Things to know about the volleyball competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:
THE ABSOLUTE BASICS
Both men’s and women’s tournaments feature 12 teams divided into two pools, with games played in a round-robin format. The top four from each pool advance to the knock-out phase.
Matches are played to the best-of-five sets, with each set played to 25 points. If a match is tied at two sets each, the final set is played to 15 points.
Teams employ three players at the net and three at the back of the court. Players in the back are not allowed to move to the net to block or spike.
The player in the specialist ‘libero’ position, wearing a different coloured uniform, performs an exc…
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