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

Event:Women's beach volleyball
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars
Dates:27 July – 9 August
Competitors:48
Nations:17
Gold:Ana Patrícia
Duda Lisboa
Goldnoc:BRA
Silver:Melissa Humana-Paredes
Brandie Wilkerson
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Tanja Hüberli
Nina Betschart
Bronzenoc:SUI
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The women'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 9 August 2024. Twenty-four teams consisting of 48 athletes from 17 NOCs competed.

Qualification

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women'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 9
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]

width=300Teamwidth=140NOC
Taliqua ClancyMariafe Artacho del Solar
Carolina Solberg SalgadoBárbara Seixas
Eduarda Santos Lisboa – Ana Patrícia Ramos
Melissa Humana-ParedesBrandie Wilkerson
Heather BansleySophie Bukovec
Xia XinyiXue Chen
Barbora HermannováMarie-Sára Štochlová
Marwa AbdelhadyDoaa Elghobashy
Lézana PlacetteAlexia Richard
Aline ChamereauClémence Vieira
Laura LudwigLouisa Lippmann
Svenja MüllerCinja Tillmann
Valentina GottardiMarta Menegatti
Akiko HasegawaMiki Ishii
Tīna GraudiņaAnastasija Kravčenoka
Monika PaulikienėAinė Raupelytė
Katja StamRaïsa Schoon
Giuliana PolettiMichelle Valiente
Esmée BöbnerZoé Vergé-Dépré
Tanja Hüberli – Nina Betschart
Daniela Álvarez MendozaTania Moreno
Liliana FernándezPaula Soria
Sara HughesKelly Cheng
Kristen NussTaryn Kloth

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 the 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 . 1 August 2024 . 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.