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Results

Winner's Bracket, First-round

* Palinek/Pakosta, Czech Republic (16) def. Yuste/Prieto, Spain (17), 15-11 (27 minutes) * Bosma/Jimenez, Spain (9) def. Nurmufid/Markoji, Indonesia (24), 15-7 (41) * Penigaud/Jodard, France (12) def. Keel/Kreen, Estonia (21), 15-8 (48) * Prosser/Zahner, Australia (13) def. Drakich/Dunn, Canada (20), 15-6 (35) * Ghiurghi/Grigolo, Italy (14) def. Hamilton/Hamilton, New Zealand (19), 15-8 (39) * Ahmann/Hager, Germany (11) def. Takao/Setoyama, Japan (22), 15-8 (51) * Alvarez/Rosell, Cuba (10) def. Englen/Petersson, Sweden (23), 15-3 (29) * Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18) def. Everaert/Mulder, Netherlands (15), 15-8 (51)

Winner's Bracket, Second-round

* Roberto Lopes/Franco, Brazil (1) def. Palinek/Pakosta, Czech Republic (16), 15-5 (34) * Bosma/Jimenez, Spain (9) def. Child/Heese, Canada (8), 15-1 (31) * Zé Marco/Emanuel, Brazil (5) def. Penigaud/Jodard, France (12), 15-1 (27) * Dodd/Whitmarsh, United States (4) def. Prosser/Zahner, Australia (13), 15-10 (49) * Kiraly/Steffes, United States (3) def. Ghiurghi/Grigolo, Italy (14), 15-7 (36) * Ahmann/Hager, Germany (11) def. Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (6), 17-16 (67) * Alvarez/Rosell, Cuba (10) def. Conde/Martinez, Argentina (7), 15-11 (41) * Smith/Henkel, United States (2) def. Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18), 15-7 (36)

Winner's Bracket, Third-round

* Bosma/Jimenez, Spain (9) def. Roberto Lopes/Franco, Brazil (1), 15-9 (71) * Dodd-Whitmarsh, United States (4) def. Zé Marco/Emanuel, Brazil (5), 15-9 (44) * Kiraly/Steffes, United States (3) def. Ahmann/Hager, Germany (11), 15-5 (32) * Smith/Henkel, United States (2) def. Alvarez/Rosell, Cuba (10), 15-13 (52)

Winner's Bracket, Fourth-round

* Dodd/Whitmarsh, United States (4) def. Bosma/Jimenez, Spain (9), 15-6 (30) * Kiraly/Steffes, United States (3) def. Smith/Henkel, United States (2), 17-15 (54)

Loser's Bracket, First-round (losers eliminated, place 17th)

* Palinek/Pakosta, Czech Republic (16) def. Everaert/Mulder, Netherlands (15), 15-6 (35) * Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Englen/Petersson, Sweden (23), 15-2 (28) * Penigaud/Jodard, France (12) def. Takao/Setoyama, Japan (22), 15-12 (47) * Prosser/Zahner, Australia (13) def. Hamilton/Hamilton New Zealand (19), 15-8 (38) * Ghiurghi/Grigolo, Italy (14) def. Drakich/Dunn, Canada (20), 15-8 (45) * Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (6) def. Keel/Kreen, Estonia (21), 15-2 (31) * Conde/Martinez, Argentina (7) def. Nurmufid/Markoji, Indonesia (24), 15-5 (35) * Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18) def. Yuste/Prieto, Spain (17), 15-8 (49)

Loser's Bracket, Second-round (losers eliminated, place 13th)

* Maia/Brenha, Porgtual (18) def. Conde/Martinez, Argentina (7), 15-5 (35) * Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (6) def. Ghiurghi/Grigolo, Italy (14), 15-11 (43) * Prosser/Zahner, Australia (13) def. Penigaud/Jodard, France (12), 15-13 (52) * Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Palinek/Pakosta, Czech Republic (16), 15-9 (46)

Loser's Bracket, Third-round (losers eliminated, place ninth)

* Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18) def. Zé Marco/Emanuel, Brazil (5), 15-12 (54) * Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (6) def. Franco/Roberto Lopes, Brazil (1), 15-10 (51) * Alvarez/Rosell, Cuba (10) def. Prosser/Zahner, Australia (13), 15-6 (35) * Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Ahmann/Hager, Germany (11), 15-7 (42)

Loser's Bracket, Fourth-round (losers eliminated, place seventh)

* Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18) def. Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (6), 15-3 (28) * Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Alvarez/Rosell, Cuba (10), 15-4 (30)

Loser's Bracket, Fifth-round (losers eliminated, place fifth)

* Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18) def. Smith/Henkel, United States (2), 15-13 (70) * Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Bosma/Jimenez, Spain (9), 15-4 (32)

Semi-finals

* Dodd/Whitmarsh, United States (4) def. Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18), 15-13 (65) * Kiraly/Steffes, United States (3) def. Child/Heese, Canada (8), 15-11 (40)

Bronze medal match

* Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Maia/Brenha, Portugal (18), 12-5 and 12-8 (77)

Gold Medal match

* Kiraly/Steffes, USA (3) def. Dodd/Whitmarsh, USA (4), 12-5 and 12-8 (62)

Final round

Final ranking

References

Beach Volleyball Results
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