Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The volleyball tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were played between 24 July and 8 August 2021. 24 volleyball teams and 48 beach volleyball teams participated in the tournament. The indoor volleyball competition took place at Ariake Arena in Ariake, and the beach volleyball tournament at Shiokaze Park,^[1][2] in the temporary Shiokaze Park Stadium.

Volleyball at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Pictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right)
Venue	Ariake Arena (indoor) Shiokaze Park (beach)
Dates	24 July – 8 August 2021
No. of events	4
Competitors	382 from 31 nations
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It was originally scheduled to take place in 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.^[3]

Ariake Arena

Schedule

Legend

P

Preliminary round

⅛

Round of 16

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Date Event [4][5][6]	Sat 24	Sun 25	Mon 26	Tue 27	Wed 28	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4	Thu 5		Fri 6		Sat 7		Sun 8
Men's indoor	P		P		P		P		P		1⁄4		1⁄2				B	F
Women's indoor		P		P		P		P		P		1⁄4			1⁄2				B	F
Men's beach	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	1⁄8	1⁄8		1⁄4	1⁄2				B	F
Women's beach	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	1⁄8	1⁄8	1⁄4		1⁄2		B	F

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	0	0	2
2	France	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
4	ROC	0	2	0	2
5	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Brazil	0	1	0	1
7	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Qatar	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medalists

Beach volleyball

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's beach details	Norway Anders Mol Christian Sørum	ROC Viacheslav Krasilnikov Oleg Stoyanovskiy	Qatar Cherif Younousse Ahmed Tijan
Women's beach details	United States April Ross Alix Klineman	Australia Taliqua Clancy Mariafe Artacho del Solar	Switzerland Joana Heidrich Anouk Vergé-Dépré

Indoor volleyball

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's indoor details	France Barthélémy Chinenyeze Jenia Grebennikov Jean Patry Benjamin Toniutti Kevin Tillie Earvin N'Gapeth Antoine Brizard Stephen Boyer Nicolas Le Goff Daryl Bultor Trévor Clévenot Yacine Louati	ROC Yaroslav Podlesnykh Artem Volvich Dmitry Volkov Ivan Iakovlev Denis Bogdan Pavel Pankov Viktor Poletaev Maxim Mikhailov Egor Kliuka Ilyas Kurkaev Igor Kobzar Valentin Golubev	Argentina Matías Sánchez Federico Pereyra Cristian Poglajen Facundo Conte Agustín Loser Santiago Danani Sebastián Solé Bruno Lima Ezequiel Palacios Luciano De Cecco Nicolás Méndez Martín Ramos
Women's indoor details	United States Micha Hancock Jordyn Poulter Justine Wong-Orantes Jordan Larson Annie Drews Jordan Thompson Michelle Bartsch-Hackley Kimberly Hill Foluke Akinradewo Haleigh Washington Kelsey Robinson Chiaka Ogbogu	Brazil Carol Gattaz Rosamaria Montibeller Macris Carneiro Roberta Ratzke Gabriela Guimarães Tandara Caixeta[7] Natália Pereira Ana Carolina da Silva Fernanda Garay Ana Cristina de Souza Camila Brait Ana Beatriz Corrêa	Serbia Bianka Buša Mina Popović Slađana Mirković Brankica Mihajlović Maja Ognjenović Ana Bjelica Maja Aleksić Milena Rašić Silvija Popović Tijana Bošković Bojana Milenković Jelena Blagojević

Qualification summary

This qualification pathways were confirmed by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball on 23 September 2018.^[8]

Men's volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Event		Dates	Venue(s)	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation[9]		—		1	Japan
Intercontinental Qualifier	Pool A	9–11 August 2019	Varna	1	Brazil
	Pool B		Rotterdam	1	United States
	Pool C		Bari	1	Italy
	Pool D		Gdańsk–Sopot	1	Poland
	Pool E		Saint Petersburg	1	ROC
	Pool F		Ningbo	1	Argentina
European Qualifier		5–10 January 2020	Berlin	1	France
Asian Qualifier		7–12 January 2020	Jiangmen	1	Iran
African Qualifier		7–11 January 2020	Cairo	1	Tunisia
South American Qualifier		10–12 January 2020	Mostazal	1	Venezuela
North American Qualifier		10–12 January 2020	Vancouver	1	Canada
Total				12

