Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament Facts for Kids (2024)

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. 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.

Competition schedule

The match schedule was announced on 2 July 2024.

Qualification

Qualification		Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified team
Host nation		N/A		1	FRA
FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournaments	Pool A	30 September – 8 October 2023	Rio de Janeiro	2	GER
					BRA
	Pool B		Tokyo	2	USA
					JPN
	Pool C		Xi'an	2	POL
					CAN
World Ranking qualification pathway		24 June 2024	N/A	5	SLO
					ITA
					ARG
					SRB
					EGY
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.

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. The draw took place on 26 June 2024. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked seventh.

Seeding

Seeded teams	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
FRA POL JPN	SLO ITA USA	BRA ARG CAN	SRB GER EGY

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
FRA (Hosts)	POL (1)	JPN (2)
SLO (3)	ITA (4)	USA (5)
CAN (9)	BRA (6)	ARG (8)
SRB (10)	EGY (19)	GER (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:

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

1. Pool Position
2. Number of matches won
3. Match points
4. Sets ratio
5. Points ratio
6. Head-to-head
7. World ranking

Rosters

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.

Preliminary round

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

Pool A

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

28July2024 17:00	France	3–2	SRB	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)

28July2024 21:00	Slovenia	3–1	CAN	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,381 Referees: Wojciech Maroszek (POL), Wael Kandil (EGY)
	(25–21, 25–20, 20–25, 25–21)

30July2024 17:00	Slovenia	3–0	SRB	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,138 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Stefano Cesare (ITA)
	(25–21, 25–19, 25–19)

30July2024 21:00	France	3–0	CAN	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,365 Referees: Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL), Epaminondas Gerothodoros (GRE)
	(25–20, 25–21, 25–17)

2August2024 17:00	France	v	SLO	South Paris Arena 1, Paris

3August2024 21:00	Canada	v	SRB	South Paris Arena 1, Paris

Pool B

Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2024. Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

27July2024 13:00	Italy	3–1	BRA	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,485 Referees: Vladimir Simonovic (SUI), Scott Dziewirz (CAN)
	(25–23, 27–25, 18–25, 25–21)

27July2024 17:00	Poland	3–0	EGY	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,408 Referees: Epaminondas Gerothodoros (GRE), Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL)
	(25–21, 25–19, 25–13)

30July2024 09:00	Italy	3–0	EGY	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,415 Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
	(25–15, 25–16, 25–20)

31July2024 09:00	Poland	3–2	BRA	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,464 Referees: Stefano Cesare (ITA), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(22–25, 25–19, 19–25, 25–23, 15–12)

2August2024 13:00	Brazil	v	EGY	South Paris Arena 1, Paris

3August2024 17:00	Poland	v	ITA	South Paris Arena 1, Paris

Pool C

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

27July2024 09:00	Japan	2–3	GER	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)

27July2024 21:00	United States	3–0	ARG	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,464 Referees: Stefano Cesare (ITA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
	(25–20, 25–19, 25–16)

30July2024 13:00	United States	3–2	GER	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)

31July2024 13:00	Japan	3–1	ARG	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,474 Referees: Wojciech Maroszek (POL), Vladimir Simonović (SUI)
	(25–16, 25–22, 18–25, 25–23)

2August2024 09:00	Argentina	v	GER	South Paris Arena 1, Paris

2August2024 21:00	Japan	v	USA	South Paris Arena 1, Paris

Combined ranking

Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2024. Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

See also

• Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
• Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
• Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
• Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics - Men's tournament
• 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League