# Beach volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Beach Volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 17 to August 27. This was the first time beach volleyball was held at the Youth Olympics with indoor volleyball appearing at the 2010 edition. The events took place at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in Nanjing, China.

## Qualification

A total of 36 teams participated in each gender category. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a maximum of 2 teams of 2 athletes, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China was initially given the maximum quota, but only field a girls' team. A further 10 teams, 5 in each gender was to be decided by the Tripartite Commission, but only 5 were given. The other spots were reallocated to the top ranked teams not yet qualified. Each of the five volleyball federations hosted qualification events to qualify 12 teams, 6 in each gender.
Africa and Asia hosted a single qualification tournament while Europe created a Youth Continental Cup with different zonal stages ending with a final qualification tournament. South America created a six legged tour, though only five events were held where the six countries with the most points qualified and North, Central America and Caribbean hosted four zonal tournaments where the winners qualified to the Youth Olympics and a final tournament where the top two nations qualified.
Only athletes born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999 were eligible to participate in the 2014 Youth Olympics.

### Boys

| Event | Location | Date | Total Teams | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | - | 0 | China |
| EVCA Zone Qualification Tournament | Pigeon Point | 18–20 October 2013 | 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| CAZOVA Zone Qualification Tournament | Maracus Bay | 26–28 November 2013 | 1 | Jamaica |
| Central Zone Qualification Tournament | Fajardo | 6–8 December 2013 | 1 | Canada |
| AFECAVOL Zone Qualification Tournament | Guatemala City | 1–2 February 2014 | 1 | Guatemala |
| AVC Qualification Tournament | Nakhon Si Thammarat | 4–6 April 2014 | 6 | Indonesia Iran Kazakhstan New Zealand Sri Lanka Thailand |
| CAVB Qualification Tournament | Accra | 11–13 April 2014 | 6 | Burundi Republic of the Congo Ghana Nigeria Rwanda Sierra Leone |
| NORCECA Final Qualification Tournament | Carolina | 12–13 April 2014 | 2 | Puerto Rico United States |
| 2014 CEV Youth Continental Cup Final | Antalya | 15–17 May 2014 | 6 | Finland France Germany Poland Russia Ukraine |
| CSV Youth Tour Final Rankings | - | 19 May 2014 | 6 | Uruguay Argentina Venezuela Peru Paraguay Brazil |
| Tripartite Invitation | - | - | 3 | Oman São Tomé and Príncipe Virgin Islands |
| Reallocation | - | - | 3 | Austria Lithuania Norway |
| TOTAL | | | 36 | |

### Girls

| Event | Location | Date | Total Teams | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | China |
| EVCA Zone Qualification Tournament | Pigeon Point | 18–20 October 2013 | 1 | Saint Lucia |
| CAZOVA Zone Qualification Tournament | Maracus Bay | 26–28 November 2013 | 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Central Zone Qualification Tournament | Fajardo | 6–8 December 2013 | 1 | United States |
| AFECAVOL Zone Qualification Tournament | Guatemala City | 1–2 February 2014 | 1 | Guatemala |
| AVC Qualification Tournament | Nakhon Si Thammarat | 4–6 April 2014 | 6 | Australia Chinese Taipei Indonesia Kazakhstan Thailand Vietnam |
| CAVB Qualification Tournament | Accra | 11–13 April 2014 | 6 | Republic of the Congo Ghana Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Sierra Leone |
| NORCECA Final Qualification Tournament | Carolina | 12–13 April 2014 | 2 | Canada Puerto Rico |
| 2014 CEV Youth Continental Cup Final | Antalya | 15–17 May 2014 | 6 | Czech Republic France Germany Italy Russia Turkey |
| CSV Youth Tour Final Rankings | - | 19 May 2014 | 6 | Paraguay Ecuador Argentina Uruguay Brazil Bolivia |
| Tripartite Invitation | - | - | 2 | Tuvalu Vanuatu |
| Reallocation | - | - | 3 | Austria Latvia Switzerland |
| TOTAL | | | 36 | |

## Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. During the group stage there will be three sessions per day in order for all teams to play their match. Likewise the quarterfinals will have two sessions in order for all teams to play on the two main courts.
    All times are CST (UTC+8)
| Event Date | Event Day | Starting Time | Event Details |
| August 17 | Sunday | 08:00 15:00 19:00 | Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage |
| August 18 | Monday | 08:00 15:00 19:00 | Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage |
| August 19 | Tuesday | 08:00 15:00 19:00 | Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage |
| August 21 | Thursday | 08:00 15:00 19:00 | Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage |
| August 22 | Friday | 08:00 15:00 19:00 | Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage |
| August 24 | Sunday | 08:00 | Boys' Round of 24 Girls' Round of 24 |
| August 24 | Sunday | 18:00 | Boys' Round of 16 Girls' Round of 16 |
| August 25 | Monday | 15:00 20:00 | Boys' Quarterfinals Girls' Quarterfinals |
| August 26 | Tuesday | 15:00 | Girls' Semifinals |
| August 26 | Tuesday | 20:00 | Girls' Medal Matches |
| August 27 | Wednesday | 15:00 | Boys' Semifinals |
| August 27 | Wednesday | 20:00 | Boys' Medal Matches |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' Tournament details | Russia (RUS) Oleg Stoyanovskiy Artem Yarzutkin | Venezuela (VEN) José Tigrito Gómez Rolando Hernández | Argentina (ARG) Santiago Aulisi Leo Aveiro |
| Girls' Tournament details | Brazil (BRA) Ana Patricia Silva Ramos Eduarda Santos Lisboa | Canada (CAN) Megan McNamara Nicole McNamara | Germany (GER) Lisa Arnholdt Sarah Schneider |