Women's volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Event		Dates	Venue(s)	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation[9]		—		1	Japan
Intercontinental Qualifier	Pool A	1–4 August 2019	Wrocław	1	Serbia
	Pool B		Ningbo	1	China
	Pool C		Bossier City	1	United States
	Pool D		Uberlândia	1	Brazil
	Pool E		Kaliningrad	1	ROC
	Pool F		Catania	1	Italy
African Qualifier		5–9 January 2020	Yaoundé	1	Kenya
South American Qualifier		7–9 January 2020	Bogotá	1	Argentina
Asian Qualifier		7–12 January 2020	Nakhon Ratchasima	1	South Korea
European Qualifier		7–12 January 2020	Apeldoorn	1	Turkey
North American Qualifier		10–12 January 2020	Santo Domingo	1	Dominican Republic
Total				12

Men's beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation[9]	—	—	1	Japan
2019 World Championships	28 June – 7 July 2019	Hamburg	1	ROC
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament	18–22 September 2019	Haiyang	2	Italy
				Latvia
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[10]	13 June 2021	Lausanne	15	Norway
				Qatar
				Brazil
				Poland
				Netherlands
				Brazil
				Germany
				ROC
				Czech Republic
				United States
				United States
				Spain
				Poland
				Italy
				Chile
2018–2020 CEV Continental Cup Final	23–26 June 2021	The Hague	1	Switzerland
2018–2020 AVC Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Nakhon Pathom	1	Australia
2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Agadir	1	Morocco
2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Colima	1	Mexico
2018–2020 CSV Continental Cup Final	26–27 June 2021	Santiago	1	Argentina
Total			24

Women's beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation[9]	—	—	1	Japan
2019 World Championships	28 June – 7 July 2019	Hamburg	1	Canada
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament	18–22 September 2019	Haiyang	2	Latvia
				Spain
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[11]	13 June 2021	Lausanne	15	United States
				Brazil
				Brazil
				Australia
				United States
				Switzerland
				ROC
				Canada
				Switzerland
				Netherlands
				China
				Czech Republic
				Germany
				Germany
				Italy
2018–2020 CEV Continental Cup Final	23–26 June 2021	The Hague	1	Netherlands
2018–2020 AVC Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Nakhon Pathom	1	China
2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Agadir	1	Kenya
2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Colima	1	Cuba
2018–2020 CSV Continental Cup Final	26–27 June 2021	Asunción	1	Argentina
Total			24

Men's indoor tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	4	1	13	14	4	3.500	435	365	1.192	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	11	12	7	1.714	447	411	1.088
3	Japan (H)	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	437	433	1.009
4	Canada	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	396	387	1.023
5	Iran	5	2	3	6	9	11	0.818	453	460	0.985
6	Venezuela	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	281	393	0.715

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

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	ROC	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	427	397	1.076	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	10	12	8	1.500	476	450	1.058
3	Argentina	5	3	2	8	12	10	1.200	476	464	1.026
4	France	5	2	3	8	10	10	1.000	449	442	1.016
5	United States	5	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	432	412	1.049
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	1	3	15	0.200	339	434	0.781

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	3 August
	Poland	2
					5 August
	France	3
					France	3
	3 August
					Argentina	0
	Italy	2
									7 August
	Argentina	3
									France	3
	3 August
									ROC	2
	Japan	0
					5 August
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	1
	3 August
					ROC	3			Bronze medal match
	Canada	0
									7 August
	ROC	3
									Argentina	3
									Brazil	2

Final standings

Rank	Team[12][13]
	France
	ROC
	Argentina
4	Brazil
5	Poland
6	Italy
7	Japan
8	Canada
9	Iran
10	United States
11	Tunisia
12	Venezuela

Women's indoor tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	434	315	1.378	Quarter-finals
2	Serbia	5	4	1	12	13	3	4.333	381	313	1.217
3	South Korea	5	3	2	7	9	10	0.900	374	415	0.901
4	Dominican Republic	5	2	3	8	10	10	1.000	411	406	1.012
5	Japan (H)	5	1	4	4	6	12	0.500	378	395	0.957
6	Kenya	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	242	376	0.644

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

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	4	1	10	12	7	1.714	418	401	1.042	Quarter-finals
2	Italy	5	3	2	10	11	7	1.571	409	377	1.085
3	Turkey	5	3	2	9	12	8	1.500	434	416	1.043
4	ROC	5	3	2	9	11	8	1.375	422	378	1.116
5	China	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	374	385	0.971
6	Argentina	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	275	375	0.733

