Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament explained

Event:Women's beach volleyball
Games:2020 Summer
Venue:Shiokaze Park
Dates:24 July – 6 August 2021
Competitors:48
Teams:24
Nations:17
Gold:April Ross
Alix Klineman
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Taliqua Clancy
Mariafe Artacho del Solar
Silvernoc:AUS
Bronze:Joana Heidrich
Anouk Vergé-Dépré
Bronzenoc:SUI
Prev:2016
Next:2024

The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Shiokaze Park. The competition was held from 24 July to 6 August 2021. It was originally scheduled to take place from 25 July to 8 August 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced on 24 March 2020 that the 2020 Summer Olympics would be delayed to 2021.[1] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.[2] Twenty-four teams with 48 athletes from around the world competed for the gold medal.

April Ross and Alix Klineman won the gold medal, defeating Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar in the final, while Joana Heidrich and Anouk Vergé-Dépré won the bronze medal.[3]

The medals for the competition were presented by Mustapha Berraf, Algeria; IOC Honorary Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ary Graça, Brazil; FIVB President.

Teams

Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams.[4]

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Ana Gallay / Fernanda Pereyra
Taliqua Clancy / Mariafe Artacho del Solar
Ágatha Bednarczuk / Eduarda Santos Lisboa
Ana Patrícia Ramos / Rebecca Cavalcanti
Heather Bansley / Brandie Wilkerson
Sarah Pavan / Melissa Humana-Paredes
Wang Fan / Xia Xinyi
Xue Chen / Wang Xinxin
Lidy Echevarría / Leila Martínez
Barbora Hermannová / Markéta Sluková
Margareta Kozuch / Laura Ludwig
Julia Sude / Karla Borger
Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth
Miki Ishii / Megumi Murakami
Gaudencia Makokha / Brackcides Khadambi
Anastasija Kravčenoka / Tīna Graudiņa
Sanne Keizer / Madelein Meppelink
Katja Stam / Raïsa Schoon
Nadezda Makroguzova / Svetlana Kholomina
Liliana Fernández / Elsa Baquerizo
Nina Betschart / Tanja Hüberli
Joana Heidrich / Anouk Vergé-Dépré
Kelly Claes / Sarah Sponcil
Alix Klineman / April Ross

Draw

The draw was made on 5 July 2021.[5]

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.[6]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).[7]

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Pool E

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Pool F

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Lucky losers

The table below shows the ranking of third-placed teams in the preliminary round. The top two teams advanced to next round automatically. The other teams competed for the two remaining spots. The third-ranked team played against the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team played against the fifth-ranked team.

Lucky loser playoffs

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Knockout stage

The round of sixteen pair ups were determined by a draw following the group stage.[8]

Bracket

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Gold medal game

Final ranking

Rank Team[9]
4
5
9
17
19

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee . 24 March 2020 . . 28 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared. USA Today. 8 July 2021.
  3. Web site: April & Alix celebrate Tokyo Olympic gold. volleyballworld.com. 6 August 2021.
  4. http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Forms/Olympic_Qualification/Tokyo2020-Qualification-System-Beach-Volleyball_31.01.2019.pdf "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020"
  5. Web site: Draw Reveals Pools For Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball Tournament. en.volleyballworld.com. 5 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Competition Officials. olympics.com. 23 July 2021. 23 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210723190727/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/VBV/OG2020-_VBV_C35_VBV-------------------------------.pdf. dead.
  7. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball schedule announced. fivb.com. 12 July 2021.
  8. Web site: Draw sets fixtures in women's round of 16. en.volleyballworld.com. 31 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Tournament Summary. olympics.com. 31 July 2021. 31 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731014934/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/VBV/OG2020-_VBV_C76B_VBVWTEAM2-------------------------.pdf. dead.

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