Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament explained

Event:Men's beach volleyball
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars
Dates:27 July – 10 August
Competitors:48
Teams:24
Nations:18
Gold:David Åhman
Jonatan Hellvig
Goldnoc:SWE
Silver:Nils Ehlers
Clemens Wickler
Silvernoc:GER
Bronze:Anders Mol
Christian Sørum
Bronzenoc:NOR
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, took place at Eiffel Tower Stadium on the Champ de Mars. The competition was held from 27 July to 10 August 2024. Twenty four teams consisting of 48 athletes from 18 NOC's competed.

Qualification

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.

Format

The 24 teams were split into six pools of four teams. After a round-robin the top two teams and the two best third-placed teams advanced to the knockout stage. The other four third-placed teams played in a "lucky loser" round to determine the last two qualifying teams. From there on, a knockout stage was used.[1]

A win was awarded two match points, while a loss was awarded one match point. In the case of a tie in match points, the following tiebreaker criteria was used:[2] Between two teams:

Between three teams:

Competition schedule

The schedule was as follows.[3]

PPreliminary roundLLLucky losers playoffs1/8Round of 16¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchFFinal
Sat 27Sun 28Mon 29Tue 30Wed 31Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 9Sat 10
PPPPPPPPLL1⁄81⁄8¼¼½BF

Teams

24 teams qualified. The first 18 teams were announced on 11 June 2024.[4] Each NOC is limited to two teams.[5] The final places were revealed on 24 June 2024.[6]

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Thomas Hodges – Zachery Schubert
Mark Nicolaidis – Izac Carracher
Julian Hörl – Alexander Horst
Evandro Oliveira – Arthur Lanci
George WanderleyAndré Stein
Sam SchachterDaniel Dearing
Marco GrimaltEsteban Grimalt
Jorge AlayoNoslen Díaz
Ondřej PerušičDavid Schweiner
Youssef Krou – Arnaud Gauthier-Rat
Rémi BassereauJulien Lyneel
Nils EhlersClemens Wickler
Samuele Cottafava – Paolo Nicolai
Alex RanghieriAdrian Carambula
Mohamed AbichaZouheir El Graoui
Matthew Immers – Steven van de Velde
Anders MolChristian Sørum
Michał BrylBartosz Łosiak
Cherif YounousseAhmed Tijan
Pablo HerreraAdrián Gavira
David ÅhmanJonatan Hellvig
Miles EvansChase Budinger
Miles Partain – Andrew Benesh

Draw

The draw was held on 28 June.[7] [8]

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.[9]

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 4 July 2024.[10]

All times are local (UTC+2).

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 will advance to next round automatically. The other teams will compete for the two remaining spots. The third-ranked team will play the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will play the fifth-ranked team.

Lucky loser playoffs

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Knockout stage

The round of sixteen pair up will be determined by drawing of lots. The six first ranked teams in preliminary pools are separated automatically. Then, the lucky loser playoffs winners will be drawn. The two best third ranked will be drawn next. And, the last drawing belongs to the second ranked teams. The teams in the same pool from preliminary round can not meet in round of 16.

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[11]
4
5
9
17
19

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competition formula – Beach volleyball. volleyballworld.com. 16 June 2024.
  2. Web site: volleyballworld.com . 2024 Beach Volleyball Olympic Games Specific Competition Regulations . 2024-08-01 . volleyballworld.com . en.
  3. Web site: Beach Volleyball. olympics.com. 16 June 2024.
  4. Web site: Beach volleyball teams qualified for Paris 2024!. volleyballworld.com. 11 June 2024.
  5. Web site: How to qualify for beach volleyball at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained. olympics.com. 16 June 2024.
  6. Web site: Last Olympic beach volleyball spots filled at continental qualifiers. fivb.com. 24 June 2024.
  7. Web site: Save the date: Paris 2024 beach volleyball pools to be drawn on 28 June. fivb.com. 18 June 2024.
  8. Web site: Paris 2024 beach volleyball teams split into pools for the first round. fivb.com. 28 June 2024.
  9. Web site: Referees. volleyballworld.com. 22 July 2024. 10.
  10. Web site: Partain & Benesh v Diaz & Alayo in Paris 2024 opening match. fivb.com. 4 July 2024.
  11. Web site: Tournament ranking. olympics.com. 4 August 2024.