The women's
beach volleyball
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tournament at the
2016 Olympic Games
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil, took place at the
Copacabana Stadium. The competition was held from 6 to 17 August 2016. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.
The medals for the tournament were presented by
Anita DeFrantz
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Biography
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,
IOC Member,
Olympian one
Bronze Medal
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,
United States of America
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, and the gifts were presented by
Dr. Ary Graça Filho,
FIVB President.
Qualification
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 next row was filled by the teams ranked thirteenth to seventeenth. These teams were drawn in pool A to E. The remaining spot of third row was filled by one of the five confederation continental cup champions. Then, the four remaining confederation continental cup champions were drawn in pool F to C. Finally, the winners and runners-up from the World Continental Cup were drawn in the last two spots. Teams from the same national Olympic committee could not be drawn in the same pool, except in the last drawing.
On 3 August 2016,
Viktoria Orsi Toth from Italy was excluded from the women's tournament due to positive doping test for
clostebol before the competition. Her place was replaced by
Laura Giombini.
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Venue
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
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(
UTC−03:00).
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 with the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will play with the fifth-ranked team.
Lucky loser playoffs
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Knockout stage
*All times are
Brasília Time
Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02:00), Brasília time (UTC−03:00), Amazon time (UTC−04:00), and Acr ...
(
UTC−03:00).
The round of sixteen pair up were 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
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
See also
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Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
References
External links
FIVB Official websiteLudwig/Walkenhorst - Olympic Gold Winners Journey
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