The top four indoor men’s volleyball teams in each pool at the end of the pool-play stage will advance to the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament. The fifth and sixth-place teams will be eliminated from the tournament. In the event that two or more teams have the same records at the end of the pool-play stage, the tiebreakers will be match points, then set win-loss record, then point differential and finally head-to-head results.
Olympics men’s volleyball bracket
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Pool A standings
| Team | Record | Points | Sets |
| y-1. Poland | 4-1 | 13 | 14-4 |
| x-2. Italy | 4-1 | 11 | 12-7 |
| x-3. Japan | 3-2 | 9 | 10-9 |
| x-4. Canada | 2-3 | 7 | 9-9 |
| 5. Iran | 2-3 | 6 | 9-11 |
| 6. Venezuela | 0-5 | 0 | 1-15 |
Pool B standings
| Team | Record | Points | Sets |
| y-1. Russia | 4-1 | 12 | 13-5 |
| x-2. Brazil | 4-1 | 10 | 12-8 |
| x-3. Argentina | 3-2 | 8 | 12-10 |
| x-4. France | 2-3 | 8 | 10-10 |
| 5. United States | 2-3 | 6 | 8-10 |
| 6. Tunisia | 0-5 | 1 | 3-15 |
LEGEND
y – Clinched pool championship
x – Clinched quarterfinals berth