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 is 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 is 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 Simonović
Nurper Özbar
Hamid Al-Rousi

Preliminary round

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

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Slovenia (Q)	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	170	146	1.164	Quarter-finals
2	France (H, Q)	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	184	148	1.243	Quarter-finals
3	Serbia	2	0	2	1	3	6	0.500	149	184	0.810	Possible quarter-finals, based on ranking
4	Canada	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	145	170	0.853

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2024. Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 17:00	France	3–2	Serbia	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,372 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE)
	(23–25, 25–17, 25–17, 21–25, 15–6) P2 Report

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 21:00	Slovenia	3–1	Canada	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,381 Referees: Wojciech Maroszek (POL), Wael Kandil (EGY)
	(25–21, 25–20, 20–25, 25–21) P2 Report

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 17:00	Slovenia	3–0	Serbia	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,138 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Stefano Cesare (ITA)
	(25–21, 25–19, 25–19) P2 Report

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 21:00	France	3–0	Canada	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,365 Referees: Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL), Epaminondas Gerothodoros (GRE)
	(25–20, 25–21, 25–17) P2 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	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy (Q)	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	170	145	1.172	Quarter-finals
2	Poland	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	53	1.415	Quarter-finals
3	Brazil	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	94	95	0.989	Possible quarter-finals, based on ranking
4	Egypt	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	104	150	0.693

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2024. Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 13:00	Italy	3–1	Brazil	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,485 Referees: Vladimir Simonovic (SUI), Scott Dziewirz (CAN)
	(25–23, 27–25, 18–25, 25–21) P2 Report

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 17:00	Poland	3–0	Egypt	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,408 Referees: Epaminondas Gerothodoros (GRE), Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL)
	(25–21, 25–19, 25–13) P2 Report

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 09:00	Italy	3–0	Egypt	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,415 Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
	(25–15, 25–16, 25–20) P2 Report

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 09:00	Poland	v	Brazil	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Referees: Stefano Cesare (ITA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	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	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States (Q)	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	177	154	1.149	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	2	1	1	3	5	5	1.000	212	209	1.014	Quarter-finals
3	Japan	1	0	1	1	2	3	0.667	107	113	0.947	Possible quarter-finals, based on ranking
4	Argentina	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	55	75	0.733

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2024. Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 09:00	Japan	2–3	Germany	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,897 Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(17–25, 25–23, 25–20, 28–30, 12–15) P2 Report

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 21:00	United States	3–0	Argentina	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,464 Referees: Stefano Cesare (ITA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
	(25–20, 25–19, 25–16) P2 Report

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 13:00	United States	3–2	Germany	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,275 Referees: Scott Dziewirz (CAN), Vladimir Simonović (SUI)
	(25–21, 25–17, 17–25, 20–25, 15–11) P2 Report

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 13:00	Japan	v	Argentina	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Referees: Wojciech Maroszek (POL), Vladimir Simonović (SUI)
	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	B	Italy	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	170	145	1.172	First in each of the pools
2	A	Slovenia	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	170	146	1.164
3	C	United States	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	177	154	1.149

4	B	Poland	1	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	53	1.415	Second in each of the pools
5	C	Germany	2	1	1	3	5	5	1.000	212	209	1.014
6	A	France (H)	1	1	0	2	3	2	1.500	109	90	1.211

7	C	Japan	1	0	1	1	2	3	0.667	107	113	0.947	Third in each of the pools
8	A	Serbia	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	149	184	0.810	Third in each of the pools
9	B	Brazil	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	94	95	0.989	Third in the pool

10	A	Canada	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	87	95	0.916	Fourth in each of the pools
11	C	Argentina	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	55	75	0.733
12	B	Egypt	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	104	150	0.693

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2024. Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Gold medal match

5 August

1
	7 August
8

5 August

4
		10 August
5

5 August

2
	7 August
7

5 August
		Bronze medal match
3
		9 August
6

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

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" (Press release). FIVB. 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" (Press release). FIVB. 2 July 2024. Archived from the original on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ "NEW VOLLEYBALL FORMAT FOR PARIS 2024". Paris2024. 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". Volleyball World. 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. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ "Pools Ranking Criteria". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Znamy nazwiska sędziów na igrzyska olimpijskie". Strefa Siatkówki (in Polish). Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. 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" (Press release). FIVB. 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" (Press release). FIVB. 2 July 2024. Archived from the original on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

[format-4] "NEW VOLLEYBALL FORMAT FOR PARIS 2024". Paris2024. 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". Volleyball World. 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. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

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

[9] "Znamy nazwiska sędziów na igrzyska olimpijskie". Strefa Siatkówki (in Polish). Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Qualification	men	women
Tournament	men	women
Rosters	men	women
Beach
Qualification	men	women
Tournament	men	women
v t e