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

Men's beach volleyball

at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad

Venue

Copacabana Stadium

Dates

6–18 August 2016

Competitors

48 from 17 nations

Teams

Medalists

	Alison Cerutti Bruno Oscar Schmidt	Brazil
	Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai	Italy
	Alexander Brouwer Robert Meeuwsen	Netherlands

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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.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Championships	26 June – 5 July 2015	Netherlands	1	Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking^[1]	13 June 2016	Lausanne	15	Netherlands
				United States
				Netherlands
				United States
				Spain
				Latvia
				Russia
				Italy
				Poland
				Italy
				Austria
				Poland
				Germany
				Canada
				Mexico
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Cairns	1	Qatar
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup	3–9 May 2016	Kelibia	1	Tunisia
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Stavanger	1	Austria
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Santiago	1	Chile
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Guaymas	1	Cuba
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Sochi	2	Canada
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Sochi	2	Russia
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^[2] 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.^[3]

Group	Team	NOC
Seeding	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt	Brazil
	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen	Netherlands
	Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena	United States
	Evandro Oliveira / Pedro Solberg Salgado	Brazil
	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst	Netherlands
	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson	United States
Draw 1	Adrián Gavira / Pablo Herrera	Spain
	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš	Latvia
	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov	Russia
Draw 2	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai	Italy
	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Łosiak	Poland
	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri	Italy
Draw 3	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst	Austria
	Grzegorz Fijałek / Mariusz Prudel	Poland
	Markus Böckermann / Lars Flüggen	Germany
	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk	Canada
	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen	Mexico
Draw 4–5	Jefferson Pereira / Cherif Younousse	Qatar
	Mohamed Arafet Naceur / Choaib Belhaj Salah	Tunisia
	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl	Austria
	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt	Chile
	Nivaldo Díaz / Sergio González	Cuba
Draw 6	Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter	Canada
Draw 6	Dmitri Barsouk / Nikita Liamin	Russia

Pool A
Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)
Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA)
Doppler – Horst (AUT)
Binstock – Schachter (CAN)

Pool C
Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)
Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)
Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)
Belhaj – Naceur (TUN)

Pool E
Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)
Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)
Fijałek – Prudel (POL)
Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI)

Pool B
Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)
Kantor – Łosiak (POL)
Böckermann – Flüggen (GER)
Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)

Pool D
Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA)
Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT)
Saxton – Schalk (CAN)
Díaz – González (CUB)

Pool F
Gibb – Patterson (USA)
Gavira – Herrera (ESP)
Huber – Seidl (AUT)
Cherif – Jefferson (QAT)

Venue

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Copacabana Stadium
Capacity: 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.^[4]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	127	119	1.067	Round of 16
2	Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	140	128	1.094
3	Doppler – Horst (AUT)	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	133	145	0.917
4	Binstock – Schachter (CAN)	3	0	3	3	2	6	0.333	137	145	0.945

Source: FIVB

6 August 2016
10:00

Carambula – Ranghieri	2–0	Doppler – Horst
(21–14, 21–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)

6 August 2016
11:00

Alison – Bruno Schmidt	2–0	Binstock – Schachter
(21–19, 22–20) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Wang Lijun (CHN)

8 August 2016
15:30

Alison – Bruno Schmidt	1–2	Doppler – Horst
(21–23, 21–16, 13–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,593
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)

8 August 2016
21:00

Carambula – Ranghieri	2–1	Binstock – Schachter
(21–18, 14–21, 15–11) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Jonas Personeni (SUI)

10 August 2016
15:30

Alison – Bruno Schmidt	2–0	Carambula – Ranghieri
(21–19, 21–16) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,531
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)

11 August 2016
00:00

Doppler – Horst	2–1	Binstock – Schachter
(21–19, 16–21, 15–8) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 1,953
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Giovanni Bake (RSA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	138	121	1.140	Round of 16
2	Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	113	194	0.582	Round of 16
3	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	113	116	0.974	Lucky losers
4	Böckermann – Flüggen (GER)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	117	140	0.836

