Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament


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. The United States won bronze by winning against the Netherlands.
The medals for the competition were presented by Yu Zaiqing, People's Republic of China; Anita DeFrantz, United States of America; and Chang Ung, Democratic People's Republic of Korea; members of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Ary Graça, Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz and Aleksandar Boričić, President and Executive Vice-Presidents of the FIVB.

Competition schedule

Qualification

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of October 2015. 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.
Pool APool B

Rosters

Venue

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. 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:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Set ratio
  4. Setpoint ratio
  5. Results between 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.
All times are Brasília Time.

Pool A

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Pool B

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Knockout stage

All times are Brasília Time.
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

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Statistics leaders

Best scorers
RankNamePoints
1 Zhu Ting179
2 Lonneke Slöetjes157
3 Tijana Bošković137
4 Brankica Mihajlović121
5 Anne Buijs104

Best spikers
RankName
1 Zhu Ting42.27
2 Brankica Mihajlović31.60
3 Lonneke Slöetjes28.57
4 Jordan Larson28.57
5 Kimberly Hill28.00

Best blockers
RankName
1 Milena Rašić0.83
2 Robin de Kruijf0.76
3 Foluke Akinradewo0.56
4 Rachael Adams0.52
5 Zhu Ting0.48

Best servers
RankName
1 Milena Rašić0.57
2 Tijana Bošković0.33
3 Anne Buijs0.30
4 Hui Ruoqi0.29
5 Jordan Larson0.26

Best diggers
RankName
1 Debby Stam2.30
2 Lin Li1.90
3 Silvija Popović1.80
4 Kayla Banwarth1.75
5 Jordan Larson1.56

Best setters
RankName
1 Alisha Glass10.47
2 Laura Dijkema10.36
3 Maja Ognjenović9.03
4 Ding Xia5.52
5 Wei Qiuyue4.74

Best receivers
RankName
1 Silvija Popović45.32
2 Jordan Larson44.05
3 Kayla Banwarth41.72
4 Zhu Ting39.16
5 Lin Li35.06

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Final standing

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Medalists

Awards