The men's
beach volleyball
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tournament at the
2020 Olympic Games
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
in
Tokyo
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, 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
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, the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced on 24 March 2020 that the 2020 Summer Olympics would be delayed to 2021. Because of this pandemic, the games were played
behind closed doors
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. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.
Anders Mol
Anders Berntsen Mol (born 2 July 1997) is a Norwegian beach volleyball player. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Beach career
Mol learned to play beach volleyball as a teenager. His parents introduced him to the sport. Tog ...
and
Christian Sørum
Christian Sandlie Sørum (born 3 December 1995) is a Norwegian beach volleyball player. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Beach career
Sorum has been playing beach volleyball in national and international tournaments since ...
captured the gold medal after defeating
Viacheslav Krasilnikov and
Oleg Stoyanovskiy in the final, while
Cherif Younousse and
Ahmed Tijan took home bronze.
The medals for the competition were presented by
Kristin Kloster Aasen,
Norway
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;
IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by
Ary Graça
Ary da Silva Graça Filho (born 23 April 1943) is a Brazilian former volleyball player and the current president of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
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,
Brazil
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;
FIVB President.
Qualification
Teams
Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams.
*Taylor Crabb
Taylor Crabb (born January 26, 1992) is an American beach volleyball player who plays as a left-side defender with his partner Taylor Sander. He has won fourteen tournaments on the AVP Pro Tour and one gold medal on the FIVB World Tour.
Gro ...
of the United States originally qualified to play with Gibb, but was tested positive for
COVID-19
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and was replaced by Bourne.
Draw
The draw was made on 5 July 2021.
Referees
The following referees were selected for the tournament.
* 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
''All times are local (
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).''
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Pool E
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Pool F
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Lucky losers
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.
Lucky loser playoffs
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Knockout stage
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.
Bracket
Round of 16
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
See also
*
Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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Men's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics