2016 Summer Olympics / Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
information
venue	Rio de Janeiro
Competition venue	Arena de Vôlei de Praia
Nations	24
Athletes	96 (48 , 48 )
date	August 6th to 18th, 2016
decisions	2
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The beach volleyball competitions at the 2016 Olympic Games took place from August 6th to 18th. The venue was the temporary Arena de Vôlei de Praia on Copacabana , the beach in Rio de Janeiro . There was one tournament each for women and men. 48 teams from 24 countries competed for the medals. Each nation was allowed to compete with a maximum of four teams. Germany was represented with three teams, Austria and Switzerland with two teams each.

The Germans Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst won the women's final against the Brazilians Ágatha Bednarczuk and Bárbara Seixas . For the first time ever, a European women's duo won a medal at the Olympic Games. Bronze went to Kerri Walsh , who had previously been Olympic champion three times in a row, and her partner April Ross . In the men's race, Brazilians Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt won the gold medal. Silver went to the Italians Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo , bronze to the Dutch Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen .

Medalist

The medal winners in beach volleyball

Men

space	country	athlete
1	Brazil	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt
2	Italy	Paolo Nicolai / Daniele Lupo
3	Netherlands	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen

Women

space	country	Sportswomen
1	Germany	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
2	Brazil	Ágatha Bednarczuk / Bárbara Seixas
3	United States	Kerri Walsh / April Ross

Time schedule

Beach volleyball arena on Copacabana

Beach volleyball schedule
Competitions	August
Women	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th	16.	17th	18th
competition							AF	AF	VF		HF
Men	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th	16.	17th	18th
competition							AF	AF		VF	HF

Preliminary and hope round, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals

3rd place / final

mode

A maximum of two duos per nation and gender were allowed to compete. The 24 qualified teams were drawn into six groups of four, with the host's best team and the best five teams in the Olympic ranking as group heads. In the groups, each duo played against each other team, making a total of six games. Each winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. In the event of a tie, the quotient of the ball points was decisive for the rank in the table. The group winners and runners-up as well as the two best thirds in the group made it straight to the round of 16. The four remaining third in the group determined the last two round of 16 players in two play-offs . From the round of 16, the simple knockout system continued until the final.

The drawing of the preliminary round groups took place on July 9th as part of the major tournament in Gstaad . The fixtures were released on July 15th.

Schedule women

Group games

Group A
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Talita / Larissa	6-0	6th
2.	Kołosińska / Brzostek	4: 3	5
3.	Ukolowa / Birlowa	2: 5	4th
4th	Fendrick / Sweat	2: 6	3

August 7th	Talita / Larissa	Ukolowa / Birlowa	2-0
	Kołosińska / Brzostek	Fendrick / Sweat	2: 1
August 9	Kołosińska / Brzostek	Ukolowa / Birlowa	2-0
	Talita / Larissa	Fendrick / Sweat	2-0
August 11th	Talita / Larissa	Kołosińska / Brzostek	2-0
	Fendrick / Sweat	Ukolowa / Birlowa	1: 2

Group B
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Liliana / Baquerizo	6-0	6th
2.	Agatha / Bárbara	4: 3	5
3.	Hermannová / Sluková	3: 5	4th
4th	Gallay / Smart	1: 6	3

6th of August	Liliana / Baquerizo	Gallay / Smart	2-0
	Ágatha / Bárbara	Hermannová / Sluková	2: 1
8th August	Ágatha / Bárbara	Gallay / Smart	2-0
	Liliana / Baquerizo	Hermannová / Sluková	2-0
August 10	Ágatha / Bárbara	Liliana / Baquerizo	0: 2
	Gallay / Smart	Hermannová / Sluková	1: 2

Group C
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Walsh / Ross	6: 1	6th
2.	Wang / Yue	4: 3	5
3.	Forrer / Vergé-Dépré	4: 5	4th
4th	Artacho / Laird	1: 6	3

