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Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 15th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Tokyo, Japan from 24 July to 7 August 2021.[1] It was originally scheduled to take place from 25 July to 8 August 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.[2] Because of this pandemic, all matches were played behind closed doors.[3]

France won their first gold and overall medal with a 3–2 win over the Russian team that competed as the ROC.[4] Argentina won the bronze medal in a narrow 3–2 victory over Brazil.[5]

The medals for the competition were presented by Bernard Rajzman, IOC Member, Olympian, and Silver Medalist, Brazil; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ary Graça, FIVB President; Brazil.

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 knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers of the quarterfinals were eliminated. The quarterfinal winners played in the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals competed for gold medal and the losers played for bronze medal.[7]

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 15 October 2019.[8] 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 10th. The pools were confirmed on 31 January 2020.[9]

Rosters

Venue

Pool standing procedure

In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented:[10]

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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.[11]

Preliminary round

Pool A

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host


Pool B

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers


Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Medalists

Awards

The awards were announced on 7 August 2021.[13][15]

Statistics leaders

Source: Olympics.com

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020 schedule confirmed for 2021". FIVB. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared". USA Today. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Ngapeth Guides France To Olympic Glory". FIVB. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Conte powers Argentina's five-set win to claim bronze". FIVB. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Host city election for the Olympic Summer Games 2020". IOC. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Formula". FIVB. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  8. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Men (as of 15 October 2019)". FIVB. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Pools confirmed for Tokyo 2020 Olympic volleyball tournament". FIVB. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Pools Ranking Criteria". FIVB. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Competition Officials" (PDF). IOC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Matchups confirmed for men's volleyball quarterfinals". FIVB. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Final standings" (PDF). IOC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Men's Standings – Final Round". FIVB. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Ngapeth named MVP of men's Tokyo 2020 Dream Team". FIVB. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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