The men's beach volleyball tournament at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...
was be held on the
Gold Coast
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,
Australia
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from April 6 to 12. The
beach volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...
competition was held at
Coolangatta
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Geography
Coolangatta and its ...
Beachfront. This was the first time that beach volleyball was held at the Commonwealth Games. A total of twelve men's teams competed (24 athletes, at 2 per team).
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for the men's tournament:
Qualification
A total of 12 men's teams qualified to compete at the games.
Medalists
Pools composition
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, England and New Zealand. These four were placed in the three pools in a snake pattern. The remaining eight teams were randomly drawn among the other three pools.
Preliminary round
*All times are
AEST
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(
UTC−10:00).
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Knockout round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
References
men's
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