# Beach volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament competition of the beach volleyball events at the 2023 Pan American Games took place between 21 and 27 of October in Santiago, Chile at the Beach volleyball center, a temporary venue in Peñalolén cluster.

## Qualification

As the host nation, Chile automatically qualified a team. The best team from NORCECA (North America, Central America and Caribbean) and CSV (South America) at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games also secured a quota. All other quotas were awarded through rankings (the three best teams per gender in the FIVB World Ranking, followed by five teams per gender from NORCECA and CSV.

### Qualification summary

| Event/Criteria | Quotas | Qualified NOC's |
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| 2021 Junior Pan American Games NORCECA | 1 | Cuba |
| 2021 Junior Pan American Games CSV | 1 | Brazil |
| World Rankings | 3 | United States Argentina Canada |
| NORCECA Rankings | 5 | Mexico Guatemala Costa Rica El Salvador Nicaragua |
| CSV Rankings | 5 | Ecuador Uruguay Paraguay Colombia Bolivia |
| Total | 16 | |

## Competition format

Each of the 16 pairs in the tournament will be placed in one of four groups of four teams apiece, and play a round-robin within that pool. The top two three in each pool advance to the knockout rounds. The fourth-placed teams in each group, will be eliminated and will play in the 13 to 16 place bracket.
The 12 teams that advanced to the elimination rounds will play a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.

## Schedule

| Date | Start | Finish | Phase |
| October 21, 2023 | 12:30 | 20:00 | Preliminaries |
| October 22, 2023 | 12:30 | 20:00 | Preliminaries |
| October 23, 2023 | 12:30 | 20:00 | Preliminaries |
| October 24, 2023 | 12:30 | 19:00 | Elimination stage/Quarterfinal qualifiers |
| October 25, 2023 | 13:00 | 20:00 | Quarterfinals |
| October 26, 2023 | 19:00 | 20:00 | Semifinals |
| October 27, 2023 | 17:00 | 19:00 | Gold/Bronze medal matches |

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Grimalt – Grimalt (CHI) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 126 | 94 | 1.340 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sarabia – Virgen (MEX) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 122 | 122 | 1.000 | Quarterfinals qualifying |
| 3 | Massare – Melgarejo (PAR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 121 | 127 | 0.953 | Quarterfinals qualifying |
| 4 | Mora – López (NCA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 92 | 126 | 0.730 | Placement 13th–16th |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Webber – Smith (USA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 151 | 125 | 1.208 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Hannibal – Llambias (URU) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | 135 | 119 | 1.134 | Quarterfinals qualifying |
| 3 | Calvo – Salvatierra (BOL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 109 | 115 | 0.948 | Quarterfinals qualifying |
| 4 | García – Leonardo (EAI) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 138 | 138 | 1.000 | Placement 13th–16th |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Alayo – Díaz (CUB) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 138 | 92 | 1.500 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Stein – Wanderley (BRA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | 129 | 99 | 1.303 | Quarterfinals qualifying |
| 3 | Murray – Noriega (COL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 89 | 118 | 0.754 | Quarterfinals qualifying |
| 4 | Flores – Guatemala (ESA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 79 | 126 | 0.627 | Placement 13th–16th |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Capogrosso – Capogrosso (ARG) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 126 | 79 | 1.595 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | León – Tenorio (ECU) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.000 | 115 | 113 | 1.018 | Quarterfinals qualifying |
| 3 | Macneil – Russell (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 106 | 110 | 0.964 | Quarterfinals qualifying |
| 4 | Varela – Dyner (CRC) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 81 | 126 | 0.643 | Placement 13th–16th |

### Placement 13th–16th

| 13th–16th semifinals | 13th–16th semifinals | 13th–14th place match | 13th–14th place match |
| Varela – Dyner (CRC) | 0 |
| Mora – López (NCA) | 2 | | |
| Mora – López (NCA) | 2 | Mora – López (NCA) | 2 |
| | | Flores – Guatemala (ESA) | 1 |
| García – Leonardo (EAI) | 0 | Flores – Guatemala (ESA) | 1 |
| Flores – Guatemala (ESA) | 2 | | |
| Flores – Guatemala (ESA) | 2 | 15th–16th place match | 15th–16th place match |
| | | Varela – Dyner (CRC) | 0 |
| | | García – Leonardo (EAI) | 2 |

