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

Beach Volleyball

2016 Summer Olympics (FIVB–BVB)

• TBD: 2016 Summer Olympics for Men and Women in Rio de Janeiro at Copacabana Beach

International beach volleyball championships

• May 11 – 16: 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships in Lucerne^[1]
  • Men:
  • Women:
• July 6 – 10: 2016 FIVB World Continental Cup Olympic Qualification in Sochi
• July 26 – 31: 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships in Larnaca

BV Grand Slam

• March 8 – 13: Grand Slam #1 in Rio de Janeiro^[2]
  • Men: Bartosz Losiak / Piotr Kantor^[3]
  • Women: Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross^[4]
• May 24 – 29: Grand Slam #2 in Moscow^[5]
  • Men:
  • Women:
• June 14 – 19: Grand Slam #3 in Olsztyn
• August 23 – 28: Grand Slam #4 (final) in Long Beach, California

BV Major

• June 7 – 12: Major #1 in Hamburg
• June 28 – July 3: Major #2 in Poreč
• July 5 – 10: Major #3 in Gstaad
• July 26 – 31: Major #4 (final) in Klagenfurt

BV Open

• February 15 – 19: Open #1 in Kish Island (men only)^[6]
  • Winners: Jefferson Santos Pereira / Cherif Younousse^[7]
• February 23 – 28: Open #2 in Maceió^[8]
  • Men: Phil Dalhausser / Nicholas Lucena^[9]
  • Women: Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Elize Secomandi Maia^[10]
• March 15 – 20: Open #3 in Vitória, Espírito Santo^[11]
  • Men: Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt^[12]
  • Women: Larissa França / Talita Antunes^[13]
• April 5 – 8: Open #4 in Doha (men only)^[14]
  • Winners: Alex Ranghieri / Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich^[15]
• April 12 – 17: Open #5 in Xiamen^[16]
  • Men: Pablo Herrera / Adrián Gavira^[17]
  • Women: Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Vergé-Dépré^[18]
• April 19 – 24: Open #6 in Fuzhou^[19]
  • Men: Phil Dalhausser / Nicholas Lucena^[20]
  • Women: Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross^[21]
• April 26 – May 1: Open #7 in Fortaleza^[22]
  • Men: Oscar Brandão / Andre Loyola Stein^[23]
  • Women: Elize Secomandi Maia / Eduarda Santos Lisboa^[24]
• May 3 – 8: Open #8 in Sochi^[25]
  • Men:
  • Women:
• May 10 – 15: Open #9 in Antalya^[26]
• May 17 – 21: Open #10 in Cincinnati^[27]
• October 11 – 16: Open #11 (final) in Puerto Vallarta

Volleyball

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)

International volleyball events

• January 4 – 9: 2016 European Women's Continental Olympic Qualification in Ankara^[28]
  •  Russia has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[29]
  •  Italy and  Netherlands has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament.
• January 5 – 10: 2016 European Men's Continental Olympic Qualification in Berlin^[30]
  •  Russia has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[31]
  •  France and  Poland has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament.
• January 6 – 10: 2016 CSV Women's South American Olympic Qualification in Bariloche
  •  Argentina has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[32]
  •  Peru has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament.
  •  Colombia has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament.
• January 7 – 9: 2016 NORCECA Women's Continental Olympic Qualification in Lincoln, Nebraska^[33]
  • The  United States has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[34]
  •  Dominican Republic has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament.
  •  Puerto Rico has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament.
• January 7 – 14: 2016 African Men's Continental Olympic Qualification in Brazzaville
  •  Egypt has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[35]
  •  Algeria and  Tunisia has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament.
• January 8 – 10: 2016 NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualification in Edmonton^[36]
  •  Cuba has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[37]
  •  Canada has qualified to compete at FIVB World Qualification Tournament.
  •  Mexico has qualified to compete at FIVB Intercontinental Qualification Tournament.
• February 12 – 16: 2016 African Women's Continental Olympic Qualification in Yaoundé
  •  Cameroon has qualified to compete at Rio 2016.^[38]
• March 23 – April 1: 2016 Men's African Club Championship in Cairo^[39]
  • 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^[40]
  • 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
• May 20 – 22: Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
• May 21 – 26: 2016 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Culiacán
• May 28 – June 5: Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 in Tokyo
• June 3 – 5: Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 in Mexico City
• October 4 – 9: 2016 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship (location TBA)
• October 18 – 23: 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Pasay

2016 FIVB Volleyball World League

• July 1 – 3: Group 3 Finals in Frankfurt
• July 9 & 10: Group 2 Finals in Matosinhos
• July 13 – 17: Group 1 Finals in Kraków

2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

• June 17 – 19: Group 3 Finals in Almaty
• June 17 – 19: Group 2 Finals in Plovdiv
• July 6 – 10: Group 1 Finals in Bangkok

References

1. FIVB's Under 21 World Championships Lucerne, Switzerland, 2016 Page
2. "Rio Grand Slam 2016". Fivb.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
3. FIVB's Rio 2016 Grand Slam #1 Men's Results
4. FIVB's Rio 2016 Grand Slam #1 Women's Results
5. FIVB's Moscow 2016 Grand Slam #2 Page
6. "Kish Island Open 2016". Fivb.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
7. "Kish Island Open 2016". Fivb.org. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
8. "Maceio Open 2016". Fivb.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
9. "Maceio Open 2016". Fivb.org. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
10. "Maceio Open 2016". Fivb.org. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
11. "Vitoria Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
12. "Vitoria Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
13. "Vitoria Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
14. "Qatar Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
15. "Qatar Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
16. "Xiamen Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
17. "Xiamen Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
18. "Xiamen Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
19. "Fuzhou Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
20. "Fuzhou Open 2016". Fivb.org. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
21. "Fuzhou Open 2016". Fivb.org. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
22. "Fortaleza Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
23. "Fortaleza Open 2016". Fivb.org. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
24. "Fortaleza Open 2016". Fivb.org. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
25. "Sochi Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
26. "Antalya Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
27. "Cincinnati Open 2016". Fivb.org. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
28. "Competition". Cev.lu. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
29. "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". Cev.lu. 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
30. "Competition". Cev.lu. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
31. "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". Cev.lu. 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
32. "Principales Noticias del Mundo del Voleibol en Sudamerica". Voleysur.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
33. "2016 Norceca Women Olympic Qualifier". Norceca.net. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
34. "United States won a spot to Olympics Games Rio 2016". Norceca.net. 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
35. "News - Egypt join teams qualified for Rio Olympics". FIVB. 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
36. "2016 Men Olympic Qualification". Norceca.net. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
37. "Cuba wins ticket to Rio de Janeiro". Norceca.net. 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
38. "Volleyball". FIVB. 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
39. Egypt's El Geish crowned African Champions to represent African in the club World Championship
40. Egypt’s Ahly win eighth African club championship crown