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	4 August
	Brazil	3
					6 August
	ROC	1
					Brazil	3
	4 August
					South Korea	0
	South Korea	3
									8 August
	Turkey	2
									Brazil	0
	4 August
									United States	3
	United States	3
					6 August
	Dominican Republic	0
					United States	3
	4 August
					Serbia	0			Bronze medal match
	Serbia	3
									8 August
	Italy	0
									South Korea	0
									Serbia	3

Final standings

Rank	Team[14][15]
	United States
	Brazil
	Serbia
4	South Korea
5	Turkey
6	Italy
7	ROC
8	Dominican Republic
9	China
10	Japan
11	Argentina
12	Kenya

Men's beach volleyball competition

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

2 August

Semenov – Leshukov (ROC)

2

4 August

M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI)

0

Semenov – Leshukov (ROC)

0

1 August

Mol – Sørum (NOR)

2

Mol – Sørum (NOR)

2

5 August

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

0

Mol – Sørum (NOR)

2

2 August

Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)

0

Evandro – Schmidt (BRA)

0

4 August

Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)

2

Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)

2

2 August

Alison – Álvaro (BRA)

0

Gaxiola – Rubio (MEX)

0

7 August

Alison – Álvaro (BRA)

2

Mol – Sørum (NOR)

2

1 August

Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)

0

Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)

2

4 August

Lucena – Dalhausser (USA)

1

Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)

2

2 August

Nicolai – Lupo (ITA)

0

Fijałek – Bryl (POL)

0

5 August

Nicolai – Lupo (ITA)

2

Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)

0

2 August

Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)

2

Bronze medal

Gibb – Bourne (USA)

1

4 August

7 August

Thole – Wickler (GER)

2

Thole – Wickler (GER)

0

Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)

0

2 August

Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)

2

Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)

2

Herrera – Gavira (ESP)

0

Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)

2

Final standings

Rank	Team[16]
	Mol – Sørum (NOR)
	Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)
	Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)
4	Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)
5	Alison – Álvaro (BRA)
	Thole – Wickler (GER)
	Nicolai – Lupo (ITA)
	Semenov – Leshukov (ROC)
9	Evandro – Schmidt (BRA)
	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI)
	Gaxiola – Rubio (MEX)
	Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)
	Fijałek – Bryl (POL)
	Herrera – Gavira (ESP)
	Gibb – Bourne (USA)
	Lucena – Dalhausser (USA)
17	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)
	Heidrich – Gerson (SUI)
19	Azaad – Capogrosso (ARG)
	McHugh – Schumann (AUS)
	Perušič – Schweiner (CZE)
	Carambula – Rossi (ITA)
	Ishijima – Shiratori (JPN)
	El Graoui – Abicha (MAR)

Women's beach volleyball competition

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

2 August

Pavan – Humana-Paredes (CAN)

2

3 August

Liliana – Baquerizo (ESP)

0

Pavan – Humana-Paredes (CAN)

1

1 August

Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)

2

Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)

2

5 August

Xue – Wang X (CHN)

0

Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)

2

1 August

Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)

0

Makroguzova – Kholomina (ROC)

1

3 August

Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)

2

Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)

2

1 August

Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)

1

Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)

2

6 August

Claes – Sponcil (USA)

1

Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)

0

1 August

Ross – Klineman (USA)

2

Wang F – Xia (CHN)

0

3 August

Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)

2

Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)

1

1 August

Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

2

Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

2

5 August

Hüberli – Betschart (SUI)

1

Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

0

1 August

Ross – Klineman (USA)

2

Bronze medal

Kozuch – Ludwig (GER)

2

3 August

6 August

Ágatha – Duda (BRA)

1

Kozuch – Ludwig (GER)

0

Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)

0

2 August

Ross – Klineman (USA)

2

Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

2

Lidy – Leila (CUB)

0

Ross – Klineman (USA)

2

Final standings

Rank	Team[17]
	Ross – Klineman (USA)
	Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)
	Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
4	Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)
5	Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)
	Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)
	Pavan – Humana-Paredes (CAN)
	Kozuch – Ludwig (GER)
9	Ágatha – Duda (BRA)
	Wang F – Xia (CHN)
	Xue – Wang X (CHN)
	Lidy – Leila (CUB)
	Makroguzova – Kholomina (ROC)
	Hüberli – Betschart (SUI)
	Liliana – Baquerizo (ESP)
	Claes – Sponcil (USA)
17	Ishii – Murakami (JPN)
	Stam – Schoon (NED)
19	Gallay – Pereyra (ARG)
	Hermannová – Sluková (CZE)
	Sude – Borger (GER)
	Menegatti – Orsi Toth (ITA)
	Makokha – Khadambi (KEN)
	Keizer – Meppelink (NED)

See also

• Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games
• Volleyball at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics