Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's beach volleyball
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Men's beach volleyball; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Shiokaze Park
Dates	24 July – 7 August 2021
Competitors	48 from 19 nations
Teams	24
Medalists
	← 2016 2024 →

The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Shiokaze Park. The competition was held from 24 July to 7 August 2021. It was originally scheduled to take place from 25 July to 8 August 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced on 24 March 2020 that the 2020 Summer Olympics would be delayed to 2021.^[1] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.^[2] Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.

Anders Mol and Christian Sørum captured the gold medal after defeating Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy in the final, while Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan took home bronze.^[3]

The medals for the competition were presented by Kristin Kloster Aasen, Norway; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ary Graça, Brazil; FIVB President.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation^[4]	—	—	1	Japan
2019 World Championships	28 June – 7 July 2019	Hamburg	1	ROC
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament	18–22 September 2019	Haiyang	2	Italy
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament	18–22 September 2019	Haiyang	2	Latvia
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking^[5]	13 June 2021	Lausanne	15	Norway
				Qatar
				Brazil
				Poland
				Netherlands
				Brazil
				Germany
				ROC
				Czech Republic
				United States
				United States
				Spain
				Poland
				Italy
				Chile
2018–2020 CEV Continental Cup Final	23–26 June 2021	The Hague	1	Switzerland
2018–2020 AVC Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Nakhon Pathom	1	Australia
2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Agadir	1	Morocco
2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Colima	1	Mexico
2018–2020 CSV Continental Cup Final	26–27 June 2021	Santiago	1	Argentina
Total			24

Teams

Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams.^[6]

Team	NOC
Julian Azaad / Nicolás Capogrosso	Argentina
Chris McHugh / Damien Schumann	Australia
Alison Cerutti / Álvaro Morais Filho	Brazil
Evandro Oliveira / Bruno Oscar Schmidt	Brazil
Marco Grimalt / Esteban Grimalt	Chile
Ondřej Perušič / David Schweiner	Czech Republic
Julius Thole / Clemens Wickler	Germany
Adrian Carambula / Enrico Rossi	Italy
Paolo Nicolai / Daniele Lupo	Italy
Yusuke Ishijima / Katsuhiro Shiratori	Japan
Mārtiņš Pļaviņš / Edgars Točs	Latvia
Josué Gaxiola / José Rubio	Mexico
Zouheir El Graoui / Mohamed Abicha	Morocco
Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen	Netherlands
Anders Mol / Christian Sørum	Norway
Michał Bryl / Grzegorz Fijałek	Poland
Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Łosiak	Poland
Cherif Younousse / Ahmed Tijan	Qatar
Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy	ROC
Konstantin Semenov / Ilya Leshukov	ROC
Pablo Herrera / Adrián Gavira	Spain
Adrian Heidrich / Mirco Gerson	Switzerland
Jake Gibb / Tri Bourne*	United States
Nick Lucena / Phil Dalhausser	United States

*Taylor Crabb of the United States originally qualified to play with Gibb, but was tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by Bourne.^[7]

Draw

The draw was made on 5 July 2021.^[8]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Mol – Sørum (NOR)	Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)	Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)
Semenov – Leshukov (ROC)	Perušič – Schweiner (CZE)	Gibb – Bourne (USA)
Herrera – Gavira (ESP)	Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)	Carambula – Rossi (ITA)
McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	Gaxiola – Rubio (MEX)	Heidrich – Gerson (SUI)

Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Alison – Álvaro (BRA)	Fijałek – Bryl (POL)	Ishijima – Shiratori (JPN)
Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)	Evandro – Schmidt (BRA)	Thole – Wickler (GER)
Lucena – Dalhausser (USA)	M Grimalt – E Grimalt (CHI)	Nicolai – Lupo (ITA)
Azaad – Capogrosso (ARG)	El Graoui – Abicha (MAR)	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.^[9]

Osvaldo Sumavil
Mário Ferro
Wang Lijun
Juan Carlos Saavedra
Charalampos Papadogoulas
Mariko Satomi
Davide Crescentini
Agnieszka Myszkowska
Rui Carvalho
Roman Pristovakin
Giovanni Bake
José María Padrón
Brig Beatie

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).^[10]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Semenov – Leshukov (ROC)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	127	107	1.187	Round of 16
2	Mol – Sørum (NOR)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	137	133	1.030	Round of 16
3	Herrera – Gavira (ESP)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	120	120	1.000	Lucky losers
4	McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	114	138	0.826

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

24 July 2021 16:00	Semenov – Leshukov	2–0	Herrera – Gavira	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–19, 22–20) Report

