Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's beach volleyball at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beach Volleyball Ground
Dates	August 9–21
Competitors	48 from 17 nations
Medalists
Kerri Walsh Jennings Misty May-Treanor   United States Tian Jia Wang Jie   China Xue Chen Zhang Xi   China
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The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 9 to August 21, at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park. ^[1]

Each of the 24 pairs in the tournament was placed in one of six groups of four teams apiece, and played a round-robin within that pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Round of 16. The six third-place teams were ranked against each other, with ties being broken by the ratio of points won to lost. The best two advanced to the Round of 16, while the other four played two matches (#3 vs. #6 and #4 vs. #5) with the winners of those two matches advancing as well. The losers of those matches, along with the fourth-place teams in each group, were eliminated.

The 16 teams that advanced to the elimination rounds played a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.

Qualification

The top eight finishes that a team has from January 1, 2007, to July 20, 2008, on the Swatch FIVB World Tour (2007 and 2008), SWATCH FIVB World Championships (2007) and on FIVB recognised Continental Championship Finals, counts towards Olympic qualification for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. ^{[2] [3]}

There are 24 teams competing at the Olympic Games, with a maximum of two teams per country. ^{[2] [4]}

The United States had four teams in the top 8 of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking, Brazil had seven teams in the top 24, but only two teams from each country can participate in the Olympic Games. Also, China had three teams and Germany had four teams in the top 24 ranking before the Games.

Qualifiers

United States and Brazil have won most of the Olympic medals of beach volleyball. Picture shows then U.S. President George W. Bush with Misty May-Treanor (left) and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the U.S. Women's Beach Volleyball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The official cut off date for Olympic qualification for beach volleyball was July 20, 2008. The final Olympic Qualification Ranking for the 24 teams, was announced confirmed by the FIVB on July 24, 2008. ^[5]

No.	Rank	Team	NOC
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking
1	1	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor	United States
2	2	Tian Jia – Wang	China
3	3	Larissa – Ana Paula 1	Brazil
4	4	Xue – Zhang Xi	China
5	5	Branagh – Youngs	United States
6	6	Talita – Renata	Brazil
9	7	Karantasiou – Arvaniti	Greece
11	8	Goller – Ludwig	Germany
12	9	Pohl – Rau	Germany
13	10	Cook – Barnett	Australia
16	11	Håkedal – Tørlen	Norway
20	12	Maaseide – Glesnes	Norway
21	13	Fernández – Larrea Peraza	Cuba
23	14	Schwaiger – Schwaiger	Austria
25	15	Van Breedam – Mouha	Belgium
26	16	Esteves Ribalta – M. Crespo	Cuba
27	17	Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani	Greece
28	18	Uryadova – Shiryaeva	Russia
29	19	Kadijk R. – Mooren	Netherlands
30	20	Kuhn – Schwer 2	Switzerland
31	21	Candelas – García	Mexico
32	22	Teru Saiki – Kusuhara	Japan
33	23	Saka – Rtvelo	Georgia
81	24	Augoustides – Nel	South Africa

¹ Juliana Felisberta is replaced by Ana Paula Connelly on the Brazilian team, because of an injury to Juliana. ^[6]

² Austrian team Montagnolli – Swoboda is replaced by the Swiss team Kuhn – Schwer, because of medical reasons. ^[7]

Participating nations

•   Australia  (1)
•   Austria  (1)
•   Belgium  (1)
•   Brazil  (2)
•   China  (2)
•   Cuba  (2)
•   Georgia  (1)
•   Germany  (2)
•   Greece  (2)
•   Japan  (1)
•   Mexico  (1)
•   Netherlands  (1)
•   Norway  (2)
•   South Africa  (1)
•   Russia  (1)
•   Switzerland  (1)
•   United States  (2)

Preliminary round

	Directly advance to Round of 16
	Third-place/Lucky-Loser playoffs
	Eliminated

The two best teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round.

