Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's beach volleyball
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Women's beach volleyball; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Shiokaze Park
Dates	24 July – 6 August 2021
Competitors	48 from 17 nations
Teams	24
Medalists
	← 2016 2024 →

Last updated July 07, 2023

The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Shiokaze Park. The competition was held from 24 July to 6 August 2021. It was originally scheduled to take place from 25 July to 8 August 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced on 24 March 2020 that the 2020 Summer Olympics would be delayed to 2021.^[1] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.^[2] Twenty-four teams with 48 athletes from around the world competed for the gold medal.

April Ross and Alix Klineman won the gold medal, defeating Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar in the final, while Joana Heidrich and Anouk Vergé-Dépré won the bronze medal.^[3]

The medals for the competition were presented by Mustapha Berraf, Algeria; IOC Honorary Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ary Graça, Brazil; FIVB President.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation^[4]	—	—	1	Japan
2019 World Championships	28 June – 7 July 2019	Hamburg	1	Canada
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament	18–22 September 2019	Haiyang	2	Latvia
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament	18–22 September 2019	Haiyang	2	Spain
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking^[5]	13 June 2021	Lausanne	15	United States
				Brazil
				Brazil
				Australia
				United States
				Switzerland
				ROC
				Canada
				Switzerland
				Netherlands
				China
				Czech Republic
				Germany
				Germany
				Italy
2018–2020 CEV Continental Cup Final	23–26 June 2021	The Hague	1	Netherlands
2018–2020 AVC Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Nakhon Pathom	1	China
2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Agadir	1	Kenya
2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final	25–27 June 2021	Colima	1	Cuba
2018–2020 CSV Continental Cup Final	26–27 June 2021	Asunción	1	Argentina
Total			24

Teams

Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams.^[6]

Team	NOC
Ana Gallay / Fernanda Pereyra	Argentina
Taliqua Clancy / Mariafe Artacho del Solar	Australia
Ágatha Bednarczuk / Eduarda Santos Lisboa	Brazil
Ana Patrícia Ramos / Rebecca Cavalcanti	Brazil
Heather Bansley / Brandie Wilkerson	Canada
Sarah Pavan / Melissa Humana-Paredes	Canada
Wang Fan / Xia Xinyi	China
Xue Chen / Wang Xinxin	China
Lidy Echevarría / Leila Martínez	Cuba
Barbora Hermannová / Markéta Sluková	Czech Republic
Margareta Kozuch / Laura Ludwig	Germany
Julia Sude / Karla Borger	Germany
Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth	Italy
Miki Ishii / Megumi Murakami	Japan
Gaudencia Makokha / Brackcides Khadambi	Kenya
Anastasija Kravčenoka / Tīna Graudiņa	Latvia
Sanne Keizer / Madelein Meppelink	Netherlands
Katja Stam / Raïsa Schoon	Netherlands
Nadezda Makroguzova / Svetlana Kholomina	ROC
Liliana Fernández / Elsa Baquerizo	Spain
Nina Betschart / Tanja Hüberli	Switzerland
Joana Heidrich / Anouk Vergé-Dépré	Switzerland
Kelly Claes / Sarah Sponcil	United States
Alix Klineman / April Ross	United States

Draw

The draw was made on 5 July 2021.^[7]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Pavan – Humana-Paredes (CAN)	Klineman – Ross (USA)	Ágatha – Duda (BRA)
Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)	Keizer – Meppelink (NED)	Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)
Sude – Borger (GER)	Liliana – Baquerizo (ESP)	Wang F – Xia (CHN)
Stam – Schoon (NED)	Xue – Wang X (CHN)	Gallay – Pereyra (ARG)

Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)	Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)	Ishii – Murakami (JPN)
Claes – Sponcil (USA)	Makroguzova – Kholomina (ROC)	Betschart – Hüberli (SUI)
Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)	Menegatti – Orsi Toth (ITA)	Kozuch – Ludwig (GER)
Makokha – Khadambi (KEN)	Lidy – Leila (CUB)	Hermannová – Sluková (CZE)

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.^[8]

Osvaldo Sumavil
Mário Ferro
Wang Lijun
Juan Carlos Saavedra
Charalampos Papadogoulas
Mariko Satomi
Davide Crescentini
Agnieszka Myszkowska
Rui Carvalho
Roman Pristovakin
Giovanni Bake
José María Padrón
Brig Beatie

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).^[9]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pavan – Humana-Paredes (CAN)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	129	96	1.344	Round of 16
2	Vergé-Dépré – Heidrich (SUI)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	135	120	1.125	Round of 16
3	Stam – Schoon (NED)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	113	123	0.919	Lucky losers
4	Sude – Borger (GER)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	106	144	0.736

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

24 July 2021 12:00	Pavan – Humana-Paredes	2–0	Stam – Schoon	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–16, 21–14) Report

