Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Women's volleyball; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Ariake Arena
Date	25 July – 8 August 2021
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
	← 2016 2024 →

The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 15th edition of the event at an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Tokyo, Japan from 25 July to 8 August 2021. It was originally scheduled to take place from 26 July to 9 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.^[1] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.^[2]

The United States won their first gold after finishing runners-up three times with a 3–0 win over Brazil.^[3] Serbia won the bronze medal with a victory over South Korea.^[4]

The medals for the competition were presented by Nenad Lalović, IOC Executive Board Member; Serbia, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ary Graça, FIVB President; Brazil.

Competition schedule

P	Preliminary round	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

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
P		P		P		P		P		¼				½			B	F

Qualification

Event		Dates	Venue(s)	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation^[5]		—		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

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 29 September 2019.^[6] 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 7th.

Pool A	Pool B
Japan (Hosts)	China (1)
Serbia (3)	United States (2)
Brazil (4)	ROC (5)
South Korea (9)	Italy (8)
Dominican Republic (10)	Argentina (11)
Kenya (19)	Turkey (12)

Rosters

Venue

All matches
Tokyo, Japan
Ariake Arena
Capacity: 15,000

Format

The preliminary round was a competition between the twelve teams divided into two pools of six teams. The teams competed in a single round-robin format. The four highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage (quarter-finals). The sixth placed teams in each pool were ranked eleventh in this competition. The fifth placed teams in each pool were ranked ninth.^[7]

The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers of the quarter-finals were eliminated and ranked fifth. The quarterfinal winners played in the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals.^[7]

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

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.^[9]

Hernán Casamiquela
Paulo Turci
Liu Jiang
Denny Cespedes
Fabrice Collados
Daniele Rapisarda
Shin Muranaka
Sumie Myoi
Luis Macias
Wojciech Maroszek
Evgeny Makshanov
Vladimir Simonović
Juraj Mokrý
Kang Joo-hee
Susana Rodríguez
Hamid Al-Rousi
Patricia Rolf

Preliminary round

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).^[10]
The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarter-finals.

Pool A

Pos	Team	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

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 14:20	Serbia	3–0	Dominican Republic	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS)
	(25–18, 25–12, 25–20) Results Statistics

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 19:40	Japan	3–0	Kenya	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE)
	(25–15, 25–11, 25–23) Results Statistics

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 21:45	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Shin Muranaka (JPN)
	(25–10, 25–22, 25–19) Results Statistics

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 14:20	Japan	0–3	Serbia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(23–25, 16–25, 24–26) Results Statistics

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 19:40	Brazil	3–2	Dominican Republic	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Vladimir Simonović (SRB)
	(22–25, 25–17, 25–13, 23–25, 15–12) Results Statistics

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 21:45	South Korea	3–0	Kenya	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS)
	(25–14, 25–22, 26–24) Results Statistics

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 11:05	South Korea	3–2	Dominican Republic	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Shin Muranaka (JPN)
	(25–20, 17–25, 25–18, 15–25, 15–12) Results Statistics

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 14:20	Serbia	3–0	Kenya	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
	(25–21, 25–11, 25–20) Results Statistics

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 19:40	Japan	0–3	Brazil	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS)
	(16–25, 18–25, 24–26) Results Statistics

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 09:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Kenya	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Patricia Rolf (USA)
	(25–19, 25–18, 25–10) Results Statistics

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 16:25	Serbia	1–3	Brazil	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
	(20–25, 16–25, 25–23, 19–25) Results Statistics

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 19:40	Japan	2–3	South Korea	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Paulo Turci (BRA)
	(19–25, 25–19, 22–25, 25–15, 14–16) Results Statistics

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 09:00	Serbia	3–0	South Korea	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Makshanov (RUS), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
	(25–18, 25–17, 25–15) Results Statistics

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 19:40	Japan	1–3	Dominican Republic	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
	(10–25, 23–25, 25–19, 19–25) Results Statistics

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 21:45	Brazil	3–0	Kenya	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA)
	(25–10, 25–16, 25–8) Results Statistics

Pool B

Pos	Team	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

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 09:00	ROC	0–3	Italy	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
	(23–25, 19–25, 14–25) Results Statistics

