Volleyball
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Pictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right)
VenueAriake Arena (indoor)
Shiokaze Park (beach)
Dates24 July – 8 August 2021
No. of events4
Competitors382 from 31 nations
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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]

Ariake Arena

Schedule

Legend
P Preliminary round ⅛ Round of 16 ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals 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
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

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2002
2 France1001
 Norway1001
4 ROC0202
5 Australia0101
 Brazil0101
7 Argentina0011
 Qatar0011
 Serbia0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (10 entries)44412

Medalists

Beach volleyball

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's beach
details 		 Norway
Anders Mol
Christian Sørum 		 ROC
Viacheslav Krasilnikov
Oleg Stoyanovskiy 		 Qatar
Cherif Younousse
Ahmed Tijan
Women's beach
details 		 United States
April Ross
Alix Klineman 		 Australia
Taliqua Clancy
Mariafe Artacho del Solar 		 Switzerland
Joana Heidrich
Anouk Vergé-Dépré

Indoor volleyball

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's indoor
details 		 France
Barthélémy Chinenyeze
Jenia Grebennikov
Jean Patry
Benjamin Toniutti
Kevin Tillie
Earvin N'Gapeth
Antoine Brizard
Stephen Boyer
Nicolas Le Goff
Daryl Bultor
Trévor Clévenot
Yacine Louati 		 ROC
Yaroslav Podlesnykh
Artem Volvich
Dmitry Volkov
Ivan Iakovlev
Denis Bogdan
Pavel Pankov
Viktor Poletaev
Maxim Mikhailov
Egor Kliuka
Ilyas Kurkaev
Igor Kobzar
Valentin Golubev 		 Argentina
Matías Sánchez
Federico Pereyra
Cristian Poglajen
Facundo Conte
Agustín Loser
Santiago Danani
Sebastián Solé
Bruno Lima
Ezequiel Palacios
Luciano De Cecco
Nicolás Méndez
Martín Ramos
Women's indoor
details 		 United States
Micha Hancock
Jordyn Poulter
Justine Wong-Orantes
Jordan Larson
Annie Drews
Jordan Thompson
Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
Kimberly Hill
Foluke Akinradewo
Haleigh Washington
Kelsey Robinson
Chiaka Ogbogu 		 Brazil
Carol Gattaz
Rosamaria Montibeller
Macris Carneiro
Roberta Ratzke
Gabriela Guimarães
Tandara Caixeta[7]
Natália Pereira
Ana Carolina da Silva
Fernanda Garay
Ana Cristina de Souza
Camila Brait
Ana Beatriz Corrêa 		 Serbia
Bianka Buša
Mina Popović
Slađana Mirković
Brankica Mihajlović
Maja Ognjenović
Ana Bjelica
Maja Aleksić
Milena Rašić
Silvija Popović
Tijana Bošković
Bojana Milenković
Jelena Blagojević

Qualification summary

This qualification pathways were confirmed by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball on 23 September 2018.[8]

Men's volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Event Dates Venue(s) Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation[9] — 1  Japan
Intercontinental Qualifier Pool A 9–11 August 2019 Bulgaria Varna 1  Brazil
Pool B Netherlands Rotterdam 1  United States
Pool C Italy Bari 1  Italy
Pool D Poland Gdańsk–Sopot 1  Poland
Pool E Russia Saint Petersburg 1 Russia ROC
Pool F China Ningbo 1  Argentina
European Qualifier 5–10 January 2020 Germany Berlin 1  France
Asian Qualifier 7–12 January 2020 China Jiangmen 1  Iran
African Qualifier 7–11 January 2020 Egypt Cairo 1  Tunisia
South American Qualifier 10–12 January 2020 Chile Mostazal 1  Venezuela
North American Qualifier 10–12 January 2020 Canada Vancouver 1  Canada
Total 12

Women's volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Event Dates Venue(s) Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation[9] — 1  Japan
Intercontinental Qualifier Pool A 1–4 August 2019 Poland Wrocław 1  Serbia
Pool B China Ningbo 1  China
Pool C United States Bossier City 1  United States
Pool D Brazil Uberlândia 1  Brazil
Pool E Russia Kaliningrad 1 ROC
Pool F Italy Catania 1  Italy
African Qualifier 5–9 January 2020 Cameroon Yaoundé 1  Kenya
South American Qualifier 7–9 January 2020 Colombia Bogotá 1  Argentina
Asian Qualifier 7–12 January 2020 Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima 1  South Korea
European Qualifier 7–12 January 2020 Netherlands Apeldoorn 1  Turkey
North American Qualifier 10–12 January 2020 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1  Dominican Republic
Total 12

