# Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

These page shows the results of the Men's Beach Volleyball Tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, held from September 17 to September 26, 2000.

## Medals

| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| United States (USA) Dain Blanton Eric Fonoimoana | Brazil (BRA) Zé Marco de Melo Ricardo Santos | Germany (GER) Jörg Ahmann Axel Hager |

## Results
### Elimination rounds
#### Preliminary round

Winners advance to Round of 16 The 12 losers play elimination matches until 3 remain teams remain. Competition Held on September 17, 2000
| Match Number | Athletes | NOC | Score | Seed |
| 1 | Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser | Australia | 12 | 1 |
| 1 | Juan Alberto Rodriguez Ibarra & Joel Sotelo Villalobos | Mexico | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Jan Kvalheim & Bjørn Maaseide | Norway | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | Miguel Maia & João Brenha | Portugal | 15 | 12 |
| 3 | John Child & Mark Heese | Canada | 15 | 6 |
| 3 | Jean-Philippe Jodard & Christian Penigaud | France | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Jody Holden & Conrad Leinemann | Canada | 17 | 18 |
| 4 | Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr | United States | 15 | 7 |
| 5 | Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana | United States | 15 | 9 |
| 5 | Andreas Scheuerpflug & Oliver Oetke | Germany | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Michal Palinek & Martin Lebl | Czech Republic | 13 | 21 |
| 6 | Paul Laciga & Martin Laciga | Switzerland | 15 | 4 |
| 7 | Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos | Brazil | 15 | 3 |
| 7 | Björn Berg & Simon Dahl | Sweden | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager | Germany | 15 | 15 |
| 8 | Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma | Spain | 13 | 10 |
| 9 | Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud | Norway | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm | Austria | 6 | 17 |
| 10 | Andrea Raffaelli & Maurizio Pimponi | Italy | 7 | 20 |
| 10 | Eduardo Esteban Martínez & Martín Alejo Conde | Argentina | 15 | 5 |
| 11 | Mariano Joaquin Baracetti & Jose Luis Abrantes Salema | Argentina | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | Sergey Ermishin & Mikhail Kouchnerev | Russia | 15 | 14 |
| 12 | Matt Grinlaubs & Josh Slack | Australia | 3 | 23 |
| 12 | José Loiola Jr & Emanuel Rego | Brazil | 15 | 2 |

#### Preliminary Elimination

Competition Held on September 19, 2000,
First Round
Losers eliminated, and placed 19th
| Match Number | Athletes | NOC | Score | Seed |
| 13 | Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser | Australia | 15 | 1 |
| 13 | Jan Kvalheim & Bjørn Maaseide | Norway | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | Jean-Philippe Jodard & Christian Penigaud | France | 2 | 19 |
| 14 | Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr | United States | 15 | 7 |
| 15 | Andreas Scheuerpflug & Oliver Oetke | Germany | 8 | 16 |
| 15 | Michal Palinek & Martin Lebl | Czech Republic | 15 | 21 |
| 16 | Björn Berg & Simon Dahl | Sweden | 11 | 22 |
| 16 | Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma | Spain | 15 | 10 |
| 17 | Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm | Austria | 15 | 17 |
| 17 | Andrea Raffaelli & Maurizio Pimponi | Italy | 9 | 20 |
| 18 | Mariano Joaquin Baracetti & Jose Luis Abrantes Salema | Argentina | 2 | 11 |
| 18 | Matt Grinlaubs & Josh Slack | Australia | 15 | 23 |
Second Round
Winners advance to Round of 16 plus team with highest point ratio; losers eliminated and place 17th
| Match Number | Athletes | NOC | Score | Seed |
| 19 | Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser | Australia | 15 | 1 |
| 19 | Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr | United States | 11 | 7 |
| 20 | Michal Palinek & Martin Lebl | Czech Republic | 4 | 21 |
| 20 | Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma | Spain | 15 | 10 |
| 21 | Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm | Austria | 15 | 17 |
| 21 | Matt Grinlaubs & Josh Slack | Australia | 10 | 23 |
Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr United States Qualified due to highest point ratio.