The composition of the preliminary rounds was announced confirmed on April 16, 2008. ^[8]

The #1 seeded team is placed in pool A, #2 in pool B, #3 in C, #4 in D, #5 in E, and #6 in F. But if the host nation has a team in the top 6 teams, it is automatically seeded as #1. ^[8] Therefore, China's team Tian Jia – Wang (ranked as #2,) is placed in pool A. ^[5]

President George W. Bush sends a ball back to United States team member Misty May-Treanor (pool B), during his visit to the Chaoyang Park practice courts on August 9, 2008, before the U.S. team began their matches.

There was held a draw of lots between seed #7 – #9, between #10 – #12, between #13 – #18, and between #19 – #24. The Drawing of lots was hosted by the 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam, in Gstaad on July 26, as part of the 2008 SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. ^[5]

After the preliminary rounds, from August 9–14, 2008, the teams placed 1st and 2nd in each pool have qualified for the playoffs. The two best 3rd placed teams have also qualified. Two lucky loser matches qualifies two more of the 3rd placed teams. The two 3rd placed teams that lose their lucky losers match, are out of the competition. Also out of the competition are teams placed 4th in their pool.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

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Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	6	3	0	149	126	6	2
2	Maaseide – Glesnes  (NOR)	5	2	1	130	121	5	2
3	Van Breedam – Mouha  (BEL)	4	1	2	135	134	3	4
4	Kuhn – Schwer  (SUI)	3	0	3	93	126	0	6

Aug 9, 2008 09:00	Maaseide – Glesnes  (NOR)	2–0	Van Breedam – Mouha  (BEL)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(24–22, 21–18)

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Aug 9, 2008 11:00	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	2–0	Kuhn – Schwer  (SUI)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–12, 21–18)

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Aug 11, 2008 11:00	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	2–1	Van Breedam – Mouha  (BEL)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(18–21, 21–19, 15–13)

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Aug 11, 2008 14:00	Maaseide – Glesnes  (NOR)	2–0	Kuhn – Schwer  (SUI)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–11, 21–17)

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Aug 13, 2008 11:00	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	2–1	Maaseide – Glesnes  (NOR)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(17–21, 21–14, 15–8)

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Aug 13, 2008 13:00	Van Breedam – Mouha  (BEL)	2–0	Kuhn – Schwer  (SUI)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–18, 21–17)

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Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	6	3	0	126	85	6	0
2	F. Grasset – L. Peraza  (CUB)	5	2	1	116	116	4	2
3	Håkedal – Tørlen  (NOR)	4	1	2	108	111	2	4
4	Teru Saiki – Kusuhara  (JPN)	3	0	3	88	126	0	6

Aug 10, 2008 09:00	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	2–0	Teru Saiki – Kusuhara  (JPN)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–12, 21–15)

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Aug 10, 2008 14:00	Håkedal – Tørlen  (NOR)	0–2	F. Grasset – L. Peraza  (CUB)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(20–22, 19–21)

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Aug 12, 2008 09:00	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	2–0	F. Grasset – L. Peraza  (CUB)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–15, 21–16)

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Aug 12, 2008 12:00	Håkedal – Tørlen  (NOR)	2–0	Teru Saiki – Kusuhara  (JPN)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–8, 21–18)

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Aug 14, 2008 09:00	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	2–0	Håkedal – Tørlen  (NOR)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–12, 21–15)

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Aug 14, 2008 11:00	F. Grasset – L. Peraza  (CUB)	2–0	Teru Saiki – Kusuhara  (JPN)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–18, 21–17)

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Pool C

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Barnett – Cook  (AUS)	6	3	0	143	113	6	1
2	Larissa – Ana Paula  (BRA)	5	2	1	156	139	4	4
3	Saka – Rtvelo  (GEO)	4	1	2	124	154	3	5
4	Uryadova – Shiryaeva  (RUS)	3	0	3	140	157	3	6

Aug 9, 2008 12:00	Barnett – Cook  (AUS)	2–1	Uryadova – Shiryaeva  (RUS)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–8, 19–21, 15–12)

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Aug 9, 2008 20:00	Larissa – Ana Paula  (BRA)	2–1	Saka – Rtvelo  (GEO)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(23–25, 21–17, 15–5)

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Aug 11, 2008 19:00	Barnett – Cook  (AUS)	2–0	Saka – Rtvelo  (GEO)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–18, 21–12)

