Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 29 September 2019. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 7th. ==Rosters==

The preliminary round was a competition between the twelve teams divided into two pools of six teams. The teams competed in a single round-robin format. The four highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage (quarter-finals). The sixth placed teams in each pool were ranked eleventh in this competition. The fifth placed teams in each pool were ranked ninth. The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers of the quarter-finals were eliminated and ranked fifth. The quarterfinal winners played in the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals. ==Pool standing procedure==

In order to establish the ranking of teams after the group stage, the following criteria should be implemented: • Number of matches won • Match points • Sets ratio • Points ratio • Result of the last match between the tied teams Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser ==Referees==

The following referees were selected for the tournament. • Hernán Casamiquela • Paulo Turci • Liu Jiang • Denny Cespedes • Fabrice Collados • Daniele Rapisarda • Shin Muranaka • Sumie Myoi • Luis Macias • Wojciech Maroszek • Evgeny Makshanov • Vladimir Simonović • Juraj Mokrý • Kang Joo-hee • Susana Rodríguez • Hamid Al-Rousi • Patricia Rolf ==Preliminary round==

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). • The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarter-finals. Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

• The first ranked teams of both pools played against the fourth ranked teams of the other pool. The second ranked teams faced the second or third ranked teams of the other pool, determined by drawing of lots. The drawing of lots was held after the last match in the preliminary round. As it happened at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the drawing ended up with the 2nd ranked teams facing each other, and the 3rd ranked teams playing against each other. Bracket Quarter-finals Semi-finals Tandara Caixeta of Brazil was suspended from the semi-final match against South Korea after a positive out-of-competition drug test for Enobosarm. Bronze medal match Gold medal match ==Statistics leaders==

• Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked. Best scorers Best spikers Best blockers Best servers Best diggers Best setters Best receivers ==Final standing==

The awards were announced on 8 August 2021. ==See also==