Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's beach volleyball
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Men's beach volleyball; at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars
Dates	27 July – 10 August
Competitors	48 from 18 nations
	← 2020 2028 →

The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, take place at Eiffel Tower Stadium on the Champ de Mars. The competition is held from 27 July to 10 August 2024. Twenty four teams consisting of 48 athletes from 18 NOC's compete.

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified NOC
Host nation	—		1	France
2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	6–15 October 2023	Tlaxcala	1	Czech Republic
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking	9 June 2024	Lausanne	17	Sweden
				Norway
				Germany
				Brazil
				United States
				Netherlands
				Brazil
				Italy
				Poland
				Netherlands
				Qatar
				United States
				Spain
				Italy
				Australia
				Cuba
				Austria
2023–2024 CEV Continental Cup Final	13–16 June 2024	Jūrmala	1	France
2023–2024 CAVB Continental Cup Final	20–23 June 2024	Martil	1	Morocco
2023–2024 AVC Continental Cup Final	21–23 June 2024	Ningbo	1	Australia
2023–2024 CSV Continental Cup Final	21–23 June 2024	Iquique	1	Chile
2023–2024 NORCECA Continental Cup Final	21–23 June 2024	Tlaxcala	1	Canada
Total			24

Format

The 24 teams will be split into six pools of four teams. After a round-robin the top two teams and the two best third-placed teams will advance to the knockout stage. The other four third-placed teams will play in a "lucky loser" round to determine the last two qualifying teams. From there on, a knockout stage will be used.^[1]

Competition schedule

The schedule is as follows.^[2]

P	Preliminary round	LL	Lucky losers playoffs	1/16	Round of 16	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

Sat 27	Sun 28	Mon 29	Tue 30	Wed 31	Thu 1	Fri 2	Sat 3		Sun 4	Mon 5	Tue 6	Wed 7	Thu 8	Fri 9	Sat 10
P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	LL	1⁄16	1⁄16	¼	¼	½		B	F

Teams

24 teams will qualify. The first 18 teams were announced on 11 June 2024.^[3] Each NOC is limited to two teams.^[4] The final places were revealed on 24 June 2024.^[5]

Team	NOC
Thomas Hodges – Zachery Schubert	Australia
Mark Nicolaidis – Izac Carracher	Australia
Julian Hörl – Alexander Horst	Austria
Evandro Oliveira – Arthur Lanci	Brazil
George Wanderley – André Stein	Brazil
Sam Schachter – Daniel Dearing	Canada
Marco Grimalt – Esteban Grimalt	Chile
Jorge Alayo – Noslen Díaz	Cuba
Ondřej Perušič – David Schweiner	Czech Republic
Youssef Krou – Arnaud Gauthier-Rat	France
Rémi Bassereau – Julien Lyneel	France
Nils Ehlers – Clemens Wickler	Germany
Samuele Cottafava – Paolo Nicolai	Italy
Alex Ranghieri – Adrian Carambula	Italy
Mohamed Abicha – Zouheir El Graoui	Morocco
Stefan Boermans – Yorick de Groot	Netherlands
Matthew Immers – Steven van de Velde	Netherlands
Anders Mol – Christian Sørum	Norway
Michał Bryl – Bartosz Łosiak	Poland
Cherif Younousse – Ahmed Tijan	Qatar
Pablo Herrera – Adrián Gavira	Spain
David Åhman – Jonatan Hellvig	Sweden
Miles Evans – Chase Budinger	United States
Miles Partain – Andrew Benesh	United States

Draw

The draw was held on 28 June.^[6]^[7]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Åhman – Hellvig (SWE)	Mol A. – Sørum C. (NOR)	Ehlers – Wickler (GER)
Cottafava – Nicolai (ITA)	van de Velde – Immers (NED)	Bryl – Łosiak (POL)
Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)	Ranghieri – Carambula (ITA)	Hodges – Schubert (AUS)
Nicolaidis – Carracher (AUS)	Grimalt M. – Grimalt E. (CHI)	Bassereau – Lyneel (FRA)

Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
George – André (BRA)	Perušič – Schweiner (CZE)	Krou – Gauthier-Rat (FRA)
Partain – Benesh (USA)	Evandro – Arthur (BRA)	Boermans – de Groot (NED)
Díaz – Alayo (CUB)	Hörl – Horst (AUT)	Herrera – Gavira (ESP)
Abicha – Elgraoui (MAR)	Schachter – Dearing (CAN)	Evans – Budinger (USA)

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.^[8]

Osvaldo Sumavil
Giseli Amantino
Brian Hiebert
Wang Lijun
Juan Carlos Saavedra
Sylvain Druart
Charalampos Papadogoulas
Davide Crescentini
Mariko Satomi
Agnieszka Myszkowska
Rui Carvalho
Jean Mukundiyukuri
Robert Leko
Giovanni Bake
José María Padrón
Brigham Beatie

