2016 in volleyball

The following were the events of Volleyball for the year 2016 throughout the world.

2016 Summer Olympics (FIVB–BVB)

 * August 6 – 18: 2016 Summer Olympics for Men and Women in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at Copacabana Beach
 * Men:
 * 🇧🇷 (Alison Cerutti & Bruno Oscar Schmidt)
 * 🇮🇹 (Daniele Lupo & Paolo Nicolai)
 * (Alexander Brouwer & Robert Meeuwsen)
 * Women:
 * 🇩🇪 (Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst)
 * 🇧🇷 (Ágatha Bednarczuk & Bárbara Seixas)
 * 🇺🇸 (April Ross & Kerri Walsh Jennings)

International beach volleyball championships

 * May 11 – 16: 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships in Lucerne
 * Men: 🇧🇷 George Souto Maior Wanderley / Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci
 * Women: 🇧🇷 Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva Ramos
 * July 6 – 10: 2016 FIVB World Continental Cup Olympic Qualification in 🇷🇺 Sochi
 * Men: Both 🇨🇦 and 🇷🇺 qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * Women: Both the 🇨🇿 and 🇷🇺 qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * July 26 – 31: 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships in 🇨🇾 Larnaca
 * Men: 🇧🇷 Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho / Rafael José Mendonça de Queiroz
 * Women: 🇧🇷 Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Victoria Lopes Pereira Tosta
 * September 13 – 18: 2016 FIVB World Tour Finals in 🇨🇦 Toronto
 * Men: 🇧🇷 Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt
 * Women: 🇩🇪 Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst

BV Grand Slam

 * March 8 – 13: Grand Slam #1 in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro
 * Men: 🇵🇱 Bartosz Losiak / Piotr Kantor
 * Women: 🇺🇸 Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross
 * May 24 – 29: Grand Slam #2 in 🇷🇺 Moscow
 * Men: Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst
 * Women: 🇺🇸 Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross
 * June 14 – 19: Grand Slam #3 in 🇵🇱 Olsztyn
 * Men: Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš
 * Women: 🇩🇪 Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
 * August 23 – 28: Grand Slam #4 (final) in 🇺🇸 Long Beach, California
 * Men: 🇧🇷 Pedro Solberg Salgado / Evandro Oliveira
 * Women: 🇺🇸 Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross

BV Major

 * June 7 – 12: Major #1 in 🇩🇪 Hamburg
 * Men: 🇺🇸 Nicholas Lucena / Phil Dalhausser
 * Women: 🇩🇪 Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
 * June 28 – July 3: Major #2 in Poreč
 * Men: 🇧🇷 Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt
 * Women: 🇩🇪 Julia Sude / Chantal Laboureur
 * July 5 – 10: Major #3 in Gstaad
 * Men: 🇧🇷 Pedro Solberg Salgado / Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior
 * Women: 🇧🇷 Larissa França / Talita Antunes
 * July 26 – 31: Major #4 (final) in 🇦🇹 Klagenfurt
 * Men: Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš
 * Women: 🇩🇪 Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst

BV Open

 * February 15 – 19: Open #1 in Kish Island (men only)
 * Winners: 🇶🇦 Jefferson Santos Pereira / Cherif Younousse
 * February 23 – 28: Open #2 in 🇧🇷 Maceió
 * Men: 🇺🇸 Phil Dalhausser / Nicholas Lucena
 * Women: 🇧🇷 Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Elize Secomandi Maia
 * March 15 – 20: Open #3 in 🇧🇷 Vitória, Espírito Santo
 * Men: 🇧🇷 Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt
 * Women: 🇧🇷 Larissa França / Talita Antunes
 * April 5 – 8: Open #4 in 🇶🇦 Doha (men only)
 * Winners: 🇮🇹 Alex Ranghieri / Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich
 * April 12 – 17: Open #5 in 🇨🇳 Xiamen
 * Men: 🇪🇸 Pablo Herrera / Adrián Gavira
 * Women: Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Vergé-Dépré
 * April 19 – 24: Open #6 in 🇨🇳 Fuzhou
 * Men: 🇺🇸 Phil Dalhausser / Nicholas Lucena
 * Women: 🇺🇸 Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross
 * April 26 – May 1: Open #7 in 🇧🇷 Fortaleza
 * Men: 🇧🇷 Oscar Brandão / Andre Loyola Stein
 * Women: 🇧🇷 Elize Secomandi Maia / Eduarda Santos Lisboa
 * May 3 – 8: Open #8 in 🇷🇺 Sochi
 * Men: 🇮🇹 Paolo Nicolai / Daniele Lupo
 * Women: Joana Heidrich / Nadine Zumkehr
 * May 10 – 15: Open #9 in 🇹🇷 Antalya
 * Men: Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš
 * Women: 🇩🇪 Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
 * May 17 – 21: Open #10 (final) in 🇺🇸 Cincinnati
 * Men: 🇧🇷 Gustavo Albrecht Carvalhaes / Saymon Barbosa Santos
 * Women: 🇺🇸 Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross

2016 Summer Olympics (FIVB–VB)

 * August 6 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics (Women) in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro (at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho)
 * August 7 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics (Men) in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro (at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho)
 * August 7 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics (Men) in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro (at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho)

