Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 6 to 12. The beach volleyball competition was held at Coolangatta Beachfront. This was the first time that beach volleyball was held at the Commonwealth Games.[1] A total of twelve women's teams competed (24 athletes, at 2 per team).

Beach Volleyball – Women's tournament
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueCoolangatta Beachfront
Dates6–12 April 2018
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Vanuatu
2022 →

Competition schedule

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The following is the competition schedule for the women's tournament:[2]

P Pool stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match G Gold medal match
Event↓/Date → Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun 8 Mon 9 Tue 10 Wed 11 Thu 12
Women P P P P 14 12 B G

Qualification

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A total of 12 men's teams qualified to compete at the games.[3]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   Australia
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings 31 October 2017 4   Canada
  New Zealand
  Vanuatu
  England
European Qualification Tournament 15–16 September 2017   Larnaca 1   Cyprus
AVC Beach Tour 2017 8 April – 28 October 2017 Various 1   Singapore
African Qualification Tournament 27–29 October 2017   Freetown 1   Rwanda
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour 2017 7 April – 13 November 2017 Various 1   Trinidad and Tobago
Oceania Qualification Tournament 6–8 December 2017   Port Villa 1   Fiji
FIVB/CGF Invitation TBD 2   Scotland[4]
  Grenada
Total 12

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's tournament   Canada (CAN)
Melissa Humana-Paredes
Sarah Pavan
  Australia (AUS)
Mariafe Artacho del Solar
Taliqua Clancy
  Vanuatu (VAN)
Linline Matauatu
Miller Pata

Pools composition

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The 12 teams would be split into three groups of four, with the top two teams in each group along with the two best third place teams advancing to the knockout round. Canada was the top ranked nation, followed by Australia, New Zealand and Vanuatu. These four were placed in the three pools in a snake pattern. The remaining eight teams were randomly drawn among the other three pools.[5]

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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PLD W L SW SL SR P
  Artacho del SolarClancy (AUS) 3 3 0 6 0 MAX 6
  KonstantinouAngelopoulou (CYP) 3 2 1 4 2 2.000 5
  BeattieCoutts (SCO) 3 1 2 2 4 0.500 4
  StaffordWilliams (GRN) 3 0 3 0 6 0.000 3
Qualified for the quarterfinals
6 April 2018
12:30
  BeattieCoutts (SCO) 2–0   StaffordWilliams (GRN) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–8, 21–11
Report
6 April 2018
15:00
  Artacho del SolarClancy (AUS) 2–0   KonstantinouAngelopoulou (CYP) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–14, 21–9
Report

7 April 2018
17:00
  Artacho del SolarClancy (AUS) 2–0   StaffordWilliams (GRN) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–2, 21–11
Report
7 April 2018
19:30
  BeattieCoutts (SCO) 0–2   KonstantinouAngelopoulou (CYP) Coolangatta Beachfront
8–21, 16–21
Report

8 April 2018
21:30
  Artacho del SolarClancy (AUS) 2–0   BeattieCoutts (SCO) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–9, 21–9
Report

9 April 2018
10:30
  StaffordWilliams (GRN) 0–2   KonstantinouAngelopoulou (CYP) Coolangatta Beachfront
3–21, 14–21
Report

Pool B

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PLD W L SW SL SR P
  Humana-ParedesPavan (CAN) 3 3 0 6 0 MAX 6
  GrimsonPalmer (ENG) 3 2 1 4 2 2.000 5
  BlackmanGrant (TTO) 3 1 2 2 4 0.500 4
  RatudinaNima (FIJ) 3 0 3 0 6 0.000 3
Qualified for the quarterfinals
6 April 2018
19:30
  Humana-ParedesPavan (CAN) 2–0   RatudinaNima (FIJ) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–5, 21–8
Report
6 April 2018
20:30
  GrimsonPalmer (ENG) 2–0   BlackmanGrant (TTO) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–16, 21–12
Report

8 April 2018
10:30
  Humana-ParedesPavan (CAN) 2–0   BlackmanGrant (TTO) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–7, 21–8
Report
8 April 2018
11:30
  GrimsonPalmer (ENG) 2–0   RatudinaNima (FIJ) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–9, 21–7
Report