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 4 July 2024.^[9]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cherif – Ahmed (QAT)	2	2	0	4	4	1	4.000	98	95	1.032	Round of 16
2	Åhman – Hellvig (SWE)	2	1	1	3	3	2	1.500	100	89	1.124	Round of 16
3	Cottafava – Nicolai (ITA)	2	1	1	3	2	2	1.000	79	79	1.000	Lucky losers
4	Nicolaidis – Carracher (AUS)	2	0	2	2	0	4	0.000	70	84	0.833

Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2024. Source: FIVB

27 July 2024 15:00	Åhman – Hellvig	2–0	Nicolaidis – Carracher	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Brian Hiebert (CAN), Robert Leko (SRB)
	(21–14, 21–19) Report

27 July 2024 23:00	Cottafava – Nicolai	0–2	Cherif – Ahmed	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Brigham Beatie (USA), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(19–21, 18–21) Report

29 July 2024 09:00	Cottafava – Nicolai	2–0	Nicolaidis – Carracher	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: José Padron (ESP), Jean Mukundiyukuri (RWA)
	(21–19, 21–18) Report

29 July 2024 20:00	Åhman – Hellvig	1–2	Cherif – Ahmed	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(21–15, 19–21, 18–20) Report

1 August 2024 10:00	Cherif – Ahmed	v	Nicolaidis – Carracher	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

1 August 2024 17:00	Åhman – Hellvig	v	Cottafava – Nicolai	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Mol – Sørum (NOR)	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	30	1.400	Round of 16
2	Ranghieri – Carambula (ITA)	1	1	0	2	2	1	2.000	56	54	1.037	Round of 16
3	Van de Velde – Immers (NED)	1	0	1	1	1	2	0.500	54	56	0.964	Lucky losers
4	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI)	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	30	42	0.714

Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2024. Source: FIVB

28 July 2024 10:00	Van de Velde – Immers	1–2	Ranghieri – Carambula	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Robert Leko (SRB), Jean Mukundiyukuri (RWA)
	(20–22, 21–19, 13–15) Report

28 July 2024 21:00	Mol – Sørum	2–0	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Brigham Beatie (USA), Giseli Amantino (BRA)
	(21–14, 21–16) Report

31 July 2024 16:00	Van de Velde – Immers	v	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

31 July 2024 22:00	Mol – Sørum	v	Ranghieri – Carambula	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

2 August 2024 10:00	Ranghieri – Carambula	v	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

2 August 2024 20:00	Mol – Sørum	v	Van de Velde – Immers	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ehlers – Wickler (GER)	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	32	1.313	Round of 16
2	Bryl – Łosiak (POL)	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	32	1.313	Round of 16
3	Hodges – Schubert (AUS)	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	32	42	0.762	Lucky losers
4	Bassereau – Lyneel (FRA)	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	32	42	0.762

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2024. Source: FIVB

30 July 2024 09:00	Bryl – Łosiak	2–0	Hodges – Schubert	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Jean Mukundiyukuri (RWA)
	(21–16, 21–16) Report

30 July 2024 10:00	Ehlers – Wickler	2–0	Bassereau – Lyneel	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: José Padrón (ESP), Robert Leko (SRB)
	(21–15, 21–17) Report

1 August 2024 09:00	Ehlers – Wickler	v	Hodges – Schubert	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

1 August 2024 21:00	Bryl – Łosiak	v	Bassereau – Lyneel	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

3 August 2024 09:00	Ehlers – Wickler	v	Bryl – Łosiak	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

3 August 2024 10:00	Hodges – Schubert	v	Bassereau – Lyneel	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Díaz – Alayo (CUB)	2	2	0	4	4	0	MAX	84	67	1.254	Round of 16
2	Partain – Benesh (USA)	2	1	1	3	2	2	1.000	85	80	1.063	Round of 16
3	George – André (BRA)	2	1	1	3	2	2	1.000	73	70	1.043	Lucky losers
4	Abicha – El Graoui (MAR)	2	0	2	2	0	4	0.000	66	91	0.725

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2024. Source: FIVB

27 July 2024 14:00	Partain – Benesh	0–2	Díaz – Alayo	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(18–21, 18–21) Report

27 July 2024 19:00	George – André	2–0	Abicha – El Graoui	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Sylvain Druart (FRA), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–18, 21–10) Report

30 July 2024 12:00	George – André	0–2	Díaz – Alayo	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(13–21, 18–21) Report

30 July 2024 15:00	Partain – Benesh	2–0	Abicha – El Graoui	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Jean Mukundiyukuri (RWA), Robert Leko (SRB)
	(21–12, 28–26) Report

1 August 2024 12:00	Díaz – Alayo	v	Abicha – El Graoui	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

1 August 2024 15:00	George – André	v	Partain – Benesh	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Perušič – Schweiner (CZE)	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	36	1.167	Round of 16
2	Evandro – Arthur (BRA)	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	37	1.135	Round of 16
3	Hörl – Horst (AUT)	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	37	42	0.881	Lucky losers
4	Schachter – Dearing (CAN)	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	36	42	0.857

Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2024. Source: FIVB

28 July 2024 17:00	Perušič – Schweiner	2–0	Schachter – Dearing	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–17, 21–19) Report

