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

Women's beach volleyball

at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad

Venue

Copacabana Stadium

Dates

6–17 August 2016

Competitors

48 from 17 nations

Teams

Medalists

		Laura Ludwig Kira Walkenhorst	Germany
		Ágatha Bednarczuk Bárbara Seixas	Brazil
		April Ross Kerri Walsh Jennings	United States

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The women'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 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, IOC Member, Olympian one Bronze Medal, United States of America, and the gifts were presented by Dr. Ary Graça Filho, FIVB President.

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Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1	Brazil
2015 World Championships	26 June – 5 July 2015	Netherlands	1	Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking^[1]	13 June 2016	Lausanne	15	United States
				Germany
				Canada
				Netherlands
				Australia
				Italy
				Germany
				Spain
				Poland
				Switzerland
				Canada
				Switzerland
				United States
				Argentina
				China
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Cairns	1	Australia
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup	12–18 April 2016	Abuja	1	Egypt
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Stavanger	1	Netherlands
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Santa Fe	1	Venezuela
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Guaymas	1	Costa Rica
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	6–10 July 2016	Sochi	2	Czech Republic
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	6–10 July 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 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Group	Team	NOC
Seeding	Talita Antunes / Larissa França	Brazil
	Ágatha Bednarczuk / Bárbara Seixas	Brazil
	April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings	United States
	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst	Germany
	Heather Bansley / Sarah Pavan	Canada
	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen van Iersel	Netherlands
Draw 1	Louise Bawden / Taliqua Clancy	Australia
	Karla Borger / Britta Büthe	Germany
	Marta Menegatti / Laura Giombini	Italy
Draw 2	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernández	Spain
	Monika Brzostek / Kinga Kołosińska	Poland
	Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Vergé-Dépré	Switzerland
Draw 3	Jamie Broder / Kristina Valjas	Canada
	Joana Heidrich / Nadine Zumkehr	Switzerland
	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat	United States
	Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug	Argentina
	Wang Fan / Yue Yuan	China
Draw 4–5	Mariafe Artacho / Nicole Laird	Australia
	Doaa Elghobashy / Nada Meawad	Egypt
	Jantine van der Vlist / Sophie van Gestel	Netherlands
	Norisbeth Agudo / Olaya Pérez Pazo	Venezuela
	Nathalia Alfaro / Karen Cope	Costa Rica
Draw 6	Barbora Hermannová / Markéta Sluková	Czech Republic
Draw 6	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova	Russia

Draw

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Larissa – Talita (BRA)	Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)	Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)
Brzostek – Kołosińska (POL)	Elsa – Liliana (ESP)	Forrer – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
Fendrick – Sweat (USA)	Gallay – Klug (ARG)	Wang – Yue (CHN)
Birlova – Ukolova (RUS)	Hermannová – Sluková (CZE)	Artacho Del Solar – Laird (AUS)

Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)	Bansley – Pavan (CAN)	Meppelink – Van Iersel (NED)
Menegatti – Giombini (ITA)	Borger – Büthe (GER)	Bawden – Clancy (AUS)
Broder – Valjas (CAN)	Heidrich – Zumkehr (SUI)	Alfaro – C. Charles (CRC)
Elghobashy – Nada (EGY)	van der Vlist – van Gestel (NED)	Agudo – Pazo (VEN)

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.^[5]

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	Larissa – Talita (BRA)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	84	1.500	Round of 16
2	Brzostek – Kołosińska (POL)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	117	119	0.983	Round of 16
3	Birlova – Ukolova (RUS)	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	126	141	0.894	Lucky losers
4	Fendrick – Sweat (USA)	3	0	3	3	2	6	0.333	127	152	0.836

Source: FIVB

7 August 2016 10:00	Larissa – Talita	2–0	Birlova – Ukolova	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,400 Referees: José Padron (ESP), Daniel Apol (USA)
	(21–14, 21–16) Report

7 August 2016 11:00	Brzostek – Kołosińska	2–1	Fendrick – Sweat	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Carlos Rodríguez (PUR), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(14–21, 21–13, 15–7) Report

9 August 2016 13:00	Brzostek – Kołosińska	2–0	Birlova – Ukolova	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,599 Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), José Padron (ESP)
	(21–19, 21–18) Report

