1, qualifiers: Through the qualifiers on all continents, * * * selected 12 teams to participate in the Olympic Games.
2. Group stage: divided into two groups, A and B, with 6 teams in each group. First of all, a single round robin tournament will be held, and the top four points in each group will advance to the quarterfinals elimination tournament. The competition format is as follows: A1VSB4; a4 vs b 1； The remaining teams will be paired by lottery (A2 vs B2 or B3; A3 versus B3 or B2).
3. Semifinal: A 1/B4 winner vs A3/B2 (B3) winner; A2/B3 (B2) champion versus A4/B 1 champion. The team ranked sixth in each group match will be tied with 1 1. The fifth place in each group stage will be tied for ninth place. The loser in the quarter-finals tied for fifth place.
rule
1, technical suspension
In every match of volleyball, when the leading team reaches 8 points 16, it enters the technical pause; There was no technical pause in the deciding game. The technical pause time is 1 min.
The emergence of technical pause is mainly due to the insertion of advertisements when the game is broadcast. In the deciding game, each team can ask for two ordinary 30-second timeouts.
2. Integral law
When there are 3: 1 and 3: 0, the winning team gets 3 points and the losing team gets 0 points; At 3: 2, the winning team scored 2 points and the losing team scored 1 point.