The women's
beach volleyball tournament at the
2020 Olympic Games
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
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Tokyo
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, Japan, took place at the
Shiokaze Park
Shiokaze Park is a public park and was a temporary beach volleyball sport venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics, located in Tokyo, Japan.
History
Shiokaze Park opened on June 1, 1974. It is located in Odaiba Island in Tokyo and has a view of th ...
. The competition was held from 24 July to 6 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. Twenty-four teams with 48 athletes from around the world competed for the gold medal.
April Ross and
Alix Klineman
Alexandra Rose "Alix" Klineman (born December 30, 1989) is an American beach volleyball, 2020 Summer Olympics gold medalist, and former indoor volleyball player.
In high school she was the 2006 Gatorade National Player of the Year. She was a ...
won the gold medal, defeating
Taliqua Clancy and
Mariafe Artacho del Solar in the final, while
Joana Heidrich and
Anouk Vergé-Dépré
Anouk Vergé-Dépré (born 11 February 1992) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. She represented her country at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Her current partner is Joana Heidrich.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Vergé-Dépré and former part ...
won the bronze medal.
The medals for the competition were presented by
Mustapha Berraf
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IOC Honorary Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by
Ary Graça
Ary da Silva Graça Filho is a Brazilian former volleyball player and the current president of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
He was a member of Brazil’s national team from 1963 to 1968. Before presidency of FIVB, Gr ...
,
Brazil
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;
FIVB President.
Qualification
Teams
Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams.
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 (
UTC+9
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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 ups were determined by a draw following the group stage.
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
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Notes
References
External links
Official website
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2021 in beach volleyball
2020
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Women's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics