# Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place at the Copacabana Stadium. The competition was held from 6 to 18 August 2016. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.
The medals for the tournament were presented by Bernard Rajzman, Brazil, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Dr. Ary Graça Filho, President of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.

## Qualification

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen | 1 | Brazil |
| 2015 World Championships | 26 June – 5 July 2015 | Netherlands | 1 | Brazil |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Netherlands |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | United States |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Netherlands |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | United States |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Spain |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Latvia |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Russia |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Italy |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Poland |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Italy |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Austria |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Poland |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Germany |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Canada |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Mexico |
| 2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup | 20–26 June 2016 | Cairns | 1 | Qatar |
| 2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup | 3–9 May 2016 | Kelibia | 1 | Tunisia |
| 2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup | 22–26 June 2016 | Stavanger | 1 | Austria |
| 2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup | 22–26 June 2016 | Santiago | 1 | Chile |
| 2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup | 20–26 June 2016 | Guaymas | 1 | Cuba |
| 2016 FIVB World Continental Cup | 6–10 July 2016 | Sochi | 2 | Canada |
| 2016 FIVB World Continental Cup | 6–10 July 2016 | Sochi | 2 | Russia |
| Total | Total | Total | 24 | |

## Pools composition

Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams. The top six teams from the FIVB beach volleyball Olympic ranking as of 12 June 2016 were seeded at the first row of each pools from pool A to F. The seventh to ninth from the ranking were drawn first in pool F, E, or D. Then, the tenth to twelfth were drawn in pool C, B, or A. The drawing of lots number three belonged the thirteenth to seventeenth teams. They were drawn in pool A to E. The remaining spot of third row were one of five confederation continental cup champions. Next, the four remaining were drawn in pool F to C. Finally the winners and runners-up from World continental cup were drawn last two spots. The teams from the same national Olympic committee could not be the same pool, except the last drawing.
| Group | Team | NOC |
| Seeding | Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt | Brazil |
| Seeding | Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen | Netherlands |
| Seeding | Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena | United States |
| Seeding | Evandro Oliveira / Pedro Solberg Salgado | Brazil |
| Seeding | Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst | Netherlands |
| Seeding | Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson | United States |
| Draw 1 | Adrián Gavira / Pablo Herrera | Spain |
| Draw 1 | Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš | Latvia |
| Draw 1 | Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov | Russia |
| Draw 2 | Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai | Italy |
| Draw 2 | Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Łosiak | Poland |
| Draw 2 | Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri | Italy |
| Draw 3 | Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst | Austria |
| Draw 3 | Grzegorz Fijałek / Mariusz Prudel | Poland |
| Draw 3 | Markus Böckermann / Lars Flüggen | Germany |
| Draw 3 | Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk | Canada |
| Draw 3 | Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen | Mexico |
| Draw 4–5 | Jefferson Pereira / Cherif Younousse | Qatar |
| Draw 4–5 | Mohamed Arafet Naceur / Choaib Belhaj Salah | Tunisia |
| Draw 4–5 | Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl | Austria |
| Draw 4–5 | Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt | Chile |
| Draw 4–5 | Nivaldo Díaz / Sergio González | Cuba |
| Draw 6 | Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter | Canada |
| Draw 6 | Dmitri Barsouk / Nikita Liamin | Russia |

### Draw

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C |
| Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) | Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) | Dalhausser – Lucena (USA) |
| Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA) | Kantor – Łosiak (POL) | Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) |
| Doppler – Horst (AUT) | Böckermann – Flüggen (GER) | Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX) |
| Binstock – Schachter (CAN) | Barsouk – Liamin (RUS) | Belhaj – Naceur (TUN) |
| Pool D | Pool E | Pool F |
| Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA) | Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED) | Gibb – Patterson (USA) |
| Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT) | Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) | Gavira – Herrera (ESP) |
| Saxton – Schalk (CAN) | Fijałek – Prudel (POL) | Huber – Seidl (AUT) |
| Díaz – González (CUB) | Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI) | Cherif – Jefferson (QAT) |

## Venue

* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* Copacabana Stadium
* Capacity: 12,000

## Format

The preliminary round was a competition between the twenty four teams divided into six groups of four teams. This round, the teams competed in a single round-robin format. The two highest ranked teams in each group and the two best third ranked teams advanced automatically to the knockout stage. The other four third ranked teams faced the lucky loser playoffs to take the last two spots. The fourth placed teams in each pool were ranked nineteenth in this competition. The losers from the lucky loser playoffs were tied seventeenth. The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers in the round of sixteen were ranked ninth. The four quarter-final losers finished fifth. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals.

## Pool standing procedure

* Match points (2 for the winner, 1 for the loser, 0 for forfeit)
* Between 2 teams consider all teams points ratio / Between 3 teams consider head-to-head points ratio
* Seeding position of the pools composition

## Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.
* Osvaldo Sumavil
* Mário Ferro
* Elizir Martins de Oliveira
* Lucie Guillemette
* Wang Lijun
* Juan Carlos Saavedra
* Charalampos Papadogoulas
* Davide Crescentini
* Mariko Satomi
* Carlos L. Rivera Rodriguez
* Roman Pristovakin
* Giovanni Bake
* José Maria Padron
* Jonas Personeni
* Kritsada Panaseri
* Daniel Apol

## Preliminary round

* All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 127 | 119 | 1.067 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | 140 | 128 | 1.094 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Doppler – Horst (AUT) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 133 | 145 | 0.917 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Binstock – Schachter (CAN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 137 | 145 | 0.945 | |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 138 | 121 | 1.140 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Barsouk – Liamin (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.000 | 113 | 194 | 0.582 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Kantor – Łosiak (POL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 113 | 116 | 0.974 | Lucky losers |
| 4 | Böckermann – Flüggen (GER) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 117 | 140 | 0.836 | |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Dalhausser – Lucena (USA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 146 | 107 | 1.364 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 123 | 108 | 1.139 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 144 | 142 | 1.014 | Lucky losers |
| 4 | Belhaj – Naceur (TUN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 70 | 126 | 0.556 | |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Díaz – González (CUB) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 159 | 142 | 1.120 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 157 | 159 | 0.987 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Saxton – Schalk (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 138 | 149 | 0.926 | Lucky losers |
| 4 | Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 150 | 164 | 0.915 | |

### Pool E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 134 | 103 | 1.301 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 142 | 126 | 1.127 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Fijałek – Prudel (POL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 126 | 140 | 0.900 | Lucky losers |
| 4 | Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 103 | 136 | 0.757 | |

### Pool F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Gavira – Herrera (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1.250 | 153 | 147 | 1.041 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Cherif – Jefferson (QAT) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 135 | 145 | 0.931 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Huber – Seidl (AUT) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 145 | 140 | 1.036 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Gibb – Patterson (USA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 125 | 126 | 0.992 | |

### Lucky losers

The table below shows the ranking of third-placed teams in the preliminary round. The top two teams will advance to next round automatically. The other teams will compete for the two remaining spots. The third-ranked team will play with the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will play with the fifth-ranked team.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Doppler – Horst (AUT) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | 133 | 145 | 0.917 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Huber – Seidl (AUT) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 145 | 140 | 1.036 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 144 | 142 | 1.014 | Lucky loser playoffs |
| 4 | Saxton – Schalk (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 138 | 149 | 0.926 | Lucky loser playoffs |
| 5 | Fijałek – Prudel (POL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 126 | 140 | 0.900 | Lucky loser playoffs |
| 6 | Kantor – Łosiak (POL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 113 | 116 | 0.974 | Lucky loser playoffs |