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 11:05	United States	3–0	Argentina	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA)
	(25–20, 25–19, 25–20) Results Statistics

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 16:25	China	0–3	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Luis Macias (MEX)
	(21–25, 14–25, 14–25) Results Statistics

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 09:00	ROC	3–0	Argentina	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE)
	(25–19, 25–15, 25–13) Results Statistics

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 11:05	China	0–3	United States	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Wojciech Maroszek (POL), Fabrice Collados (FRA)
	(27–29, 22–25, 21–25) Results Statistics

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 16:25	Italy	3–1	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
	(25–22, 23–25, 25–20, 25–15) Results Statistics

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 09:00	Italy	3–0	Argentina	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Liu Jiang (CHN)
	(25–21, 25–16, 25–15) Results Statistics

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 16:25	China	2–3	ROC	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(17–25, 25–23, 25–20, 25–27, 12–15) Results Statistics

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 21:45	United States	3–2	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)
	(25–19, 25–20, 17–25, 20–25, 15–12) Results Statistics

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 11:05	United States	0–3	ROC	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
	(20–25, 12–25, 19–25) Results Statistics

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 14:20	Argentina	0–3	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE)
	(23–25, 20–25, 18–25) Results Statistics

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 21:45	China	3–0	Italy	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Shin Muranaka (JPN), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS)
	(25–21, 25–20, 26–24) Results Statistics

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 11:05	United States	3–2	Italy	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Luis Macias (MEX)
	(21–25, 25–16, 25–27, 25–16, 15–12) Results Statistics

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 14:20	ROC	2–3	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
	(25–21, 23–25, 23–25, 25–15, 10–15) Results Statistics

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 16:25	China	3–0	Argentina	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(25–15, 25–22, 25–19) Results Statistics

Knockout stage

The first ranked teams of both pools played against the fourth ranked teams of the other pool. The second ranked teams faced the second or third ranked teams of the other pool, determined by drawing of lots. The drawing of lots was held after the last match in the preliminary round.^[7]^[11] As it happened at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the drawing ended up with the 2nd ranked teams facing each other, and the 3rd ranked teams playing against each other.

Bracket

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

Quarter-finals

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 09:00	South Korea	3–2	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Patricia Rolf (USA)
	(17–25, 25–17, 28–26, 18–25, 15–13) Results Statistics

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 13:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)
	(11–25, 20–25, 19–25) Results Statistics

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 17:00	Serbia	3–0	Italy	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS)
	(25–21, 25–14, 25–21) Results Statistics

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 21:30	Brazil	3–1	ROC	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
	(23–25, 25–21, 25–19, 25–22) Results Statistics

Semi-finals

Tandara Caixeta of Brazil was suspended from the semi-final match against South Korea after a positive out-of-competition drug test for Enobosarm.^[12]

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 13:00	Serbia	0–3	United States	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
	(19–25, 15–25, 23–25) Results Statistics

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 21:00	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(25–16, 25–16, 25–16) Results Statistics

Bronze medal match

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 09:00	South Korea	0–3	Serbia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Patricia Rolf (USA)
	(18–25, 15–25, 15–25) Results Statistics

Gold medal match

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 13:30	Brazil	0–3	United States	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
	(21–25, 20–25, 14–25) Results Statistics

Statistics leaders

Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.

Best scorers

Rank	Name	Points
1	Tijana Bošković	192
2	Kim Yeon-koung	136
3	Fernanda Garay	120
4	Gabriela Guimarães	106
5	Jordan Larson	91
5	Michelle Bartsch-Hackley	91

Best spikers

Rank	Name	%Eff
1	Fernanda Garay	41.40
2	Tijana Bošković	36.42
3	Andrea Drews	34.94
4	Kim Yeon-koung	31.99
5	Gabriela Guimarães	27.35

Best blockers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Ana Carolina da Silva	0.82
2	Carol Gattaz	0.79
3	Foluke Akinradewo	0.75
4	Mina Popović	0.72
5	Haleigh Washington	0.71

Best servers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Tijana Bošković	0.48
2	Maja Ognjenovic	0.28
2	Bianka Buša	0.28
4	Yeum Hye-seon	0.27
5	Carol Gattaz	0.25

