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The men'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 27 July to 10 August 2024. [1]
Under FIVB rules, each team can designate two liberos at the beginning of play, only one of whom can be on the court at any time, and each libero can serve in one specific rotation. This rule was implemented in NCAA women's volleyball, effective with the fall 2024 season. [35]
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).
Twelve teams per gender will participate in the indoor volleyball tournament. As the host nation, France, the reigning men's champions, reserves a direct spot each for both the men's and women's teams. [4] The remainder of the twelve-team field per gender must endure a dual qualification pathway to secure the quota places for Paris 2024.
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]
Team USA men's volleyball has had mixed results at the Olympics: Despite winning golds in 1984, 1988 and 2008 — and a pair of bronzes in 1992 and 2016 — the Americans don't consistently make ...
On the men’s side, USA’s Miles Partain and Andrew Benesh advanced to the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament. The pair defeated Italy’s Samuele Cottafava and Paolo Nicolai in straight ...
The court is 29.5 feet x 59 ft (old beach volleyball). The height of the net varies based on the competition. The Official International Rule for the net height set is 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) for the men's competition. For the women's competition, the height of the net should be set at 2 metres (6 ft 7 in).