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Volleyball, Men

Date	7 – 21 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	141 from 12 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

Twelve countries took part in a total of 38 matches. Brazil qualified automatically as hosts, and were joined by the top two teams in the 2015 FIVB World Cup in Japan, USA and Italy. Also qualified were the winners of five Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Africa (Egypt), Asia (Iran), Europe (Russia), NORCECA - North, Central America & Caribbean - (Cuba) and South America (Argentina). The compliment of 12 teams was made up with four teams (Poland, France, Canada and Mexico) coming through two Olympic Qualification Tournaments held in Japan and Mexico.

The men’s tournament was one of the best seen at the Olympic Games for many years with any one of the eight quarter-finalists capable of winning the gold medal. The top six seeds all made it through to the last eight, and they included the reigning World Champions Cup winners Brazil, the 2014 World Champions Poland, and the 2015 World Cup winners, USA. However, another of the fancied teams, France, the 2015 European Champions and World League winners failed to qualify out of their pool following defeats by the strong trio of Italy, USA and Brazil. Canada were the surprise team in Pool A, finishing second with Brazil just qualifying in fourth place. The United States finished third but looked like heading for an early exit after losing their first two matches to Canada and Italy.

Argentina, Poland and Russia all qualified from pool B after four wins each, and they were joined by Iran who had an impressive début tournament, making it to the quarters where they lost 3-0 to Italy. The US progressed to the semi-finals after also winning 3-0 in the last eight against Poland, and Russia’s 3-0 win over Canada also assured them a place in the last four, which was completed when Brazil won the all-South American clash with Argentina 3-1.

Having already engaged in a two-hour match in pool A, Italy and the United States met again in the semi-final. Italy won the pool game 3-1 but now the two teams fought out a five-setter lasting 2hr 28m, the longest match of the entire tournament. The first two sets went to 30-28, 26-28 before the US won the third 25-9 and Italy leveled it in the fourth and in the tie-break set the Europeans won it 15-9. The other semi-final was a more one-sided affair with hosts Brazil beating the 2012 champions Russia 25-21, 25-20, 25-17, and at the same time avenging defeat by the Russians in the London final. Playing for Russia was Sergey Tetyukhin, a member of the 2012 gold-medal winning team who was playing in his sixth Olympics, going back to 1996. The United States had taken the young team that won the 2015 World Cup to Rio and eight of their squad had no previous Olympic experience but that did not show as they staged a remarkable comeback in the bronze medal match when they came from two sets down to beat Russia 15-13 in the tie-break set with an ace from Matt Anderson, the World Cup MVP and one of the stars of Rio.

