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Copacabana Stadium, also known as the Beach Volleyball Arena ( pt, link=no, Arena de Vôlei de Praia), was a temporary

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

located on Copacabana beach, in

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, Brazil, that hosted 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 of the

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. It was erected in 2016 specifically for the Olympic Games and was planned to be dismantled after the Games. It opened on 26 July 2016 and had a

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of 12,000.

Predecessor

The site has previously been used for other international sports competitions, using temporary facilities. In 2007, the site hosted the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

' beach volleyball, triathlon and aquatic marathon competitions, it also hosted same sports at the

2011 Military World Games The 2011 Military World Games ( pt, Jogos Mundiais Militares de 2011), officially known as the 5th CISM Military World Games ( pt, V Jogos Mundiais Militares do CISM), was hosted from July 15–24, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 5th Military ...

. For

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, the swimming stage was placed at one end of the beach – Posto 6 – and the cycling and racing events were held between Posto 2 and Posto 6. The swimming marathon used the same structure of triathlon. Beach volleyball matches were played at the Copacabana Arena on Posto 2.

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Rio2016.org.br bid package.
- Volume 2. p. 18. Sports venues in Rio de Janeiro (city) Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro Volleyball venues in Brazil Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball venues Sports venues completed in 2016 2016 establishments in Brazil {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub

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