The men's tournament in

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at the

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was the 14th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the

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. It was held in

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from 7 to 21 August 2016. Brazil won the gold medal after a 3–0 win over Italy. The United States defeated Russia 3–2 to win the bronze medal. The medals for the competition were presented by

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; and Bernard Rajzman,

; Members of the International Olympic Committee and

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, Honorary member of the International Olympic Committee and

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, and the gifts were presented by Ary Graça, Dr.

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and Dr. Amr Elwani, President and Executive Vice-Presidents of the FIVB.

Competition schedule

Qualification

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 sixth placed teams in each pool were ranked eleventh in this competition. The fifth placed teams in each pool were ranked ninth. The knockout stage followed the

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format. The losers of the quarterfinals were eliminated and ranked fifth. The quarterfinal winners played in the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals competed for gold medal and the losers played for bronze medal.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the

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according to their

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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 the hosts who ranked 1st. The pools were confirmed on 6 June 2016.

Rosters

Venue

Pool standing procedure

In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented: # Number of matches won # Match points # Sets ratio # Points ratio # 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. * 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

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( UTC−03:00). *The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

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Pool B

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Knockout stage

*All times are

( 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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Medalists

Awards

*Most Valuable Player : Sérgio Santos *Best Setter : Bruno Rezende *Best Outside Spikers :

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Ricardo Lucarelli Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza (born 14 February 1992) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. He is a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team, Brazil national team. The Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men ...

*Best Middle Blockers : Artem Volvich :

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*Best Opposite Spiker :

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*Best Libero : Sérgio Santos

Statistics leaders

*Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals were ranked. ;Best Scorers ;Best Spikers ;Best Blockers ;Best Servers ;Best Diggers ;Best Setters ;Best Receivers Source
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References

External links

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