24 July 2021 17:00	Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré	2–1	Sude – Borger	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Brig Beatie (USA)
	(21–8, 21–23, 15–6) Report

26 July 2021 12:00	Pavan – Humana-Paredes	2–0	Sude – Borger	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), Rui Carvalho (POR)
	(21–17, 21–14) Report

26 July 2021 21:00	Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré	2–0	Stam – Schoon	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
	(22–20, 21–18) Report

29 July 2021 10:00	Pavan – Humana-Paredes	2–0	Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(21–13, 24–22) Report

29 July 2021 15:00	Sude – Borger	0–2	Stam – Schoon	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(22–24, 16–21) Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ross – Klineman (USA)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	140	109	1.284	Round of 16
2	Xue – Wang X (CHN)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	143	128	1.117	Round of 16
3	Liliana – Baquerizo (ESP)	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	108	137	0.788	Lucky losers
4	Keizer – Meppelink (NED)	3	0	3	3	3	6	0.500	160	177	0.904

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

25 July 2021 09:00	Klineman – Ross	2–0	Xue – Wang X	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(21–17, 21–19) Report

25 July 2021 21:00	Keizer – Meppelink	1–2	Liliana – Baquerizo	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–19, 18–21, 14–16) Report

27 July 2021 09:00	Klineman – Ross	2–0	Liliana – Baquerizo	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(21–13, 21–16) Report

27 July 2021 16:00	Keizer – Meppelink	1–2	Xue – Wang X	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
	(21–19, 29–31, 13–15) Report

30 July 2021 09:00	Klineman – Ross	2–1	Keizer – Meppelink	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(20–22, 21–17, 15–5) Report

30 July 2021 17:00	Liliana – Baquerizo	0–2	Xue – Wang X	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(13–21, 10–21) Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Wang F – Xia (CHN)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	138	106	1.302	Round of 16
2	Ágatha – Duda (BRA)	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	116	108	1.074
3	Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	126	128	0.984
4	Gallay – Pereyra (ARG)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	89	127	0.701

Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2021. Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

24 July 2021 11:00	Ágatha – Duda	2–0	Gallay – Pereyra	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: José María Padrón (ESP), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
	(21–19, 21–11) Report

24 July 2021 20:00	Bansley – Wilkerson	1–2	Wang F – Xia	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), José María Padrón (ESP)
	(21–18, 15–21, 11–15) Report

27 July 2021 11:00	Bansley – Wilkerson	2–0	Gallay – Pereyra	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Mário Ferro (BRA)
	(22–20, 21–12) Report

27 July 2021 22:00	Ágatha – Duda	0–2	Wang F – Xia	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(18–21, 14–21) Report

29 July 2021 20:00	Wang F – Xia	2–0	Gallay – Pereyra	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(21–14, 21–13) Report

29 July 2021 21:00	Ágatha – Duda	2–0	Bansley – Wilkerson	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(21–18, 21–18) Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Claes – Sponcil (USA)	3	3	0	6	6	2	3.000	147	110	1.336	Round of 16
2	Graudiņa – Kravčenoka (LAT)	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	135	120	1.125
3	Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	141	125	1.128
4	Makokha – Khadambi (KEN)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	58	126	0.460

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

26 July 2021 09:00	Claes – Sponcil	2–1	Kravčenoka – Graudiņa	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(21–13, 16–21, 15–11) Report

26 July 2021 11:00	Ana Patrícia – Rebecca	2–0	Makokha – Khadambi	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–15, 21–9) Report

28 July 2021 11:00	Ana Patrícia – Rebecca	1–2	Kravčenoka – Graudiņa	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(15–21, 21–12, 12–15) Report

29 July 2021 09:00	Claes – Sponcil	2–0	Makokha – Khadambi	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(21–8, 21–6) Report

31 July 2021 09:00	Ana Patrícia – Rebecca	1–2	Claes – Sponcil	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(21–17, 19–21, 11–15) Report

31 July 2021 10:00	Kravčenoka – Graudiņa	2–0	Makokha – Khadambi	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Mário Ferro (BRA)
	(21–6, 21–14) Report

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Makroguzova – Kholomina (ROC)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	135	101	1.337	Round of 16
2	Artacho del Solar – Clancy (AUS)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	126	119	1.059	Round of 16
3	Lidy – Leila (CUB)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	98	116	0.845	Lucky losers
4	Menegatti – Orsi Toth (ITA)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	104	127	0.819

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

25 July 2021 12:00	Clancy – Artacho del Solar	2–0	Lidy – Leila	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(21–15, 21–14) Report

25 July 2021 15:00	Makroguzova – Kholomina	2–0	Menegatti – Orsi Toth	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
	(21–18, 21–15) Report

