The men's tournament in
volleyball
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at the
2024 Summer Olympics
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was the 16th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organised by the world's governing body, the
FIVB, in conjunction with the
IOC
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. It was held in
Paris
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, France from 27 July to 10 August 2024. This was the first time in the history of the Olympic volleyball competition, each team participating was entitled to include one non-competing (AP) athlete to replace an athlete for medical reasons.
France
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won its second straight title by defeating
Poland
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(3–0) in the gold medal match. The
United States
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defeated
Italy
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(3–0) in the bronze medal match.
Competition schedule
The match schedule was announced on 2 July 2024.
Qualification
Format
In a change of format compared to the previous nine editions of the Olympic Games, this tournament featured three groups with four teams each during the preliminary round (between
1972 Summer Olympics
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to
2020 Summer Olympics
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the teams were placed in two groups). At this round, the teams competed in a single
round-robin format. The two highest ranked teams in each pool and the best two third-placed teams advanced to the knockout stage (quarterfinals).
The knockout stage followed the
single-elimination
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format. The match-ups were determined by teams combined ranking system, #1 vs #8 (QF1), #2 vs #7 (QF2), #3 vs #6 (QF3), #4 vs #5 (QF4). The winners advanced to semifinals, QF1 vs QF4, QF3 vs QF2. The losers competed for bronze medals and the winners for gold medals.
Draw
The twelve qualified teams were seeded according to their position in the
FIVB World Ranking as of 24 June 2024. As the host team, France was seeded first and placed in the top position of Pool A. The two top ranked teams seeded second and third were placed at the top of Pools B and C respectively. The remaining nine teams were distributed across three bowls of three teams each based on their position in the World Ranking and drawn for their seed line by line applying the
serpentine system
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.
[ The draw took place on 26 June 2024. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked seventh.
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Seeding
Pools composition
Pool standing procedure and teams combined ranking system
Pool standing procedure
In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria was 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
Teams combined ranking system
In order to determine teams playing in quarterfinals and their match-ups:[
# Pool Position
# Number of matches won
# Match points
# Sets ratio
# Points ratio
# Head-to-head
# World ranking
]
Rosters
Referees
The following referees were selected for the tournament.
* Karina Rene
* Angela Grass
* Ivaylo Ivanov
* Scott Dziewirz
* Wang Ziling
* Denny Cespedes
* Wael Kandil
* Fabrice Collados
* Epaminondas Gerothodoros
* Stefano Cesare
* Sumie Myoi
* Wojciech Maroszek
* Juraj Mokrý
* Vladimir Simonović
* Nurper Özbar
* Hamid Al-Rousi
Preliminary round
* All times are Central European Summer Time
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( UTC+02:00).
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Combined ranking
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
Medalists
Awards
The awards were announced on 10 August 2024.
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
Olympics.com
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See also
* Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
Volleyball has been part of the Summer Olympics program for both men and women consistently since 1964.
Brazil, France, the United States and the former Soviet Union are the only teams to win multiple gold medals at the men's tournament since ...
* Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
* Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
* Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics - Men's tournament
* 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
References
External links
*
Competition page
at FIVB
{{Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
2024 in men's volleyball
Men's events at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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