Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball

The Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium from August 10 to August 24, 2008.

The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams. Each team played all other teams in their pool with the winning team gaining 2 points and the losing side 1 point. The top four teams from each pool progressed through to the quarter-finals. The rest of the tournament was a single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match held between the two semifinal losers.

Qualification

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date = Aug 10,2008
time = 12:00
team1 = vb-rt|ITA
score = 3 – 1
team2 = vb|JPN
set1 = 25
25
23
25
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
set2 = 19
18
25
17
stadium = Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
attendance = 3,000
referee = Humberto Salas (Mexico)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 10,2008
time = 12:30
team1 = vb-rt|USA
score = 3 – 2
team2 = vb|VEN
set1 = 25
25
22
21
15
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
set2 = 18
18
25
25
10
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 3,002
referee = Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 10,2008
time = 20:00
team1 = vb-rt|BUL
score = 3 – 1
team2 = vb|CHN
set1 = 25
25
26
25
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
set2 = 20
21
28
19
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 11,000
referee = Laert Francisco de Souza (Brazil) ----volleyballbox
date = Aug 12,2008
time = 12:30
team1 = vb-rt|ITA
score = 1 – 3
team2 = vb|USA
set1 = 26
22
15
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
set2 = 24
25
25
25
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 12,500
referee = Ibrahim Al-Naama (Qatar)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 12,2008
time = 20:00
team1 = vb-rt|CHN
score = 3 – 2
team2 = vb|VEN
set1 = 25
21
16
25
16
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
set2 = 21
25
25
21
14
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 12,500
referee = Massimo Menghini (Italy)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 12,2008
time = 22:00
team1 = vb|JPN
score = 1 – 3
team2 = vb-rt|BUL
set1 = 27
25
21
19
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
set2 = 29
23
25
25
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 3,200
referee = Mitch Davidson (Canada)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 14,2008
time = 10:00
team1 = vb-rt|ITA
score = 3 – 0
team2 = vb|VEN
set1 = 25
25
25
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =20
20
21
stadium = Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
attendance = 3,300
referee = Mohammad Shahmiri (Iran)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 14,2008
time = 20:00
team1 = vb-rt|CHN
score = 3 – 2
team2 = vb|JPN
set1 = 25
25
17
16
15
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
set2 =20
23
25
"'25
10
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 13,000
referee = Bela Obor (Hungary)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 14,2008
time = 22:00
team1 = vb-rt|BUL
score = 1 – 3
team2 = vb|USA
set1 =29
21
14
24
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
set2 =27
25
25
26
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 5,700
referee = Laert Francisco de Souza (Brazil) ----volleyballbox
date = Aug 16,2008
time = 10:00
team1 = vb-rt|CHN
score = 0 – 3
team2 = vb|USA
set1 =22
12
18
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =25
25
25
stadium = Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
attendance = 3,650
referee = Patrick Deregnaucourt (France)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 16,2008
time = 14:30
team1 = vb-rt|ITA
score = 3 – 0
team2 = vb|BUL
set1 =25
25
25
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =20
21
16
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 8,000
referee = Umit Sokullu (Turkey)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 16,2008
time = 22:00
team1 = vb-rt|VEN
score = 3 – 0
team2 = vb|JPN
set1 =25
25
25
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =23
21
23
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 7,500
referee = Mitch Davidson (Canada)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 18,2008
time = 10:00
team1 = vb-rt|BUL
score = 3 – 1
team2 = vb|VEN
set1 =23
25
25
25
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
set2 =25
19
16
22
stadium = Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
attendance = 3,400
referee = Shahmiri Mohammad (Iran)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 18,2008
time = 20:00
team1 = vb-rt|CHN
score = 2 – 3
team2 = vb|ITA
set1 =17
23
25
25
14
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
set2 =25
25
21
20
16
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 12,500
referee = Mitch Davidson (Canada)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 18,2008
time = 22:00
team1 = vb-rt|JPN
score = 0 – 3
team2 = vb|USA
set1 = 18
12
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 = 25
25
25
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 5,800
referee = Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia)----

Pool B

Individual awards

* Most Valuable Player
** flagicon|USA Clay Stanley
* Best Scorer
** flagicon|USA Clay Stanley
* Best Spiker
** flagicon|POL Sebastian Swiderski
* Best Blocker
** flagicon|BRA Gustavo Endres
* Best Server
** flagicon|USA Clay Stanley
* Best Digger
** flagicon|RUS Alexey Verbov
* Best Setter
** flagicon|POL Pawel Zagumny
* Best Receiver
** flagicon|POL Michal Winiarski
* Best Libero
** flagicon|ITA Mirko Corsano

External links

* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/Olympics/2008/Men/ FIVB Official Page]