Beach volleyball at the 2014 Asian Games | |
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Venue | Songdo Beach Volleyball Venue |
Dates | 20–29 September |
Competitors | 84 from 18 nations |
Beach volleyball at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Incheon, South Korea from September 20 to 29, 2014. In this tournament, 18 nations played in the men's competition, and 7 nations participated in women's competition.
P | Preliminary round | R | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
Event↓/Date → | 20th Sat | 21st Sun | 22nd Mon | 23rd Tue | 24th Wed | 25th Thu | 26th Fri | 27th Sat | 28th Sun | 29th Mon |
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Men | P | P | P | P | P | R | ¼ | ½ | F | |
Women | P | P | P | P | P | R | ¼ | ½ | F |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Kazakhstan Alexey Sidorenko Alexandr Dyachenko | China Chen Cheng Li Jian | China Bao Jian Ha Likejiang |
Women | China Ma Yuanyuan Xia Xinyi | Thailand Tanarattha Udomchavee Varapatsorn Radarong | China Wang Fan Yue Yuan |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
2 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (3 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
A total of 84 athletes from 18 nations competed in beach volleyball at the 2014 Asian Games:
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
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Ma Yuanyuan – Xia Xinyi (CHN) | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
Tanarattha Udomchavee – Varapatsorn Radarong (THA) | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
Wang Fan – Yue Yuan (CHN) | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
4 | Yupa Phokongploy – Usa Tenpaksee (THA) | 5 | 3 | 2 |
5 | Ayumi Kusano – Sakurako Fujii (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 2 |
5 | Megumi Murakami – Erika Habaguchi (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 2 |
5 | Tatyana Mashkova – Irina Tsimbalova (KAZ) | 3 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Lee Eun-a – Yoon Hye-suk (KOR) | 4 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Ng Tin Lai – Wong Yuen Mei (HKG) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Kim Ka-yeon – Jeon Ha-nel (KOR) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Shahnoza Nazirova – Malika Dilovarshoeva (TJK) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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