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The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 15th 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 Tokyo, Japan from 24 July to 7 August 2021. [1]
The indoor volleyball competition took place at Ariake Arena in Ariake, and the beach volleyball tournament at Shiokaze Park, [1] [2] in the temporary Shiokaze Park Stadium. It was originally scheduled to take place in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced on 24 March 2020 that the ...
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The volleyball Olympic tournament has a very stable competition formula. The following rules apply: Qualification. Twelve teams participate in each event. Host nations are always pre-qualified. Two teams qualify through the Men's and Women's World Cup (this number was reduced from three prior to the 2016 Summer Olympics).
The U.S. team clinched its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years when they defeated Brazil 3-1 to take gold at Beijing 2008. The team failed to defend their title in 2012, losing 3-0 to Italy in the quarterfinals for an equal-fifth finish. The U.S. won the 2015 World Cup title, where they got the first Rio 2016 Olympic qualification ticket.
In women's beach volleyball, the United States team of Misty May (now May-Treanor) and Kerri Walsh (now Walsh Jennings) won the first of three consecutive gold medals, the only team to defend a beach volleyball gold medal. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the United States men's indoor team won all their matches on the way to their third gold ...
The North American Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was a volleyball tournament for men's national teams held in Vancouver, Canada from 10 to 12 January 2020. Four teams played in the tournament and the winners Canada qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1]
The Asian Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was a volleyball tournament for men's national teams held in Jiangmen, China from 7 to 12 January 2020. 8 teams played in the tournament and the winners Iran qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics [1] (postponed to 2021 [2] due to the COVID-19 pandemic).