28 July 2024 20:00	Evandro – Arthur	2–0	Hörl – Horst	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Brian Hiebert (CAN), Sylvain Druart (FRA)
	(21–18, 21–19) Report

31 July 2024 09:00	Perušič – Schweiner	v	Hörl – Horst	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

31 July 2024 20:00	Evandro – Arthur	v	Schachter – Dearing	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

2 August 2024 11:00	Hörl – Horst	v	Schachter – Dearing	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

2 August 2024 21:00	Perušič – Schweiner	v	Evandro – Arthur	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Boermans – De Groot (NED)	2	2	0	4	4	0	MAX	84	58	1.448	Round of 16
2	Evans – Budinger (USA)	2	1	1	3	2	2	1.000	70	67	1.045	Round of 16
3	Herrera – Gavira (ESP)	2	1	1	3	2	3	0.667	89	94	0.947	Lucky losers
4	Krou – Gauthier-Rat (FRA)	2	0	2	2	1	4	0.250	77	101	0.762

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2024. Source: FIVB

29 July 2024 10:00	Boermans – De Groot	2–0	Herrera – Gavira	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–15, 21–15) Report

29 July 2024 16:00	Krou – Gauthier-Rat	0–2	Evans – Budinger	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Brian Hiebert (CAN)
	(14–21, 11–21) Report

30 July 2024 17:00	Krou – Gauthier-Rat	1–2	Herrera – Gavira	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Brigham Beatie (USA), Giseli Amantino (BRA)
	(21–23, 23–21, 8–15) Report

30 July 2024 20:00	Boermans – De Groot	2–0	Evans – Budinger	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris Referees: Brian Hiebert (CAN), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–13, 21–15) Report

2 August 2024 15:00	Herrera – Gavira	v	Evans – Budinger	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

2 August 2024 16:00	Krou – Gauthier-Rat	v	Boermans – De Groot	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

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 the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will play the fifth-ranked team.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	George – André (BRA)	2	1	1	3	2	2	1.000	73	70	1.043	Round of 16
2	Cottafava – Nicolai (ITA)	2	1	1	3	2	2	1.000	79	79	1.000	Round of 16
3	Boermans – De Groot (NED)	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	30	1.400	Lucky loser playoffs
4	Van de Velde – Immers (NED)	1	0	1	1	1	2	0.500	54	56	0.964
5	Hörl – Horst (AUT)	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	37	42	0.881
6	Hodges – Schubert (AUS)	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	32	42	0.762

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2024 (5 of 6 matches finished). Source: FIVB

Lucky loser playoffs

3 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

3 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

Knockout stage

The round of sixteen pair up will be determined by drawing of lots. The six first ranked teams in preliminary pools are separated automatically. Then, the lucky loser playoffs winners will be drawn. The two best third ranked will be drawn next. And, the last drawing belongs to the second ranked teams. The teams in the same pool from preliminary round can not meet in round of 16.

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

4–5 August

A1

6–7 August

4–5 August

8 August

4–5 August

E1

6–7 August

4–5 August

10 August

D1

4–5 August

C1

6–7 August

4–5 August

8 August

F1

4–5 August

Bronze medal

6–7 August

10 August

4–5 August

B1

Round of 16

4 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

4 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

4 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

4 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

5 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

5 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

5 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

5 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

Quarterfinals

6 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

6 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

7 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

7 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

Semifinals

8 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

8 August 2024	TBD	v	TBD	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

Bronze medal game

10 August 2024	LSF1	v	LSF2	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

Gold medal game

10 August 2024	WSF1	v	WSF2	Eiffel Tower Stadium Champ de Mars, Paris

References

^ "Competition formula – Beach volleyball". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Beach Volleyball". olympics.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Beach volleyball teams qualified for Paris 2024!". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ "How to qualify for beach volleyball at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". olympics.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Last Olympic beach volleyball spots filled at continental qualifiers". fivb.com. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ "Save the date: Paris 2024 beach volleyball pools to be drawn on 28 June". fivb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "Paris 2024 beach volleyball teams split into pools for the first round". fivb.com. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Referees" (PDF). volleyballworld.com. p. 10. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
^ "Partain & Benesh v Diaz & Alayo in Paris 2024 opening match". fivb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "Competition formula – Beach volleyball". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[2] "Beach Volleyball". olympics.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[3] "Beach volleyball teams qualified for Paris 2024!". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[4] "How to qualify for beach volleyball at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". olympics.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[5] "Last Olympic beach volleyball spots filled at continental qualifiers". fivb.com. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

[6] "Save the date: Paris 2024 beach volleyball pools to be drawn on 28 June". fivb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

[7] "Paris 2024 beach volleyball teams split into pools for the first round". fivb.com. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[8] "Referees" (PDF). volleyballworld.com. p. 10. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

[9] "Partain & Benesh v Diaz & Alayo in Paris 2024 opening match". fivb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

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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:

Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Qualification

Format

Competition schedule

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

See also

References

External links