9 August 2016 16:30	Larissa – Talita	2–0	Fendrick – Sweat	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,502 Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)
	(21–16, 21–13) Report

11 August 2016 10:00	Larissa – Talita	2–0	Brzostek – Kołosińska	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)
	(21–10, 21–15) Report

11 August 2016 15:30	Fendrick – Sweat	1–2	Birlova – Ukolova	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,009 Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)
	(18–21, 26–24, 13–15) Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Elsa – Liliana (ESP)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	127	101	1.257	Round of 16
2	Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	134	120	1.117	Round of 16
3	Hermannová – Sluková (CZE)	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	132	145	0.910	Lucky losers
4	Gallay – Klug (ARG)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	106	133	0.797

Source: FIVB

6 August 2016 13:00	Elsa – Liliana	2–0	Gallay – Klug	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,200 Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
	(21–11, 21–19) Report

6 August 2016 15:30	Ágatha – Bárbara	2–1	Hermannová – Sluková	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
	(19–21, 21–17, 15–11) Report

8 August 2016 11:00	Ágatha – Bárbara	2–0	Gallay – Klug	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–11, 21–17) Report

8 August 2016 22:00	Elsa – Liliana	2–0	Hermannová – Sluková	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,593 Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)
	(21–15, 21–19) Report

10 August 2016 17:30	Ágatha – Bárbara	0–2	Elsa – Liliana	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,531 Referees: Carlos Rodríguez (PUR), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(17–21, 20–22) Report

10 August 2016 22:00	Gallay – Klug	1–2	Hermannová – Sluková	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,980 Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)
	(21–13, 19–21, 8–15) Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	142	101	1.406	Round of 16
2	Wang – Yue (CHN)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	124	123	1.008
3	Forrer – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)	3	1	2	4	4	5	0.800	165	171	0.965
4	Artacho Del Solar – Laird (AUS)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	109	145	0.752

Source: FIVB

6 August 2016 23:00	Forrer – Vergé-Dépré	1–2	Wang – Yue	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,844 Referees: Lucie Guillemette (CAN), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(22–24, 21–18, 12–15) Report

7 August 2016 00:00	Ross – Walsh Jennings	2–0	Artacho Del Solar – Laird	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,135 Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–14, 21–13) Report

8 August 2016 10:00	Forrer – Vergé-Dépré	2–1	Artacho Del Solar – Laird	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,688 Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(19–21, 21–16, 21–19) Report

9 August 2016 00:00	Ross – Walsh Jennings	2–0	Wang – Yue	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,272 Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)
	(21–16, 21–9) Report

10 August 2016 13:00	Wang – Yue	2–0	Artacho Del Solar – Laird	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,245 Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)
	(21–16, 21–10) Report

10 August 2016 21:00	Ross – Walsh Jennings	2–1	Forrer – Vergé-Dépré	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,577 Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–13, 22–24, 15–12) Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	138	103	1.340	Round of 16
2	Broder – Valjas (CAN)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	121	118	1.025
3	Menegatti – Giombini (ITA)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	138	128	1.078
4	Elghobashy – Nada (EGY)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	78	126	0.619

Source: FIVB

7 August 2016 18:30	Ludwig – Walkenhorst	2–0	Elghobashy – Nada	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,523 Referees: Lucie Guillemette (CAN), Mário Ferro (BRA)
	(21–12, 21–15) Report

7 August 2016 22:00	Menegatti – Giombini	1–2	Broder – Valjas	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,329 Referees: Carlos Rodríguez (PUR), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
	(21–15, 18–21, 9–15) Report

9 August 2016 12:00	Menegatti – Giombini	2–0	Elghobashy – Nada	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,988 Referees: Kritsada Panaseri (THA), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)
	(21–10, 21–13) Report

9 August 2016 18:30	Ludwig – Walkenhorst	2–0	Broder – Valjas	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,590 Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(21–17, 21–11) Report

11 August 2016 15:30	Broder – Valjas	2–0	Elghobashy – Nada	Copacabana Stadium Court 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Kritsada Panaseri (THA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(21–12, 21–16) Report

11 August 2016 21:00	Ludwig – Walkenhorst	2–1	Menegatti – Giombini	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,832 Referees: José Padron (ESP), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(21–18, 18–21, 15–9) Report

