Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament
The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 6 to 12. The beach volleyball competition was held at Coolangatta Beachfront. This was the first time that beach volleyball was held at the Commonwealth Games. A total of twelve women's teams competed (24 athletes, at 2 per team). Competition schedule. The following is the competition schedule for the women's tournament: Qualification. A total of 12 men's teams qualified to compete at the games. Pools composition. The  12 teams would be split into three groups of four, with the top two teams in each group along with the two best third place teams advancing to the knockout round. Canada was the top ranked nation, followed by Australia, New Zealand and Vanuatu. These four were placed in the three pools in a snake pattern. The remaining eight teams were randomly drawn among the other three pools.