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.

Qualification

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 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	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	20–26 June 2016	Sochi	2	Czech Republic
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 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

Pool A
Larissa – Talita (BRA)
Brzostek – Kołosińska (POL)
Fendrick – Sweat (USA)
Birlova – Ukolova (RUS)

Pool C
Ross – Walsh Jennings (USA)
Forrer – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
Wang – Yue (CHN)
Artacho Del Solar – Laird (AUS)

Pool E
Bansley – Pavan (CAN)
Borger – Büthe (GER)
Heidrich – Zumkehr (SUI)
van der Vlist – van Gestel (NED)

Pool B
Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)
Elsa – Liliana (ESP)
Gallay – Klug (ARG)
Hermannová – Sluková (CZE)

Pool D
Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)
Menegatti – Giombini (ITA)
Broder – Valjas (CAN)
Elghobashy – Nada (EGY)

Pool F
Meppelink – Van Iersel (NED)
Bawden – Clancy (AUS)
Alfaro – C. Charles (CRC)
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.

US politician John Kerry speaking with Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Sweat at Copacabana.

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	—	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
(21–14, 21–16) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,400
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Daniel Apol (USA)

7 August 2016
11:00

Brzostek – Kołosińska	2–1	Fendrick – Sweat
(14–21, 21–13, 15–7) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,400
Referees: Carlos Rodríguez (PUR), Davide Crescentini (ITA)

9 August 2016
13:00

Brzostek – Kołosińska	2–0	Birlova – Ukolova
(21–19, 21–18) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,599
Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), José Padron (ESP)

9 August 2016
16:30

Larissa – Talita	2–0	Fendrick – Sweat
(21–16, 21–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,502
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)

11 August 2016
10:00

Larissa – Talita	2–0	Brzostek – Kołosińska
(21–10, 21–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)

11 August 2016
15:30

Fendrick – Sweat	1–2	Birlova – Ukolova
(18–21, 26–24, 13–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,009
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)

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	—	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
(21–11, 21–19) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,200
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Jonas Personeni (SUI)

6 August 2016
15:30

Ágatha – Bárbara	2–1	Hermannová – Sluková
(19–21, 21–17, 15–11) Report

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

8 August 2016
11:00

Ágatha – Bárbara	2–0	Gallay – Klug
(21–11, 21–17) Report

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

8 August 2016
22:00

Elsa – Liliana	2–0	Hermannová – Sluková
(21–15, 21–19) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,593
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)

10 August 2016
17:30

Ágatha – Bárbara	0–2	Elsa – Liliana
(17–21, 20–22) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,531
Referees: Carlos Rodríguez (PUR), Mariko Satomi (JPN)

10 August 2016
22:00

Gallay – Klug	1–2	Hermannová – Sluková
(21–13, 19–21, 8–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,980
Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)

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
(22–24, 21–18, 12–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,844
Referees: Lucie Guillemette (CAN), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)

7 August 2016
00:00

Ross – Walsh Jennings	2–0	Artacho Del Solar – Laird
(21–14, 21–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,135
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)

8 August 2016
10:00

Forrer – Vergé-Dépré	2–1	Artacho Del Solar – Laird
(19–21, 21–16, 21–19) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,688
Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Giovanni Bake (RSA)

9 August 2016
00:00

Ross – Walsh Jennings	2–0	Wang – Yue
(21–16, 21–9) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,272
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)

10 August 2016
13:00

Wang – Yue	2–0	Artacho Del Solar – Laird
(21–16, 21–10) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,245
Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)

10 August 2016
21:00

Ross – Walsh Jennings	2–1	Forrer – Vergé-Dépré
(21–13, 22–24, 15–12) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,577
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)

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
(21–12, 21–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,523
Referees: Lucie Guillemette (CAN), Mário Ferro (BRA)

7 August 2016
22:00

Menegatti – Giombini	1–2	Broder – Valjas
(21–15, 18–21, 9–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,329
Referees: Carlos Rodríguez (PUR), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)

9 August 2016
12:00

Menegatti – Giombini	2–0	Elghobashy – Nada
(21–10, 21–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,988
Referees: Kritsada Panaseri (THA), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)

9 August 2016
18:30

Ludwig – Walkenhorst	2–0	Broder – Valjas
(21–17, 21–11) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,590
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Wang Lijun (CHN)

11 August 2016
15:30

Broder – Valjas	2–0	Elghobashy – Nada
(21–12, 21–16) Report

Copacabana Stadium Court 1, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Kritsada Panaseri (THA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)

11 August 2016
21:00

Ludwig – Walkenhorst	2–1	Menegatti – Giombini
(21–18, 18–21, 15–9) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,832
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Mariko Satomi (JPN)

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	—	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
(21–15, 21–17) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Osvaldo Sumavil (GRE)