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bansley – Pavan (CAN)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	102	1.235	Round of 16
2	Heidrich – Zumkehr (SUI)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	131	110	1.191	Round of 16
3	Borger – Büthe (GER)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	104	117	0.889	Lucky losers
4	van der Vlist – van Gestel (NED)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	105	137	0.766

Source: FIVB

7 August 2016 15:30	Bansley – Pavan	2–0	van der Vlist – van Gestel	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Osvaldo Sumavil (GRE)
	(21–15, 21–17) Report

7 August 2016 21:00	Borger – Büthe	0–2	Heidrich – Zumkehr	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), José Padron (ESP)
	(12–21, 16–21) Report

9 August 2016 21:00	Borger – Büthe	2–0	van der Vlist – van Gestel	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,625 Referees: Carlos Rodríguez (PUR), Daniel Apol (USA)
	(21–19, 21–14) Report

10 August 2016 00:00	Bansley – Pavan	2–0	Heidrich – Zumkehr	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,580 Referees: Elizir de Oliveira (BRA), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(21–18, 21–18) Report

11 August 2016 18:30	Heidrich – Zumkehr	2–1	van der Vlist – van Gestel	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,722 Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(17–21, 21–11, 15–8) Report

11 August 2016 22:00	Bansley – Pavan	2–0	Borger – Büthe	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,741 Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Elzir De Oliveira (BRA)
	(21–19, 21–15) Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bawden – Clancy (AUS)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	145	102	1.422	Round of 16
2	Meppelink – Van Iersel (NED)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	144	121	1.190	Round of 16
3	Agudo – Pazo (VEN)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	93	119	0.782	Lucky losers
4	Alfaro – C. Charles (CRC)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	96	126	0.762

Source: FIVB

6 August 2016 17:00	Bawden – Clancy	2–0	Alfaro – C. Charles	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)
	(21–15, 21–14) Report

6 August 2016 18:30	Meppelink – Van Iersel	2–0	Agudo – Pazo	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,384 Referees: Kritsada Panaseri (THA), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(21–17, 21–11) Report

8 August 2016 17:30	Meppelink – Van Iersel	2–0	Alfaro – C. Charles	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,593 Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(21–16, 21–16) Report

8 August 2016 23:00	Bawden – Clancy	2–0	Agudo – Pazo	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,272 Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(21–9, 21–14) Report

10 August 2016 16:00	Meppelink – Van Iersel	1–2	Bawden – Clancy	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,448 Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(25–27, 21–18, 14–16) Report

10 August 2016 18:30	Alfaro – C. Charles	0–2	Agudo – Pazo	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,577 Referees: Kritsada Panaseri (THA), Daniel Apol (USA)
	(16–21, 19–21) Report

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	Menegatti – Giombini (ITA)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	138	128	1.078	Round of 16
2	Forrer – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)	3	1	2	4	4	5	0.800	165	171	0.965	Round of 16
3	Hermannová – Sluková (CZE)	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	132	145	0.910	Lucky loser playoffs
4	Borger – Büthe (GER)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	104	117	0.889
5	Agudo – Pazo (VEN)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	93	119	0.782
6	Birlova – Ukolova (RUS)	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	126	141	0.894

Source: FIVB

Lucky loser playoffs

12 August 2016 00:00	Hermannová – Sluková	1–2	Birlova – Ukolova	Copacabana Stadium Court 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)
	(19–21, 21–12, 10–15) Report

12 August 2016 00:00	Borger – Büthe	2–0	Agudo – Pazo	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,641 Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(21–13, 21–8) Report

Knockout stage

All times are Brasília Time (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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

12 August

Larissa – Talita (BRA)

14 August

Borger – Büthe (GER)

Larissa – Talita (BRA)

13 August

Heidrich – Zumkehr (SUI)

Meppelink – Van Iersel (NED)

16 August

Heidrich – Zumkehr (SUI)

Larissa – Talita (BRA)

13 August

Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)

Bansley – Pavan (CAN)

14 August

Broder – Valjas (CAN)

Bansley – Pavan (CAN)

13 August

Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)

Forrer – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

17 August

Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)

12 August

Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)

Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)

14 August

Menegatti – Giombini (ITA)

Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)

13 August

Bawden – Clancy (AUS)

Brzostek – Kołosińska (POL)

16 August

Bawden – Clancy (AUS)

Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)

12 August

Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)

Bronze medal

Wang – Yue (CHN)

14 August

17 August

Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)