Source: FIVB

6 August 2016
17:30

Brouwer – Meeuwsen	2–0	Barsouk – Liamin
(21–15, 21–14) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Daniel Apol (USA)

6 August 2016
21:00

Kantor – Łosiak	2–0	Böckermann – Flüggen
(21–11, 23–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,135
Referees: Lucie Guillemette (CAN), Mário Ferro (BRA)

8 August 2016
12:00

Kantor – Łosiak	0–2	Barsouk – Liamin
(14–21, 17–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Jonas Personeni (SUI)

8 August 2016
18:30

Brouwer – Meeuwsen	2–1	Böckermann – Flüggen
(21–19, 17–21, 16–14) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,593
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Elzir De Oliveira (BRA)

10 August 2016
16:30

Brouwer – Meeuwsen	2–0	Kantor – Łosiak
(21–19, 21–19) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,531
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Juan Saavedra (COL)

10 August 2016
23:00

Böckermann – Flüggen	0–2	Barsouk – Liamin
(14–21, 17–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,246
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	146	107	1.364	Round of 16
2	Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	123	108	1.139	Round of 16
3	Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	144	142	1.014	Lucky losers
4	Belhaj – Naceur (TUN)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	70	126	0.556

Source: FIVB

7 August 2016
12:00

Lupo – Nicolai	1–2	Ontiveros – Virgen
(21–14, 14–21, 11–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,433
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Mariko Satomi (JPN)

7 August 2016
16:30

Dalhausser – Lucena	2–0	Belhaj – Naceur
(21–7, 21–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,924
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Jonas Personeni (SUI)

9 August 2016
11:00

Dalhausser – Lucena	2–0	Ontiveros – Virgen
(21–14, 21–17) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,988
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Elizir de Oliveira (BRA)

9 August 2016
22:00

Lupo – Nicolai	2–0	Belhaj – Naceur
(21–17, 21–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,671
Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Juan Saavedra (COL)

11 August 2016
16:30

Dalhausser – Lucena	2–1	Lupo – Nicolai
(21–13, 17–21, 24–22) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,241
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)

11 August 2016
16:30

Ontiveros – Virgen	2–0	Belhaj – Naceur
(21–10, 21–10) Report

Copacabana Stadium Court 1, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Díaz – González (CUB)	3	3	0	6	6	2	3.000	159	142	1.120	Round of 16
2	Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA)	3	1	2	4	4	5	0.800	157	159	0.987	Round of 16
3	Saxton – Schalk (CAN)	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	138	149	0.926	Lucky losers
4	Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT)	3	1	2	4	4	5	0.800	150	164	0.915

Source: FIVB

7 August 2016
17:30

Evandro – Pedro Solberg	1–2	Díaz – González
(22–24, 23–21, 13–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,540
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)

8 August 2016
00:00

Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš	2–1	Saxton – Schalk
(21–17, 18–21, 15–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,274
Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Daniel Apol (USA)

9 August 2016
10:00

Evandro – Pedro Solberg	1–2	Saxton – Schalk
(21–17, 18–21, 14–16) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,988
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)

9 August 2016
15:30

Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš	1–2	Díaz – González
(21–23, 21–19. 9–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,353
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Jonas Personeni (SUI)

11 August 2016
11:00

Saxton – Schalk	0–2	Díaz – González
(15–21, 18–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,838
Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Elzir De Oliveira (BRA)

11 August 2016
17:30

Evandro – Pedro Solberg	2–1	Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš
(21–16, 20–22, 15–7) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,722
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Wang Lijun (CHN)

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	134	103	1.301	Round of 16
2	Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	142	126	1.127	Round of 16
3	Fijałek – Prudel (POL)	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	126	140	0.900	Lucky losers
4	Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	103	136	0.757

Source: FIVB

7 August 2016
13:00

Nummerdor – Varenhorst	2–0	Grimalt E. – Grimalt M.
(21–16, 21–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,433
Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)

