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Volleyball, Women

Date28 July – 11 August 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationParis Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
Participants147 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

The women from the United States were the reigning Olympic volleyball champions and had not missed the podium at the Games since 2004. They had experienced less success at the World Championships, however, having made the podium only once in the past two decades by winning the 2014 edition. The two-time reigning World Champion was the Serbian team, bronze medalists at Tokyo 2020, while Brazil was the defending Olympic and World silver medalist.

Brazil won its preliminary pool decisively, as did Italy, a team that had never medaled at the Olympics and had mixed results at the World Championships, yet was perceived as being on the rise. The United States and Serbia were placed in the same group and advanced, with the Americans winning the match between the two, but both were defeated by the Chinese team, who were the 2016 Olympic champions.

China, in turn, was bested by Türkiye in the quarter-finals, a rising team that had not yet seen an Olympic or World podium. Italy, however, defeated Serbia and then Türkiye to advance to the final, where the nation claimed the gold medal by winning their match against the United States, three sets to zero. The Brazilians, meanwhile, blocked Türkiye from winning its first Olympic medal by emerging victorious in the match for bronze, three sets to one. The Italian victory was the first in Olympic volleyball for either sex.

PosTeamNOC
1ItalyITAGold
Middle BlockerMarina Lubian
SetterCarlotta Cambi
Outside HitterIlaria Spirito
Outside HitterMonica De Gennaro
LiberoAlessia Orro
SetterCaterina Bosetti
Outside HitterAnna Danesi
OutsideMiriam Sylla
OutsidePaola Egonu
Middle BlockerSarah Fahr
Middle BlockerLoveth Omoruyi
Outside HitterEkaterina Antropova
Outside HitterGaia Giovannini
CoachJulio Velasco
2United StatesUSASilver
SetterMicha Hancock
SetterJordyn Poulter
Middle BlockerAvery Skinner
LiberoJustine Wong-Orantes
SetterLauren Carlini
Outside HitterJordan Larson
OutsideAnnie Drews
Middle BlockerJordan Thompson
OutsideHaleigh Washington
Middle BlockerDana Rettke
Middle BlockerKathryn Plummer
Outside HitterKelsey Robinson-Cook
Middle BlockerChiaka Ogbogu
CoachKarch Kiraly
3BrazilBRABronze
LiberoNyeme Costa
Middle BlockerDiana Alecrim
SetterMacrís Carneiro
Middle BlockerThaísa Daher
Outside HitterRosamaria Montibeller
SetterRoberta Ratzke
Outside HitterGabi Guimarães
Outside Hitter Ana Cristina
Natália Araújo
Middle BlockerAna Carolina da Silva
Outside HitterJúlia Bergmann
OutsideTainara Santos
OutsideLorenne Teixeira DNS
Coach Zé Roberto
4TürkiyeTUR
LiberoGizem Örge
SetterCansu Özbay
OutsideMelissa Vargas
Outside HitterHande Baladın
Outside HitterMeliha Diken
Outside HitterDerya Cebecioğlu
SetterElif Şahin
Middle BlockerEda Erdem Dündar
Middle BlockerAslı Kalaç
Middle BlockerZehra Güneş
Outside Hitterİlkin Aydın
Outside HitterEbrar Karakurt
Middle BlockerBeyza Arıcı DNS
CoachDaniele Santarelli
5People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Middle BlockerYuan Xinyue
Outside HitterZhu Ting
SetterDiao Linyu
Middle BlockerGao Yi
OutsideGong Xiangyu
Middle BlockerWang Yuanyuan
Outside HitterZhang Changning
Outside HitterLi Yingying
OutsideZheng Yixin
SetterDing Xia
LiberoWang Mengjie
Outside HitterWu Mengjie
CoachCai Bin
6PolandPOL
LiberoMaria Stenzel
Middle BlockerKlaudia Alagierska
Middle BlockerAgnieszka Korneluk
OutsideMagdalena Stysiak
Outside HitterMartyna Łukasik
LiberoAleksandra Szczygłowska
SetterJoanna Wołosz
Outside HitterMartyna Czyrniańska
OutsideMalwina Smarzek
SetterKasia Wenerska
Outside HitterNatalia Mędrzyk
Middle BlockerMagdalena Jurczyk
CoachStefano Lavarini
7SerbiaSRB
Outside HitterBianka Buša
Outside HitterKatarina Lazović
SetterBojana Drča
Outside HitterAleksandra Uzelac
SetterMaja Ognjenović
Middle BlockerMina Popović
Middle BlockerHena Kurtagić
Middle BlockerMaja Aleksić
Middle BlockerJovana Stevanović
LiberoSilvija Popović
Outside HitterTijana Bošković
Outside HitterBojana Milenković
OutsideSara Lozo
CoachGiovanni Guidetti
8Dominican RepublicDOM
Middle BlockerCándida Arias
LiberoBrenda Castillo
SetterAriana Rodríguez
SetterNiverka Marte
OutsideAlondra Tapia
Outside HitterMadeline Guillén
Outside HitterYonkaira Peña
Outside HitterBethania de la Cruz
Middle BlockerGeraldine González
Outside HitterBrayelín Martínez
Middle BlockerJineiry Martínez
OutsideGaila González
Middle BlockerLisvel Eve DNS
CoachMarcos Kwiek
9JapanJPN
SetterKoyomi Iwasaki
Outside HitterKotona Hayashi
Outside HitterSarina Koga
Outside HitterMayu Ishikawa
SetterNanami Seki
LiberoManami Kojima
Outside HitterArisa Inoue
Middle BlockerNichika Yamada
LiberoSatomi Fukudome
Middle BlockerAiri Miyabe
Middle BlockerAyaka Araki
Outside HitterYukiko Wada
CoachMasayoshi Manabe
10NetherlandsNED
OutsideCeleste Plak
Outside HitterJolien Knollema
Middle BlockerJuliet Lohuis
SetterSarah van Aalen
Outside HitterAnne Buijs
SetterBritt Bongaerts
Middle BlockerIndy Baijens
Outside HitterMarrit Jasper
Outside HitterNika Daalderop
Middle BlockerEline Timmerman
LiberoFlorien Reesink
OutsideElles Dambrink
CoachFelix Koslowski
11FranceFRA
Outside HitterHéléna Cazaute
LiberoAmandine Giardino
Middle BlockerChristina Bauer
OutsideIman Ndiaye
SetterNina Stojiljković
OutsideLucille Gicquel
Middle BlockerAmandha Sylves
Middle BlockerLéandra Olinga Andela
SetterÉmilie Respaut
OutsideAmélie Rotar
Outside HitterHalimatou Bah
LiberoJuliette Gelin
CoachÉmile Rousseaux
12KenyaKEN
SetterEsther Mutinda
Outside HitterVeronica Oluoch
OutsidePamella Owino
Outside HitterLeonida Kasaya
Middle BlockerBelinda Barasa
SetterEmmaculate Misoki
Middle BlockerTrizah Atuka
OutsideLoise Simiyu
Outside HitterJuliana Namutira
Middle BlockerLorine Chebet
LiberoAgripina Kundu
Middle BlockerEdith Mukuvilani
CoachJapheth Munala

