v  Puerto Rico

10 August 2016 09:30

China	3–0	Puerto Rico
(25–20, 25–17, 25–18) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,386 Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)

Italy  v  Netherlands

10 August 2016 11:35

Italy	0–3	Netherlands
(21–25, 20–25, 20–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,539 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

United States  v  Serbia

10 August 2016 15:00

United States	3–1	Serbia
(25–17, 21–25, 25–18, 25–19) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,134 Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

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China  v  Serbia

12 August 2016 09:30

China	0–3	Serbia
(19–25, 19–25, 22–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,509 Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)

United States  v  Italy

12 August 2016 15:00

United States	3–1	Italy
(25–22, 25–22, 23–25, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,243 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)

Netherlands  v  Puerto Rico

12 August 2016 17:05

Netherlands	3–0	Puerto Rico
(25–14, 25–22, 25–16) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,742 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)

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Serbia  v  Netherlands

14 August 2016 09:30

Serbia	2–3	Netherlands
(22–25, 20–25, 25–22, 25–18, 8–15) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,387 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)

Italy  v  Puerto Rico

14 August 2016 15:00

Italy	3–0	Puerto Rico
(25–14, 25–13, 25–22) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,225 Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Patricia Rolf (USA)

United States  v  China

14 August 2016 17:05

United States	3–1	China
(22–25, 25–17, 25–19, 25–19) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,897 Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)

Knockout stage

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

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	16 August
	Brazil	2
					18 August
	China	3
					China	3
	16 August
					Netherlands	1
	South Korea	1
									20 August
	Netherlands	3
									China	3
	16 August
									Serbia	1
	Russia	0
					18 August
	Serbia	3
					Serbia	3
	16 August
					United States	2			Bronze medal
	Japan	0
									20 August
	United States	3
									Netherlands	1
									United States	3

Quarter-finals

South Korea  v  Netherlands

16 August 2016 10:00

South Korea	1–3	Netherlands
(19–25, 14–25, 25–23, 20–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,351 Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

Japan  v  United States

16 August 2016 14:00

Japan	0–3	United States
(16–25, 23–25, 22–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,226 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Heike Kraft (GER)

Russia  v  Serbia

16 August 2016 18:00

Russia	0–3	Serbia
(9–25, 22–25, 21–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,121 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)

Brazil  v  China

16 August 2016 22:15

Brazil	2–3	China
(25–15, 23–25, 22–25, 25–22, 13–15) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,498 Referees: Piotr Dudek (POL), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)

Semi-finals

Serbia  v  United States

18 August 2016 13:00

Serbia	3–2	United States
(20–25, 25–17, 25–21, 16–25, 15–13) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,837 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)

China  v  Netherlands

18 August 2016 22:15

China	3–1	Netherlands
(27–25, 23–25, 29–27, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,411 Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)

Bronze medal match

Netherlands  v  United States

20 August 2016 13:00

Netherlands	1–3	United States
(23–25, 27–25, 22–25, 19–25) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,897 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Piotr Dudek (POL)

Gold medal match

China  v  Serbia

20 August 2016 22:15

China	3–1	Serbia
(19–25, 25–17, 25–22, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,773 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Patricia Rolf (USA)

Statistics leaders

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

Best scorers Rank Name Points 1 Zhu Ting 179 2 Lonneke Slöetjes 157 3 Tijana Bošković 137 4 Brankica Mihajlović 121 5 Anne Buijs 104

Best spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Zhu Ting 42.27 2 Brankica Mihajlović 31.60 3 Lonneke Slöetjes 28.57 4 Jordan Larson 28.57 5 Kimberly Hill 28.00 Best blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Milena Rašić 0.83 2 Robin de Kruijf 0.76 3 Foluke Akinradewo 0.56 3 Rachael Adams 0.56 5 Zhu Ting 0.48 Best servers Rank Name Avg 1 Milena Rašić 0.57 2 Tijana Bošković 0.33 3 Anne Buijs 0.30 4 Hui Ruoqi 0.29 5 Jordan Larson 0.26

Best diggers Rank Name Avg 1 Debby Stam 2.30 2 Lin Li 1.90 3 Silvija Popović 1.80 4 Kayla Banwarth 1.75 5 Jordan Larson 1.56 Best setters Rank Name Avg 1 Alisha Glass 10.47 2 Laura Dijkema 10.36 3 Maja Ognjenović 9.03 4 Ding Xia 5.52 5 Wei Qiuyue 4.74 Best receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 Silvija Popović 45.32 2 Jordan Larson 44.05 3 Kayla Banwarth 41.72 4 Zhu Ting 39.16 5 Lin Li 35.06

Source: FIVB.org

Final standing

Rank Team  China  Serbia  United States 4  Netherlands 5  Brazil  Japan  Russia  South Korea 9  Argentina  Italy 11  Cameroon  Puerto Rico

2016 Women's Olympic Champions  China 3rd title 12–man roster Ding Xia, Gong Xiangyu, Hui Ruoqi , Lin Li, Liu Xiaotong, Wei Qiuyue, Xu Yunli, Yan Ni, Yang Fangxu, Yuan Xinyue, Zhang Changning, Zhu Ting Head coach Lang Ping

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
China Ding Xia Gong Xiangyu Hui Ruoqi Lin Li Liu Xiaotong Wei Qiuyue Xu Yunli Yan Ni Yang Fangxu Yuan Xinyue Zhang Changning Zhu Ting	Serbia Tijana Bošković Jovana Brakočević Bianka Buša Tijana Malešević Brankica Mihajlović Jelena Nikolić Maja Ognjenović Silvija Popović Milena Rašić Jovana Stevanović Stefana Veljković Bojana Živković	United States Rachael Adams Foluke Akinradewo Kayla Banwarth Alisha Glass Christa Harmotto Kimberly Hill Jordan Larson Carli Lloyd Karsta Lowe Kelly Murphy Kelsey Robinson Courtney Thompson

Awards

Most Valuable Player Zhu Ting[7] Best Setter Alisha Glass Best Outside Spikers Zhu Ting Brankica Mihajlović

Best Middle Blockers Milena Rašić Foluke Akinradewo Best Opposite Spiker Lonneke Slöetjes Best Libero Lin Li

See also

• Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

References

1. "China crowned champions in Rio de Janeiro". rio2016.fivb.com. 20 August 2016.
2. "USA raise high wall to stop Netherlands for bronze medal". rio2016.fivb.com. 20 August 2016.
3. "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Women (as of October 2015)". FIVB. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
4. "Rio 2016 women's volleyball pools unveiled". fivb.com. 23 May 2016.
5. "Pools Ranking Criteria". FIVB. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
6. Referees
7. "FIVB:#Rio2016 women's #Volleyball Dream Team". fivb.com. 20 Aug 2016. Retrieved 20 Aug 2016.

External links

• Official website