7 August 2016
23:00

Krasilnikov – Semenov	2–0	Fijałek – Prudel
(21–14, 21–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,329
Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)

9 August 2016
17:30

Nummerdor – Varenhorst	2–1	Fijałek – Prudel
(21–17, 19–21, 15–9) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,590
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Giovanni Bake (RSA)

9 August 2016
23:00

Krasilnikov – Semenov	2–0	Grimalt E. – Grimalt M.
(21–17, 21–14) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,875
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)

11 August 2016
12:00

Fijałek – Prudel	2–1	Grimalt E. – Grimalt M.
(21–13, 16–21, 15–9) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,838
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), José Padron (ESP)

11 August 2016
13:00

Nummerdor – Varenhorst	1–2	Krasilnikov – Semenov
(15–21, 21–14, 9–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,838
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Gavira – Herrera (ESP)	3	2	1	5	5	4	1.250	153	147	1.041	Round of 16
2	Cherif – Jefferson (QAT)	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	135	145	0.931
3	Huber – Seidl (AUT)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	145	140	1.036
4	Gibb – Patterson (USA)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	125	126	0.992

Source: FIVB

6 August 2016
16:30

Gibb – Patterson	2–0	Cherif – Jefferson
(21–16, 21–16) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)

6 August 2016
22:00

Gavira – Herrera	2–1	Huber – Seidl
(14–21, 21–17, 15–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,135
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)

8 August 2016
13:00

Gavira – Herrera	1–2	Cherif – Jefferson
(21–13, 18–21, 12–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)

8 August 2016
16:30

Gibb – Patterson	0–2	Huber – Seidl
(18–21, 18–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,593
Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), José Padron (ESP)

10 August 2016
11:00

Gibb – Patterson	1–2	Gavira – Herrera
(19–21, 21–16, 7–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,245
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Giovanni Bake (RSA)

10 August 2016
12:00

Huber – Seidl	1–2	Cherif – Jefferson
(21–18, 19–21, 12–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,245
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Jonas Personeni (SUI)

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Doppler – Horst (AUT)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	133	145	0.917	Round of 16
2	Huber – Seidl (AUT)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	145	140	1.036	Round of 16
3	Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	144	142	1.014	Lucky loser playoffs
4	Saxton – Schalk (CAN)	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	138	149	0.926
5	Fijałek – Prudel (POL)	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	126	140	0.900
6	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	113	116	0.974

Source: FIVB

Lucky loser playoffs

11 August 2016
23:00

Lupo – Nicolai	2–1	Kantor – Łosiak
(21–12, 15–21, 15–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium Court 1, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Wang Lijun (CHN)

11 August 2016
23:00

Saxton – Schalk	2–0	Fijałek – Prudel
(21–19. 21–18) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,741
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Davide Crescentini (ITA)

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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

12 August

Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA)

15 August

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

13 August

Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)

Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA)

16 August

Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

12 August

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

15 August

Cherif – Jefferson (QAT)

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

12 August

Díaz – González (CUB)

Doppler – Horst (AUT)

18 August

Díaz – González (CUB)

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

13 August

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)

15 August

Huber – Seidl (AUT)

Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)

13 August

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

16 August

Gavira – Herrera (ESP)

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

12 August

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

Bronze medal

Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)

15 August

18 August

Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)

Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

13 August

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

Saxton – Schalk (CAN)

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

Round of 16

12 August 2016
12:00

Krasilnikov – Semenov	2–0	Cherif – Jefferson
(21–13, 21–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,237
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)

12 August 2016
15:00

Doppler – Horst	0–2	Díaz – González
(17–21, 14–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,756
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Jonas Personeni (SUI)

12 August 2016
20:00

Ontiveros – Virgen	0–2	Nummerdor – Varenhorst
(18–21, 15–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,878
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), José Padron (ESP)

12 August 2016
23:00

Carambula – Ranghieri	0–2	Lupo – Nicolai
(12–21, 21–23) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,247
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Juan Saavedra (COL)

