Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Beach Volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Australia from 6 to 12 April. The beach volleyball competition was held at Coolangatta Beachfront. This was the first time that Beach Volleyball was held at the Commonwealth Games.[1] A total of twelve men's and twelve women's teams are scheduled to compete (48 athletes, at 2 per team) in each respective tournament.

Beach Volleyball
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueCoolangatta Beachfront
Dates6–12 April 2018
Competitors48 from 16 nations
Beach volleyball at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Tournament
menwomen

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the Beach Volleyball competitions:[2]

PPool stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match GGold medal match
Event↓/Date →Fri 6Sat 7Sun 8Mon 9Tue 10Wed 11Thu 12
MenPPPP¼½BG
WomenPPPP¼½BG

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia*1102
 Canada1102
3 New Zealand0011
 Vanuatu0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
 Australia (AUS)
Christopher McHugh
Damien Schumann		  Canada (CAN)
Sam Pedlow
Sam Schachter		  New Zealand (NZL)
Ben O'Dea
Sam O'Dea
Women's tournament
 Canada (CAN)
Melissa Humana-Paredes
Sarah Pavan		  Australia (AUS)
Mariafe Artacho del Solar
Taliqua Clancy		  Vanuatu (VAN)
Linline Matauatu
Miller Pata

Qualification

A total of 12 men's teams and women's team qualified to compete at the games.[3]

Men
Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Australia
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings 31 October 2017 N/A 4  Canada
 England
 Trinidad and Tobago
 New Zealand
European Qualification Tournament 15–16 September 2017 Larnaca 1  Scotland
AVC Beach Tour 2017 8 April – 28 October 2017 Various 1  Sri Lanka
African Qualification Tournament 27–29 October 2017 Freetown 1  Sierra Leone
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour 2017 7 April – 13 November 2017 Various 1  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Oceania Qualification Tournament 6–8 December 2017 Port Villa 1  Fiji
FIVB/CGF Invitation TBD N/A 2  Cyprus
 Mozambique
Total12

Women
Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Australia
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings 31 October 2017 N/A 4  Canada
 New Zealand
 Vanuatu
 England
European Qualification Tournament 15–16 September 2017 Larnaca 1  Cyprus
AVC Beach Tour 2017 8 April – 28 October 2017 Various 1  Singapore
African Qualification Tournament 27–29 October 2017 Freetown 1  Rwanda
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour 2017 7 April – 13 November 2017 Various 1  Trinidad and Tobago
Oceania Qualification Tournament 6–8 December 2017 Port Villa 1  Fiji
FIVB/CGF Invitation TBD N/A 2  Scotland[4]
 Grenada
Total12

Participating nations

There are 16 participating nations in beach volleyball with a total of 48 athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

References
  1. "Beach volleyball added to 2018 Commonwealth Games". FIVB.org. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. "Beach Volleyball Schedule" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. Butler, Nick (7 January 2018). "Beattie and Coutts secure final beach volleyball spot at Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
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