Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Men's volleyball; at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	South Paris Arena
Date	27 July – 10 August
Competitors	from 12 nations
	← 2020 2028 →

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be the 16th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It will be held in Paris, France from 27 July to 10 August 2024.^[1] This is the first time in the history of the Olympic volleyball competition, each team participating will be entitled to include one non-competing (AP) athlete to replace an athlete for medical reasons. As such, team rosters will increase from 12 to 13 athletes.^[2]

Competition schedule

The match schedule was announced on 2 July 2024.^[3]

P	Preliminary round	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

Sat 27	Sun 28	Mon 29	Tue 30	Wed 31	Thu 1	Fri 2	Sat 3	Sun 4	Mon 5	Tue 6	Wed 7	Thu 8	Fri 9	Sat 10
P	P		P	P		P	P		¼		½		B	F

Qualification

Qualification		Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified team
Host nation		—		1	France
FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournaments	Pool A	30 September – 8 October 2023	Rio de Janeiro	2	Germany
	Pool A		Rio de Janeiro	2	Brazil
	Pool B		Tokyo	2	United States
	Pool B		Tokyo	2	Japan
	Pool C		Xi'an	2	Poland
	Pool C		Xi'an	2	Canada
World Ranking qualification pathway		24 June 2024	—	5	Slovenia
					Italy
					Argentina
					Serbia
					Egypt
Total				12

Format

In a change of format compared to the previous nine editions of the Olympic Games, this tournament will feature three groups with four teams each during the preliminary round (between 1972 Summer Olympics to 2020 Summer Olympics the teams were placed in two groups). At this round, the teams will compete 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 will follow the single-elimination format. The match-ups will determine by teams combined ranking system, #1 vs #8 (QF1), #2 vs #7 (QF2), #3 vs #6 (QF3), #4 vs #5 (QF4). The winners will advance to semifinals, QF1 vs QF4, QF3 vs QF2. The losers will compete for bronze medals and the winners will compete for gold medals.^[4]

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.^[2] The draw took place on 26 June 2024.^[5]^[6] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked seventh.^[7]

Seeding

Seeded teams	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
France Poland Japan	Slovenia Italy United States	Brazil Argentina Canada	Serbia Germany Egypt

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
France (Hosts)	Poland (1)	Japan (2)
Slovenia (3)	Italy (4)	United States (5)
Canada (9)	Brazil (6)	Argentina (8)
Serbia (10)	Egypt (19)	Germany (11)

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 should be implemented:^[8]

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:^[2]

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.^[9]

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 Simonovic
Nurper Özbar
Hamid Al-Rousi

Preliminary round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	France (H)	—	—	Quarterfinals
2	Slovenia	—	—	Quarterfinals
3	Canada	—	—	Possible quarter-finals, based on ranking
4	Serbia	—	—

First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 17:00	France	v	Serbia	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 21:00	Slovenia	v	Canada	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 17:00	Slovenia	v	Serbia	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 21:00	France	v	Canada	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 17:00	France	v	Slovenia	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 21:00	Canada	v	Serbia	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	—	—	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	—	—	Quarterfinals
3	Brazil	—	—	Possible quarter-finals, based on ranking
4	Egypt	—	—

First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 13:00	Italy	v	Brazil	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 17:00	Poland	v	Egypt	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 09:00	Italy	v	Egypt	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 09:00	Poland	v	Brazil	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 13:00	Brazil	v	Egypt	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 17:00	Poland	v	Italy	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	—	—	Quarterfinals
2	United States	—	—	Quarterfinals
3	Argentina	—	—	Possible quarter-finals, based on ranking
4	Germany	—	—

First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 09:00	Japan	v	Germany	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 21:00	United States	v	Argentina	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 13:00	United States	v	Germany	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 13:00	Japan	v	Argentina	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 09:00	Argentina	v	Germany	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 21:00	Japan	v	United States	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

Combined ranking

Pos	Pool	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Rank
1	A	France (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	First in each of the pools
2	B	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	C	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

4	A	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Second in each of the pools
5	B	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
6	C	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

7	A	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Third in each of the pools
8	B	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Third in each of the pools
9	C	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Third in the pool

10	A	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Fourth in each of the pools
11	B	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
12	C	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Gold medal match

5 August

Rank #1 team
	7 August
Rank #8 team

5 August

Rank #4 team
		10 August
Rank #5 team

5 August

Rank #2 team
	7 August
Rank #7 team

5 August
		Bronze medal match
Rank #3 team
		9 August
Rank #6 team

Quarterfinals

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 09:00		v		South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 13:00		v		South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 17:00		v		South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 21:00		v		South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

Semifinals

7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) 16:00		v		South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) 20:00		v		South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

Bronze medal match

9 August 2024 (2024-08-09) 16:00		v		South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

Gold medal match

August 10, 2024 (2024-08-10) 13:00		v		South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team



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References

^ "Paris Olympic Schedule". Archived from the original on 16 May 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2024 In Focus: Excitement Builds For Olympic Games Paris 2024". Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ "Brazil and Italy to meet on the first day of Paris 2024 as men's match schedule is announced". FIVB. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ "NEW VOLLEYBALL FORMAT FOR PARIS 2024". Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "Paris 2024 volleyball Drawing of Lots to be held at the VNL Finals". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Get ready to watch the Olympic Games Paris 2024 Volleyball Men's Drawing of Lots!" (Press release). FIVB. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ "Paris 2024 men's volleyball pools set" (Press release). FIVB. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ "Pools Ranking Criteria". FIVB. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Znamy nazwiska sędziów na igrzyska olimpijskie". siatka.org. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

External links

[1] "Paris Olympic Schedule". Archived from the original on 16 May 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

[formatt-2] "2024 In Focus: Excitement Builds For Olympic Games Paris 2024". Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

[3] "Brazil and Italy to meet on the first day of Paris 2024 as men's match schedule is announced". FIVB. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

[format-4] "NEW VOLLEYBALL FORMAT FOR PARIS 2024". Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

[5] "Paris 2024 volleyball Drawing of Lots to be held at the VNL Finals". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

[6] "Get ready to watch the Olympic Games Paris 2024 Volleyball Men's Drawing of Lots!" (Press release). FIVB. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

[7] "Paris 2024 men's volleyball pools set" (Press release). FIVB. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

[8] "Pools Ranking Criteria". FIVB. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[9] "Znamy nazwiska sędziów na igrzyska olimpijskie". siatka.org. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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