4x4 beach volleyball at the 2019 World Beach Games – Men's tournament

The men's 4x4 beach volleyball tournament at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar, the inaugural edition of the ANOC World Beach Games, will take place over five days from 12–16 October. Held in tandem with the women's tournament, the two events comprise the 4x4 beach volleyball competition at this year's Games.[1]

2019 Men's 4x4 beach volleyball tournament at the World Beach Games
Tournament details
Host nation Qatar
CityDoha
Dates12–16 October
Teams8
Venue(s)1
Official website
awbgqatar.com
First

Organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), national associations of FIVB (4x4 beach volleyball's governing body) from a territory with a National Olympic Committee (NOC) were invited to enter one team [1] from which 8 teams.

The tournament is a multi-stage competition, consisting of a round-robin group stage and followed by a single elimination knockout round, starting with the semi-finals and ending with the gold medal match.

Competition schedule

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The tournament will begin on 12 October, after the opening ceremony, and end on the final day of the Games, 16 October.[2]

Matches deciding medal winners will take place exclusively on 16 October.[2]

G Group stage QF Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final / Gold medal match
Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Wed 16
G G QF SF B F

Qualified teams

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Each National Olympic Committee might enter up to one men's and one women's team in the 4x4 beach volleyball tournaments. The qualification processes for the men's and women's events were similar. The host country was guaranteed an entry in each event. The five spots were awarded to the best FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings for each continental federation. 2 more spots were awarded to invitation (wild card) process.[1]

Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 14 June 2019   Lausanne 1   Qatar
World Ranking for African Team 30 June 2019   Lausanne 1

  Mozambique

World Ranking for Asian Team 1   Australia
World Ranking for European Team 1   United States
World Ranking for North American Team 1   Poland
World Ranking for South American Team 1   Chile
Invitation process n/a 2   Germany
  Indonesia
Total 8

Venues

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Katara Beach, Doha

The matches will be held on the Katara Beach.[3] The number of arenas that will be used is yet to be revealed.

Squads

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Each team may enter a squad consisting of up to 6 players. A total of up to 48 athletes are expected to compete.[1]

Pools composition

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Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings as of 30 June 2019. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the World Ranking.

Pool A Pool B
  Qatar (H)   Poland (1)
  Germany (3)   Chile (2)
  United States (4)   Australia (5)
  Indonesia (7)   Mozambique (6)

Pool standing procedure

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  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

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2   Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: WBG 2019
12 October 2019
16:00
Qatar   2-1   Indonesia Main court, Katara beach
16-21, 21-14, 15-4
Report
12 October 2019
16:00
Germany   2-1   United States Field 1, Katara beach
21-19, 14-21, 15-13
Report

13 October 2019
17:00
United States   1-2   Qatar Main court, Katara beach
21-16, 10-21, 10-15
Report
13 October 2019
17:00
Germany   1-2   Indonesia Field 1, Katara beach
19-21, 21-18, 14-16
Report

13 October 2019
21:00
Qatar   2-0   Germany Main court, Katara beach
21-18, 21-15
Report
13 October 2019
21:00
Indonesia   0-2   United States Field 1, Katara beach
18-21, 21-23
Report

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2   Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: WBG 2019
12 October 2019
17:00
Chile   0-2   Australia Main court, Katara beach
14-21, 17-21
Report
12 October 2019
17:00
Poland   2-0   Mozambique Field 1, Katara beach
23-21, 24-22
Report

13 October 2019
19:00
Chile   2-0   Mozambique Main court, Katara beach
21-17, 21-19
Report
13 October 2019
19:00
Australia   2-0   Poland Field 1, Katara beach
23-21, 21-15
Report

13 October 2019
23:00
Poland   2-0   Chile Main court, Katara beach
21-19, 21-13
Report
13 October 2019
23:00
Mozambique   2-1   Australia Field 1, Katara beach
16-21, 21-16, 15-11
Report

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Australia1
 
 
 
  Indonesia2
 
  United States2
 
 
 
  Indonesia0
 
  United States2
 
 
 
  Mozambique0
 
  United States2
 
 
 
  Qatar0
 
  Qatar2
 
 
 
  Chile0
 
  Poland0
 
 
 
  Qatar2 Bronze medal match
 
  Poland2
 
 
 
  Germany0
 
  Indonesia2
 
 
  Poland1
 

Quarter-finals

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14 October 2019
19:00
v Main court, Katara beach

14 October 2019
19:00
v Field 1, Katara beach


14 October 2019
20:00
v Main court, Katara beach

14 October 2019
20:00
v Field 1, Katara beach

Semi-finals

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15 October 2019
18:00
v Main court, Katara beach

15 October 2019
19:00
v Main court, Katara beach

Bronze medal game

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16 October 2019
17:00
v Main court, Katara beach

Gold medal game

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16 October 2019
19:30
v Main court, Katara beach

Final ranking

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "San Diego 2019 AWBG Technical Handbook for the NOCs" (PDF). San Diego 2019 AWBG. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Schedule". ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. ^ "سحب قرعة دورة الألعاب العالمية الشاطئية لاتحاد اللجان الأولمبية "قطر 2019"" (in Arabic). qatarspc.qa. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.