The home fans eagerly anticipated the final between Brazil and Italy and they were hoping their team would end the drought of a men’s Olympic gold medal going back to 2004. Brazil and Italy met in pool A and despite winning the first set on that occasion, Brazil lost 3-1. Now in a country where volleyball is second only in popularity to football, the fervent fans were hoping for a reversal of fortune and with the legendary coach Bernardhino in charge of the team, they must have fancied their chances, particularly as he had guided his country to three World titles, two Olympic titles and nine World League titles. Despite the 3-0 scoreline in Brazil’s favour at the Maracanãzinho, they had to fight hard for their 25-22, 28-26, 26-24 win, and they had to stave off a set point held by the Italians in the second set. Escadinha, the tournament’s MVP won his fourth Olympic medal and was the only survivor from Brazil’s last gold-medal winning team in 2004.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Points	Service Points	Spike Points	Block Points	Serves	Spikes	Blocks	Digs	Sets	Receptions	Wins	Losses	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	–	Brazil	BRA	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	2	20-10	2.000	713-661	1.079	Gold
Middle Blocker	16	Lucão		8	85	3	70	12	100	104	101	1	2	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	1	Bruninho		8	13	2	6	5	113	9	41	39	244	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	14	Douglas Souza		1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	3	Éder		3	22	3	15	4	53	22	32	3	2	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	17	Guerra		8	10	1	8	1	8	18	6	1	1	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	12	Luiz Felipe		8	43	6	32	5	78	67	26	14	8	54	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	19	Maurício Borges		6	43	5	32	6	55	83	29	19	1	45	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	13	Maurício Souza		5	36	2	20	14	76	38	65	3	1	2	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	18	Ricardo Lucarelli		8	93	9	79	5	102	161	37	33	11	97	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Libero	10	Serginho		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	35	74	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	4	Wallace Souza		8	147	7	131	9	109	246	59	18	4	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	7	William Arjona		8	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	2	20	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Bernardinho
2	–	Italy	ITA	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	2	19-10	1.900	690-631	1.094	Silver
Middle Blocker	15	Emanuele Birarelli		6	52	5	31	16	77	50	78	6	4	4	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	9	Ivan Zaytsev		8	127	14	102	11	109	209	62	23	5	18	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	10	Filippo Lanza		8	84	4	75	5	72	151	39	24	5	85	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	4	Luca Vettori		3	21	3	18	0	22	46	8	2	3	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Libero	13	Massimo Colaci		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	11	87	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	14	Matteo Piano		4	23	0	15	8	34	27	30	1	0	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	16	Oleg Antonov		7	9	3	4	2	36	11	16	2	3	5	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	5	Osmany Juantorena		8	116	5	90	6	105	187	38	24	7	63	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	3	Pasquale Sottile		5	0	0	0	0	9	2	1	2	10	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	7	Salvatore Rossini		7	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	3	8	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	11	Simone Buti		7	37	2	24	11	69	49	79	12	5	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	6	Simone Giannelli		8	39	5	25	9	127	44	51	28	289	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Gianlorenzo Blengini
3	–	United States	USA	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	3	18-13	1.385	715-676	1.058	Bronze
Wing Spiker	8	Reid Priddy		4	20	1	19	0	13	31	5	4	0	12	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	4	David Lee		8	55	3	35	17	113	56	116	11	1	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	1	Matt Anderson		8	128	10	108	10	115	227	59	33	3	7	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	20	David Smith		1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	2	Aaron Russell		8	107	4	96	7	87	197	38	19	2	87	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Libero	22	Erik Shoji		8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	26	80	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	7	Kawika Shoji		2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	17	Max Holt		8	78	12	46	20	147	81	114	11	9	4	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	11	Micah Christenson		8	27	7	15	5	104	26	63	44	296	3	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	9	Murphy Troy		3	12	0	10	2	14	14	3	1	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	3	Taylor Sander		8	92	11	72	9	113	159	46	28	5	77	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	10	Tom Jaeschke		3	3	0	2	1	3	8	3	0	0	6	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		John Speraw
4	–	Russian Federation	RUS	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	3	18-12	1.500	666-604	1.103
