| Beach volleyball at the 2019 Pacific Games | |
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| Venue | Apia Waterfront |
| Dates | 8–12 July |
The beach volleyball competitions for men's and women's teams at the 2019 Pacific Games was held in Apia, Samoa on 8–12 July 2019 at the Apia Waterfront. [1] [2]
| Beach volleyball at the 2019 Pacific Games | |
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| Venue | Apia Waterfront |
| Dates | 8–12 July |
The beach volleyball competitions for men's and women's teams at the 2019 Pacific Games was held in Apia, Samoa on 8–12 July 2019 at the Apia Waterfront. [1] [2]
The nations competing were: [2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Vanuatu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Tahiti | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Tonga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | Australia Tim Dickson Marcus Ferguson | Tahiti Terau Ena Jeremie Paraue | Tonga Semisi Funaki Tio Fonohema |
| Women's tournament | Vanuatu Miller Pata Sherysyn Toko | Tahiti Vaihere Fareura Emere Maau | American Samoa Litara Keil Deveney Pula |
The sixteen beach volleyball men's pairs were seeded into four pools and a four-team bracket was played within each pool. Teams with two wins after this stage – i.e. the top-ranked side from each pool – advanced directly to the quarter-finals.
Teams losing their first pool match played off, and the losing sides from those games were eliminated. The playoff winners each played a crossover match against a second-placed side from another pool in a repechage to determine the remaining quarter-finalists.
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||
| 8 July – Match 1 | ||||||||||
 (PNG) | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 July – Match 9 | ||||||||||
 (NMI) | 0 | |||||||||
| (PNG) | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 July – Match 2 | ||||||||||
 (TUV) | 2 | |||||||||
 (KIR) | 1 | |||||||||
to quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| (TUV) | 2 | |||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||
| 8 July – Match 3 | ||||||||||
 (SAM) | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 July – Match 11 | ||||||||||
| (TAH) | 1 | |||||||||
| (SAM) | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 July – Match 4 | ||||||||||
 (PLW) | 0 | |||||||||
 (COK) | 1 | |||||||||
to quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| (PLW) | 2 | |||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||
| 8 July – Match 5 | ||||||||||
| (TGA) | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 July – Match 13 | ||||||||||
 (GUM) | 0 | |||||||||
| (TGA) | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 July – Match 6 | ||||||||||
| (ASM) | 0 | |||||||||
 (NCL) | 1 | |||||||||
to quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| (ASM) | 2 | |||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||
| 8 July – Match 7 | ||||||||||
| (VAN) | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 July – Match 15 | ||||||||||
 (NRU) | 0 | |||||||||
| (VAN) | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 July – Match 8 | ||||||||||
| (AUS) | 2 | |||||||||
 (SOL) | 0 | |||||||||
to quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| (AUS) | 2 | |||||||||
| Round 2 elimination | Round 3 elimination | |||||||||
| 10 July – Match 17 | ||||||||||
| (ASM) | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 July – Match 16: Pool D 3rd place | ||||||||||
| (SOL) | 0 | |||||||||
| (SOL) | 2 | |||||||||
to quarter-finals to quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| (NRU) | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 July – Match 18 | ||||||||||
| (PNG) | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 July – Match 14: Pool C 3rd place | ||||||||||
| (GUM) | 0 | |||||||||
| (GUM) | 2 | |||||||||
| (NCL) | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 July – Match 19 | ||||||||||
| (PLW) | 1 | |||||||||
| 9 July – Match 10: Pool A 3rd place | ||||||||||
| (KIR) | 2 | |||||||||
| (NMI) | 0 | |||||||||
to quarter-finals to quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| (KIR) | 2 | |||||||||
| 10 July – Match 20 | ||||||||||
| (VAN) | 1 | |||||||||
| 9 July – Match 12: Pool B 3rd place | ||||||||||
| (TAH) | 2 | |||||||||
| (TAH) | 2 | |||||||||
| (COK) | 0 | |||||||||
The winners of each pool – the teams from Tuvalu, Samoa, Tonga and Australia – advanced directly to the quarter-finals. Their respective opponents in the round of eight – American Samoa, Tahiti, Kiribati, and Papua New Guinea – won through via repechage match playoffs. [3]
The Australia pair of Tim Dickson and Marcus Ferguson won the final, overcoming an injury to Dickson during the first set to defeat Tahiti in three sets, [4] while Tonga took out the bronze medal by defeating American Samoa, [5] also in three sets.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | ||||||||
| 11 July – Match 21: QF1 | ||||||||||
| Malosa – Talake (TUV) | 1 | |||||||||
| 12 July – Match 25: SF1 | ||||||||||
| Aitui – Fagaima (ASM) | 2 | |||||||||
| Dickson – Ferguson (AUS) | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 July – Match 22: QF2 | ||||||||||
| Aitui – Fagaima (ASM) | 0 | |||||||||
| Dickson – Ferguson (AUS) | 2 | |||||||||
| 12 July – Match 28: Final | ||||||||||
| Batari – Walo (PNG) | 0 | |||||||||
| Dickson – Ferguson (AUS) | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 July – Match 23: QF3 | ||||||||||
| Ena – Paraue (TAH) | 1 | |||||||||
| Funaki – Fonohema (TGA) | 2 | |||||||||
| 12 July – Match 26: SF2 | ||||||||||
| Manuera – Ioakim (KIR) | 1 | |||||||||
| Ena – Paraue (TAH) | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 July – Match 24: QF4 | ||||||||||
| Funaki – Fonohema (TGA) | 0 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
| Stowers – Ena (SAM) | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 July – Match 27: 3rd place | ||||||||||
| Ena – Paraue (TAH) | 2 | |||||||||
| Funaki – Fonohema (TGA) | 2 | |||||||||
| Aitui – Fagaima (ASM) | 1 | |||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||
| 9 July – Match 6 | ||||||||||
| (VAN) | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 July – Match 1 | ||||||||||
| (TAH) | 0 | |||||||||
| (KIR) | 0 | |||||||||
to quarter-finals to quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| (TAH) | 2 | |||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||
| 8 July – Match 2 | ||||||||||
| (SOL) | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 July – Match 7: Pool B 1st place | ||||||||||
| (ASM) | 2 | |||||||||
| (ASM) | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 July – Match 3 | ||||||||||
| (AUS) | 1 | |||||||||
| (NCL) | 0 | |||||||||
to quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| (AUS) | 2 | |||||||||
| 10 July – Match 8: Pool B 3rd place | ||||||||||
| (SOL) | 2 | |||||||||
| (NCL) | 0 | |||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||
| 9 July – Match 4 | ||||||||||
| (SAM) | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 July – Match 9: Pool C 1st place | ||||||||||
 (MHL) | 2 | |||||||||
| (MHL) | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 July – Match 5 | ||||||||||
| (PNG) | 2 | |||||||||
| (PNG) | 2 | |||||||||
to quarter-finals to quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| (PLW) | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 July – Match 10: Pool C 3rd place | ||||||||||
| (SAM) | 2 | |||||||||
| (PLW) | 1 | |||||||||
| Round 3 elimination | ||||||
| 10 July – Match 11 | ||||||
| (SOL) | 2 | |||||
to quarter-finals to quarter-finals | ||||||
| (SAM) | 0 | |||||
| 10 July – Match 12 | ||||||
| (AUS) | 2 | |||||
| (PLW) | 0 | |||||
| 10 July – Match 13 | ||||||
| (NCL) | 2 | |||||
to quarter-finals | ||||||
| (KIR) | 1 | |||||
The Vanuatu women's team of Miller Pata (née Elwin) and Sherysyn Toko won gold, defeating the Tahiti women's pair in straight sets in the final. [6] American Samoa defeated Solomon Islands for the bronze. [5]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | ||||||||
| 11 July – Match 17: QF4 | ||||||||||
| Keil – Pula (ASM) | 2 | |||||||||
| 12 July – Match 19: SF2 | ||||||||||
| Qazing – Lawi (NCL) | 0 | |||||||||
| Pata – Toko (VAN) | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 July – Match 16: QF3 | ||||||||||
| Keil – Pula (ASM) | 0 | |||||||||
| Pata – Toko (VAN) | 2 | |||||||||
| 12 July – Match 21: Final | ||||||||||
| Kendall – Weiler (AUS) | 0 | |||||||||
| Pata – Toko (VAN) | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 July – Match 15: QF2 | ||||||||||
| Fareura – Maau (TAH) | 0 | |||||||||
| Fareura – Maau (TAH) | 2 | |||||||||
| 12 July – Match 18: SF1 | ||||||||||
| Brown – Tripplett (MHL) | 0 | |||||||||
| Fareura – Maau (TAH) | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 July – Match 14: QF1 | ||||||||||
| Gwali – Donga (SOL) | 0 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
| Gwali – Donga (SOL) | 2 | |||||||||
| 12 July – Match 20: 3rd place | ||||||||||
| Awadu – Bae (PNG) | 0 | |||||||||
| Keil – Pula (ASM) | 2 | |||||||||
| Gwali – Donga (SOL) | 0 | |||||||||
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