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Aug 11, 2008 20:00	Larissa – Ana Paula  (BRA)	2–1	Uryadova – Shiryaeva  (RUS)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(19–21, 21–12, 15–13)

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Aug 13, 2008 10:00	Uryadova – Shiryaeva  (RUS)	1–2	Saka – Rtvelo  (GEO)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–10, 20–22, 12–15)

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Aug 13, 2008 12:00	Larissa – Ana Paula  (BRA)	0–2	Barnett – Cook  (AUS)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–23, 21–23)

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Pool D game: China v. South Africa

Pool D

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	6	3	0	139	105	6	1
2	Goller – Ludwig  (GER)	5	2	1	119	102	4	2
3	Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani  (GRE)	4	1	2	127	120	3	4
4	Augoustides – Nel  (RSA)	3	0	3	68	126	0	6

Aug 10, 2008 18:00	Goller – Ludwig  (GER)	2–0	Augoustides – Nel  (RSA)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–12, 21–14)

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Aug 10, 2008 19:00	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	2–1	Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani  (GRE)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–18, 19–21, 15–12)

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Aug 12, 2008 11:00	Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani  (GRE)	2–0	Augoustides – Nel  (RSA)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–12, 21–8)

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Aug 12, 2008 19:00	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	2–0	Goller – Ludwig  (GER)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–14, 21–18)

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Aug 14, 2008 10:00	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	2–0	Augoustides – Nel  (RSA)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–13, 21–9)

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Aug 14, 2008 14:00	Goller – Ludwig  (GER)	2–0	Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani  (GRE)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(24–22, 21–12)

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Pool E

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Branagh – Youngs  (USA)	6	3	0	139	129	6	1
2	Pohl – Rau  (GER)	5	2	1	117	115	4	2
3	Esteves Ribalta – M. Crespo  (CUB)	4	1	2	130	117	3	4
4	Kadijk – Mooren  (NED)	3	0	3	107	132	0	6

Aug 9, 2008 18:00	Branagh – Youngs  (USA)	2–0	Kadijk – Mooren  (NED)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–19, 27–25)

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Aug 9, 2008 19:00	Pohl – Rau  (GER)	2–0	Esteves Ribalta – M. Crespo  (CUB)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–17, 21–19)

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Aug 11, 2008 12:00	Esteves Ribalta – M. Crespo  (CUB)	2–0	Kadijk – Mooren  (NED)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–11, 21–15)

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Aug 11, 2008 18:00	Branagh – Youngs  (USA)	2–0	Pohl – Rau  (GER)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–17, 21–16)

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Aug 13, 2008 22:00	Branagh – Youngs  (USA)	2–1	Esteves Ribalta – M. Crespo  (CUB)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–19, 13–21, 15–12)

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Aug 13, 2008 23:00	Pohl – Rau  (GER)	2–0	Kadijk – Mooren  (NED)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–19, 21–18)

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Pool F

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	6	3	0	139	121	6	1
2	Schwaiger – Schwaiger  (AUT)	5	2	1	121	105	4	2
3	Candelas – Garcia  (MEX)	4	1	2	124	146	3	5
4	Karantasiou – Arvaniti  (GRE)	3	0	3	125	137	1	6

Aug 10, 2008 11:00	Karantasiou – Arvaniti  (GRE)	0–2	Schwaiger – Schwaiger  (AUT)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(18–21, 18–21)

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Aug 10, 2008 12:00	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	2–1	Candelas – García  (MEX)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(18–21, 21–16, 15–8)

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Aug 12, 2008 14:00	Karantasiou – Arvaniti  (GRE)	1–2	Candelas – García  (MEX)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(17–21, 21–16, 12–15)

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Aug 12, 2008 20:00	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	2–0	Schwaiger – Schwaiger  (AUT)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–18, 21–19)

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Aug 14, 2008 12:00	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	2–0	Karantasiou – Arvaniti  (GRE)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(22–20, 21–19)

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Aug 14, 2008 13:00	Schwaiger – Schwaiger  (AUT)	2–0	Candelas – García  (MEX)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–17, 21–10)

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Lucky loser

	Directly advance to Round of 16
	Third-place/Lucky-Loser playoffs
	Eliminated

Of the 6 teams that are placed third in their pools, two are directly qualified to the playoffs. Of the four remaining third placed teams, two teams get to the playoffs through winning a lucky loser match.

