Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament facts for kids

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Women's volleyball

at the Games of the Olympiad

Venue

South Paris Arena 1

Date

28 July – 11 August

Competitors

144 from 12 nations

Medalists

		ITA (1st title)
		USA
		BRA

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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. 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.

Competition schedule

The match schedule was announced on 26 June 2024.

P	Preliminary round	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	Bronze medal match	F	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		N/A		1	FRA
FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournaments	Pool A	16–24 September 2023	Ningbo	2	DOM
	Pool A		Ningbo	2	SRB
	Pool B		Tokyo	2	TUR
	Pool B		Tokyo	2	BRA
	Pool C		Łódź	2	USA
	Pool C		Łódź	2	POL
World Ranking qualification pathway		17 June 2024	N/A	5	CHN
					KEN
					ITA
					JPN
					NED
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.

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. The draw took place on 19 June 2024. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 19th.

Seeding

Seeded teams	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
FRA BRA ITA	TUR POL USA	CHN JPN NED	SRB DOM KEN

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
FRA (Hosts)	BRA (1)	ITA (2)
USA (5)	POL (4)	TUR (3)
CHN (6)	JPN (7)	NED (8)
SRB (9)	KEN (20)	DOM (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:

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:

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.

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

Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 17:00	United States	2–3	CHN	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)

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

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 17:00	United States	3–2	SRB	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)

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

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

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

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR

Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR

Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 09:00	Turkey	3–2	NED	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)

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

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

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

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

Combined ranking

Pos	Pool	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR

Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Gold medal match

6 August

BRA	3
		8 August
DOM	0
		BRA	2
6 August
		USA	3
USA	3
				11 August
POL	0
				USA	0
6 August
				ITA	3
CHN	2
		8 August
TUR	3
		TUR	0
6 August
		ITA	3	Bronze medal match
ITA	3
				10 August
SRB	0
				BRA	3

				TUR	1

Quarter-finals

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) 09:00	China	2–3	TUR	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)

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

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

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

Semi-finals

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08) 16:00	Brazil	2–3	USA	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)

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

Bronze medal match

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

Gold medal match

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

Final standing

Rank	Team
	ITA
	USA
	BRA
4	TUR
5	CHN
6	POL
7	SRB
8	DOM
9	JPN
10	NED
11	FRA
12	KEN

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 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	United States Micha Hancock Jordyn Poulter (c) Avery Skinner Justine Wong-Orantes Lauren Carlini Jordan Larson Annie Drews Jordan Thompson Haleigh Washington Dana Rettke Kathryn Plummer Kelsey Robinson Cook Chiaka Ogbogu Head coach: Karch Kiraly	Brazil Nyeme Costa 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.

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

Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament facts for kids

Contents

Competition schedule

Qualification

Format

Draw

Seeding

Pools composition

Pool standing procedure and teams combined ranking system

Rosters

Referees

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Combined ranking

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Medalists

Awards

See also