International volleyball events

 * January 4 – 9: 2016 European Women's Continental Olympic Qualification in 🇹🇷 Ankara
 * has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * and has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament.
 * January 5 – 10: 2016 European Men's Continental Olympic Qualification in 🇩🇪 Berlin
 * has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * and has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament.
 * January 6 – 10: 2016 CSV Women's South American Olympic Qualification in 🇦🇷 Bariloche
 * has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament.
 * has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament.
 * January 7 – 9: 2016 NORCECA Women's Continental Olympic Qualification at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 🇺🇸 Lincoln, Nebraska
 * The has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament.
 * has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament.
 * January 7 – 14: 2016 African Men's Continental Olympic Qualification in Brazzaville
 * has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * and has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament.
 * January 8 – 10: 2016 NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualification in 🇨🇦 Edmonton
 * has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament.
 * has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament.
 * February 12 – 16: 2016 African Women's Continental Olympic Qualification in 🇨🇲 Yaoundé
 * has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * March 23 – April 1: 2016 Men's African Club Championship in 🇪🇬 Cairo
 * 🇪🇬 El Geish defeated 🇹🇳 Espérance, 3–1 in matches won, to win their first Men's African Club Championship title. 🇪🇬 Smouha took third place.
 * April 22 – 30: 2016 Women's African Club Championship in 🇹🇳 Tunis
 * 🇪🇬 Al Ahly SC defeated 🇹🇳 Carthage, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and seventh overall Women's African Club Championship title.
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya Pipeline took third place.
 * May 14 – 22: Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 in 🇯🇵 Tokyo
 * , the, , and all qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * May 20 – 22: Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
 * has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * May 19 – 27: 2016 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in 🇲🇽 Mexico City
 * defeated, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup title. took third place.
 * May 28 – June 5: Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 in 🇯🇵 Tokyo
 * ,, , and all qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * June 3 – 5: Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 in 🇲🇽 Mexico City
 * qualified to compete at Rio 2016.
 * June 24 – 29: 2016 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship in 🇨🇺 Havana
 * 🇨🇺 defeated the 🇺🇸, 3–2 in matches played, to win their fourth Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship title.
 * 🇲🇽 took the bronze medal.
 * July 2 – 6: 19th Southeast Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship 2016 in Naypyidaw
 * Round–robin group: 1., 2. –A, 3.
 * July 2 – 10: 2016 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in 🇩🇴 Santo Domingo
 * The defeated, 3–2 in matches played, to win their fourth Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
 * The took the bronze medal.
 * July 4 – 10: 2016 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship in 🇨🇦 Gatineau
 * The 🇺🇸 defeated 🇨🇺, 3–1 in matches played, to win their third Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship title.
 * 🇨🇦 took the bronze medal.
 * July 9 – 17: 2016 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship in 🇹🇼 Kaohsiung
 * The 🇨🇳 defeated, 3–2 in matches played, to win their 4th Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship.
 * 🇰🇷 took the bronze medal.
 * July 16 – 20: 2016 Southeast Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship in 🇹🇭 Sisaket
 * 🇹🇭 defeated, 3–1 in matches played, in the final. took third place.
 * July 23 – 31: 2016 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship in 🇹🇭 Nakhon Ratchasima
 * 🇨🇳 defeated 🇯🇵, 3–2 in matches played, in the final. 🇹🇭 took third place.
 * July 26 – August 1: 2016 Women's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship in 🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale, Florida
 * The 🇩🇴 defeated the 🇺🇸, 3–1 in matches played, to win their second Women's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship title.
 * 🇨🇺 took third place.
 * August 23 – 31: 2016 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship in
 * Sarmayeh Bank Tehran VC defeated 🇶🇦 Al Arabi, 3–1 in matches played, to win their first Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship title.
 * 🇯🇵 Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza took third place.
 * August 27 – September 4: 2016 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship in 🇭🇺 and 🇸🇰
 * defeated, 3–0 in matches played, to win their second Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship title.
 * took third place.
 * September 2 – 10: 2016 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship in 🇧🇬
 * defeated, 3–1 in matches played, to win their second Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship title.
 * took third place.
 * September 3 – 11: 2016 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship in Biñan
 * 🇯🇵 NEC Red Rockets defeated 🇨🇳 Ba'yi Shenzhen, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship title.
 * 🇹🇭 Bangkok Glass took third place.
 * September 14 – 20: 2016 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship in Vĩnh Phúc Province
 * defeated, 3–0 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and fourth overall Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship title.
 * took third place.
 * September 22 – 28: 2016 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship in 🇹🇭 Nakhon Pathom
 * defeated, 3–1 in matches played, to win their third AVC Cup for Men title.
 * took third place.
 * October 17 – 23: 2016 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship in 🇧🇷 Betim
 * 🇧🇷 Sada Cruzeiro defeated 🇷🇺 Zenit Kazan, 3–0 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and third overall FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship title.
 * 🇮🇹 Trentino Diatec took third place.
 * October 18 – 23: 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in  Pasay
 * 🇹🇷 Eczacıbaşı VitrA defeated 🇮🇹 Pomì Casalmaggiore, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second consecutive FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship title.
 * 🇹🇷 Vakıfbank İstanbul took third place.

2016 FIVB Volleyball World League

 * July 1 – 3: Group 3 Finals in 🇩🇪 Frankfurt
 * Winners:
 * Second:
 * Third:
 * July 9 & 10: Group 2 Finals in Matosinhos
 * Winners:
 * Second:
 * Third: The
 * July 13 – 17: Group 1 Finals in 🇵🇱 Kraków
 * Winners:
 * Second:
 * Third:

2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

 * June 17 – 19: Group 3 Finals in 🇰🇿 Almaty
 * Winners:
 * Second:
 * Third:
 * June 17 – 19: Group 2 Finals in 🇧🇬 Plovdiv
 * Winners:
 * Second:
 * Third:
 * July 6 – 10: Group 1 Finals in 🇹🇭 Bangkok
 * Winners:
 * Second: The
 * Third: The

Volleyball Hall of Fame

 * Class of 2016:
 * Emanuel Rego
 * Nikola Grbić
 * Misty May-Treanor
 * Danielle Scott-Arruda
 * Park Man-bok