3rd-placed teams
The rank, of the 3rd placed team from each pool, is here determined by the team's ratio. The ratio is calculated as the points won, divided on the points lost.

This table shows the results of the third placed teams after the pool play, and before the lucky loser matches.

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL
1	Esteves Ribalta – M. Crespo  (CUB)	4	1	2	130	117	1.111	3	4
2	Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani  (GRE)	4	1	2	127	120	1.058	3	4
3	Van Breedam – Mouha  (BEL)	4	1	2	135	134	1.007	3	4
4	Håkedal – Tørlen  (NOR)	4	1	2	108	111	0.972	2	4
5	Candelas – García  (MEX)	4	1	2	124	146	0.849	3	5
6	Saka – Rtvelo  (GEO)	4	1	2	120	154	0.779	3	5

Lucky Loser
Results of the Lucky Loser matches only.

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Van Breedam – Mouha  (BEL)	2	1	0	42	32	2	0
2	Saka – Rtvelo  (GEO)	1	0	1	32	42	0	2

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Håkedal – Tørlen  (NOR)	2	1	0	56	45	2	1
2	Candelas – García  (MEX)	1	0	1	45	56	1	2

Aug 14, 2008 21:00	Van Breedam – Mouha  (BEL)	2–0	Saka – Rtvelo  (GEO)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–13, 21–19)

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Aug 14, 2008 21:00	Håkedal – Tørlen  (NOR)	2–1	Candelas – García  (MEX)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(20–22, 21–12, 15–11)

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Playoffs

Round of 16

The United States, Brazil and China managed to directly qualify two teams each, for the Round of 16, through the pool play. All six teams then won their matches in the Round of 16, and qualified for the quarterfinals. Austria and Australia also won each their Round of 16 match, and took the remaining two spots in the quarterfinals.

On August 15, one of the spectators gave birth to a baby boy, in the bathroom of the Olympic beach volleyball stadium where she was watching the women's playoff. Medical workers received the message about the woman at 10:10 a.m., and the baby was already born when they arrived 4 minutes later. ^[10]

Aug 15, 2008 09:00	Van Breedam – Mouha  (BEL)	0–2	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(22–24, 10–21)

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Aug 15, 2008 10:00	Branagh – Youngs  (USA)	2–0	F. Grasset – L. Peraza  (CUB)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–15, 21–13)

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Aug 15, 2008 11:00	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	2–0	Håkedal – Tørlen  (NOR)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–13, 21–15)

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Aug 15, 2008 12:00	Barnett – Cook  (AUS)	2–1	Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani  (GRE)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(22–20, 19–21, 15–12)

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Aug 15, 2008 18:00	Goller – Ludwig  (GER)	1–2	Schwaiger – Schwaiger  (AUT)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–23, 21–11, 16–18)

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Aug 15, 2008 19:00	Esteves Ribalta – M. Crespo  (CUB)	0–2	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(19–21, 13–21)

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Aug 15, 2008 20:00	Maaseide – Glesnes  (NOR)	1–2	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–12, 19–21, 13–15)

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Aug 15, 2008 21:00	Larissa – Ana Paula  (BRA)	2–0	Pohl – Rau  (GER)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–18, 21–14)

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Overview

If the host nation has a team in the top 6 teams on the FIVB Olympic ranking when the Olympic Games begin, it is automatically seeded as #1. ^[8] Therefore, China's team Tian Jia – Wang (ranked as #2 on the Olympic ranking,) is seeded as #1.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Gold medal game
	1	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	21	21
	14	Schwaiger – Schwaiger  (AUT)	12	12
								1	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	22	29	15
								4	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	24	27	8
	5	Branagh – Youngs  (USA)	17	13
	4	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	21	21
															1	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	18	18
															2	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	21	21
	10	Barnett – Cook  (AUS)	22	14
	6	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	24	21
								6	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	12	14				Bronze medal game
								2	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	21	21
	3	Larissa – Ana Paula  (BRA)	18	15											4	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	21	21
	2	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	21	21											6	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	19	17