24 July 2021 22:00	Mol – Sørum	2–1	McHugh – Schumann	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(21–18, 18–21, 15–13) Report

26 July 2021 15:00	Semenov – Leshukov	2–0	McHugh – Schumann	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(21–14, 21–16) Report

26 July 2021 22:00	Mol – Sørum	2–0	Herrera – Gavira	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(21–17, 24–22) Report

28 July 2021 17:00	Herrera – Gavira	2–0	McHugh – Schumann	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Mário Ferro (BRA)
	(21–16, 21–16) Report

28 July 2021 22:00	Mol – Sørum	0–2	Semenov – Leshukov	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), José María Padrón (ESP)
	(19–21, 19–21) Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)	3	2	1	5	5	4	1.250	169	148	1.142	Round of 16
2	Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	83	93	0.892
3	Gaxiola – Rubio (MEX)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	150	151	0.993
4	Perušič – Schweiner (CZE)	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	96	148	0.649

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

26 July 2021 10:00	Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy	2–1	Gaxiola – Rubio	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Brig Beatie (USA)
	(24–26, 21–15, 18–16) Report

26 July 2021 17:00	Perušič – Schweiner	0–2 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Pļaviņš – Točs	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
	Report

29 July 2021 16:00	Perušič – Schweiner	2–1	Gaxiola – Rubio	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: José María Padrón (ESP), Brig Beatie (USA)
	(17–21, 21–16, 16–14) Report

29 July 2021 17:00	Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy	1–2	Pļaviņš – Točs	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(21–13, 19–21, 11–15) Report

31 July 2021 15:00	Pļaviņš – Točs	0–2	Gaxiola – Rubio	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(18–21, 16–21) Report

31 July 2021 16:00	Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy	2–1	Perušič – Schweiner	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
	(19–21, 21–13, 15–8) Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	129	103	1.252	Round of 16
2	Gibb – Bourne (USA)	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	121	119	1.017	Round of 16
3	Heidrich – Gerson (SUI)	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	133	139	0.957	Lucky losers
4	Carambula – Rossi (ITA)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	125	147	0.850

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

25 July 2021 17:00	Cherif – Ahmed	2–0	Heidrich – Gerson	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–17, 21–16) Report

25 July 2021 22:00	Gibb – Bourne	2–0	Carambula – Rossi	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(21–18, 21–19) Report

28 July 2021 09:00	Gibb – Bourne	2–0	Heidrich – Gerson	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Agnieszka Myszkowska
	(21–19, 23–21) Report

28 July 2021 20:00	Cherif – Ahmed	2–0	Carambula – Rossi	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: José María Padrón (ESP), Rui Carvalho (POR)
	(24–22, 21–13) Report

30 July 2021 10:00	Carambula – Rossi	1–2	Heidrich – Gerson	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(14–21, 26–24, 13–15) Report

30 July 2021 22:00	Cherif – Ahmed	2–0	Gibb – Bourne	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), José María Padrón (ESP)
	(21–18, 21–17) Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Alison – Álvaro (BRA)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	143	127	1.126	Round of 16
2	Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	120	108	1.111
3	Lucena – Dalhausser (USA)	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	147	144	1.021
4	Azaad – Capogrosso (ARG)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	107	138	0.775

Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2021. Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

24 July 2021 10:00	Alison – Álvaro	2–0	Azaad – Capogrosso	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Rui Carvalho (POR)
	(21–16, 21–17) Report

24 July 2021 21:00	Brouwer – Meeuwsen	2–0	Lucena – Dalhausser	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(21–17, 21–18) Report

27 July 2021 12:00	Alison – Álvaro	1–2	Lucena – Dalhausser	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(22–24, 21–19, 13–15) Report

27 July 2021 21:00	Brouwer – Meeuwsen	2–0	Azaad – Capogrosso	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(21–14, 21–14) Report

29 July 2021 11:00	Lucena – Dalhausser	2–1	Azaad – Capogrosso	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(21–19, 18–21, 15–6) Report

29 July 2021 22:00	Alison – Álvaro	2–0	Brouwer – Meeuwsen	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(21–14, 24–22) Report

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Evandro – Schmidt (BRA)	3	3	0	6	6	2	3.000	151	128	1.180	Round of 16
2	Bryl – Fijałek (POL)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	134	120	1.117	Round of 16
3	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	125	120	1.042	Lucky losers
4	El Graoui – Abicha (MAR)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	84	126	0.667

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

25 July 2021 11:00	Evandro – Schmidt	2–1	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(21–15, 16–21, 15–12) Report

25 July 2021 16:00	Fijałek – Bryl	2–0	El Graoui – Abicha	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), José María Padrón (ESP)
	(21–17, 21–11) Report

