# Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, took place at Eiffel Tower Stadium on the Champ de Mars. The competition was held from 27 July to 10 August 2024. Twenty four teams consisting of 48 athletes from 18 NOC's competed.

## Qualification

| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified NOC |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | France |
| 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships | 6–15 October 2023 | Tlaxcala | 1 | Czech Republic |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Sweden |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Norway |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Germany |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Brazil |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | United States |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Netherlands |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Brazil |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Italy |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Poland |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Netherlands |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Qatar |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | United States |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Spain |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Italy |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Australia |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Cuba |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 9 June 2024 | Lausanne | 17 | Austria |
| 2023–2024 CEV Continental Cup Final | 13–16 June 2024 | Jūrmala | 1 | France |
| 2023–2024 CAVB Continental Cup Final | 20–23 June 2024 | Martil | 1 | Morocco |
| 2023–2024 AVC Continental Cup Final | 21–23 June 2024 | Ningbo | 1 | Australia |
| 2023–2024 CSV Continental Cup Final | 21–23 June 2024 | Iquique | 1 | Chile |
| 2023–2024 NORCECA Continental Cup Final | 21–23 June 2024 | Tlaxcala | 1 | Canada |
| Total | Total | Total | 24 | |

## Format

The 24 teams were split into six pools of four teams. After a round-robin the top two teams and the two best third-placed teams advanced to the knockout stage. The other four third-placed teams played in a "lucky loser" round to determine the last two qualifying teams. From there on, a knockout stage was used.
A win was awarded two match points, while a loss was awarded one match point. In the case of a tie in match points, the following tiebreaker criteria was used: Between two teams:
* Higher rally points ratio in all matches.
* If still tied, winner of head-to-head match.
Between three teams:
* Higher rally points ratio in matches between tied teams.
* If still tied, higher rally points ratio in all matches.
* If still tied, the higher tournament seeding established at the General Technical Meeting.

## Competition schedule

The schedule was as follows.
| P | Preliminary round | LL | Lucky losers playoffs | 1/8 | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Mon 5 | Tue 6 | Wed 7 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Sat 10 | Sat 10 |
| P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | LL | 1⁄8 | 1⁄8 | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | | B | F |

## Teams

24 teams qualified. The first 18 teams were announced on 11 June 2024. Each NOC is limited to two teams. The final places were revealed on 24 June 2024.
| Team | NOC |
| Thomas Hodges – Zachery Schubert | Australia |
| Mark Nicolaidis – Izac Carracher | Australia |
| Julian Hörl – Alexander Horst | Austria |
| Evandro Oliveira – Arthur Lanci | Brazil |
| George Wanderley – André Stein | Brazil |
| Sam Schachter – Daniel Dearing | Canada |
| Marco Grimalt – Esteban Grimalt | Chile |
| Jorge Alayo – Noslen Díaz | Cuba |
| Ondřej Perušič – David Schweiner | Czech Republic |
| Youssef Krou – Arnaud Gauthier-Rat | France |
| Rémi Bassereau – Julien Lyneel | France |
| Nils Ehlers – Clemens Wickler | Germany |
| Samuele Cottafava – Paolo Nicolai | Italy |
| Alex Ranghieri – Adrian Carambula | Italy |
| Mohamed Abicha – Zouheir El Graoui | Morocco |
| Stefan Boermans [nl] – Yorick de Groot [nl] | Netherlands |
| Matthew Immers – Steven van de Velde | Netherlands |
| Anders Mol – Christian Sørum | Norway |
| Michał Bryl – Bartosz Łosiak | Poland |
| Cherif Younousse – Ahmed Tijan | Qatar |
| Pablo Herrera – Adrián Gavira | Spain |
| David Åhman – Jonatan Hellvig | Sweden |
| Miles Evans – Chase Budinger | United States |
| Miles Partain – Andrew Benesh | United States |