9 April 2018
20:30
  BlackmanGrant (TTO) 2–0   RatudinaNima (FIJ) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–18, 24–22
Report
9 April 2018
21:30
  Humana-ParedesPavan (CAN) 2–0   GrimsonPalmer (ENG) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–6, 21–6
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Pool C

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PLD W L SW SL SR P
  WillsPolley (NZL) 3 3 0 6 0 MAX 6
  MatauatuPata (VAN) 3 2 1 4 2 2.000 5
  NzayisengaMutatsimpundu (RWA) 3 1 2 2 4 0.500 4
  LauOng (SGP) 3 0 3 0 6 0.000 3
Qualified for the quarterfinals
7 April 2018
11:30
  MatauatuPata (VAN) 2–0   LauOng (SGP) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–9, 21–12
Report
7 April 2018
12:30
  WillsPolley (NZL) 2–0   NzayisengaMutatsimpundu (RWA) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–14, 21–16
Report

8 April 2018
16:00
  WillsPolley (NZL) 2–0   LauOng (SGP) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–16, 21–5
Report
8 April 2018
17:00
  MatauatuPata (VAN) 2–0   NzayisengaMutatsimpundu (RWA) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–15, 21–10
Report

9 April 2018
15:00
  LauOng (SGP) 0–2   NzayisengaMutatsimpundu (RWA) Coolangatta Beachfront
11–21, 20–22
Report
9 April 2018
16:00
  WillsPolley (NZL) 2–0   MatauatuPata (VAN) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–17, 21–16
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Knockout round

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
  Artacho del SolarClancy (AUS) 21 21
  NzayisengaMutatsimpundu (RWA) 9 8   Artacho del SolarClancy (AUS) 21 16 15
  MatauatuPata (VAN) 23 21 15   MatauatuPata (VAN) 19 21 9
  GrimsonPalmer (ENG) 25 19 12   Artacho del SolarClancy (AUS) 19 20
  WillsPolley (NZL) 10 17   Humana-ParedesPavan (CAN) 21 22
  KonstantinouAngelopoulou (CYP) 21 21   KonstantinouAngelopoulou (CYP) 7 12
  BeattieCoutts (SCO) 9 9   Humana-ParedesPavan (CAN) 21 21
  Humana-ParedesPavan (CAN) 21 21 Bronze medal match
  MatauatuPata (VAN) 21 21
  KonstantinouAngelopoulou (CYP) 14 10

Quarterfinals

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10 April 2018
15:00
  MatauatuPata (VAN) 2–1   GrimsonPalmer (ENG) Coolangatta Beachfront
23–25, 21–19, 15–12
Report
10 April 2018
16:00
  Artacho del SolarClancy (AUS) 2–0   NzayisengaMutatsimpundu (RWA) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–9, 21–8
Report
10 April 2018
20:30
  WillsPolley (NZL) 0–2   KonstantinouAngelopoulou (CYP) Coolangatta Beachfront
10–21, 17–21
Report
10 April 2018
21:30
  BeattieCoutts (SCO) 0–2   Humana-ParedesPavan (CAN) Coolangatta Beachfront
9–21, 9–21
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Semifinals

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11 April 2018
19:30
  KonstantinouAngelopoulou (CYP) 0–2   Humana-ParedesPavan (CAN) Coolangatta Beachfront
7–21, 12–21
Report
11 April 2018
20:30
  Artacho del SolarClancy (AUS) 2–1   MatauatuPata (VAN) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–19, 16–21, 15–9
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Bronze medal match

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11 April 2018
19:30
  MatauatuPata (VAN) 2–0   KonstantinouAngelopoulou (CYP) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–14, 21–10
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Gold medal match

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12 April 2018
20:30
  Artacho del SolarClancy (AUS) 0–2   Humana-ParedesPavan (CAN) Coolangatta Beachfront
19–21, 20–22
Report

References

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  1. ^ "Beach volleyball added to 2018 Commonwealth Games". FIVB.org. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Beach Volleyball Schedule" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ^ Butler, Nick (7 January 2018). "Beattie and Coutts secure final beach volleyball spot at Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced". www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.