28 July 2021 16:00	Makroguzova – Kholomina	2–0	Lidy – Leila	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–16, 21–11) Report

28 July 2021 21:00	Clancy – Artacho del Solar	2–0	Menegatti – Orsi Toth	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(22–20, 21–19) Report

30 July 2021 15:00	Clancy – Artacho del Solar	1–2	Makroguzova – Kholomina	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(8–21, 21–15, 12–15) Report

30 July 2021 20:00	Menegatti – Orsi Toth	0–2	Lidy – Leila	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: José María Padrón (ESP), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
	(16–21, 16–21) Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Hüberli – Betschart (SUI)	3	3	0	6	6	2	3.000	111	111	1.000	Round of 16
2	Ludwig – Kozuch (GER)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	102	98	1.041	Round of 16
3	Ishii – Murakami (JPN)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	89	93	0.957	Lucky losers
4	Hermannová – Sluková (CZE)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	0	126	0.000	Did not start

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Notes:

↑ Team Hermannova – Slukova (CZE) was unable to play the match due to COVID-19 regulations. In accordance with the rules for beach volleyball, the other teams were given two points and they were awarded a defeat and 1 point.^[10]

24 July 2021 09:00	Ishii – Murakami	2–0 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Hermannová – Sluková	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	Report

24 July 2021 15:00	Betschart – Hüberli	2–1	Kozuch – Ludwig	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(23–25, 22–20, 16–14) Report

26 July 2021 16:00	Betschart – Hüberli	2–0 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Hermannová – Sluková	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
	Report

26 July 2021 20:00	Ishii – Murakami	0–2	Kozuch – Ludwig	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(17–21, 20–22) Report

28 July 2021 10:00	Ishii – Murakami	1–2	Betschart – Hüberli	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Brig Beatie (USA)
	(21–14, 19–21, 12–15) Report

28 July 2021 15:00	Kozuch – Ludwig	2–0 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Hermannová – Sluková	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo
	Report

Lucky losers

The table below shows the ranking of third-placed teams in the preliminary round. The top two teams advanced to next round automatically. The other teams competed for the two remaining spots. The third-ranked team played against the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team played against the fifth-ranked team.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	141	125	1.128	Round of 16
2	Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	126	128	0.984	Round of 16
3	Ishii – Murakami (JPN)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	89	93	0.957	Lucky loser playoffs
4	Stam – Schoon (NED)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	113	123	0.919
5	Lidy – Leila (CUB)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	98	116	0.845
6	Liliana – Baquerizo (ESP)	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	108	137	0.788

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB

Lucky loser playoffs

31 July 2021 17:00	Ishii – Murakami	0–2	Liliana – Baquerizo	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Brig Beatie (USA)
	(15–21, 10–21) Report

31 July 2021 20:00	Stam – Schoon	0–2	Lidy – Leila	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(17–21, 17–21) Report

Knockout stage

The round of sixteen pair ups were determined by a draw following the group stage.^[11]

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

2 August

Pavan – Humana-Paredes (CAN)

2

3 August

Liliana – Baquerizo (ESP)

0

Pavan – Humana-Paredes (CAN)

1

1 August

Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)

2

Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)

2

5 August

Xue – Wang X (CHN)

0

Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)

2

1 August

Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)

0

Makroguzova – Kholomina (ROC)

1

3 August

Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)

2

Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)

2

1 August

Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)

1

Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)

2

6 August

Claes – Sponcil (USA)

1

Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)

0

1 August

Ross – Klineman (USA)

2

Wang F – Xia (CHN)

0

3 August

Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)

2

Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)

1

1 August

Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

2

Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

2

5 August

Hüberli – Betschart (SUI)

1

Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

0

1 August

Ross – Klineman (USA)

2

Bronze medal

Kozuch – Ludwig (GER)

2

3 August

6 August

Ágatha – Duda (BRA)

1

Kozuch – Ludwig (GER)

0

Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)

0

2 August

Ross – Klineman (USA)

2

Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

2

Lidy – Leila (CUB)

0

Ross – Klineman (USA)

2

Round of 16

1 August 2021 09:00	Bansley – Wilkerson	2–1	Claes – Sponcil	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Rui Carvalho (POR)
	(22–24, 21–18, 15–13) Report

1 August 2021 10:00	Wang F – Xia	0–2	Ana Patrícia – Rebecca	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: José María Padrón (ESP), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(14–21, 21–23) Report

1 August 2021 14:00	Makroguzova – Kholomina	1–2	Kravčenoka – Graudiņa	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(21–16, 17–21, 13–15) Report

1 August 2021 17:00	Kozuch – Ludwig	2–1	Ágatha – Duda	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
	(21–19, 19–21, 16–14) Report

1 August 2021 18:00	Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré	2–1	Betschart – Hüberli	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Brig Beatie (USA)
	(21–12, 19–21, 23–21) Report

