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
Venue	Coolangatta Beachfront
Dates	6–12 April 2018
Competitors	48 from 16 nations
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Competition schedule

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

P

Pool stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

G

Gold medal match

Event↓/Date →	Fri 6	Sat 7	Sun 8	Mon 9	Tue 10	Wed 11	Thu 12
Men	P	P	P	P	¼	½	B	G
Women	P	P	P	P	¼	½	B	G

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia*	1	1	0	2
	Canada	1	1	0	2
3	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	Australia (AUS) Chris McHugh Damien Schumann	Canada (CAN) Sam Pedlow Sam Schachter	New Zealand (NZL) Ben O'Dea Sam O'Dea
Women's tournament details	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	—	—	1	Australia
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings	31 October 2017	—	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	—	2	Cyprus   Mozambique
Total			12

Women

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Australia
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings	31 October 2017	—	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	—	2	Scotland^[4]   Grenada
Total			12

Participating nations

There are 16 participating nations in beach volleyball with a total of 48 athletes.

•   Australia (4 athletes)
•   Canada (4)
•   Cyprus (4)
•   England (4)
•   Fiji (4)
•   Grenada (2)
•   Mozambique (2)
•   New Zealand (4)
•   Rwanda (2)
•   Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
•   Scotland (4)
•   Sierra Leone (2)
•   Singapore (2)
•   Sri Lanka (2)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (4)
•   Vanuatu (2)

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.

External links

• Results Book – Beach volleyball