Best diggers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Oh Ji-young	3.10
2	Justine Wong-Orantes	2.93
2	Camila Brait	2.93
4	Kim Yeon-koung	2.77
5	Silvija Popović	2.44

Best setters

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Maja Ognjenović	9.76
2	Jordyn Poulter	8.82
3	Yeum Hye-seon	7.43
4	Macris Carneiro	6.54
5	Roberta Ratzke	5.43

Best receivers

Rank	Name	%Succ
1	Justine Wong-Orantes	74.45
2	Gabriela Guimarães	71.13
3	Michelle Bartsch-Hackley	70.59
4	Jordan Larson	68.35
5	Bojana Milenković	67.43

Final standing

Rank	Team^[13]^[14]
	United States
	Brazil
	Serbia
4	South Korea
5	Turkey
6	Italy
7	ROC
8	Dominican Republic
9	China
10	Japan
11	Argentina
12	Kenya

2020 Women's Olympic champions
United States 1st title

12–woman roster

Micha Hancock, Jordyn Poulter, Justine Wong-Orantes (L), Jordan Larson (c), Annie Drews, Jordan Thompson, Michelle Bartsch-Hackley, Kim Hill, Foluke Akinradewo, Haleigh Washington, Kelsey Robinson, Chiaka Ogbogu

Head coach

Karch Kiraly

Medalists

Awards

The awards were announced on 8 August 2021.^[16]

Position	Player
Most valuable player	Jordan Larson
Setter	Jordyn Poulter
Outside hitters	Jordan Larson
Outside hitters	Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
Middle blockers	Haleigh Washington
Middle blockers	Carol Gattaz
Opposite spiker	Tijana Bošković
Libero	Justine Wong-Orantes

References

^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ "Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared". usatoday.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Drews shines as USA strike gold in Tokyo". FIVB. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Boskovic's 33 bags bronze for Serbia". FIVB. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Host city election for the Olympic Summer Games 2020". IOC. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Women (as of 29 September 2019)". FIVB. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Formula". FIVB. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "Pools Ranking Criteria". FIVB. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Competition Officials" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ "Tokyo 2020 schedule confirmed for 2021". FIVB. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Draw decides women's volleyball quarterfinal pairings". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "Volleyball player claims innocence over positive drug test". reuters.com. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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^ "Larson leads women's Tokyo 2020 Dream Team". FIVB. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

[2] "Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared". usatoday.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[3] "Drews shines as USA strike gold in Tokyo". FIVB. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[4] "Boskovic's 33 bags bronze for Serbia". FIVB. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[hosts-5] "Host city election for the Olympic Summer Games 2020". IOC. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

[6] "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Women (as of 29 September 2019)". FIVB. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[format-7] "Formula". FIVB. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[8] "Pools Ranking Criteria". FIVB. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[9] "Competition Officials" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[10] "Tokyo 2020 schedule confirmed for 2021". FIVB. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[11] "Draw decides women's volleyball quarterfinal pairings". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[12] "Volleyball player claims innocence over positive drug test". reuters.com. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[13] "Tournament Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[14] "Volleyball Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved Aug 8, 2021.

[15] "Volleyball (women): Medallists" (PDF). Olympics.com. 8 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[16] "Larson leads women's Tokyo 2020 Dream Team". FIVB. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Micha Hancock Jordyn Poulter Justine Wong-Orantes (L) Jordan Larson (c) Annie Drews Jordan Thompson Michelle Bartsch-Hackley Kim Hill Foluke Akinradewo Haleigh Washington Kelsey Robinson Chiaka Ogbogu Head coach: Karch Kiraly	Brazil (BRA) Carol Gattaz Rosamaria Montibeller Macris Carneiro Roberta Ratzke Gabriela Guimarães Tandara Caixeta^[15] Natália Pereira (c) Ana Carolina da Silva Fe Garay Ana Cristina de Souza Camila Brait (L) Ana Beatriz Corrêa Head coach: Zé Roberto	Serbia (SRB) Bianka Buša Mina Popović Slađana Mirković Brankica Mihajlović Maja Ognjenović (c) Ana Bjelica Maja Aleksić Milena Rašić Silvija Popović (L) Tijana Bošković Bojana Milenković Jelena Blagojević Head coach: Zoran Terzić