Men's beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation[9] — — 1  Japan
2019 World Championships 28 June – 7 July 2019 Germany Hamburg 1  ROC
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament 18–22 September 2019 China Haiyang 2  Italy
 Latvia
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[10] 13 June 2021 Switzerland Lausanne 15  Norway
 Qatar
 Brazil
 Poland
 Netherlands
 Brazil
 Germany
 ROC
 Czech Republic
 United States
 United States
 Spain
 Poland
 Italy
 Chile
2018–2020 CEV Continental Cup Final 23–26 June 2021 Netherlands The Hague 1  Switzerland
2018–2020 AVC Continental Cup Final 25–27 June 2021 Thailand Nakhon Pathom 1  Australia
2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final 25–27 June 2021 Morocco Agadir 1  Morocco
2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final 25–27 June 2021 Mexico Colima 1  Mexico
2018–2020 CSV Continental Cup Final 26–27 June 2021 Chile Santiago 1  Argentina
Total 24

Women's beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation[9] — — 1  Japan
2019 World Championships 28 June – 7 July 2019 Germany Hamburg 1  Canada
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament 18–22 September 2019 China Haiyang 2  Latvia
 Spain
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[11] 13 June 2021 Switzerland Lausanne 15  United States
 Brazil
 Brazil
 Australia
 United States
 Switzerland
 ROC
 Canada
 Switzerland
 Netherlands
 China
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Germany
 Italy
2018–2020 CEV Continental Cup Final 23–26 June 2021 Netherlands The Hague 1  Netherlands
2018–2020 AVC Continental Cup Final 25–27 June 2021 Thailand Nakhon Pathom 1  China
2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final 25–27 June 2021 Morocco Agadir 1  Kenya
2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final 25–27 June 2021 Mexico Colima 1  Cuba
2018–2020 CSV Continental Cup Final 26–27 June 2021 Paraguay Asunción 1  Argentina
Total 24

Men's indoor tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Pool A

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Poland 5 4 1 13 14 4 3.500 435 365 1.192 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 5 4 1 11 12 7 1.714 447 411 1.088
3  Japan (H) 5 3 2 8 10 9 1.111 437 433 1.009
4  Canada 5 2 3 7 9 9 1.000 396 387 1.023
5  Iran 5 2 3 6 9 11 0.818 453 460 0.985
6  Venezuela 5 0 5 0 1 15 0.067 281 393 0.715
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Pool B

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  ROC 5 4 1 12 13 5 2.600 427 397 1.076 Quarterfinals
2  Brazil 5 4 1 10 12 8 1.500 476 450 1.058
3  Argentina 5 3 2 8 12 10 1.200 476 464 1.026
4  France 5 2 3 8 10 10 1.000 449 442 1.016
5  United States 5 2 3 6 8 10 0.800 432 412 1.049
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 1 3 15 0.200 339 434 0.781
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
3 August
 
 
 Poland2
 
5 August
 
 France3
 
 France3
 
3 August
 
 Argentina0
 
 Italy2
 
7 August
 
 Argentina3
 
 France3
 
3 August
 
 ROC2
 
 Japan0
 
5 August
 
 Brazil3
 
 Brazil1
 
3 August
 
 ROC3 Bronze medal match
 
 Canada0
 
7 August
 
 ROC3
 
 Argentina3
 
 
 Brazil2
 

Final standings

Rank Team[12][13]
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  ROC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina
4  Brazil
5  Poland
6  Italy
7  Japan
8  Canada
9  Iran
10  United States
11  Tunisia
12  Venezuela

Women's indoor tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Pool A

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
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
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Pool B

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
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
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
4 August
 
 
 Brazil3
 
6 August
 
 ROC1
 
 Brazil3
 
4 August
 
 South Korea0
 
 South Korea3
 
8 August
 
 Turkey2
 
 Brazil0
 
4 August
 
 United States3
 
 Serbia3
 
6 August
 
 Italy0
 
 Serbia0
 
4 August
 
 United States3 Bronze medal match
 
 Dominican Republic0
 
8 August
 
 United States3
 
 South Korea0
 
 
 Serbia3
 

Final standings

Rank Team[14][15]
 United States
 Brazil
 Serbia
4  South Korea
5  Turkey
6  Italy
7  ROC
8  Dominican Republic
9  China
10  Japan
11  Argentina
12  Kenya

