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	24
Medalists
Alison Cerutti Bruno Oscar Schmidt   Brazil   Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai   Italy   Alexander Brouwer Robert Meeuwsen   Netherlands

Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Qualification		men		women
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women
Beach
Qualification		men		women
Tournament		men		women

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
				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 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

1. Match points (2 for the winner, 1 for the loser, 0 for forfeit)
2. Between 2 teams consider all teams points ratio / Between 3 teams consider head-to-head points ratio
3. 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

Carambula – Ranghieri v Doppler – Horst

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)

Alison – Bruno Schmidt v Binstock – Schachter

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)

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Alison – Bruno Schmidt v Doppler – Horst

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)

Carambula – Ranghieri v Binstock – Schachter

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)

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Alison – Bruno Schmidt v Carambula – Ranghieri

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)

Doppler – Horst v Binstock – Schachter

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
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

Brouwer – Meeuwsen v Barsouk – Liamin

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)

Kantor – Łosiak v Böckermann – Flüggen

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)

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Kantor – Łosiak v Barsouk – Liamin

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)

Brouwer – Meeuwsen v Böckermann – Flüggen

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)

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Brouwer – Meeuwsen v Kantor – Łosiak

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)

Böckermann – Flüggen v Barsouk – Liamin

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
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

Lupo – Nicolai v Ontiveros – Virgen

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)

Dalhausser – Lucena v Belhaj – Naceur

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)

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Dalhausser – Lucena v Ontiveros – Virgen

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)

Lupo – Nicolai v Belhaj – Naceur

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)

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Dalhausser – Lucena v Lupo – Nicolai

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)

Ontiveros – Virgen v Belhaj – Naceur

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
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

Evandro – Pedro Solberg v Díaz – González

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)

Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš v Saxton – Schalk

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)

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Evandro – Pedro Solberg v Saxton – Schalk

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)

Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš v Díaz – González

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)

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Saxton – Schalk v Díaz – González

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)

Evandro – Pedro Solberg v Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš

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
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

Nummerdor – Varenhorst v Grimalt E. – Grimalt M.

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)

Krasilnikov – Semenov v Fijałek – Prudel

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)

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Nummerdor – Varenhorst v Fijałek – Prudel

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)

Krasilnikov – Semenov v Grimalt E. – Grimalt M.

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)

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Fijałek – Prudel v Grimalt E. – Grimalt M.

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)

Nummerdor – Varenhorst v Krasilnikov – Semenov

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

Gibb – Patterson v Cherif – Jefferson

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)

Gavira – Herrera v Huber – Seidl

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)

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Gavira – Herrera v Cherif – Jefferson

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)

Gibb – Patterson v Huber – Seidl

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)

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Gibb – Patterson v Gavira – Herrera

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)

Huber – Seidl v Cherif – Jefferson

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
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

Lupo – Nicolai v Kantor – Łosiak

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)

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Saxton – Schalk v Fijałek – Prudel

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)

0

15 August

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

2

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

2

13 August

Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)

1

Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA)

1

16 August

Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)

2

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

2

12 August

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

1

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

2

15 August

Cherif – Jefferson (QAT)

0

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

2

12 August

Díaz – González (CUB)

1

Doppler – Horst (AUT)

0

18 August

Díaz – González (CUB)

2

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

0

13 August

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)

2

15 August

Huber – Seidl (AUT)

0

Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)

1

13 August

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

16 August

Gavira – Herrera (ESP)

0

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

12 August

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

1

Bronze medal

Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)

0

15 August

18 August

Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)

2

Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)

0

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

0

13 August

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

2

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

2

Saxton – Schalk (CAN)

0

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

2

Round of 16

Krasilnikov – Semenov v Cherif – Jefferson

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)

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Doppler – Horst v Díaz – González

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)

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Ontiveros – Virgen v Nummerdor – Varenhorst

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)

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Carambula – Ranghieri v Lupo – Nicolai

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)

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Alison – Bruno Schmidt v Gavira – Herrera

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)

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Evandro – Pedro Solberg v Barsouk – Liamin

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)

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Saxton – Schalk v Brouwer – Meeuwsen

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)

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Dalhausser – Lucena v Huber – Seidl

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

Dalhausser – Lucena v Alison – Bruno Schmidt

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)

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Nummerdor – Varenhorst v Brouwer – Meeuwsen

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)

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Lupo – Nicolai v Barsouk – Liamin

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)

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Krasilnikov – Semenov v Díaz – González

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

Alison – Bruno Schmidt v Brouwer – Meeuwsen

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)

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Lupo – Nicolai v Krasilnikov – Semenov

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

Brouwer – Meeuwsen v Krasilnikov – Semenov

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

Alison – Bruno Schmidt v Lupo – Nicolai

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
	Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)	1
	Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)	10
	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
	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

See also

• Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

References

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

External links

• Official website