Preliminary Round

Date28 July – 4 August 2024
FormatRound-robin pools. Top two in each pool and two best third-place teams advance to quarter-finals.

Group A

Date29 July – 4 August 2024
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesPointsSetsSet RatioPointsPoints Ratio
1People's Republic of ChinaCHN3089-33.000277-2491.112
2United StatesUSA2168-51.600286-2781.029
3SerbiaSRB1246-61.000271-2571.054
4FranceFRA0300-90.000183-2330.785
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #129 Jul 17:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN25-20, 25-19, 17-25, 20-25, 15-13United StatesUSA
Match #229 Jul 21:00SerbiaSRB25-17, 25-17, 25-22FranceFRA
Match #331 Jul 17:00United StatesUSA25-17, 25-20, 20-25, 14-25, 17-15SerbiaSRB
Match #401 Aug 21:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN25-18, 25-16, 25-19FranceFRA
Match #504 Aug 13:00United StatesUSA29-27, 29-27, 25-20FranceFRA
Match #604 Aug 17:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN21-25, 25-20, 25-22, 29-27SerbiaSRB

Group B

Date28 July – 4 August 2024
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesPointsSetsSet RatioPointsPoints Ratio
1BrazilBRA3099-0MAX238-1651.442
2PolandPOL2166-41.500244-2301.061
3JapanJPN1234-60.667226-2241.009
4KenyaKEN0300-90.000136-2250.604
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #128 Jul 13:00PolandPOL20-25, 25-22, 25-23, 28-26JapanJPN
Match #229 Jul 13:00BrazilBRA25-14, 25-13, 25-12KenyaKEN
Match #331 Jul 21:00PolandPOL25-14, 25-17, 25-15KenyaKEN
Match #401 Aug 13:00BrazilBRA25-20, 25-17, 25-18JapanJPN
Match #503 Aug 13:00JapanJPN25-17, 25-22, 25-12KenyaKEN
Match #604 Aug 21:00BrazilBRA25-21, 38-36, 25-14PolandPOL

Group C

Date28 July – 4 August 2024
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesPointsSetsSet RatioPointsPoints Ratio
1ItalyITA3099-19.000253-1991.271
2TürkiyeTUR2156-61.000250-2620.954
3Dominican RepublicDOM1235-70.714264-2840.930
4NetherlandsNED0313-90.333260-2820.922
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #128 Jul 09:00ItalyITA25-19, 24-26, 25-21, 25-18Dominican RepublicDOM
Match #229 Jul 09:00TürkiyeTUR19-25, 19-25, 25-22, 25-22, 15-13NetherlandsNED
Match #301 Aug 09:00TürkiyeTUR21-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-15Dominican RepublicDOM
Match #401 Aug 17:00ItalyITA29-27, 25-18, 25-19NetherlandsNED
Match #503 Aug 09:00Dominican RepublicDOM22-25, 25-21, 25-17, 28-26NetherlandsNED
Match #604 Aug 09:00ItalyITA25-14, 25-16, 25-21TürkiyeTUR

Quarter-Finals

Date6 August 2024
FormatWinner of each match advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Aug 09:00TürkiyeTUR23-25, 25-21, 26-24, 21-25, 15-12People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #206 Aug 13:00BrazilBRA25-22, 25-13, 25-17Dominican RepublicDOM
Match #306 Aug 17:00United StatesUSA25-22, 25-14, 25-20PolandPOL
Match #406 Aug 21:00ItalyITA26-24, 25-20, 25-20SerbiaSRB

Semi-Finals

Date8 August 2024
FormatWinner of each match advanced to final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #108 Aug 16:00United StatesUSA25-23, 28-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-11BrazilBRA
Match #208 Aug 20:00ItalyITA25-22, 25-19, 25-22TürkiyeTUR

Final Round

Date10 – 11 August 2024
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/211 Aug 13:00ItalyITA25-18, 25-20, 25-17United StatesUSA
Match 3/410 Aug 17:15BrazilBRA25-21, 27-25, 22-25, 25-15TürkiyeTUR