27 July 2021 15:00	Evandro – Schmidt	2–0	El Graoui – Abicha	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(21–14, 21–16) Report

27 July 2021 17:00	Fijałek – Bryl	2–0	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Brig Beatie (USA)
	(21–17, 21–18) Report

30 July 2021 11:00	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	2–0	El Graoui – Abicha	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
	(21–14, 21–12) Report

30 July 2021 21:00	Fijałek – Bryl	1–2	Evandro – Schmidt	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Brig Beatie (USA)
	(21–19, 14–21, 15–17) Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Nicolai – Lupo (ITA)	3	3	0	6	6	2	3.000	150	138	1.087	Round of 16
2	Thole – Wickler (GER)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	138	118	1.169	Round of 16
3	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	128	125	1.024	Lucky losers
4	Ishijima – Shiratori (JPN)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	91	126	0.722

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

25 July 2021 10:00	Ishijima – Shiratori	0–2	Kantor – Łosiak	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(15–21, 14–21) Report

25 July 2021 20:00	Thole – Wickler	1–2	Nicolai – Lupo	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(21–19, 19–21, 13–15) Report

27 July 2021 10:00	Ishijima – Shiratori	0–2	Nicolai – Lupo	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(19–21, 16–21) Report

27 July 2021 20:00	Thole – Wickler	2–0	Kantor – Łosiak	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(22–20, 21–16) Report

30 July 2021 16:00	Nicolai – Lupo	2–1	Kantor – Łosiak	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(21–19, 17–21, 15–10) Report

31 July 2021 11:00	Ishijima – Shiratori	0–2	Thole – Wickler	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(16–21, 11–21) Report

Lucky losers

The table below shows the ranking of third-placed teams in the preliminary round. The top two teams advanced to next round automatically. The other teams competed for the two remaining spots. The third-ranked team played against the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team played against the fifth-ranked team.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Lucena – Dalhausser (USA)	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	147	144	1.021	Round of 16
2	Gaxiola – Rubio (MEX)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	150	151	0.993	Round of 16
3	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	125	120	1.042	Lucky loser playoffs
4	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	128	125	1.024
5	Herrera – Gavira (ESP)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	120	120	1.000
6	Heidrich – Gerson (SUI)	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	133	139	0.957

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

Lucky loser playoffs

31 July 2021 21:00	Kantor – Łosiak	1–2	Herrera – Gavira	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(29–31, 21–19, 7–15) Report

31 July 2021 22:00	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	2–0	Heidrich – Gerson	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(21–17, 21–18) Report

Knockout stage

The round of sixteen pair up were determined by drawing of lots. The six first ranked teams in the 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 from the same pool in the preliminary round could not meet in round of 16.^[12]

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

2 August

Semenov – Leshukov (ROC)

2

4 August

M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI)

0

Semenov – Leshukov (ROC)

0

1 August

Mol – Sørum (NOR)

2

Mol – Sørum (NOR)

2

5 August

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

0

Mol – Sørum (NOR)

2

2 August

Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)

0

Evandro – Schmidt (BRA)

0

4 August

Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)

2

Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)

2

2 August

Alison – Álvaro (BRA)

0

Gaxiola – Rubio (MEX)

0

7 August

Alison – Álvaro (BRA)

2

Mol – Sørum (NOR)

2

1 August

Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)

0

Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)

2

4 August

Lucena – Dalhausser (USA)

1

Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)

2

2 August

Nicolai – Lupo (ITA)

0

Fijałek – Bryl (POL)

0

5 August

Nicolai – Lupo (ITA)

2

Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)

0

2 August

Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)

2

Bronze medal

Gibb – Bourne (USA)

1

4 August

7 August

Thole – Wickler (GER)

2

Thole – Wickler (GER)

0

Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)

0

2 August

Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)

2

Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)

2

Herrera – Gavira (ESP)

0

Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)

2

Round of 16

1 August 2021 13:00	Cherif – Ahmed	2–1	Lucena – Dalhausser	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(14–21, 21–19, 15–11) Report

1 August 2021 22:00	Mol – Sørum	2–0	Brouwer – Meeuwsen	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(21–17, 21–19) Report

2 August 2021 13:00	Evandro – Schmidt	0–2	Pļaviņš – Točs	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(19–21, 18–21) Report

2 August 2021 14:00	Semenov – Leshukov	2–0	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Mário Ferro (BRA)
	(21–16, 21–16) Report

2 August 2021 17:00	Fijałek – Bryl	0–2	Nicolai – Lupo	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), José María Padrón (ESP)
	(20–22, 18–21) Report

2 August 2021 18:00	Herrera – Gavira	0–2	Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Rui Carvalho (POR)
	(20–22, 17–21) Report