## Draw

The draw was held on 28 June.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C |
| Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) | Mol A. – Sørum C. (NOR) | Ehlers – Wickler (GER) |
| Cottafava – Nicolai (ITA) | Van de Velde – Immers (NED) | Bryl – Łosiak (POL) |
| Cherif – Ahmed (QAT) | Ranghieri – Carambula (ITA) | Hodges – Schubert (AUS) |
| Nicolaidis – Carracher (AUS) | Grimalt M. – Grimalt E. (CHI) | Bassereau – Lyneel (FRA) |
| Pool D | Pool E | Pool F |
| George – André (BRA) | Perušič – Schweiner (CZE) | Krou – Gauthier-Rat (FRA) |
| Partain – Benesh (USA) | Evandro – Arthur (BRA) | Boermans – de Groot (NED) |
| Díaz – Alayo (CUB) | Hörl – Horst (AUT) | Herrera – Gavira (ESP) |
| Abicha – Elgraoui (MAR) | Schachter – Dearing (CAN) | Evans – Budinger (USA) |

## Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.
* Osvaldo Sumavil
* Giseli Amantino
* Brian Hiebert
* Wang Lijun
* Juan Carlos Saavedra
* Sylvain Druart
* Charalampos Papadogoulas
* Davide Crescentini
* Mariko Satomi
* Agnieszka Myszkowska
* Rui Carvalho
* Jean Mukundiyukuri
* Robert Leko
* Giovanni Bake
* José María Padrón
* Brigham Beatie

## Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 4 July 2024.
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cherif – Ahmed (QAT) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 140 | 127 | 1.102 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Cottafava – Nicolai (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.000 | 124 | 118 | 1.051 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 139 | 134 | 1.037 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Nicolaidis – Carracher (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 102 | 126 | 0.810 | |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Mol – Sørum (NOR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 126 | 92 | 1.370 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Van de Velde – Immers (NED) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 131 | 133 | 0.985 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 109 | 120 | 0.908 | Lucky losers |
| 4 | Ranghieri – Carambula (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 119 | 140 | 0.850 | |
* 1 2 3 NED 1.055 points ratio, CHI 1.013, ITA 0.939.

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Ehlers – Wickler (GER) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 140 | 122 | 1.148 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Bryl – Łosiak (POL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.000 | 118 | 107 | 1.103 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Hodges – Schubert (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 131 | 134 | 0.978 | Lucky losers |
| 4 | Bassereau – Lyneel (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 101 | 127 | 0.795 | |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Díaz – Alayo (CUB) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 126 | 92 | 1.370 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Partain – Benesh (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 135 | 126 | 1.071 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | George – André (BRA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 119 | 120 | 0.992 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Abicha – El Graoui (MAR) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 91 | 133 | 0.684 | |

### Pool E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Evandro – Arthur (BRA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 126 | 100 | 1.260 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Perušič – Schweiner (CZE) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.000 | 118 | 109 | 1.083 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Schachter – Dearing (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 107 | 115 | 0.930 | Lucky losers |
| 4 | Hörl – Horst (AUT) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 99 | 126 | 0.786 | |

### Pool F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Boermans – De Groot (NED) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 126 | 89 | 1.416 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Herrera – Gavira (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 131 | 123 | 1.065 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Evans – Budinger (USA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 99 | 109 | 0.908 | Lucky losers |
| 4 | Krou – Gauthier-Rat (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 108 | 143 | 0.755 | |

### 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 the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will play the fifth-ranked team.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 139 | 134 | 1.037 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | D | George – André (BRA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 119 | 120 | 0.992 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | C | Hodges – Schubert (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 131 | 134 | 0.978 | Lucky loser playoffs |
| 4 | E | Schachter – Dearing (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 107 | 115 | 0.930 | Lucky loser playoffs |
| 5 | B | M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 109 | 120 | 0.908 | Lucky loser playoffs |
| 6 | F | Evans – Budinger (USA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 99 | 109 | 0.908 | Lucky loser playoffs |

#### Lucky loser playoffs
## Knockout stage

The round of sixteen pair up will be determined by drawing of lots. The six first ranked teams in preliminary pools are separated automatically. Then, the lucky loser playoffs winners will be drawn. The two best third ranked will be drawn next. And, the last drawing belongs to the second ranked teams. The teams in the same pool from preliminary round can not meet in round of 16.

### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | | | |
| Cherif – Ahmed (QAT) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Cherif – Ahmed (QAT) | 2 | 7 August | 7 August | | | | | |
| M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI) | 0 | 7 August | 7 August | | | | |
| M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI) | 0 | Cherif – Ahmed (QAT) | 2 | | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | | Cherif – Ahmed (QAT) | 2 | | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | Partain – Benesh (USA) | 0 | | | | |
| Partain – Benesh (USA) | 2 | Partain – Benesh (USA) | 0 | | | | |
| Partain – Benesh (USA) | 2 | | | | 8 August | 8 August | | |
| Cottafava – Nicolai (ITA) | 0 | | | | 8 August | 8 August | |
| Cottafava – Nicolai (ITA) | 0 | | | | Cherif – Ahmed (QAT) | 0 | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | | Cherif – Ahmed (QAT) | 0 | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) | 2 | |
| Evandro – Arthur (BRA) | 2 | | | | Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) | 2 | |
| Evandro – Arthur (BRA) | 2 | 6 August | 6 August | | | | | |
| Van de Velde – Immers (NED) | 0 | 6 August | 6 August | | | | |
| Van de Velde – Immers (NED) | 0 | Evandro – Arthur (BRA) | 0 | | | | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | Evandro – Arthur (BRA) | 0 | | | | |
| 4 August | 4 August | Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) | 2 | | | | |
| Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) | 2 | Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) | 2 | | | | |
| Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) | 2 | | | | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Díaz – Alayo (CUB) | 1 | | | | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Díaz – Alayo (CUB) | 1 | | | | | | | Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) | 2 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | | | | | Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) | 2 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | | | | Ehlers – Wickler (GER) | 0 |
| Ehlers – Wickler (GER) | 2 | | | | | | | Ehlers – Wickler (GER) | 0 |
| Ehlers – Wickler (GER) | 2 | 6 August | 6 August | | | | | | |
| George – André (BRA) | 0 | 6 August | 6 August | | | | | | |
| George – André (BRA) | 0 | Ehlers – Wickler (GER) | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | Ehlers – Wickler (GER) | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 August | 4 August | Boermans – De Groot (NED) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Perušič – Schweiner (CZE) | 0 | Boermans – De Groot (NED) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Perušič – Schweiner (CZE) | 0 | | | | 8 August | 8 August | | | | |
| Boermans – De Groot (NED) | 2 | | | | 8 August | 8 August | | | |
| Boermans – De Groot (NED) | 2 | | | | Ehlers – Wickler (GER) | 2 | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | | Ehlers – Wickler (GER) | 2 | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | Mol – Sørum (NOR) | 1 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Bryl – Łosiak (POL) | 0 | | | | Mol – Sørum (NOR) | 1 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Bryl – Łosiak (POL) | 0 | 7 August | 7 August | | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Herrera – Gavira (ESP) | 2 | 7 August | 7 August | | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Herrera – Gavira (ESP) | 2 | Herrera – Gavira (ESP) | 0 | | | | | Cherif – Ahmed (QAT) | 0 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | Herrera – Gavira (ESP) | 0 | | | | | Cherif – Ahmed (QAT) | 0 |
| 5 August | 5 August | Mol – Sørum (NOR) | 2 | | | | | Mol – Sørum (NOR) | 2 |
| Evans – Budinger (USA) | 0 | Mol – Sørum (NOR) | 2 | | | | | Mol – Sørum (NOR) | 2 |
| Mol – Sørum (NOR) | 2 | | | | | | | | |

### Gold medal game
## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Åhman – Hellvig (SWE) |
| | Ehlers – Wickler (GER) |
| | Mol – Sørum (NOR) |
| 4 | Cherif – Ahmed (QAT) |
| 5 | Evandro – Arthur (BRA) |
| 5 | Boermans – De Groot (NED) |
| 5 | Herrera – Gavira (ESP) |
| 5 | Partain – Benesh (USA) |
| 9 | Díaz – Alayo (CUB) |
| 9 | George – André (BRA) |
| 9 | M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt (CHI) |
| 9 | Perušič – Schweiner (CZE) |
| 9 | Cottafava – Nicolai (ITA) |
| 9 | Van de Velde – Immers (NED) |
| 9 | Bryl – Łosiak (POL) |
| 9 | Evans – Budinger (USA) |
| 17 | Hodges – Schubert (AUS) |
| 17 | Schachter – Dearing (CAN) |
| 19 | Nicolaidis – Carracher (AUS) |
| 19 | Hörl – Horst (AUT) |
| 19 | Bassereau – Lyneel (FRA) |
| 19 | Krou – Gauthier-Rat (FRA) |
| 19 | Ranghieri – Carambula (ITA) |
| 19 | Abicha – El Graoui (MAR) |