Date: June 24th, 2008
There were 76 volleyball matches in Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, including 38 for men and 38 for women. The competition is divided into four stages: preliminaries, quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals.
1, competition mode
(1) preparatory work
The participating teams will be divided into two groups, A and B, with 6 teams in each group, and each team will take turns to compete with the other 5 teams in the same group.
(2) Quarter finals
The teams (***8 teams) that won the top 4 in each group in the preliminary round will enter the quarter-finals, and the competition method is as follows:
A 1 pair B4
A2/A3 vs B2/B3 (determined by FIVB drawing lots. )
A4 and B 1
(3) Semifinals
The four teams that win the quarter-finals will enter the semi-finals in the following ways:
A 1/B4 Winner pair (A2/A3 vs B2/B3, decided by lot).
(A2/A3 vs B2/B3, decided by drawing lots) Winner vs A4/B 1 Winner.
(4) finals
The two teams that win in the semi-final will compete for the gold medal.
The two teams that lost in the semi-final will compete for the bronze medal.
Step 2 draw lots
Draw lots according to FIVB volleyball rules to decide the preliminaries of each team.
After the preliminaries, FIVB will draw lots to decide the match between A2/A3 and B2/B3, and decide the order of the quarterfinals.