6th of August	Forrer / Vergé-Dépré	Wang / Yue	1: 2
	Walsh / Ross	Artacho / Laird	2-0
8th August	Forrer / Vergé-Dépré	Artacho / Laird	2: 1
	Walsh / Ross	Wang / Yue	2-0
August 10	Wang / Yue	Artacho / Laird	2-0
	Walsh / Ross	Forrer / Vergé-Dépré	2: 1

Group D
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Ludwig / Walkenhorst	6: 1	6th
2.	Broder / Valjas	4: 3	5
3.	Menegatti / Giombini	4: 4	4th
4th	el-Ghobashy / Meawad	0: 6	3

August 7th	Ludwig / Walkenhorst	el-Ghobashy / Meawad	2-0
	Menegatti / Giombini	Broder / Valjas	1: 2
August 9	Menegatti / Giombini	el-Ghobashy / Meawad	2-0
	Ludwig / Walkenhorst	Broder / Valjas	2-0
August 11th	Broder / Valjas	el-Ghobashy / Meawad	2-0
	Ludwig / Walkenhorst	Menegatti / Giombini	2: 1

Group E
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Pavan / Bansley	6-0	6th
2.	Heidrich / Zumkehr	4: 3	5
3.	Borger / Büthe	2: 4	4th
4th	van Gestel / van der Vlist	1: 6	3

August 7th	Pavan / Bansley	van Gestel / van der Vlist	2-0
	Borger / Büthe	Heidrich / Zumkehr	0: 2
August 9	Borger / Büthe	van Gestel / van der Vlist	2-0
	Pavan / Bansley	Heidrich / Zumkehr	2-0
August 11th	Heidrich / Zumkehr	van Gestel / van der Vlist	2: 1
	Pavan / Bansley	Borger / Büthe	2-0

Group F.
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Bawden / Clancy	6: 1	6th
2.	Meppelink / van Iersel	5: 2	5
3.	Pazo / Agudo	2: 4	4th
4th	Alfaro / Charles	0: 6	3

6th of August	Bawden / Clancy	Alfaro / Charles	2-0
	Meppelink / van Iersel	Pazo / Agudo	2-0
8th August	Meppelink / van Iersel	Alfaro / Charles	2-0
	Bawden / Clancy	Pazo / Agudo	2-0
August 10	Meppelink / van Iersel	Bawden / Clancy	1: 2
	Alfaro / Charles	Pazo / Agudo	0: 2

Lucky Losers August 11th encounter Result Hermannová / Sluková Ukolowa / Birlowa 1: 2 Borger / Büthe Pazo / Agudo 2-0

Knockout round

Scene from the women's final.

Ludwig / Walkenhorst celebrate the gold medal.

	Round of 16 12./13. August					Quarterfinals August 14th					Semi-finals August 16					Final August 17th
		Larissa / Talita	2
		Borger / Büthe	0
							Larissa / Talita	2
							Heidrich / Zumkehr	1
		Meppelink / van Iersel	1
		Heidrich / Zumkehr	2
												Larissa / Talita	0
											Ludwig / Walkenhorst	2
		Pavan / Bansley	2
		Broder / Valjas	0
							Pavan / Bansley	0
							Ludwig / Walkenhorst	2
		Forrer / Vergé-Dépré	0
		Ludwig / Walkenhorst	2
																	Ludwig / Walkenhorst	2
																Ágatha / Bárbara	0
		Walsh / Ross	2
		Menegatti / Giombini	0
							Walsh / Ross	2
							Bawden / Clancy	0
		Kołosińska / Brzostek	1
		Bawden / Clancy	2
												Walsh / Ross	0
											Ágatha / Bárbara	2
		Wang / Yue	0
		Ágatha / Bárbara	2
							Ágatha / Bárbara	2
															3rd place match
							Ukolowa / Birlowa	0
		Ukolowa / Birlowa	2													Larissa / Talita	1
		Liliana / Baquerizo	0														Walsh / Ross	2

