Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place at the Copacabana Stadium. The competition was held from 6 to 18 August 2016. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.

The medals for the tournament were presented by Bernard Rajzman, Brazil, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Dr. Ary Graça Filho, President of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.

Qualification Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies QualifiedHost country 2 October 2009 Copenhagen 12015 World Championships 26 June – 5 July 2015 1FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking 13 June 2016 Lausanne 152014–2016 AVC Continental Cup20–26 June 2016 Cairns1 2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup3–9 May 2016 Kelibia1 2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016 Stavanger1 2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016 Santiago1 2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup20–26 June 2016 Guaymas12016 FIVB World Continental Cup6–10 July 2016 Sochi2 Total 24

Pools composition Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams. The top six teams from the FIVB beach volleyball Olympic ranking as of 12 June 2016 were seeded at the first row of each pools from pool A to F. The seventh to ninth from the ranking were drawn first in pool F, E, or D. Then, the tenth to twelfth were drawn in pool C, B, or A. The drawing of lots number three belonged the thirteenth to seventeenth teams. They were drawn in pool A to E. The remaining spot of third row were one of five confederation continental cup champions. Next, the four remaining were drawn in pool F to C. Finally the winners and runners-up from World continental cup were drawn last two spots. The teams from the same national Olympic committee could not be the same pool, except the last drawing.

GroupTeamNOCSeedingAlison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar SchmidtAlexander Brouwer / Robert MeeuwsenPhil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena Evandro Oliveira / Pedro Solberg Salgado Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan VarenhorstJake Gibb / Casey PattersonDraw 1Adrián Gavira / Pablo Herrera Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis ŠmēdiņšViacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin SemenovDraw 2Daniele Lupo / Paolo NicolaiPiotr Kantor / Bartosz Łosiak Adrian Carambula / Alex RanghieriDraw 3Clemens Doppler / Alexander HorstGrzegorz Fijałek / Mariusz PrudelMarkus Böckermann / Lars FlüggenBen Saxton / Chaim Schalk Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen Jefferson Pereira / Cherif YounousseMohamed Arafet Naceur / Choaib Belhaj SalahAlexander Huber / Robin SeidlEsteban Grimalt / Marco GrimaltNivaldo Díaz / Sergio GonzálezDraw 6Josh Binstock / Sam SchachterDmitri Barsouk / Nikita Liamin Draw Pool APool BPool C Pool DPool EPool F

Venue Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCopacabana StadiumCapacity: 12,000

Format The preliminary round was a competition between the twenty four teams divided into six groups of four teams. This round, the teams competed in a single round-robin format. The two highest ranked teams in each group and the two best third ranked teams advanced automatically to the knockout stage. The other four third ranked teams faced the lucky loser playoffs to take the last two spots. The fourth placed teams in each pool were ranked nineteenth in this competition. The losers from the lucky loser playoffs were tied seventeenth. The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers in the round of sixteen were ranked ninth. The four quarter-final losers finished fifth. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals.

Pool standing procedure Match points (2 for the winner, 1 for the loser, 0 for forfeit) Between 2 teams consider all teams points ratio / Between 3 teams consider head-to-head points ratio Seeding position of the pools composition

Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament.

Osvaldo Sumavil Mário Ferro Elizir Martins de Oliveira Lucie Guillemette Wang Lijun Juan Carlos Saavedra Charalampos Papadogoulas Davide Crescentini Mariko Satomi Carlos L. Rivera Rodriguez Roman Pristovakin Giovanni Bake José Maria Padron Jonas Personeni Kritsada Panaseri Daniel Apol

Preliminary round All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Lucky losers The table below shows the ranking of third-placed teams in the preliminary round. The top two teams will advance to next round automatically. The other teams will compete for the two remaining spots. The third-ranked team will play with the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will play with the fifth-ranked team.

Lucky loser playoffs

Knockout stage The round of sixteen pair up weer determined by drawing of lots. The six first ranked teams in preliminary pools were separated automatically. Then, the lucky loser playoffs winners were drawn. The two best third ranked were drawn next. And, the last drawing belonged to the second ranked teams. The teams in the same pool from preliminary round could not meet in round of 16.

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking Rank Team Seed110249535924947121315161819171116196914202224

See also Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

References

External links Official website