The women's tournament in

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at the

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was the 14th edition of the event at an

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, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in

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, 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

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, 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

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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.

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 (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: # Number of matches won # Match points # Set ratio # Setpoint ratio # 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. * 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).

Pool A

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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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Statistics leaders

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Final standing

Medalists

Awards

*Most valuable player *: Zhu Ting *Best setter *:

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*Best outside spikers *: Zhu Ting *: Brankica Mihajlović *Best middle blockers *: Milena Rašić *:

Foluke Akinradewo Foluke Atinuke Gunderson (née Akinradewo; born October 5, 1987) is an indoor volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Japanese club Hisamitsu Springs. Born in Canada, she represents the United States women's national volleyball team, ...

*Best opposite spiker *:

Lonneke Slöetjes Lonneke Slöetjes (born 15 November 1990) is a Dutch volleyball player, who plays as an opposite spiker. She is a member of the Women's National Team. She plays as of 2015 for VakifBank Istanbul. Career Slöetjes started playing at VC Varssev ...

*Best libero *: Lin Li

References

External links

Official website
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