#### Lucky loser playoffs
## Knockout stage

The round of sixteen pair up weer determined by drawing of lots. The six first ranked teams in 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 in the same pool from preliminary round could not meet in round of 16.
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 12 August | 12 August | | | | | | |
| Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA) | 0 | 15 August | 15 August | | | | | |
| Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) | 2 | 15 August | 15 August | | | | |
| Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) | 2 | Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) | 2 | | | | |
| 13 August | 13 August | | Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) | 2 | | | | |
| 13 August | 13 August | Barsouk – Liamin (RUS) | 1 | | | | |
| Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA) | 1 | Barsouk – Liamin (RUS) | 1 | | | | |
| Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA) | 1 | | | | 16 August | 16 August | | |
| Barsouk – Liamin (RUS) | 2 | | | | 16 August | 16 August | |
| Barsouk – Liamin (RUS) | 2 | | | | Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) | 2 | |
| 12 August | 12 August | | | | | Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) | 2 | |
| 12 August | 12 August | | | | Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) | 1 | |
| Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) | 2 | | | | Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) | 1 | |
| Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) | 2 | 15 August | 15 August | | | | | |
| Cherif – Jefferson (QAT) | 0 | 15 August | 15 August | | | | |
| Cherif – Jefferson (QAT) | 0 | Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) | 2 | | | | |
| 12 August | 12 August | | Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) | 2 | | | | |
| 12 August | 12 August | Díaz – González (CUB) | 1 | | | | |
| Doppler – Horst (AUT) | 0 | Díaz – González (CUB) | 1 | | | | |
| Doppler – Horst (AUT) | 0 | | | | | | | 18 August | 18 August |
| Díaz – González (CUB) | 2 | | | | | | | 18 August | 18 August |
| Díaz – González (CUB) | 2 | | | | | | | Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) | 0 |
| 13 August | 13 August | | | | | | | | Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) | 0 |
| 13 August | 13 August | | | | | | | Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) | 2 |
| Dalhausser – Lucena (USA) | 2 | | | | | | | Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) | 2 |
| Dalhausser – Lucena (USA) | 2 | 15 August | 15 August | | | | | | |
| Huber – Seidl (AUT) | 0 | 15 August | 15 August | | | | | | |
| Huber – Seidl (AUT) | 0 | Dalhausser – Lucena (USA) | 1 | | | | | | |
| 13 August | 13 August | | Dalhausser – Lucena (USA) | 1 | | | | | | |
| 13 August | 13 August | Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) | 2 | Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) | 2 | | | | 16 August | 16 August | | | | |
| Gavira – Herrera (ESP) | 0 | | | | 16 August | 16 August | | | |
| Gavira – Herrera (ESP) | 0 | | | | Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) | 2 | | | |
| 12 August | 12 August | | | | | Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) | 2 | | | |
| 12 August | 12 August | | | | Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) | 1 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX) | 0 | | | | Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) | 1 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX) | 0 | 15 August | 15 August | | | | | 18 August | 18 August |
| Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED) | 2 | 15 August | 15 August | | | | | 18 August | 18 August |
| Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED) | 2 | Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED) | 0 | | | | | Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) | 0 |
| 13 August | 13 August | | Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED) | 0 | | | | | Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) | 0 |
| 13 August | 13 August | Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) | 2 | | | | | Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) | 2 |
| Saxton – Schalk (CAN) | 0 | Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) | 2 | | | | | Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) | 2 |
| Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) | 2 | | | | | | | | |

### Gold medal game
## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Seed |
| | Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA) | 1 |
| | Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) | 10 |
| | Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) | 2 |
| 4 | Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) | 9 |
| 5 | Dalhausser – Lucena (USA) | 3 |
| 5 | Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED) | 5 |
| 5 | Barsouk – Liamin (RUS) | 9 |
| 5 | Díaz – González (CUB) | 24 |
| 9 | Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA) | 4 |
| 9 | Gavira – Herrera (ESP) | 7 |
| 9 | Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA) | 12 |
| 9 | Doppler – Horst (AUT) | 13 |
| 9 | Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX) | 15 |
| 9 | Saxton – Schalk (CAN) | 16 |
| 9 | Huber – Seidl (AUT) | 18 |
| 9 | Cherif – Jefferson (QAT) | 19 |
| 17 | Kantor – Łosiak (POL) | 11 |
| 17 | Fijałek – Prudel (POL) | 16 |
| 19 | Gibb – Patterson (USA) | 6 |
| 19 | Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT) | 9 |
| 19 | Böckermann – Flüggen (GER) | 14 |
| 19 | Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI) | 20 |
| 19 | Belhaj – Naceur (TUN) | 22 |
| 19 | Binstock – Schachter (CAN) | 24 |