Libero	16	Aleksey Verbov		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	20	95	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	18	Aleksandr Volkov		8	59	2	44	13	101	67	73	5	1	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	5	Sergey Grankin		8	13	1	7	5	90	14	33	28	192	3	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	17	Maksim Mikhaylov		8	100	3	82	15	77	164	42	28	6	6	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	11	Andrey Ashchev		3	8	0	5	3	16	8	8	1	2	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	20	Artyom Yermakov		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	14	Artyom Volvich		8	79	6	46	27	114	65	103	8	5	3	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	7	Dmitry Volkov		6	19	1	15	3	18	24	11	7	0	20	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	19	Yegor Klyuka		8	92	5	82	5	106	168	34	19	9	78	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	1	Igor Kobzar		6	4	2	1	1	14	5	13	2	37	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	12	Konstantin Bakun		8	31	1	28	2	27	53	13	8	1	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	8	Sergey Tetyukhin		8	70	9	59	2	99	125	43	33	8	66	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Vladimir Alekno
=5	–	Argentina	ARG	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	13-7	1.857	483-427	1.131
Wing Spiker	1	Nicolás Bruno		6	6	1	5	0	10	8	3	4	0	13	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	7	Facundo Conte		5	74	6	59	9	67	102	37	22	4	55	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	14	Pablo Crer		6	38	3	23	12	72	38	50	5	6	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Libero	16	Alexis González		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	14	44	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	6	Cristian Poglajen		6	50	5	42	3	64	95	23	16	2	47	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	11	Sebastián Solé		6	48	4	31	13	70	58	65	11	5	2	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	12	Bruno Lima		6	45	0	40	5	27	80	30	7	0	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	8	Demián González		6	0	0	0	0	19	0	2	3	20	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	13	Ezequiel Palacios		5	34	2	31	1	32	48	11	5	1	19	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	10	José Luis González		6	40	1	37	2	24	72	14	6	2	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	15	Luciano De Cecco		6	10	3	3	4	87	11	24	25	165	3	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	4	Martín Ramos		2	3	0	1	2	9	5	8	3	0	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Julio Velasco
=5	–	Canada	CAN	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	10-10	1.000	431-453	0.951
Libero	19	Blair Bann		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	17	56	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	11	Daniel Jansen Van Doorn		5	11	2	9	0	39	17	18	7	2	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	15	Fred Winters		3	2	0	2	0	4	7	2	1	0	4	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	12	Gavin Schmitt		6	73	2	68	3	57	144	23	8	5	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	2	Gord Perrin		6	56	2	47	7	60	108	30	23	3	55	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	17	Graham Vigrass		6	52	1	40	11	71	75	71	10	5	3	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	21	Jay Blankenau		5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	10	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	6	Justin Duff		5	17	0	9	8	31	19	34	4	2	3	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	4	Nick Hoag		6	57	3	49	5	69	110	31	19	4	45	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	5	Rudy Verhoeff		5	2	1	1	0	11	2	0	1	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	22	Steve Marshall		5	10	0	9	1	13	18	7	4	2	13	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	1	TJ Sanders		6	10	4	2	4	74	12	21	21	190	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Glenn Hoag
=5	–	Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	8-12	0.667	454-473	0.960
Middle Blocker	9	Adel Gholami		6	47	2	33	12	64	54	63	7	6	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	10	Amir Ghafour		6	27	0	25	2	19	62	21	7	0	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	5	Farhad Ghaemi		6	21	2	16	3	67	49	12	13	5	47	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	2	Milad Ebadipour		6	46	2	41	3	68	92	21	26	5	71	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	7	Hamzeh Zarini		3	4	1	3	0	10	9	2	1	1	8	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	12	Mojtaba Mirzajanpour		4	22	1	19	2	18	36	8	1	1	10	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Libero	19	Mahdi Marandi		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	11	36	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	13	Mehdi Mahdavi		6	3	0	1	2	26	3	8	3	44	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	4	Saeid Marouf		6	10	0	6	4	65	16	37	29	158	2	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	15	Mostafa Sharifat		1	4	0	4	0	9	8	6	1	1	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	6	Mohammad Mousavi		6	59	2	34	23	69	62	89	14	3	3	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	1	Shahram Mahmoudi		6	73	1	65	7	42	139	23	16	2	2	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Raúl Lucio
=5	–	Poland	POL	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	14-8	1.750	512-464	1.103
Opposite Spiker	6	Bartosz Kurek		6	100	4	88	8	78	155	33	19	1	2	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	13	Michał Kubiak		6	70	2	61	7	61	109	30	28	13	49	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	1	Piotr Nowakowski		5	15	3	10	2	29	19	11	5	1	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	22	Bartosz Bednorz		2	2	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	3	Dawid Konarski		6	12	0	8	4	7	20	7	4	1	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	11	Fabian Drzyzga		5	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	22	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	12	Grzegorz Łomacz		6	9	5	1	3	93	4	20	21	172	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	7	Karol Kłos		6	41	3	28	10	56	44	41	7	1	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	23	Mateusz Bieniek		6	51	10	38	3	81	62	51	5	0	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	20	Mateusz Mika		6	42	1	38	3	58	81	16	14	5	62	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Libero	17	Paweł Zatorski		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	6	44	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	21	Rafał Buszek		6	27	2	23	2	38	49	13	8	2	27	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Stéphane Antiga