7 August 2016
21:00

Borger – Büthe	0–2	Heidrich – Zumkehr
(12–21, 16–21) Report

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

9 August 2016
21:00

Borger – Büthe	2–0	van der Vlist – van Gestel
(21–19, 21–14) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,625
Referees: Carlos Rodríguez (PUR), Daniel Apol (USA)

10 August 2016
00:00

Bansley – Pavan	2–0	Heidrich – Zumkehr
(21–18, 21–18) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,580
Referees: Elizir de Oliveira (BRA), Davide Crescentini (ITA)

11 August 2016
18:30

Heidrich – Zumkehr	2–1	van der Vlist – van Gestel
(17–21, 21–11, 15–8) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,722
Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)

11 August 2016
22:00

Bansley – Pavan	2–0	Borger – Büthe
(21–19, 21–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,741
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Elzir De Oliveira (BRA)

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
(21–15, 21–14) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)

6 August 2016
18:30

Meppelink – Van Iersel	2–0	Agudo – Pazo
(21–17, 21–11) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,384
Referees: Kritsada Panaseri (THA), Davide Crescentini (ITA)

8 August 2016
17:30

Meppelink – Van Iersel	2–0	Alfaro – C. Charles
(21–16, 21–16) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,593
Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)

8 August 2016
23:00

Bawden – Clancy	2–0	Agudo – Pazo
(21–9, 21–14) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,272
Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)

10 August 2016
16:00

Meppelink – Van Iersel	1–2	Bawden – Clancy
(25–27, 21–18, 14–16) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,448
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)

10 August 2016
18:30

Alfaro – C. Charles	0–2	Agudo – Pazo
(16–21, 19–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,577
Referees: Kritsada Panaseri (THA), Daniel Apol (USA)

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
(19–21, 21–12, 10–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium Court 1, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)

12 August 2016
00:00

Borger – Büthe	2–0	Agudo – Pazo
(21–13, 21–8) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,641
Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)

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
(12–21, 16–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Carlos Rodríguez (PUR), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)

12 August 2016
16:00

Larissa – Talita	2–0	Borger – Büthe
(21–17, 21–19) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,843
Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)

12 August 2016
19:00

Birlova – Ukolova	2–0	Elsa – Liliana
(23–21, 24–22) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,439
Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Giovanni Bake (RSA)

12 August 2016
23:59

Ross – Walsh Jennings	2–0	Menegatti – Giombini
(21–10, 21–16) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,599
Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)

13 August 2016
12:00

Bansley – Pavan	2–0	Broder – Valjas
(21–16, 21–11) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,661
Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Giovanni Bake (RSA)

13 August 2016
15:00

Forrer – Vergé-Dépré	0–2	Ludwig – Walkenhorst
(19–21, 10–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lucie Guillemette (CAN), Mariko Satomi (JPN)

13 August 2016
20:00

Meppelink – Van Iersel	1–2	Heidrich – Zumkehr
(21–19, 13–21, 10–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,297
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)

13 August 2016
23:00

Brzostek – Kołosińska	1–2	Bawden – Clancy
(21–15, 16–21, 11–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,052
Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Daniel Apol (USA)

Quarterfinals

14 August 2016
16:00

Bansley – Pavan	0–2	Ludwig – Walkenhorst
(14–21, 14–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Mário Ferro (BRA)

14 August 2016
17:00

Larissa – Talita	2–1	Heidrich – Zumkehr
(21–23, 27–25, 15–13) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,961
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Mariko Satomi (JPN)

14 August 2016
23:00

Ágatha – Bárbara	2–0	Birlova – Ukolova
(23–21, 21–16) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Juan Saavedra (COL)

14 August 2016
23:59

Ross – Walsh Jennings	2–0	Bawden – Clancy
(21–14, 21–16) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)

Semifinals

16 August 2016
16:00

Larissa – Talita	0–2	Ludwig – Walkenhorst
(18–21, 12–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,045
Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), José Padron (ESP)

16 August 2016
23:59

Ross – Walsh Jennings	0–2	Ágatha – Bárbara
(20–22, 18–21) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,654
Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Wang Lijun (CHN)

Bronze medal game

17 August 2016
22:00

Larissa – Talita	1–2	Ross – Walsh Jennings
(21–17, 17–21, 9–15) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,217
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Wang Lijun (CHN)

Gold medal game

17 August 2016
23:59

Ludwig – Walkenhorst	2–0	Ágatha – Bárbara
(21–18, 21–14) Report

Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,667
Referees: José Padron (ESP), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Seed
01 !	Ludwig – Walkenhorst (GER)	4
02 !	Ágatha – Bárbara (BRA)	2
03 !	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

Official website

Events at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball men women Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey men women Football men women Golf Gymnastics Handball men women Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby sevens men women Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball men indoor women indoor men beach women beach Water polo men women Weightlifting Wrestling

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 – Women'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