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

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.

Men's beach volleyball
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueShiokaze Park
Dates24 July – 7 August 2021
Competitors48 from 19 nations
Teams24
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anders Mol
Christian Sørum
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viacheslav Krasilnikov
Oleg Stoyanovskiy
 ROC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cherif Younousse
Ahmed Tijan
 Qatar
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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 edit

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
  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 edit

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 edit

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

Pool A Pool B Pool C
  MolSørum (NOR)   KrasilnikovStoyanovskiy (ROC)   CherifAhmed (QAT)
  SemenovLeshukov (ROC)   PerušičSchweiner (CZE)   GibbBourne (USA)
  HerreraGavira (ESP)   PļaviņšTočs (LAT)   CarambulaRossi (ITA)
  McHughSchumann (AUS)   GaxiolaRubio (MEX)   HeidrichGerson (SUI)
Pool D Pool E Pool F
  AlisonÁlvaro (BRA)   FijałekBryl (POL)   IshijimaShiratori (JPN)
  BrouwerMeeuwsen (NED)   EvandroSchmidt (BRA)   TholeWickler (GER)
  LucenaDalhausser (USA)   M GrimaltE Grimalt (CHI)   NicolaiLupo (ITA)
  AzaadCapogrosso (ARG)   El GraouiAbicha (MAR)   KantorŁosiak (POL)

Referees edit

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 edit

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

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   SemenovLeshukov (ROC) 3 3 0 6 6 0 MAX 127 107 1.187 Round of 16
2   MolSørum (NOR) 3 2 1 5 4 3 1.333 137 133 1.030
3   HerreraGavira (ESP) 3 1 2 4 2 4 0.500 120 120 1.000 Lucky losers
4   McHughSchumann (AUS) 3 0 3 3 1 6 0.167 114 138 0.826
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
24 July 2021
16:00
SemenovLeshukov   2–0   HerreraGavira Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
(21–19, 22–20)
Report
24 July 2021
22:00
MolSørum   2–1   McHughSchumann Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
(21–18, 18–21, 15–13)
Report

26 July 2021
15:00
SemenovLeshukov   2–0   McHughSchumann Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
(21–14, 21–16)
Report
26 July 2021
22:00
MolSørum   2–0   HerreraGavira Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
(21–17, 24–22)
Report

28 July 2021
17:00
HerreraGavira   2–0   McHughSchumann Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Mário Ferro (BRA)
(21–16, 21–16)
Report
28 July 2021
22:00
MolSørum   0–2   SemenovLeshukov Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), José María Padrón (ESP)
(19–21, 19–21)
Report

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   KrasilnikovStoyanovskiy (ROC) 3 2 1 5 5 4 1.250 169 148 1.142 Round of 16
2   PļaviņšTočs (LAT) 3 2 1 5 4 3 1.333 83 93 0.892
3   GaxiolaRubio (MEX) 3 1 2 4 4 4 1.000 150 151 0.993
4   PerušičSchweiner (CZE) 3 1 2 4 3 5 0.600 96 148 0.649
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
26 July 2021
10:00
KrasilnikovStoyanovskiy   2–1   GaxiolaRubio Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Brig Beatie (USA)
(24–26, 21–15, 18–16)
Report
26 July 2021
17:00
PerušičSchweiner   0–2
Awarded[note 1]
  PļaviņšTočs Shiokaze Park, Tokyo

Report

29 July 2021
16:00
PerušičSchweiner   2–1   GaxiolaRubio Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: José María Padrón (ESP), Brig Beatie (USA)
(17–21, 21–16, 16–14)
Report
29 July 2021
17:00
KrasilnikovStoyanovskiy   1–2   PļaviņšTočs Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
(21–13, 19–21, 11–15)
Report

31 July 2021
15:00
PļaviņšTočs   0–2   GaxiolaRubio Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
(18–21, 16–21)
Report
31 July 2021
16:00
KrasilnikovStoyanovskiy   2–1   PerušičSchweiner Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
(19–21, 21–13, 15–8)
Report