#### 13th–14th semifinals
### Placement 9th–12th

| 9th–10th semifinals | 9th–10th semifinals | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| Hannibal – Llambias (URU) | 2 |
| Massare – Melgarejo (PAR) | 1 | | |
| Massare – Melgarejo (PAR) | 1 | Hannibal – Llambias (URU) | 2 |
| | | Murray – Noriega (COL) | 1 |
| Calvo – Salvatierra (BOL) | 1 | Murray – Noriega (COL) | 1 |
| Murray – Noriega (COL) | 2 | | |
| Murray – Noriega (COL) | 2 | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| | | Massare – Melgarejo (PAR) | 2 |
| | | Calvo – Salvatierra (BOL) | 0 |

#### 9th–10th place match
### Placement 1st–4th

| Quarterfinals qualifying | Quarterfinals qualifying | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| | | Grimalt – Grimalt (CHI) | 2 | | |
| | | Macneil – Russell (CAN) | 0 | | |
| Hannibal – Llambias (URU) | 0 | Macneil – Russell (CAN) | 0 | | |
| Macneil – Russell (CAN) | 2 | | | | |
| Macneil – Russell (CAN) | 2 | | | Grimalt – Grimalt (CHI) | 0 |
| | | | | Stein – Wanderley (BRA) | 2 |
| | | Capogrosso – Capogrosso (ARG) | 1 | | |
| | | Stein – Wanderley (BRA) | 2 | | |
| Stein – Wanderley (BRA) | 2 | Stein – Wanderley (BRA) | 2 | | |
| Massare – Melgarejo (PAR) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Massare – Melgarejo (PAR) | 0 | | | | | Alayo – Díaz (CUB) | 1 |
| | | | | | | Stein – Wanderley (BRA) | 2 |
| | | Alayo – Díaz (CUB) | 2 | | | | |
| | | León – Tenorio (ECU) | 0 | | | | |
| León – Tenorio (ECU) | 2 | León – Tenorio (ECU) | 0 | | | | |
| Calvo – Salvatierra (BOL) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Calvo – Salvatierra (BOL) | 0 | | | Alayo – Díaz (CUB) | 2 | | |
| | | | | Webber – Smith (USA) | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | Webber – Smith (USA) | 2 | | | Grimalt – Grimalt (CHI) | 2 |
| | | Sarabia – Virgen (MEX) | 0 | | | Webber – Smith (USA) | 1 |
| Murray – Noriega (COL) | 0 | Sarabia – Virgen (MEX) | 0 | | | Webber – Smith (USA) | 1 |
| Sarabia – Virgen (MEX) | 2 | | | | | | |

#### Quarterfinals qualifying

Losers of Quarterfinals qualifying are transferred to Placement 9th–12th.

#### Quarterfinals

Losers of Quarterfinals are transferred to Placement 5th–8th.

#### Gold medal match
## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | André Stein – George Wanderley (BRA) |
| | Jorge Luis Alayo – Noslen Díaz (CUB) |
| | Esteban Grimalt – Marco Grimalt (CHI) |
| 4 | Logan Webber – Hagen Smith (USA) |
| 5 | Jake Macneil – Alexander Russell (CAN) |
| 6 | Miguel Sarabia – Juan Ramón Virgen (MEX) |
| 7 | Dany León – Marcos Tenorio (ECU) |
| 8 | Tomás Capogrosso – Nicolas Capogrosso (ARG) |
| 9 | Hans Hannibal – Nicolas Llambias (URU) |
| 10 | Johan Murray – Juan Noriega (COL) |
| 11 | Giuliano Massare – Gonzalo Melgarejo (PAR) |
| 12 | Luis Calvo – Ruddy Salvatierra (BOL) |
| 13 | Ruben Mora – Dany López (NCA) |
| 14 | Franklin Flores – Armando Guatemala (ESA) |
| 15 | Luis García – Andy Leonardo (EAI) |
| 16 | Jhostin Varela – Daniel Dyner (CRC) |