Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball

at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad

Venue

South Paris Arena 1

Date

28 July – 11 August

Competitors

144 from 12 nations

Medalists

		Italy (1st title)
		United States
		Brazil

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The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics was 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 was held in Paris, France from 28 July to 11 August 2024.^[1] This was the first time in the history competition, each team participating was entitled to include one non-competing (AP) athlete to replace an athlete for medical reasons. As such, team rosters increased from 12 to 13 athletes.^[2]

Competition schedule

The match schedule was announced on 26 June 2024.^[3]

Preliminary round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

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	Sun 11
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	16–24 September 2023	Ningbo	2	Dominican Republic
	Pool A		Ningbo	2	Serbia
	Pool B		Tokyo	2	Turkey
	Pool B		Tokyo	2	Brazil
	Pool C		Łódź	2	United States
	Pool C		Łódź	2	Poland
World Ranking qualification pathway		17 June 2024	—	5	Italy
					China
					Japan
					Netherlands
					Kenya
Total				12

Format

In a change of format compared to the previous nine editions of the Olympic Games, this tournament featured 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 competed 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 followed the single-elimination format. The match-ups were determined by teams combined ranking system, #1 vs #8 (QF1), #2 vs #7 (QF2), #3 vs #6 (QF3), #4 vs #5 (QF4). The winners advanced to semifinals, QF1 vs QF4, QF3 vs QF2. The losers competed for bronze medals and the winners competed for gold medals.^[4]

Draw

The twelve qualified teams were seeded according to their position in the FIVB World Ranking as of 17 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 19 June 2024.^[5]^[6] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 19th.

Seeding

Seeded teams	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
France Brazil Italy	Turkey Poland United States	China Japan Netherlands	Serbia Dominican Republic Kenya

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
France (Hosts)	Brazil (1)	Italy (2)
United States (5)	Poland (4)	Turkey (3)
China (6)	Japan (7)	Netherlands (8)
Serbia (9)	Kenya (20)	Dominican Republic (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 was implemented:^[7]

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.^[8]

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	China	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	277	249	1.112	Quarter-finals
2	United States	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	286	278	1.029
3	Serbia	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	271	257	1.054
4	France (H)	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	183	233	0.785

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 17:00	United States	2–3	China	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,434 Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Karina Rene (ARG)
	(20–25, 19–25, 25–17, 25–20, 13–15) P2 Report

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 21:00	France	0–3	Serbia	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,350 Referees: Nurper Özbar (TUR), Epaminondas Gerothodoros (GRE)
	(17–25, 17–25, 22–25) P2 Report

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 17:00	United States	3–2	Serbia	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,384 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Karina Rene (ARG)
	(25–17, 25–20, 20–25, 14–25, 17–15) P2 Report

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 21:00	France	0–3	China	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,434 Referees: Wael Kandil (EGY), Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL)
	(18–25, 16–25, 19–25) P2 Report

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) 13:00	France	0–3	United States	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,402 Referees: Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL), Scott Dziewirz (CAN)
	(27–29, 27–29, 20–25) P2 Report

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) 17:00	China	3–1	Serbia	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,395 Referees: Karina Rene (ARG), Angela Grass (BRA)
	(21–25, 25–20, 25–22, 29–27) P2 Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	238	165	1.442	Quarter-finals
2	Poland	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	244	230	1.061	Quarter-finals
3	Japan	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	226	224	1.009
4	Kenya	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	136	225	0.604

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 13:00	Poland	3–1	Japan	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,162 Referees: Karina Rene (ARG), Wang Ziling (CHN)
	(20–25, 25–22, 25–23, 28–26) P2 Report

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 13:00	Brazil	3–0	Kenya	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,275 Referees: Wang Ziling (CHN), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(25–14, 25–13, 25–12) P2 Report

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 21:00	Poland	3–0	Kenya	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,447 Referees: Angela Grass (BRA), Wael Kandil (EGY)
	(25–14, 25–17, 25–15) P2 Report

