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Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

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Beach Volleyball – Men's tournament
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueCoolangatta Beachfront
Dates6–12 April 2018
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Canada
bronze medal    New Zealand
2022 →

The men'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.[1] A total of twelve men's teams competed (24 athletes, at 2 per team).

Competition schedule

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The following is the competition schedule for the men's tournament:[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

Qualification

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

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 Cyprus Larnaca 1  Scotland
AVC Beach Tour 2017 8 April – 28 October 2017 Various 1  Sri Lanka
African Qualification Tournament 27–29 October 2017 Sierra Leone 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 Vanuatu Port Villa 1  Fiji
FIVB/CGF Invitation TBD 2  Cyprus
 Mozambique
Total 12

Medalists

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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

Pools composition

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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, England and New Zealand. These four were placed in the three pools in a snake pattern. The remaining eight teams were randomly drawn among the other three pools.[4]

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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PLD W L SW SL SR P
 McHughSchumann (AUS) 3 3 0 6 0 MAX 6
 WilliamsStewart (TTO) 3 2 1 4 2 2.000 5
 KorowaleCavula (FIJ) 3 1 2 2 4 0.500 4
 SeabrookesHodge (SKN) 3 0 3 0 6 0.000 3
Qualified for the quarterfinals
6 April 2018
21:30
 McHughSchumann (AUS) 2–0  KorowaleCavula (FIJ) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–9, 21–8
Report

7 April 2018
10:30
 WilliamsStewart (TTO) 2–0  SeabrookesHodge (SKN) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–14, 21–14
Report

8 April 2018
12:30
 McHughSchumann (AUS) 2–0  SeabrookesHodge (SKN) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–3, 21–11
Report
8 April 2018
15:00
 WilliamsStewart (TTO) 2–0  KorowaleCavula (FIJ) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–9, 21–17
Report

9 April 2018
17:00
 SeabrookesHodge (SKN) 0–2  KorowaleCavula (FIJ) Coolangatta Beachfront
16–21, 11–21
Report
9 April 2018
19:30
 McHughSchumann (AUS) 2–0  WilliamsStewart (TTO) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–13, 21–16
Report

Pool B

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PLD W L SW SL SR P
 PedlowSchachter (CAN) 3 3 0 6 0 MAX 6
 MiedzybrodzkiCook (SCO) 3 2 1 4 4 1.000 5
 KamaraLombi (SLE) 3 1 2 3 4 0.750 4
 PradeepYapa (SRI) 3 0 3 1 6 0.167 3
Qualified for the quarterfinals
6 April 2018
11:30
 MiedzybrodzkiCook (SCO) 2–1  PradeepYapa (SRI) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–15, 18–21, 16–14
Report
6 April 2018
17:00
 PedlowSchachter (CAN) 2–0  KamaraLombi (SLE) Coolangatta Beachfront
22–10, 21–14
Report

7 April 2018
20:30
 PedlowSchachter (CAN) 2–0  PradeepYapa (SRI) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–11, 21–5
Report
7 April 2018
21:30
 MiedzybrodzkiCook (SCO) 2–1  KamaraLombi (SLE) Coolangatta Beachfront
19–21, 21–18, 15–12
Report

9 April 2018
11:30
 PradeepYapa (SRI) 0–2  KamaraLombi (SLE) Coolangatta Beachfront
17–21, 20–22
Report
9 April 2018
12:30
 PedlowSchachter (CAN) 2–0  MiedzybrodzkiCook (SCO) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–12, 21–17
Report

Pool C

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PLD W L SW SL SR P
 O'DeaO'Dea (NZL) 3 3 0 6 3 2.000 6
 GregorySheaf (ENG) 3 2 1 5 2 2.500 5
 ApostolouChrysostomou (CYP) 3 1 2 3 4 0.750 4
 AcácioSoares (MOZ) 3 0 3 1 6 0.167 3
Qualified for the quarterfinals
6 April 2018
10:30
 O'DeaO'Dea (NZL) 2–1  ApostolouChrysostomou (CYP) Coolangatta Beachfront
16–21, 21–19, 15–11
Report
6 April 2018
16:00
 GregorySheaf (ENG) 2–0  AcácioSoares (MOZ) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–13, 21–14
Report

7 April 2018
15:00
 O'DeaO'Dea (NZL) 2–1  AcácioSoares (MOZ) Coolangatta Beachfront
19–21, 21–9, 15–11
Report
7 April 2018
16:00
 GregorySheaf (ENG) 2–0  ApostolouChrysostomou (CYP) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–17, 21–7
Report

8 April 2018
19:30
 ApostolouChrysostomou (CYP) 2–0  AcácioSoares (MOZ) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–18, 21–17
Report
8 April 2018
20:30
 GregorySheaf (ENG) 1–2  O'DeaO'Dea (NZL) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–14, 18–21, 8–15
Report

Knockout round

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
 McHughSchumann (AUS) 21 21
 KamaraLombi (SLE) 12 14  McHughSchumann (AUS) 21 21
 MiedzybrodzkiCook (SCO) 14 17  GregorySheaf (ENG) 13 16
 GregorySheaf (ENG) 21 21  McHughSchumann (AUS) 21 18 18
 O'DeaO'Dea (NZL) 21 21  PedlowSchachter (CAN) 19 21 16
 WilliamsStewart (TTO) 15 14  O'DeaO'Dea (NZL) 19 15
 ApostolouChrysostomou (CYP) 17 15  PedlowSchachter (CAN) 21 21
 PedlowSchachter (CAN) 21 21 Bronze medal match
 GregorySheaf (ENG) 13 15
 O'DeaO'Dea (NZL) 21 21

Quarterfinals

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10 April 2018
11:00
 ApostolouChrysostomou (CYP) 0–2  PedlowSchachter (CAN) Coolangatta Beachfront
17–21, 15–21
Report
10 April 2018
12:00
 MiedzybrodzkiCook (SCO) 0–2  GregorySheaf (ENG) Coolangatta Beachfront
14–21, 17–21
Report
10 April 2018
17:00
 O'DeaO'Dea (NZL) 2–0  WilliamsStewart (TTO) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–15, 21–14
Report
10 April 2018
19:30
 McHughSchumann (AUS) 2–0  KamaraLombi (SLE) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–12, 21–14
Report

Semifinals

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11 April 2018
16:00
 McHughSchumann (AUS) 2–0  GregorySheaf (ENG) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–13, 21–16
Report
11 April 2018
17:00
 O'DeaO'Dea (NZL) 0–2  PedlowSchachter (CAN) Coolangatta Beachfront
19–21, 15–21
Report

Bronze medal match

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12 April 2018
15:30
 GregorySheaf (ENG) 0–2  O'DeaO'Dea (NZL) Coolangatta Beachfront
13–21, 15–21
Report

Gold medal match

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12 April 2018
16:30
 McHughSchumann (AUS) 2–1  PedlowSchachter (CAN) Coolangatta Beachfront
21–19, 18–21, 18–16
Report

References

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  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. ^ "Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced". www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.