13 August 2016
11:00

Alison – Bruno Schmidt	2–0	Gavira – Herrera
(24–22, 21–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,989
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Wang Lijun (CHN)

13 August 2016
16:00

Evandro – Pedro Solberg	1–2	Barsouk – Liamin
(21–16, 14–21, 10–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,778
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)

13 August 2016
19:00

Saxton – Schalk	0–2	Brouwer – Meeuwsen
(12–21, 15–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,449
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Davide Crescentini (ITA)

13 August 2016
23:59

Dalhausser – Lucena	2–0	Huber – Seidl
(21–14, 21–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,180
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)

Quarterfinals

15 August 2016
16:00

Dalhausser – Lucena	1–2	Alison – Bruno Schmidt
(14–21, 21–12, 9–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,256
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Mariko Satomi (JPN)

15 August 2016
17:00

Nummerdor – Varenhorst	0–2	Brouwer – Meeuwsen
(23–25, 17–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)

15 August 2016
23:00

Lupo – Nicolai	2–1	Barsouk – Liamin
(21–18, 20–22, 15–11) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,318
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Elzir De Oliveira (BRA)

15 August 2016
23:59

Krasilnikov – Semenov	2–1	Díaz – González
(22–20, 22–24, 18–16) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,042
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Mário Ferro (BRA)

Semifinals

16 August 2016
17:00

Alison – Bruno Schmidt	2–1	Brouwer – Meeuwsen
(21–17, 21–23, 16–14) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)

16 August 2016
23:00

Lupo – Nicolai	2–1	Krasilnikov – Semenov
(15–21, 21–16, 15–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Elizir de Oliveira (BRA)

Bronze medal game

18 August 2016
22:00

Brouwer – Meeuwsen	2–0	Krasilnikov – Semenov
(23–21, 22–20) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,622
Referees: Elizir de Oliveira (BRA), Davide Crescentini (ITA)

Gold medal game

18 August 2016
23:59

Alison – Bruno Schmidt	2–0	Lupo – Nicolai
(21–19, 21–17) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,199
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Daniel Apol (USA)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Seed
01 !	Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)	1
02 !	Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)	10
03 !	Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)	2
4	Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)	9
5	Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)	3
	Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)	5
	Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)	9
	Díaz – González (CUB)	24
9	Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA)	4
	Gavira – Herrera (ESP)	7
	Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA)	12
	Doppler – Horst (AUT)	13
	Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)	15
	Saxton – Schalk (CAN)	16
	Huber – Seidl (AUT)	18
	Cherif – Jefferson (QAT)	19
17	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)	11
17	Fijałek – Prudel (POL)	16
19	Gibb – Patterson (USA)	6
	Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT)	9
	Böckermann – Flüggen (GER)	14
	Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI)	20
	Belhaj – Naceur (TUN)	22
	Binstock – Schachter (CAN)	24

References

↑ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
↑ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic beach volleyball drawing of lots Saturday in Gstaad". FIVB. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
↑ "Volleyball List of Referees". FIVB. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

External links

Official website

Events at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Chronological summary

Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics

	1996 men women 2000 men women 2004 men women 2008 men women 2012 men women 2016 men women

List of medalists List of venues

Olympic champions in beach volleyball

Women	1996: Jackie Silva & Sandra Pires (BRA) 2000: Natalie Cook & Kerri Pottharst (AUS) 2004: Kerri Walsh & Misty May (USA) 2008: Kerri Walsh & Misty May-Treanor (USA) 2012: Kerri Walsh Jennings & Misty May-Treanor (USA) 2016: Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst (GER)

Men	1996: Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes (USA) 2000: Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana (USA) 2004: Ricardo Santos & Emanuel Rego (BRA) 2008: Phil Dalhausser & Todd Rogers (USA) 2012: Julius Brink & Jonas Reckermann (GER) 2016: Alison Cerutti & Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)

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

Qualification

Pools composition

Venue

Format

Pool standing procedure

Referees

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Lucky losers

Lucky loser playoffs

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking

See also

References

External links