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 13:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,410 Referees: Epaminondas Gerothodoros (GRE), Nurper Özbar (TUR)
	(25–20, 25–17, 25–18) P2 Report

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 13:00	Japan	3–0	Kenya	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,439 Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Angela Grass (BRA)
	(25–17, 25–22, 25–12) P2 Report

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) 21:00	Brazil	3–0	Poland	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,505 Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(25–21, 38–36, 25–14) P2 Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	253	199	1.271	Quarter-finals
2	Turkey	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	250	262	0.954
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	264	284	0.930
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	260	282	0.922

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 09:00	Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,368 Referees: Nurper Özbar (TUR), Angela Grass (BRA)
	(25–19, 24–26, 25–21, 25–18) P2 Report

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 09:00	Turkey	3–2	Netherlands	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,471 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Stefano Cesare (ITA)
	(19–25, 19–25, 25–22, 25–22, 15–13) P2 Report

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 09:00	Turkey	3–1	Dominican Republic	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,465 Referees: Karina Rene (ARG), Fabrice Collados (FRA)
	(21–25, 25–18, 25–22, 25–15) P2 Report

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 17:00	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,400 Referees: Angela Grass (BRA), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
	(29–27, 25–18, 25–19) P2 Report

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 09:00	Netherlands	1–3	Dominican Republic	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,433 Referees: Scott Dziewirz (CAN), Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL)
	(25–22, 21–25, 17–25, 26–28) P2 Report

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) 09:00	Italy	3–0	Turkey	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,384 Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE)
	(25–14, 25–16, 25–21) P2 Report

Combined ranking

Pos	Pool	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Rank
1	B	Brazil	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	238	165	1.442	First in each of the pools
2	C	Italy	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	253	199	1.271
3	A	China	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	277	249	1.112

4	A	United States	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	286	278	1.029	Second in each of the pools
5	B	Poland	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	244	230	1.061
6	C	Turkey	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	250	262	0.954

7	A	Serbia	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	271	257	1.054	Third in each of the pools
8	C	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	264	284	0.930	Third in each of the pools
9	B	Japan	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	226	224	1.009	Third in the pool

10	C	Netherlands	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	260	282	0.922	Fourth in each of the pools
11	A	France (H)	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	183	233	0.785
12	B	Kenya	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	136	225	0.604

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Gold medal match

6 August

Brazil	3
		8 August
Dominican Republic	0
		Brazil	2
6 August
		United States	3
United States	3
				11 August
Poland	0
				United States	0
6 August
				Italy	3
China	2
		8 August
Turkey	3
		Turkey	0
6 August
		Italy	3	Bronze medal match
Italy	3
				10 August
Serbia	0
				Brazil	3

				Turkey	1

Quarter-finals

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) 09:00	China	2–3	Turkey	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,271 Referees: Scott Dziewirz (CAN), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE)
	(25–23, 21–25, 24–26, 25–21, 12–15) P2 Report

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) 13:00	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,315 Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Stefano Cesare (ITA)
	(25–22, 25–13, 25–17) P2 Report

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) 17:00	United States	3–0	Poland	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,244 Referees: Karina Rene (ARG), Vladimir Simonović (SUI)
	(25–22, 25–14, 25–20) P2 Report

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) 21:00	Italy	3–0	Serbia	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,253 Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Epaminondas Gerothodoros (GRE)
	(26–24, 25–20, 25–20) P2 Report

Semi-finals

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08) 16:00	Brazil	2–3	United States	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,253 Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Karina Rene (ARG)
	(23–25, 25–18, 15–25, 25–23, 11–15) P2 Report

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08) 20:00	Turkey	0–3	Italy	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,309 Referees: Wojciech Maroszek (POL), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
	(22–25, 19–25, 22–25) P2 Report

Bronze medal match

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10) 17:15	Brazil	3–1	Turkey	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,151 Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Karina Rene (ARG)
	(25–21, 27–25, 22–25, 25–15) P2 Report

Gold medal match

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11) 13:00	United States	0–3	Italy	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,340 Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
	(18–25, 20–25, 17–25) P2 Report

Statistics leaders

Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.