Larissa – Talita (BRA)

12 August

Birlova – Ukolova (RUS)

Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)

Birlova – Ukolova (RUS)

Elsa – Liliana (ESP)

Round of 16

12 August 2016 11:00	Wang – Yue	0–2	Ágatha – Bárbara	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Carlos Rodríguez (PUR), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(12–21, 16–21) Report

12 August 2016 16:00	Larissa – Talita	2–0	Borger – Büthe	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,843 Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)
	(21–17, 21–19) Report

12 August 2016 19:00	Birlova – Ukolova	2–0	Elsa – Liliana	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,439 Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(23–21, 24–22) Report

12 August 2016 23:59	Ross – Walsh Jennings	2–0	Menegatti – Giombini	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,599 Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
	(21–10, 21–16) Report

13 August 2016 12:00	Bansley – Pavan	2–0	Broder – Valjas	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,661 Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(21–16, 21–11) Report

13 August 2016 15:00	Forrer – Vergé-Dépré	0–2	Ludwig – Walkenhorst	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lucie Guillemette (CAN), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(19–21, 10–21) Report

13 August 2016 20:00	Meppelink – Van Iersel	1–2	Heidrich – Zumkehr	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,297 Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)
	(21–19, 13–21, 10–15) Report

13 August 2016 23:00	Brzostek – Kołosińska	1–2	Bawden – Clancy	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,052 Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Daniel Apol (USA)
	(21–15, 16–21, 11–15) Report

Quarterfinals

14 August 2016 16:00	Bansley – Pavan	0–2	Ludwig – Walkenhorst	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Mário Ferro (BRA)
	(14–21, 14–21) Report

14 August 2016 17:00	Larissa – Talita	2–1	Heidrich – Zumkehr	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,961 Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(21–23, 27–25, 15–13) Report

14 August 2016 23:00	Ágatha – Bárbara	2–0	Birlova – Ukolova	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Juan Saavedra (COL)
	(23–21, 21–16) Report

14 August 2016 23:59	Ross – Walsh Jennings	2–0	Bawden – Clancy	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–14, 21–16) Report

Semifinals

16 August 2016 16:00	Larissa – Talita	0–2	Ludwig – Walkenhorst	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,045 Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), José Padron (ESP)
	(18–21, 12–21) Report

16 August 2016 23:59	Ross – Walsh Jennings	0–2	Ágatha – Bárbara	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,654 Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(20–22, 18–21) Report

Bronze medal game

17 August 2016 22:00	Larissa – Talita	1–2	Ross – Walsh Jennings	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,217 Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(21–17, 17–21, 9–15) Report

Gold medal game

17 August 2016 23:59	Ludwig – Walkenhorst	2–0	Ágatha – Bárbara	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,667 Referees: José Padron (ESP), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(21–18, 21–14) Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Seed
	Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)	4
	Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)	2
	Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)	3
4	Larissa – Talita (BRA)	1
5	Bansley – Pavan (CAN)	5
	Bawden – Clancy (AUS)	7
	Heidrich – Zumkehr (SUI)	17
	Birlova – Ukolova (RUS)	24
9	Meppelink – Van Iersel (NED)	6
	Borger – Büthe (GER)	7
	Menegatti – Giombini (ITA)	9
	Forrer – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)	10
	Elsa – Liliana (ESP)	11
	Brzostek – Kołosińska (POL)	12
	Wang – Yue (CHN)	15
	Broder – Valjas (CAN)	16
17	Agudo – Pazo (VEN)	19
17	Hermannová – Sluková (CZE)	23
19	Fendrick – Sweat (USA)	13
	Gallay – Klug (ARG)	14
	Alfaro – C. Charles (CRC)	18
	van der Vlist – van Gestel (NED)	20
	Elghobashy – Nada (EGY)	21
	Artacho Del Solar – Laird (AUS)	22

References

^ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Women". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
^ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking – Women". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
^ "Rio 2016 Olympic beach volleyball Drawing of Lots Saturday in Gstaad". FIVB. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Viktoria Orsi Toth was replaced by Rebecca Perry from doping issue (in Italian)". Retrieved 4 August 2016.
^ "Volleyball List of Referees". FIVB. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

External links

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v t e 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) 2020: Alix Klineman & April Ross (USA)
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) 2020: Anders Mol & Christian Sørum (NOR)

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

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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