### Round of 16

Competition Held on September 22, 2000
* Losers eliminated, place ninth
| Match Number | Athletes | NOC | Score | Seed |
| 22 | Juan Alberto Rodriguez Ibarra & Joel Sotelo Villalobos | Mexico | 0 | 24 |
| 22 | Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr | United States | 15 | 7 |
| 23 | Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana | United States | 15 | 9 |
| 23 | Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud | Norway | 13 | 8 |
| 24 | Eduardo Esteban Martínez & Martín Alejo Conde | Argentina | 3 | 5 |
| 24 | Miguel Maia & João Brenha | Portugal | 15 | 12 |
| 25 | Lee Zahner & Julien Prosser | Australia | 8 | 1 |
| 25 | Paul Laciga & Martin Laciga | Switzerland | 15 | 4 |
| 26 | Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos | Brazil | 16 | 3 |
| 26 | Nikolas Berger & Oliver Stamm | Austria | 14 | 17 |
| 27 | Sergey Ermishin & Mikhail Kouchnerev | Russia | 6 | 14 |
| 27 | John Child & Mark Heese | Canada | 15 | 6 |
| 28 | Jody Holden & Conrad Leinemann | Canada | 6 | 18 |
| 28 | Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager | Germany | 15 | 15 |
| 29 | Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma | Spain | 17 | 10 |
| 29 | Jose Loiola Jr & Emanuel Rego | Brazil | 16 | 2 |

### Quarter-finals

Competition Held on September 24, 2000
* Losers eliminated, place fifth
| Match Number | Athletes | NOC | Score | Seed |
| 30 | Kevin Wong & Robert Heidger Jr | United States | 3 | 7 |
| 30 | Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana | United States | 15 | 9 |
| 31 | Miguel Maia & João Brenha | Portugal | 15 | 12 |
| 31 | Paul Laciga & Martin Laciga | Switzerland | 11 | 4 |
| 32 | Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos | Brazil | 15 | 3 |
| 32 | John Child & Mark Heese | Canada | 13 | 6 |
| 33 | Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager | Germany | 16 | 15 |
| 33 | Fabio Diez & Javier Bosma | Spain | 14 | 10 |

### Semi-finals

Competition Held on September 24, 2000
| Match Number | Athletes | NOC | Score | Seed |
| 34 | Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana | United States | 15 | 9 |
| 34 | Miguel Maia & João Brenha | Portugal | 12 | 12 |
| 35 | Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos | Brazil | 15 | 3 |
| 35 | Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager | Germany | 5 | 15 |

### Bronze medal match

Competition Held on September 26, 2000
| Match Number | Athletes | NOC | Score (Sets) | Seed |
| 35 | Miguel Maia & João Brenha | Portugal | 0 | 12 |
| 35 | Jörg Ahmann & Axel Hager | Germany | 2 | 15 |

### Gold Medal match

Competition Held on September 26, 2000
| Match Number | Athletes | NOC | Score (Sets) | Seed |
| 37 | Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana | United States | 2 | 9 |
| 37 | Zé Marco de Melo & Ricardo Santos | Brazil | 0 | 3 |

## Final ranking

| RANK | NOC | ATHLETES NAMES | SEED |
| | United States | Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana | 9 |
| | Brazil | Zé Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos | 3 |
| | Germany | Jörg Ahmann and Axel Hager | 15 |
| 4. | Portugal | João Brenha and Miguel Maia | 12 |
| 5. | Switzerland | Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga | 4 |
| 5. | Canada | John Child and Mark Heese | 6 |
| 5. | United States | Rob Heidger and Kevin Wong | 7 |
| 5. | Spain | Javier Bosma and Fabio Diez | 10 |
| 9. | Australia | Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner | 1 |
| 9. | Brazil | José Loiola and Emanuel Rego | 2 |
| 9. | Argentina | Martín Conde and Eduardo Martínez | 5 |
| 9. | Norway | Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud | 8 |
| 9. | Russia | Sergey Ermishin and Mikhail Kouchnerev | 14 |
| 9. | Austria | Nikolas Berger and Oliver Stamm | 17 |
| 9. | Canada | Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann | 18 |
| 9. | Mexico | Juan Rodríguez Ibarra and Joel Sotelo | 24 |
| 17. | Czech Republic | Martin Lebl and Michal Palinek | 21 |
| 17. | Australia | Matthew Grinlaubs and Josh Slack | 23 |
| 19. | Argentina | Mariano Baracetti and José Salema | 11 |
| 19. | Norway | Jan Kvalheim and Björn Maaseide | 13 |
| 19. | Germany | Oliver Oetke and Andreas Scheuerpflug | 16 |
| 19. | France | Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud | 19 |
| 19. | Italy | Maurizio Pimponi and Andrea Raffaelli | 20 |
| 19. | Sweden | Björn Berg and Simon Dahl | 11 |