Schedule men

Group games

Group A
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Alison / Bruno	5: 2	5
2.	Carambula / Ranghieri	4: 3	5
3.	Doppler / Horst	4: 4	5
4th	Binstock / Schachter	2: 6	3

6th of August	Carambula / Ranghieri	Doppler / Horst	2-0
	Alison / Bruno	Binstock / Schachter	2-0
8th August	Alison / Bruno	Doppler / Horst	1: 2
	Carambula / Ranghieri	Binstock / Schachter	2: 1
August 10	Alison / Bruno	Carambula / Ranghieri	2-0
	Doppler / Horst	Binstock / Schachter	2: 1

Group B
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Brouwer / Meeuwsen	6: 1	6th
2.	Ljamin / Barsuk	4: 2	5
3.	Łosiak / Cantor	2: 4	4th
4th	Böckermann / Flüggen	1: 6	3

6th of August	Brouwer / Meeuwsen	Ljamin / Barsuk	2-0
	Łosiak / Cantor	Böckermann / Flüggen	2-0
8th August	Łosiak / Cantor	Ljamin / Barsuk	0: 2
	Brouwer / Meeuwsen	Böckermann / Flüggen	2: 1
August 10	Brouwer / Meeuwsen	Łosiak / Cantor	2-0
	Böckermann / Flüggen	Ljamin / Barsuk	0: 2

Group C
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Lucena / Dalhausser	6: 1	6th
2.	Virgen / Ontiveros	5: 3	5
3.	Nicolai / Lupo	4: 4	4th
4th	Naceur / Belhaj	0: 6	3

August 7th	Nicolai / Lupo	Virgen / Ontiveros	1: 2
	Lucena / Dalhausser	Naceur / Belhaj	2-0
August 9	Lucena / Dalhausser	Virgen / Ontiveros	2-0
	Nicolai / Lupo	Naceur / Belhaj	2-0
August 11th	Lucena / Dalhausser	Nicolai / Lupo	2: 1
	Virgen / Ontiveros	Naceur / Belhaj	2-0

Group D
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Díaz / González	6: 2	6th
2.	Pedro Solberg / Evandro	4: 5	4th
3.	Schalk / Saxton	3: 5	4th
4th	Samoilovs / Šmēdiņš	4: 5	4th

August 7th	Pedro Solberg / Evandro	Díaz / González	1: 2
	Samoilovs / Šmēdiņš	Schalk / Saxton	2: 1
August 9	Pedro Solberg / Evandro	Schalk / Saxton	1: 2
	Samoilovs / Šmēdiņš	Díaz / González	1: 2
August 11th	Schalk / Saxton	Díaz / González	0: 2
	Pedro Solberg / Evandro	Samoilovs / Šmēdiņš	2: 1

Group E
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Semjonow / Krassilnikow	6: 1	6th
2.	Numberdor / Varenhorst	5: 3	5
3.	Fijałek / Prudel	3: 5	4th
4th	E. Grimalt / M. Grimalt	1: 6	3

August 7th	Numberdor / Varenhorst	Grimalt / Grimalt	2-0
	Semjonow / Krassilnikow	Fijałek / Prudel	2-0
August 9	Numberdor / Varenhorst	Fijałek / Prudel	2: 1
	Semjonow / Krassilnikow	Grimalt / Grimalt	2-0
August 11th	Fijałek / Prudel	Grimalt / Grimalt	2: 1
	Numberdor / Varenhorst	Semjonow / Krassilnikow	1: 2

Group F.
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Herrera / Gavira	5: 4	5
2.	Jefferson / Cherif	4: 4	5
3.	Huber / Seidl	4: 4	4th
4th	Gibb / Patterson	3: 4	4th

6th of August	Gibb / Patterson	Jefferson / Cherif	2-0
	Herrera / Gavira	Huber / Seidl	2: 1
8th August	Herrera / Gavira	Jefferson / Cherif	1: 2
	Gibb / Patterson	Huber / Seidl	0: 2
August 10	Gibb / Patterson	Herrera / Gavira	1: 2
	Huber / Seidl	Jefferson / Cherif	1: 2