Men's beach volleyball competition

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Knockout stage

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
              
 
2 August
 
 
 Semenov – Leshukov (ROC)2
 
4 August
 
 M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI)0
 
 Semenov – Leshukov (ROC)0
 
1 August
 
 Mol – Sørum (NOR)2
 
 Mol – Sørum (NOR)2
 
5 August
 
 Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)0
 
 Mol – Sørum (NOR)2
 
2 August
 
 Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)0
 
 Evandro – Schmidt (BRA)0
 
4 August
 
 Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)2
 
 Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)2
 
2 August
 
 Alison – Álvaro (BRA)0
 
 Gaxiola – Rubio (MEX)0
 
7 August
 
 Alison – Álvaro (BRA)2
 
 Mol – Sørum (NOR)2
 
1 August
 
 Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)0
 
 Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)2
 
4 August
 
 Lucena – Dalhausser (USA)1
 
 Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)2
 
2 August
 
 Nicolai – Lupo (ITA)0
 
 Fijałek – Bryl (POL)0
 
5 August
 
 Nicolai – Lupo (ITA)2
 
 Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)0
 
2 August
 
 Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)2 Bronze medal
 
 Gibb – Bourne (USA)1
 
4 August7 August
 
 Thole – Wickler (GER)2
 
 Thole – Wickler (GER)0 Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)0
 
2 August
 
 Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)2  Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)2
 
 Herrera – Gavira (ESP)0
 
 
 Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)2
 

Final standings

Rank Team[16]
 Mol – Sørum (NOR)
 Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)
 Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)
4  Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)
5  Alison – Álvaro (BRA)
 Thole – Wickler (GER)
 Nicolai – Lupo (ITA)
 Semenov – Leshukov (ROC)
9  Evandro – Schmidt (BRA)
 M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI)
 Gaxiola – Rubio (MEX)
 Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)
 Fijałek – Bryl (POL)
 Herrera – Gavira (ESP)
 Gibb – Bourne (USA)
 Lucena – Dalhausser (USA)
17  Kantor – Łosiak (POL)
 Heidrich – Gerson (SUI)
19  Azaad – Capogrosso (ARG)
 McHugh – Schumann (AUS)
 Perušič – Schweiner (CZE)
 Carambula – Rossi (ITA)
 Ishijima – Shiratori (JPN)
 El Graoui – Abicha (MAR)

Women's beach volleyball competition

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Knockout stage

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
              
 
2 August
 
 
 Pavan – Humana-Paredes (CAN)2
 
3 August
 
 Liliana – Baquerizo (ESP)0
 
 Pavan – Humana-Paredes (CAN)1
 
1 August
 
 Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)2
 
 Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)2
 
5 August
 
 Xue – Wang X (CHN)0
 
 Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)2
 
1 August
 
 Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)0
 
 Makroguzova – Kholomina (ROC)1
 
3 August
 
 Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)2
 
 Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)2
 
1 August
 
 Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)1
 
 Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)2
 
6 August
 
 Claes – Sponcil (USA)1
 
 Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)0
 
1 August
 
 Ross – Klineman (USA)2
 
 Wang F – Xia (CHN)0
 
3 August
 
 Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)2
 
 Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)1
 
1 August
 
 Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)2
 
 Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)2
 
5 August
 
 Hüberli – Betschart (SUI)1
 
 Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)0
 
1 August
 
 Ross – Klineman (USA)2 Bronze medal
 
 Kozuch – Ludwig (GER)2
 
3 August6 August
 
 Ágatha – Duda (BRA)1
 
 Kozuch – Ludwig (GER)0 Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)0
 
2 August
 
 Ross – Klineman (USA)2  Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)2
 
 Lidy – Leila (CUB)0
 
 
 Ross – Klineman (USA)2
 

Final standings

Rank Team[17]
 Ross – Klineman (USA)
 Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)
 Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
4  Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)
5  Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)
 Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)
 Pavan – Humana-Paredes (CAN)
 Kozuch – Ludwig (GER)
9  Ágatha – Duda (BRA)
 Wang F – Xia (CHN)
 Xue – Wang X (CHN)
 Lidy – Leila (CUB)
 Makroguzova – Kholomina (ROC)
 Hüberli – Betschart (SUI)
 Liliana – Baquerizo (ESP)
 Claes – Sponcil (USA)
17  Ishii – Murakami (JPN)
 Stam – Schoon (NED)
19  Gallay – Pereyra (ARG)
 Hermannová – Sluková (CZE)
 Sude – Borger (GER)
 Menegatti – Orsi Toth (ITA)
 Makokha – Khadambi (KEN)
 Keizer – Meppelink (NED)

See also

References

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