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

Beach Volleyball – Men's tournament
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Beach Volleyball – Men's tournament ; at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Coolangatta Beachfront
Dates	6–12 April 2018
Competitors	24 from 12 nations
Medalists
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Last updated October 31, 2023

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

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

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	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

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

Pools composition

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

All times are AEST (UTC−10:00).

Pool A

	PLD	W	L	SW	SL	SR	P
McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	3	3	0	6	0	MAX	6
Williams – Stewart (TTO)	3	2	1	4	2	2.000	5
Korowale – Cavula (FIJ)	3	1	2	2	4	0.500	4
Seabrookes – Hodge (SKN)	3	0	3	0	6	0.000	3

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

6 April 2018 21:30	McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	2–0	Korowale – Cavula (FIJ)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–9, 21–8 Report

7 April 2018 10:30	Williams – Stewart (TTO)	2–0	Seabrookes – Hodge (SKN)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–14, 21–14 Report

8 April 2018 12:30	McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	2–0	Seabrookes – Hodge (SKN)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–3, 21–11 Report

8 April 2018 15:00	Williams – Stewart (TTO)	2–0	Korowale – Cavula (FIJ)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–9, 21–17 Report

9 April 2018 17:00	Seabrookes – Hodge (SKN)	0–2	Korowale – Cavula (FIJ)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	16–21, 11–21 Report

9 April 2018 19:30	McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	2–0	Williams – Stewart (TTO)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–13, 21–16 Report

Pool B

	PLD	W	L	SW	SL	SR	P
Pedlow – Schachter (CAN)	3	3	0	6	0	MAX	6
Miedzybrodzki – Cook (SCO)	3	2	1	4	4	1.000	5
Kamara – Lombi (SLE)	3	1	2	3	4	0.750	4
Pradeep – Yapa (SRI)	3	0	3	1	6	0.167	3

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

6 April 2018 11:30	Miedzybrodzki – Cook (SCO)	2–1	Pradeep – Yapa (SRI)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–15, 18–21, 16–14 Report

6 April 2018 17:00	Pedlow – Schachter (CAN)	2–0	Kamara – Lombi (SLE)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	22–10, 21–14 Report

7 April 2018 20:30	Pedlow – Schachter (CAN)	2–0	Pradeep – Yapa (SRI)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–11, 21–5 Report

7 April 2018 21:30	Miedzybrodzki – Cook (SCO)	2–1	Kamara – Lombi (SLE)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	19–21, 21–18, 15–12 Report

9 April 2018 11:30	Pradeep – Yapa (SRI)	0–2	Kamara – Lombi (SLE)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	17–21, 20–22 Report

9 April 2018 12:30	Pedlow – Schachter (CAN)	2–0	Miedzybrodzki – Cook (SCO)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–12, 21–17 Report

Pool C

	PLD	W	L	SW	SL	SR	P
O'Dea – O'Dea (NZL)	3	3	0	6	3	2.000	6
Gregory – Sheaf (ENG)	3	2	1	5	2	2.500	5
Apostolou – Chrysostomou (CYP)	3	1	2	3	4	0.750	4
Acácio – Soares (MOZ)	3	0	3	1	6	0.167	3

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

6 April 2018 10:30	O'Dea – O'Dea (NZL)	2–1	Apostolou – Chrysostomou (CYP)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	16–21, 21–19, 15–11 Report

6 April 2018 16:00	Gregory – Sheaf (ENG)	2–0	Acácio – Soares (MOZ)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–13, 21–14 Report

7 April 2018 15:00	O'Dea – O'Dea (NZL)	2–1	Acácio – Soares (MOZ)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	19–21, 21–9, 15–11 Report

7 April 2018 16:00	Gregory – Sheaf (ENG)	2–0	Apostolou – Chrysostomou (CYP)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–17, 21–7 Report

8 April 2018 19:30	Apostolou – Chrysostomou (CYP)	2–0	Acácio – Soares (MOZ)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–18, 21–17 Report

8 April 2018 20:30	Gregory – Sheaf (ENG)	1–2	O'Dea – O'Dea (NZL)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–14, 18–21, 8–15 Report

Knockout round

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Gold medal match

McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	21	21
Kamara – Lombi (SLE)	12	14	McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	21	21
Miedzybrodzki – Cook (SCO)	14	17	Gregory – Sheaf (ENG)	13	16
Gregory – Sheaf (ENG)	21	21				McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	21	18	18
O'Dea – O'Dea (NZL)	21	21				Pedlow – Schachter (CAN)	19	21	16
Williams – Stewart (TTO)	15	14	O'Dea – O'Dea (NZL)	19	15
Apostolou – Chrysostomou (CYP)	17	15	Pedlow – Schachter (CAN)	21	21
Pedlow – Schachter (CAN)	21	21				Bronze medal match

						Gregory – Sheaf (ENG)	13	15
						O'Dea – O'Dea (NZL)	21	21

Quarterfinals

10 April 2018 11:00	Apostolou – Chrysostomou (CYP)	0–2	Pedlow – Schachter (CAN)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	17–21, 15–21 Report

10 April 2018 12:00	Miedzybrodzki – Cook (SCO)	0–2	Gregory – Sheaf (ENG)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	14–21, 17–21 Report

10 April 2018 17:00	O'Dea – O'Dea (NZL)	2–0	Williams – Stewart (TTO)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–15, 21–14 Report

10 April 2018 19:30	McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	2–0	Kamara – Lombi (SLE)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–12, 21–14 Report

Semifinals

11 April 2018 16:00	McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	2–0	Gregory – Sheaf (ENG)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–13, 21–16 Report

11 April 2018 17:00	O'Dea – O'Dea (NZL)	0–2	Pedlow – Schachter (CAN)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	19–21, 15–21 Report

Bronze medal match

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

Gold medal match

12 April 2018 16:30	McHugh – Schumann (AUS)	2–1	Pedlow – Schachter (CAN)	Coolangatta Beachfront
	21–19, 18–21, 18–16 Report

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References

↑ "Beach volleyball added to 2018 Commonwealth Games". FIVB.org. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
↑ "Beach Volleyball Schedule" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
↑ "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
↑ "Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced". www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

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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.

[qualification-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.

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