Quarterfinals

USA v. Brazil quarterfinals

Aug 17, 2008 10:00	Larissa – Ana Paula  (BRA)	0–2	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(18–21, 15–21)

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Aug 17, 2008 11:00	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	2–0	Schwaiger – Schwaiger  (AUT)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–12, 21–12)

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Aug 17, 2008 20:00	Branagh – Youngs  (USA)	0–2	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(17–21, 13–21)

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Aug 17, 2008 21:00	Barnett – Cook  (AUS)	0–2	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(22–24, 14–21)

Semifinals

Aug 19, 2008 09:00	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	0–2	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(12–21, 14–21)

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Aug 19, 2008 10:00	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	2–1	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(22–24, 29–27, 15–8)

Bronze medal match

Aug 21, 2008 09:00	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	2–0	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(21–19, 21–17)

Gold medal match

Aug 21, 2008 11:00	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	0–2	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	Beach Volleyball Ground
	(18–21, 18–21)

Award ceremony

• 12:10, Aug 21, 2008

Final ranking

If the host nation has a team in the top 6 teams on the FIVB Olympic ranking when the Olympic Games begin, it is automatically seeded as #1. ^[8] Therefore, China's team Tian Jia – Wang (ranked as #2 on the FIVB Olympic ranking before the Olympic Games,) is seeded as #1. ^[11]

RANK	TEAM	SEED
	Walsh Jennings – May-Treanor  (USA)	2
	Tian Jia – Wang  (CHN)	1
	Xue – Zhang Xi  (CHN)	4
4.	Talita – Renata  (BRA)	6
5.	Larissa – Ana Paula  (BRA)	3
	Branagh – Youngs  (USA)	5
	Barnett – Cook  (AUS)	10
	Schwaiger – Schwaiger  (AUT)	14
9.	Goller – Ludwig  (GER)	8
	Pohl – Rau  (GER)	9
	Håkedal – Tørlen  (NOR)	11
	Maaseide – Glesnes  (NOR)	12
	Fernandez Grasset – Larrea Peraza  (CUB)	13
	Van Breedam – Mouha  (BEL)	15
	Esteves Ribalta – M. Crespo  (CUB)	16
	Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani  (GRE)	17
17.	Candelas – Garcia  (MEX)	21
	Saka – Rtvelo  (GEO)	23
19.	Karantasiou – Arvaniti  (GRE)	7
	Uryadova – Shiryaeva  (RUS)	18
	Kadijk R. – Mooren  (NED)	19
	Kuhn – Schwer  (SUI)	20
	Teru Saiki – Kusuhara  (JPN)	22
	Augoustides – Nel  (RSA)	24

References

Notes

1. Available events for Beach Volleyball Archived August 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , euroteam.info.
2. 2008 Olympic qualification systems confirmed for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Archived August 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , FIVB, June 23, 2006.
3. Adelaide hosts season-opening SWATCH FIVB World Tour Event Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine , FIVB, February 26, 2008.
4. U.S. beach volleyball pair win, Canadians lose, CBC.ca, June 30, 2008.
5. FIVB announces final Olympic Ranking for men’s and women’s Olympic Beach Volleyball tournaments, FIVB, July 24, 2008.
6. Ana Paula replaces Juliana for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, FIVB, August 7, 2008.
7. After Austrian withdrawal for medical reason, Swiss Beach Volleyball pair Kuhn-Schwer qualified for the Olympic Games, FIVB, July 31, 2008.
8. FIVB sets system for drawing of lots in Gstaad for Olympic Games Beach Volleyball tournaments, FIVB, April 16, 2008.
9. FIVB confirms Preliminary Round match schedules for men’s and women’s Olympic Beach Volleyball Tournaments, FIVB, July 30, 2008.
10. China Focus: Olympics light Chinese passion, Xinhua, August 16, 2008.
11. FIVB - 2008 Women's Beach Volleyball Olympic Games, FIVB.

Sources

• Beach Volleyball Results, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
• Competition format

External links

• Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Women, at the FIVB Official Page
• Beach Volleyball at The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games