2 August 2021 21:00	Gaxiola – Rubio	0–2	Alison – Álvaro	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(14–21, 13–21) Report

2 August 2021 22:00	Gibb – Bourne	1–2	Thole – Wickler	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(21–17, 15–21, 11–15) Report

Quarterfinals

4 August 2021 09:00	Semenov – Leshukov	0–2	Mol – Sørum	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(17–21, 19–21) Report

4 August 2021 10:00	Pļaviņš – Točs	2–0	Alison – Álvaro	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–16, 21–19) Report

4 August 2021 21:00	Thole – Wickler	0–2	Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(16–21, 19–21) Report

4 August 2021 22:00	Cherif – Ahmed	2–0	Nicolai – Lupo	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), José María Padrón (ESP)
	(21–17, 23–21) Report

Semifinals

5 August 2021 21:00	Mol – Sørum	2–0	Pļaviņš – Točs	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–15, 21–16) Report

5 August 2021 22:00	Cherif – Ahmed	0–2	Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Brig Beatie (USA)
	(19–21, 17–21) Report

Bronze medal game

7 August 2021 10:00	Pļaviņš – Točs	0–2	Cherif – Ahmed	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(12–21, 18–21) Report

Gold medal game

7 August 2021 11:30	Mol – Sørum	2–0	Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), José María Padrón (ESP)
	(21–17, 21–18) Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team^[13]
	Mol – Sørum (NOR)
	Krasilnikov – Stoyanovskiy (ROC)
	Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)
4	Pļaviņš – Točs (LAT)
5	Alison – Álvaro (BRA)
	Thole – Wickler (GER)
	Nicolai – Lupo (ITA)
	Semenov – Leshukov (ROC)
9	Evandro – Schmidt (BRA)
	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI)
	Gaxiola – Rubio (MEX)
	Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)
	Fijałek – Bryl (POL)
	Herrera – Gavira (ESP)
	Gibb – Bourne (USA)
	Lucena – Dalhausser (USA)
17	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)
17	Heidrich – Gerson (SUI)
19	Azaad – Capogrosso (ARG)
	McHugh – Schumann (AUS)
	Perušič – Schweiner (CZE)
	Carambula – Rossi (ITA)
	Ishijima – Shiratori (JPN)
	El Graoui – Abicha (MAR)

Notes

^ Team Perušič – Schweiner (CZE) was unable to play the match due to Covid-19 regulations. In accordance with the rules for Beach Volleyball, the other team were given two points and they were awarded a defeat and 1 point.^[11]

References

^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ "Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared". usatoday.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Mol & Sorum claim Tokyo Olympic title". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
^ "Host city election for the Olympic Summer Games 2020". IOC. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ "Provisional Olympic Ranking – Men". FIVB. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
^ "Update on U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball Team for Tokyo 2020". fivb.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ "Draw Reveals Pools For Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball Tournament". en.volleyballworld.com. 5 July 2021.
^ "Competition Officials" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ "Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball schedule announced". fivb.com. 12 July 2021.
^ "Update On Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball Competition". fivb.com. 26 July 2021.
^ "Men's elimination bracket drawn". fivb.com. 31 July 2021.
^ "Tournament Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

External links

Official website

[12] Team Perušič – Schweiner (CZE) was unable to play the match due to Covid-19 regulations. In accordance with the rules for Beach Volleyball, the other team were given two points and they were awarded a defeat and 1 point.^[11]

[1] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[2] "Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared". usatoday.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[3] "Mol & Sorum claim Tokyo Olympic title". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[hosts-4] "Host city election for the Olympic Summer Games 2020". IOC. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

[5] "Provisional Olympic Ranking – Men". FIVB. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[6] "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[7] "Update on U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball Team for Tokyo 2020". fivb.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[8] "Draw Reveals Pools For Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball Tournament". en.volleyballworld.com. 5 July 2021.

[9] "Competition Officials" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[10] "Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball schedule announced". fivb.com. 12 July 2021.

[11] "Update On Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball Competition". fivb.com. 26 July 2021.

[13] "Men's elimination bracket drawn". fivb.com. 31 July 2021.

[14] "Tournament Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

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Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Tournament	men	women
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v t e

v t e Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics
	1896–1992 1996 men women 2000 men women 2004 men women 2008 men women 2012 men women 2016 men women 2020 men women 2024 men women
List of medalists List of venues

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) 2024: Ana Patrícia & Duda Lisboa (BRA)
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) 2024: David Åhman & Jonatan Hellvig (SWE)

Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Qualification

Teams

Draw

Referees

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Lucky losers

Lucky loser playoffs

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking

See also

Notes

References

External links