=9	–	Egypt	EGY	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	3-12	0.250	286-362	0.790
Wing Spiker	13	Mohamed Badawy		5	37	1	34	2	46	80	15	15	4	50	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Libero	22	Ahmed Abdelaal		10	47	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	12	47	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	3	Abdelhalim Abou		5	39	5	27	7	53	52	38	4	3	2	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	11	Ahmed Afifi		4	20	3	14	3	27	47	6	3	1	22	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	15	Ahmed El-Kotb		1	8	1	6	1	5	10	4	2	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	7	Ashraf Abou El-Hassan		5	2	0	3	0	16	3	2	6	60	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	12	Hossam Abdalla		5	9	6	1	2	42	7	24	11	111	2	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	6	Mamdouh Abdelrehim		5	11	0	10	2	29	25	26	2	1	2	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	10	Mohamed Masoud		3	4	0	4	0	9	10	11	0	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	8	Mohamed Thakil		2	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	14	Omar Hassan		5	12	0	11	1	20	34	13	5	1	17	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	4	Ahmed Abdelhay		–	–	3	42	2	44	101	22	10	7	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Sherif El-Shemerly
=9	–	France	FRA	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	8-9	0.889	386-367	1.052
Wing Spiker	4	Antonin Rouzier		5	84	5	74	5	59	127	23	13	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	6	Benjamin Toniutti		5	4	1	0	3	59	1	25	19	155	5	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	9	Earvin N'Gapeth		5	79	7	64	8	76	132	23	17	8	57	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	17	Franck Lafitte		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Libero	2	Jénia Grebennikov		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	10	44	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	10	Kévin Le Roux		5	28	4	19	5	64	40	43	4	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	7	Kévin Tillie		5	39	1	34	4	61	79	16	17	6	67	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	14	Nicolas Le Goff		5	34	2	23	9	60	34	37	4	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	13	Pierre Pujol		4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	18	Thibault Rossard		2	6	0	6	0	5	11	7	1	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	5	Trévor Clévenot DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	16	Nicolas Marechal DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Laurent Tillie
=11	–	Cuba	CUB	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	5	1-15	0.067	300-403	0.744
Setter	21	Adrián Goide		5	4	1	2	1	47	3	10	13	145	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	10	Darienn Ferrer		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	5	Javier Concepción		5	15	1	11	3	28	32	30	4	3	13	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	4	Javier Jiménez		5	36	5	29	2	64	78	18	11	5	44	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	9	Liván Osoria		5	37	2	29	6	55	45	47	11	1	3	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	13	Mario Rivera		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	4	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	18	Miguel Ángel López		5	25	0	25	0	25	48	5	6	1	7	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	2	Osniel Mergarejo		5	44	2	38	4	38	98	27	12	4	98	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	6	Osniel Rendón		5	53	3	46	4	37	99	19	11	2	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Libero	7	Yonder García		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	13	44	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	1	Yosvani González		2	2	1	1	0	6	2	0	4	23	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Libero	17	Reinier Rojas DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Nicolás Vives
=11	–	Mexico	MEX	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	5	1-15	0.067	283-398	0.711
Wing Spiker	9	Carlos Guerra		5	38	1	35	2	31	85	12	8	2	42	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	1	Daniel Vargas		5	38	1	36	1	38	88	20	11	3	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	4	Gonzalo Ruiz		5	4	0	4	0	5	19	5	1	0	5	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	6	Jesús Alberto Perales		5	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	12	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Libero	5	Jesús Rangel		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	15	48	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	11	Jorge Barajas		5	32	2	27	3	48	56	12	9	3	43	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Wing Spiker	7	Jorge Quiñones		5	2	0	2	0	7	10	1	3	1	10	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	21	José Martínez		4	3	0	2	1	5	4	3	2	0	2	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Opposite Spiker	17	Néstor Orellana		5	11	0	9	2	12	28	2	2	0	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Setter	10	Pedro Rangel		5	5	0	4	1	48	12	12	18	163	3	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	13	Samuel Córdova		5	30	1	26	3	56	44	38	6	3	1	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Middle Blocker	14	Tomás Aguilera		5	19	0	16	3	34	37	32	7	1	0	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Jorge Azair

