The tournament featured a record 32 participating countries from 5 confederations.

The Group 1 Final Round which served as the volleyball test event of the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

[1] Italy Poland Russia Serbia Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Finland France Netherlands Portugal Egypt Tunisia China Kazakhstan Greece Montenegro Slovakia Spain Turkey The pools of Group 1 were announced on 18 July 2014,[5] while the pools of Group 2 and 3 were announced on 31 October 2014.

The statistics include 6 volleyball skills, serve, receive, set, spike, block, and dig.

The best scorers determined by players who scored points from spike, block, and serve.