View into the arena during the preliminary round match ITA - AUT

Lucky Losers August 11th encounter Result Nicolai / Lupo Łosiak / Cantor 2: 1 Schalk / Saxton Fijałek / Prudel 2-0

Knockout round

	Round of 16 12./13. August					Quarterfinals August 15th					Semi-finals August 16					Final August 18th
		Carambula / Ranghieri	0
		Nicolai / Lupo	2
							Nicolai / Lupo	2
							Ljamin / Barsuk	1
		Pedro / Evandro	1
		Ljamin / Barsuk	2
												Nicolai / Lupo	2
											Semjonow / Krassilnikow	1
		Semjonow / Krassilnikow	2
		Jefferson / Cherif	0
							Semjonow / Krassilnikow	2
							Díaz / González	1
		Doppler / Horst	0
		Díaz / González	2
																	Nicolai / Lupo	0
																Alison / Bruno	2
		Lucena / Dalhausser	2
		Huber / Seidl	0
							Lucena / Dalhausser	1
							Alison / Bruno	2
		Alison / Bruno	2
		Herrera / Gavira	0
												Alison / Bruno	2
											Brouwer / Meeuwsen	1
		Virgen / Ontiveros	0
		Numberdor / Varenhorst	2
							Numberdor / Varenhorst	0
															3rd place match
							Brouwer / Meeuwsen	2
		Schalk / Saxton	0													Semjonow / Krassilnikow	0
		Brouwer / Meeuwsen	2														Brouwer / Meeuwsen	2

referee

The FIVB had selected sixteen referees for the Olympic beach volleyball competitions. The referees came from all continental associations. Three of them were women.

Surname	nationality	Continental Association
Daniel Apol	United States	NORCECA
Giovanni Bake	South Africa	CAVB
Davide Crescentini	Italy	CEV
Mario Ferro	Brazil	CSV
Lucie Guillemette	Canada	NORCECA
Elizir Martins de Oliveira	Brazil	CSV
José Maria Padron	Spain	CEV
Kritsada Panaseri	Thailand	AVC
Charalambos papadogoulas	Greece	CEV
Jonas Personeni	Switzerland	CEV
Roman Pristovakin	Russia	CEV
Carlos Rivera Rodriguez	Puerto Rico	NORCECA
Juan Carlos Saavedra	Colombia	CSV
Mariko Satomi	Japan	AVC
Osvaldo Sumavil	Argentina	CSV
Lijun Wang	People's Republic of China	AVC

media

In Germany, ARD and ZDF reported from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann , the 2012 Olympic beach volleyball champions , were there as experts . In the German-speaking part of Switzerland, SRF reported two of the Olympic Games, commented on them by Sascha Ruefer together with the Swiss beach volleyball expert Martin Laciga , who was world number 1 in 1999.

doping

Shortly before the start of the games, a doping case became known. The Italian Viktoria Orsi Toth , who had qualified for the Olympic tournament with Marta Menegatti , tested positive for the androgenic steroid Clostebol during a training check on July 19, 2016 , after which she was suspended from all competitions. Laura Giombini took over for Orsi Toth .

qualification

24 women and 24 teams each qualified for the Olympic tournament. A maximum of two duos per gender could qualify per nation.

There were two permanent places for the host Brazil . These were filled with Talita Antunes da Rocha and Larissa (women) and Pedro Solberg Salgado and Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior (men). In addition, the winners of the Beach Volleyball World Championship 2015 qualified . Brazil won both world titles with the female duo Bárbara Seixas and Ágatha Bednarczuk and the male team Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt .

A further fifteen starting places were allocated via an Olympic ranking list. The results of all FIVB tournaments in the period from January 1, 2015 to June 12, 2016 were evaluated in this ranking list . In order to get into the ranking, a team had to show at least twelve participations in such tournaments. The fifteen best teams in the ranking made it to the qualification. No Brazilian teams and a maximum of two duos per nation were taken into account.