Preliminary Round

Date	7 – 15 August 2016
Format	Round-robin pools.

Group A

Date	7 – 15 August 2016
Format	Round-robin pool. Top four in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Italy	ITA	4	1	8	13-5	2.600	432-375	1.152	Q
2	Canada	CAN	3	2	6	10-7	1.429	378-378	1.000	Q
3	United States	USA	3	2	6	10-8	1.250	419-405	1.035	Q
4	Brazil	BRA	3	2	6	11-9	1.222	467-442	1.057	Q
5	France	FRA	2	3	4	8-9	0.889	386-367	1.052
6	Mexico	MEX	0	5	0	1-15	0.067	283-398	0.711

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug 9:30	Italy	ITA	25-20, 25-20, 25-15	France	FRA
Match #2	07 Aug 11:35	Brazil	BRA	23-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18	Mexico	MEX
Match #3	07 Aug 17:05	Canada	CAN	25-23, 25-17, 25-23	United States	USA
Match #4	09 Aug 11:35	France	FRA	25-18, 25-12, 25-22	Mexico	MEX
Match #5	09 Aug 15:00	Italy	ITA	28-26, 20-25, 25-23, 25-23	United States	USA
Match #6	09 Aug 22:35	Brazil	BRA	24-26, 25-18, 25-22, 25-17	Canada	CAN
Match #7	11 Aug 17:05	France	FRA	25-19, 25-16, 25-19	Canada	CAN
Match #8	11 Aug 20:30	Italy	ITA	25-17, 25-13, 25-17	Mexico	MEX
Match #9	11 Aug 22:35	United States	USA	25-20, 25-23, 20-25, 25-20	Brazil	BRA
Match #10	13 Aug 17:05	United States	USA	25-22, 25-22, 14-25, 25-22	France	FRA
Match #11	13 Aug 20:30	Canada	CAN	25-20, 25-13, 25-22	Mexico	MEX
Match #12	13 Aug 22:35	Italy	ITA	23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-15	Brazil	BRA
Match #13	15 Aug 11:35	United States	USA	25-23, 25-11, 25-19	Mexico	MEX
Match #14	15 Aug 20:30	Canada	CAN	25-23, 25-17, 16-25, 25-21	Italy	ITA
Match #15	15 Aug 22:35	Brazil	BRA	25-22, 22-25, 25-20, 25-23	France	FRA

Group B

Date	7 – 15 August 2016
Format	Round-robin pool. Top four in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Argentina	ARG	4	1	8	12-4	3.000	394-335	1.176	Q
2	Poland	POL	4	1	8	14-5	2.800	447-389	1.149	Q
3	Russian Federation	RUS	4	1	8	13-6	2.167	432-367	1.177	Q
4	Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI	2	3	4	8-9	0.889	389-392	0.992	Q
5	Egypt	EGY	1	4	2	3-12	0.250	286-362	0.790
6	Cuba	CUB	0	5	0	1-15	0.067	300-403	0.744

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug 15:00	Poland	POL	25-18, 25-20, 25-17	Egypt	EGY
Match #2	07 Aug 20:30	Russian Federation	RUS	25-17, 25-19, 22-25, 25-18	Cuba	CUB
Match #3	07 Aug 22:35	Argentina	ARG	25-23, 26-24, 25-18	Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI
Match #4	09 Aug 9:30	Argentina	ARG	25-18, 18-25, 25-18, 25-21	Russian Federation	RUS
Match #5	09 Aug 17:05	Poland	POL	25-17, 25-23, 23-25, 20-25, 18-16	Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI
Match #6	09 Aug 20:30	Egypt	EGY	25-22, 25-15, 25-22	Cuba	CUB
Match #7	11 Aug 9:30	Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI	25-21, 31-29, 25-16	Cuba	CUB
Match #8	11 Aug 11:35	Russian Federation	RUS	25-11, 25-17, 25-9	Egypt	EGY
Match #9	11 Aug 15:00	Poland	POL	25-21, 25-19, 37-35	Argentina	ARG
Match #10	13 Aug 9:30	Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI	28-26, 25-22, 25-16	Egypt	EGY
Match #11	13 Aug 11:35	Argentina	ARG	25-16, 25-14, 25-16	Cuba	CUB
Match #12	13 Aug 15:00	Russian Federation	RUS	25-18, 16-25, 25-18, 22-25, 15-13	Poland	POL
Match #13	15 Aug 9:30	Argentina	ARG	25-16, 25-19, 25-20	Egypt	EGY
Match #14	15 Aug 15:00	Russian Federation	RUS	25-23, 25-16, 25-20	Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI
Match #15	15 Aug 17:05	Poland	POL	25-18, 25-15, 25-17	Cuba	CUB

Quarter-Finals

Date	17 August 2016
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	17 Aug 18:00	Italy	ITA	31-29, 25-19, 25-17	Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI
Match #2	17 Aug 14:00	United States	USA	25-23, 25-22, 25-20	Poland	POL
Match #3	17 Aug 10:00	Russian Federation	RUS	25-15, 25-20, 25-18	Canada	CAN
Match #4	17 Aug 22:15	Brazil	BRA	25-22, 17-25, 25-19, 25-23	Argentina	ARG

Semi-Finals

Date	19 August 2016
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Aug 13:00	Italy	ITA	30-28, 26-28, 9-25, 25-22, 15-9	United States	USA
Match #2	19 Aug 22:15	Brazil	BRA	25-21, 25-20, 25-17	Russian Federation	RUS

Final Round

Date	21 August 2016
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	21 Aug 13:15	Brazil	BRA	25-22, 28-26, 26-24	Italy	ITA
Match 3/4	21 Aug 9:30	United States	USA	23-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-19, 15-13	Russian Federation	RUS