Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be 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 will be held in Paris, France from 27 July to 11 August 2024. Competition schedule Qualification Format In a change of format compared to the previous 9 editions of the Olympic Games, this tournament will feature 3 groups with 4 teams each during the preliminary round (between 1972 Summer Olympics to 2020 Summer Olympics the teams were placed in two groups).At this round, the teams will compete in a single round-robin format. The two highest ranked teams in each pool and the best two third-placed teams advanced to the knockout stage (quarterfinals). The knockout stage will follow the single-elimination format and best first placed team in their group will play against the worst placed classificated 3rd team. The losers of the quarterfinals were eliminated. The quarterfinal winners will play in the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will compete for gold medal and the losers will play for bronze medal. Pool standing procedure In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group