Men
nation	Names	Points
	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen	6470
	Nicholas Lucena / Phil Dalhausser	6280
	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst	5960
	Jacob Gibb / Casey Patterson	5680
	Pablo Herrera Allepuz / Adrián Gavira Collado	5500
	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš	5390
	Konstantin Semjonow / Vyacheslav Krassilnikow	5230
	Paolo Nicolai / Daniele Lupo	5220
	Bartosz Łosiak / Piotr Cantor	5180
	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri	5090
	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst	5020
	Grzegorz Fijałek / Mariusz Prudel	4920
	Markus Böckermann / Lars Flüggen	4850
	Chaim Schalk / Ben Saxton	4820
	Juan Virgen / Lombardo Ontiveros	4670

Women
nation	Names	Points
	Kerri Walsh / April Ross	6670
	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst	6500
	Sarah Pavan / Heather Bansley	6150
	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen van Iersel	5920
	Louise Bawden / Taliqua Clancy	5470
	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth	5300
	Karla Borger / Britta Büthe	5260
	Liliana Fernández Steiner / Elsa Baquerizo Macmillan	4830
	Kinga Kołosińska / Monika Brzostek	4800
	Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Vergé-Dépré	4640
	Jamie Lynn Broder / Kristina Valjas	4640
	Joana Heidrich / Nadine Zumkehr	4620
	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat	4470
	Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug	4220
	Wang Fan / Yue Yuan	4150

The next five starting places for women and men were awarded at the Continental Cups. These tournaments were held from June 20-26, 2016 by the five continental associations. Every nation that had not yet reached the maximum of two starting places participated with two teams.

Association	Men		Women
CAVB		Mohamed Arafet Naceur / Choaib Belhaj Salah		Doaa el-Ghobashy / Nada Meawad
CSV		Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt		Olaya Pérez Pazo / Norisbeth Isais Agudo Gonzalez
NORCECA		Nivaldo Nadhir Díaz Gómez / Sergio Reynaldo González Bayard		Natalia Alfaro / Karen Cope Charles
AVC		Jefferson Santos Pereira / Cherif Younousse		Mariafe Artacho / Nicole Laird
CEV		Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl		Sophie van Gestel / Jantine van der Vlist

The last chance to qualify was the World Continental Cup. There, the defeated nations at the Continental Cup played for two starting places on July 4th to 10th.

Men		Women
	Nikita Ljamin / Dmitri Barsuk		Yevgenia Ukolowa / Ekaterina Birlowa
	Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter		Barbora Hermannová / Markéta Sluková

Web links

Commons : 2016 Summer Olympics / Beach volleyball  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Beach volleyball on the official Olympic website (English)
• Information from the FIVB (English)
• FIVB Rio 2016 Beach Volleyball Media Guide (English)
• Information from DVV
• Rules for the qualification (PDF, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Copacabana welcomes newest attraction as Olympic beach volleyball venue opens. FIVB, July 26, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Rio 2016 beach volleyball schedule announced. FIVB, July 15, 2016, accessed on July 27, 2016 (English). 
3. ↑ Olympic Draw completed for Rio 2016 Beach Volleyball competition. FIVB, July 9, 2016, accessed on July 27, 2016 . 
4. ^ Beach Volleyball List Referees. FIVB, accessed August 1, 2016 . 
5. ^ TV in Rio. (No longer available online.) DVV, archived from the original on July 27, 2016 ; accessed on July 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Matthias Penk : Italian beach volleyball player tested positive. beach-volleyball.de, August 2, 2016, accessed on August 3, 2016 . 
7. ↑ FIVB confirms: Giombini replaces Orsi Toth at Olympia. beach-volleyball.de, August 4, 2016, accessed on August 4, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Men's Olympic Ranking teams confirmed. FIVB, June 12, 2016, accessed on July 28, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Women's Olympic Ranking teams confirmed. FIVB, June 12, 2016, accessed on July 28, 2016 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} Qualification Process. FIVB, accessed on July 28, 2016 .