Pool C edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   CherifAhmed (QAT) 3 3 0 6 6 0 MAX 129 103 1.252 Round of 16
2   GibbBourne (USA) 3 2 1 5 4 2 2.000 121 119 1.017
3   HeidrichGerson (SUI) 3 1 2 4 2 5 0.400 133 139 0.957 Lucky losers
4   CarambulaRossi (ITA) 3 0 3 3 1 6 0.167 125 147 0.850
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
25 July 2021
17:00
CherifAhmed   2–0   HeidrichGerson Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
(21–17, 21–16)
Report
25 July 2021
22:00
GibbBourne   2–0   CarambulaRossi Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
(21–18, 21–19)
Report

28 July 2021
09:00
GibbBourne   2–0   HeidrichGerson Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Agnieszka Myszkowska
(21–19, 23–21)
Report
28 July 2021
20:00
CherifAhmed   2–0   CarambulaRossi Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: José María Padrón (ESP), Rui Carvalho (POR)
(24–22, 21–13)
Report

30 July 2021
10:00
CarambulaRossi   1–2   HeidrichGerson Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
(14–21, 26–24, 13–15)
Report
30 July 2021
22:00
CherifAhmed   2–0   GibbBourne Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), José María Padrón (ESP)
(21–18, 21–17)
Report

Pool D edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   AlisonÁlvaro (BRA) 3 2 1 5 5 2 2.500 143 127 1.126 Round of 16
2   BrouwerMeeuwsen (NED) 3 2 1 5 4 2 2.000 120 108 1.111
3   LucenaDalhausser (USA) 3 2 1 5 4 4 1.000 147 144 1.021
4   AzaadCapogrosso (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
AlisonÁlvaro   2–0   AzaadCapogrosso Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Rui Carvalho (POR)
(21–16, 21–17)
Report
24 July 2021
21:00
BrouwerMeeuwsen   2–0   LucenaDalhausser Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
(21–17, 21–18)
Report

27 July 2021
12:00
AlisonÁlvaro   1–2   LucenaDalhausser Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
(22–24, 21–19, 13–15)
Report
27 July 2021
21:00
BrouwerMeeuwsen   2–0   AzaadCapogrosso Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
(21–14, 21–14)
Report

29 July 2021
11:00
LucenaDalhausser   2–1   AzaadCapogrosso Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
(21–19, 18–21, 15–6)
Report
29 July 2021
22:00
AlisonÁlvaro   2–0   BrouwerMeeuwsen Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
(21–14, 24–22)
Report

Pool E edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   EvandroSchmidt (BRA) 3 3 0 6 6 2 3.000 151 128 1.180 Round of 16
2   BrylFijałek (POL) 3 2 1 5 5 2 2.500 134 120 1.117
3   M. GrimaltE. Grimalt (CHI) 3 1 2 4 3 4 0.750 125 120 1.042 Lucky losers
4   El GraouiAbicha (MAR) 3 0 3 3 0 6 0.000 84 126 0.667
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
25 July 2021
11:00
EvandroSchmidt   2–1   M. GrimaltE. Grimalt Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
(21–15, 16–21, 15–12)
Report
25 July 2021
16:00
FijałekBryl   2–0   El GraouiAbicha Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), José María Padrón (ESP)
(21–17, 21–11)
Report

27 July 2021
15:00
EvandroSchmidt   2–0   El GraouiAbicha Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
(21–14, 21–16)
Report
27 July 2021
17:00
FijałekBryl   2–0   M. GrimaltE. Grimalt Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Brig Beatie (USA)
(21–17, 21–18)
Report

30 July 2021
11:00
M. GrimaltE. Grimalt   2–0   El GraouiAbicha Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
(21–14, 21–12)
Report
30 July 2021
21:00
FijałekBryl   1–2   EvandroSchmidt Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Brig Beatie (USA)
(21–19, 14–21, 15–17)
Report

Pool F edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   NicolaiLupo (ITA) 3 3 0 6 6 2 3.000 150 138 1.087 Round of 16
2   TholeWickler (GER) 3 2 1 5 5 2 2.500 138 118 1.169
3   KantorŁosiak (POL) 3 1 2 4 3 4 0.750 128 125 1.024 Lucky losers
4   IshijimaShiratori (JPN) 3 0 3 3 0 6 0.000 91 126 0.722
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
25 July 2021
10:00
IshijimaShiratori   0–2   KantorŁosiak Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
(15–21, 14–21)
Report
25 July 2021
20:00
TholeWickler   1–2   NicolaiLupo Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Wang Lijun (CHN)
(21–19, 19–21, 13–15)
Report

