Olympics 2024 volleyball on TV: Channel, schedule, live stream
Your guide to volleyball at the Olympic Games 2024, including TV coverage and schedule.
The traditional indoor version of volleyball may not attract as much attention as its sandy sibling outdoors, but it’s no less exciting.
A frantically-paced team sport, volleyball sees opposing teams of six trying to score by landing the ball on the other side of the net.
When the ball is in play, teams can take no more than three touches before launching the ball over the net, and no player may take two consecutive touches.
These touches can be used to manoeuvre the ball into a good scoring position, or to set up an aggressive downward hit called a spike, which is a common means of scoring.
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Players can also feint, pretending to set up a spike when, in fact, they have a different strike in mind.
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In an average game, each player can end up making nearly 300 vertical leaps in attempt to score or defend, making it an extremely energetic sport.
The competition is divided into the qualifying round, when teams are split into three groups and must play everyone else in their group, with the eight highest-ranked teams from the group stage moving into a knockout phase of quarters, semi-finals, finals and bronze medal matches.
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When is volleyball at the Olympics 2024?
Volleyball at the Olympics begins on Saturday 27th July and runs until Sunday 11th August.
Team GB volleyball at the Olympics 2024
Britain has only competed in the volleyball competition once, in 2012, when they qualified automatically as host nation, and they won’t be competing in Paris.
The USA and Brazil are the traditional powerhouses of the sport, and are the current gold and silver medal holders in the women’s event, while the French will be hoping that home advantage will help them hold onto the gold medal they won in the men's event in Tokyo.
Olympics 2024 volleyball on TV
You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK.
All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day.
Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event.
BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide.
Olympics 2024 volleyball schedule
All UK time. Subject to change.
Men's
Saturday 27th July
- France v Japan (8am)
- Germany v Japan (8am)
- France v Italy (12pm)
- Brazil v Italy (12pm)
- France v Poland (4pm)
- Egypt v Poland (4pm)
- France v USA (8pm)
- Argentina v USA (8pm)
Sunday 28th July
- France v France (4pm)
- Serbia v France (4pm)
- France v Slovenia (8pm)
- Canada v Slovenia (8pm)
Tuesday 30th July
- France v Italy (8am)
- Egypt v Italy (8am)
- France v USA (12pm)
- Germany v USA (12pm)
- France v Slovenia (4pm)
- Serbia v Slovenia (4pm)
- France v France (8pm)
- Canada v France (8pm)
Wednesday 31st July
- France v Poland (8am)
- Brazil v Poland (8am)
- France v Japan (12pm)
- Argentina v Japan (12pm)
Friday 2nd August
- France v Argentina (8am)
- Germany v Argentina (8am)
- France v Brazil (12pm)
- Egypt v Brazil (12pm)
- France v France (4pm)
- Slovenia v France (4pm)
- France v Japan (8pm)
- USA v Japan (8pm)
Saturday 3rd August
- France v Poland (4pm)
- Italy v Poland (4pm)
- France v Canada (8pm)
- Serbia v Canada (8pm)
Monday 5th August
- Quarter-finals (8am)
- Quarter-finals (12pm)
- Quarter-finals (4pm)
- Quarter-finals (8pm)
Wednesday 7th August
- Semi-finals (3pm)
- Semi-finals (7pm)
Friday 9th August
- Bronze Medal Match (3pm)
Saturday 10th August
- Gold Medal Match (12pm)
Women's
Sunday 28th July
- France v Italy (8am)
- Dominican Republic v Italy (8am)
- France v Poland (12pm)
- Japan v Poland (12pm)
Monday 29th July
- France v Türkiye (8am)
- Netherlands v Türkiye (8am)
- France v Brazil (12pm)
- Kenya v Brazil (12pm)
- France v USA (4pm)
- China v USA (4pm)
- France v France (8pm)
- Serbia v France (8pm)
Wednesday 31st July
- France v USA (4pm)
- Serbia v USA (4pm)
- France v Poland (8pm)
- Kenya v Poland (8pm)
Thursday 1st August
- France v Türkiye (8am)
- Dominican Republic v Türkiye (8am)
- France v Brazil (12pm)
- Japan v Brazil (12pm)
- France v Italy (4pm)
- Netherlands v Italy (4pm)
- France v France (8pm)
- China v France (8pm)
Saturday 3rd August
- France v Netherlands (8am)
- Dominican Republic v Netherlands (8am)
- France v Japan (12pm)
- Kenya v Japan (12pm)
Sunday 4th August
- France v Italy (8am)
- Türkiye v Italy (8am)
- France v France (12pm)
- USA v France (12pm)
- France v China (4pm)
- Serbia v China (4pm)
- France v Brazil (8pm)
- Poland v Brazil (8pm)
Tuesday 6th August
- Quarter-finals (8am)
- Quarter-finals (12pm)
- Quarter-finals (4pm)
- Quarter-finals (8pm)
Thursday 8th August
- Semi-finals (3pm)
- Semi-finals (7pm)
Saturday 10th August
- Bronze Medal Match (4:15pm)
Sunday 11th August
- Gold Medal Match (12pm)
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