# Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 17 October. The events took place at the Parque Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Qualification

A total of 32 teams will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams of 2 athletes, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina was given the maximum quota and a further 10 teams, 5 in each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining quotas were to be decided at the 2018 Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship and qualifiers decided by the five continental regions. The U19 World Championship will have priority over the continental qualifiers. Each region is allocated five teams per gender, however there must by 50% participation for the continent to be given the complete quota, if not the quotas will be reduced.
Only athletes born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003 were eligible to participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics.

### Boys

| Event | Location | Date | Total Teams | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Argentina |
| 2018 U19 World Championship | Nanjing | 10–15 July 2018 | 1 | Russia |
| 2018 Oceania U19 Championship | Canberra | 1–3 March 2018 | 2 | Australia New Zealand |
| 2018 AFECAVOL Zone U19 Championship | Puntarenas | 8–12 March 2018 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 2018 Asian U19 Championship | Nakhon Pathom | 23–25 March 2018 | 2 | Indonesia Thailand |
| 2018 Central Zone U19 Championship | Havana | 25–28 May 2018 | 2 | Cuba Puerto Rico |
| 2017–18 European Youth Continental Cup Final | Baden | 8–10 June 2018 | 5 | Czech Republic Great Britain Hungary Netherlands Sweden |
| 2018 EVCA Zone U19 Championship | St. John's | 14–18 June 2018 | 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| South American Youth Tour Final Rankings | Various | 17 June 2018 | 5 | Bolivia Chile Ecuador Paraguay Venezuela |
| 2018 CAZOVA Zone U19 Championship | Oranjestad | 6–9 July 2018 | 1 | Aruba |
| 2018 African U19 Championship | Algiers | 19–28 July 2018 | 5 4 | Mozambique Ghana The Gambia Mauritius Rwanda |
| Tripartite Invitation | – | – | 5 2 | Monaco Togo |
| Reallocation of unused spots | – | – | 5 | Brazil Germany Poland United States Switzerland |
| TOTAL | | | 32 | |

### Girls

| Event | Location | Date | Total Teams | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Argentina |
| 2018 U19 World Championship | Nanjing | 10–15 July 2018 | 1 | Russia |
| 2018 Oceania U19 Championship | Canberra | 1–3 March 2018 | 2 | Australia New Zealand |
| 2018 AFECAVOL Zone U19 Championship | Puntarenas | 8–12 March 2018 | 1 | Guatemala |
| 2018 Asian U19 Championship | Nakhon Pathom | 23–25 March 2018 | 1 | Thailand |
| 2018 Central Zone U19 Championship | Havana | 25–28 May 2018 | 2 | Puerto Rico United States |
| 2017–18 European Youth Continental Cup Final | Baden | 8–10 June 2018 | 5 | Italy Norway Poland Spain Netherlands |
| 2018 EVCA Zone U19 Championship | St. John's | 14–18 June 2018 | 1 | Dominica |
| South American Youth Tour Final Rankings | Various | 17 June 2018 | 5 | Bolivia Brazil Paraguay Peru Venezuela |
| 2018 CAZOVA Zone U19 Championship | Oranjestad | 6–9 July 2018 | 1 | Aruba |
| 2018 African U19 Championship | | 19–28 July 2018 | 5 | Mozambique Rwanda Egypt Democratic Republic of the Congo Sierra Leone |
| Tripartite Invitation | – | – | 1 | Vanuatu |
| Reallocation of unused spots | – | – | 6 | Canada China Ecuador Mexico Switzerland Uruguay |
| TOTAL | | | 32 | |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' Tournament details | David Åhman Jonatan Hellvig Sweden | Yorick de Groot Matthew Immers Netherlands | Bautista Amieva Mauro Zelayeta Argentina |
| Girls' Tournament details | Maria Voronina Maria Bocharova Russia | Claudia Scampoli Nicol Bertozzi Italy | Emilie Olimstad Frida Berntsen Norway |