27 July 2021
10:00
IshijimaShiratori   0–2   NicolaiLupo Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Wang Lijun (CHN)
(19–21, 16–21)
Report
27 July 2021
20:00
TholeWickler   2–0   KantorŁosiak Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
(22–20, 21–16)
Report

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

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

Lucky losers edit

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   LucenaDalhausser (USA) 3 2 1 5 4 4 1.000 147 144 1.021 Round of 16
2   GaxiolaRubio (MEX) 3 1 2 4 4 4 1.000 150 151 0.993
3   M. GrimaltE. Grimalt (CHI) 3 1 2 4 3 4 0.750 125 120 1.042 Lucky loser playoffs
4   KantorŁosiak (POL) 3 1 2 4 3 4 0.750 128 125 1.024
5   HerreraGavira (ESP) 3 1 2 4 2 4 0.500 120 120 1.000
6   HeidrichGerson (SUI) 3 1 2 4 2 5 0.400 133 139 0.957
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

Lucky loser playoffs edit

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

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

Knockout stage edit

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 edit

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
              
 
2 August
 
 
  SemenovLeshukov (ROC)2
 
4 August
 
  M. GrimaltE. Grimalt (CHI)0
 
  SemenovLeshukov (ROC)0
 
1 August
 
  MolSørum (NOR)2
 
  MolSørum (NOR)2
 
5 August
 
  BrouwerMeeuwsen (NED)0
 
  MolSørum (NOR)2
 
2 August
 
  PļaviņšTočs (LAT)0
 
  EvandroSchmidt (BRA)0
 
4 August
 
  PļaviņšTočs (LAT)2
 
  PļaviņšTočs (LAT)2
 
2 August
 
  AlisonÁlvaro (BRA)0
 
  GaxiolaRubio (MEX)0
 
7 August
 
  AlisonÁlvaro (BRA)2
 
  MolSørum (NOR)2
 
1 August
 
  KrasilnikovStoyanovskiy (ROC)0
 
  CherifAhmed (QAT)2
 
4 August
 
  LucenaDalhausser (USA)1
 
  CherifAhmed (QAT)2
 
2 August
 
  NicolaiLupo (ITA)0
 
  FijałekBryl (POL)0
 
5 August
 
  NicolaiLupo (ITA)2
 
  CherifAhmed (QAT)0
 
2 August
 
  KrasilnikovStoyanovskiy (ROC)2 Bronze medal
 
  GibbBourne (USA)1
 
4 August7 August
 
  TholeWickler (GER)2
 
  TholeWickler (GER)0  PļaviņšTočs (LAT)0
 
2 August
 
  KrasilnikovStoyanovskiy (ROC)2   CherifAhmed (QAT)2
 
  HerreraGavira (ESP)0
 
 
  KrasilnikovStoyanovskiy (ROC)2
 

Round of 16 edit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quarterfinals edit

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

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

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

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

Semifinals edit

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

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

Bronze medal game edit

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

Gold medal game edit

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

Final ranking edit

Rank Team[13]
    MolSørum (NOR)
    KrasilnikovStoyanovskiy (ROC)
    CherifAhmed (QAT)
4   PļaviņšTočs (LAT)
5   AlisonÁlvaro (BRA)
  TholeWickler (GER)
  NicolaiLupo (ITA)
  SemenovLeshukov (ROC)
9   EvandroSchmidt (BRA)
  M. GrimaltE. Grimalt (CHI)
  GaxiolaRubio (MEX)
  BrouwerMeeuwsen (NED)
  FijałekBryl (POL)
  HerreraGavira (ESP)
  GibbBourne (USA)
  LucenaDalhausser (USA)
17   KantorŁosiak (POL)
  HeidrichGerson (SUI)
19   AzaadCapogrosso (ARG)
  McHughSchumann (AUS)
  PerušičSchweiner (CZE)
  CarambulaRossi (ITA)
  IshijimaShiratori (JPN)
  El GraouiAbicha (MAR)

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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 edit

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