Best scorers

Rank	Name	Points
1	Melissa Vargas	159
2	Gabriela Guimarães	110
2	Paola Egonu	110
4	Andrea Drews	97
5	Ana Cristina de Souza	82

Best attackers

Rank	Name	%Eff
1	Gabriela Guimarães	37.38
2	Paola Egonu	36.23
3	Myriam Sylla	34.40
4	Andrea Drews	30.85
5	Melissa Vargas	29.39

Best blockers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Ana Carolina da Silva	1.10
2	Anna Danesi	1.05
3	Thaísa Menezes	0.95
4	Chiaka Ogbogu	0.88
5	Eda Erdem	0.58

Best servers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Paola Egonu	0.37
2	Ana Cristina de Souza	0.29
3	Jordyn Poulter	0.25
	Haleigh Washington	0.25
	Melissa Vargas	0.25
	Kathryn Plummer	0.25

Best diggers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Nyeme Costa	4.14
2	Gizem Örge	3.71
3	Monica De Gennaro	3.37
4	Justine Wong-Orantes	3.21
5	Alessia Orro	2.53

Best setters

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Jordyn Poulter	6.75
2	Roberta Ratzke	5.86
3	Elif Şahin	5.79
4	Alessia Orro	5.53
5	Cansu Özbay	1.88

Best receivers

Rank	Name	%Succ
1	Gabriela Guimarães	75.96
2	Nyeme Costa	65.22
3	Caterina Bosetti	62.63
4	Avery Skinner	53.90
5	Hande Baladın	52.14

Final standing

Rank	Team^[9]
	Italy
	United States
	Brazil
4	Turkey
5	China
6	Poland
7	Serbia
8	Dominican Republic
9	Japan
10	Netherlands
11	France
12	Kenya

2024 Women's Olympic champions
Italy 1st title

12–woman roster

Marina Lubian, Carlotta Cambi, Ilaria Spirito, Monica De Gennaro, Alessia Orro, Caterina Bosetti, Anna Danesi (c), Myriam Sylla, Paola Egonu, Sarah Luisa Fahr, Loveth Omoruyi, Ekaterina Antropova, Gaia Giovannini

Head coach

Julio Velasco

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Italy^[10] Marina Lubian Carlotta Cambi Ilaria Spirito (L) Monica De Gennaro (L) Alessia Orro Caterina Bosetti Anna Danesi (c) Myriam Sylla Paola Egonu Sarah Luisa Fahr Loveth Omoruyi Ekaterina Antropova Gaia Giovannini Head coach: Julio Velasco	United States^[10] Micha Hancock Jordyn Poulter (c) Avery Skinner Justine Wong-Orantes (L) Lauren Carlini Jordan Larson Annie Drews Jordan Thompson Haleigh Washington Dana Rettke Kathryn Plummer Kelsey Robinson Cook Chiaka Ogbogu Head coach: Karch Kiraly	Brazil^[10] Nyeme Costa (L) Diana Duarte Macris Carneiro Thaísa Menezes Rosamaria Montibeller Roberta Ratzke Gabriela Guimarães (c) Ana Cristina de Souza Natália Araújo (L) Ana Carolina da Silva Júlia Bergmann Tainara Santos Lorenne Teixeira Head coach: Zé Roberto

Awards

The awards were announced on 11 August 2024.^[9]

Position	Player
Most valuable player	Paola Egonu
Setter	Alessia Orro
Outside hitters	Myriam Sylla
Outside hitters	Gabriela Guimarães
Middle blockers	Chiaka Ogbogu
Middle blockers	Anna Danesi
Opposite spiker	Paola Egonu
Libero	Monica De Gennaro

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. 9 January 2024. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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^ "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". Volleyball World. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Paris 2024: Women's volleyball pools drawn". Volleyball World. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ "Pools Ranking Criteria". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Competition Regulations" (PDF). FIVB.
^ ^a ^b "Final Standing" (PDF). Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Medallists" (PDF). Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

External links

Official website
Competition page at FIVB

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