1 August 2021 21:00	Clancy – Artacho del Solar	2–0	Xue – Wang X	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(22–20, 21–13) Report

2 August 2021 09:00	Lidy – Leila	0–2	Klineman – Ross	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(17–21, 15–21) Report

2 August 2021 10:00	Pavan – Humana-Paredes	2–0	Liliana – Baquerizo	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Lijun Colombia Juan (COL), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
	(21–13, 21–13) Report

Quarterfinals

3 August 2021 09:00	Kozuch – Ludwig	0–2	Klineman – Ross	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(19–21, 19–21) Report

3 August 2021 10:00	Ana Patrícia – Rebecca	1–2	Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Brig Beatie (USA)
	(19–21, 21–18, 12–15) Report

3 August 2021 21:00	Kravčenoka – Graudiņa	2–1	Bansley – Wilkerson	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–13, 18–21, 15–11) Report

3 August 2021 22:00	Pavan – Humana-Paredes	1–2	Clancy – Artacho del Solar	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: José María Padrón (ESP), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(15–21, 21–19, 12–15) Report

Semifinals

5 August 2021 09:00	Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré	0–2	Klineman – Ross	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(12–21, 11–21) Report

5 August 2021 10:00	Clancy – Artacho del Solar	2–0	Kravčenoka – Graudiņa	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(23–21, 21–13) Report

Bronze medal game

6 August 2021 10:00	Kravčenoka – Graudiņa	0–2	Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(19–21, 15–21) Report

Gold medal game

6 August 2021 11:30	Clancy – Artacho del Solar	0–2	Klineman – Ross	Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(15–21, 16–21) Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team^[12]
	Ross – Klineman (USA)
	Clancy – Artacho del Solar (AUS)
	Heidrich – Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
4	Kravčenoka – Graudiņa (LAT)
5	Ana Patrícia – Rebecca (BRA)
	Bansley – Wilkerson (CAN)
	Pavan – Humana-Paredes (CAN)
	Kozuch – Ludwig (GER)
9	Ágatha – Duda (BRA)
	Wang F – Xia (CHN)
	Xue – Wang X (CHN)
	Lidy – Leila (CUB)
	Makroguzova – Kholomina (ROC)
	Hüberli – Betschart (SUI)
	Liliana – Baquerizo (ESP)
	Claes – Sponcil (USA)
17	Ishii – Murakami (JPN)
17	Stam – Schoon (NED)
19	Gallay – Pereyra (ARG)
	Hermannová – Sluková (CZE)
	Sude – Borger (GER)
	Menegatti – Orsi Toth (ITA)
	Makokha – Khadambi (KEN)
	Keizer – Meppelink (NED)

Notes

1 2 3 Team Hermannova – Slukova (CZE) was unable to play the match due to Covid-19 regulations. In accordance with the rules for Beach Volleyball, the other team were given two points and they were awarded a defeat and 1 point.^[10]

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[table_note_D0.60948299086163-11] Team Hermannova – Slukova (CZE) was unable to play the match due to COVID-19 regulations. In accordance with the rules for beach volleyball, the other teams were given two points and they were awarded a defeat and 1 point.^[10]

[CZE-12] 1 2 3 Team Hermannova – Slukova (CZE) was unable to play the match due to Covid-19 regulations. In accordance with the rules for Beach Volleyball, the other team were given two points and they were awarded a defeat and 1 point.^[10]

[1] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[2] "Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared". USA Today. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[3] "April & Alix celebrate Tokyo Olympic gold". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[hosts-4] "Host city election for the Olympic Summer Games 2020". IOC . Retrieved 13 January 2020.

[5] "Provisional Olympic Ranking – Women". FIVB . Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[6] "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[7] "Draw Reveals Pools For Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball Tournament". en.volleyballworld.com. 5 July 2021.

[8] "Competition Officials" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[9] "Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball schedule announced". fivb.com. 12 July 2021.

[CZE-10] 1 2 "Update on Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 beach volleyball competition". fivb.com. 24 July 2021.

[13] "Draw sets fixtures in women's round of 16". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

[14] "Tournament Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

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Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Contents

Qualification

Teams

Draw

Referees

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Lucky losers

Lucky loser playoffs

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking

See also

Notes

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References

External links

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Qualification	men	women
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v t e Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics
	1996 men women 2000 men women 2004 men women 2008 men women 2012 men women 2016 men women 2020 men women 2024 men women
List of medalists List of venues

v t e Olympic champions in beach volleyball
Women	1996: Jackie Silva & Sandra Pires (BRA) 2000: Natalie Cook & Kerri Pottharst (AUS) 2004: Kerri Walsh & Misty May (USA) 2008: Kerri Walsh & Misty May-Treanor (USA) 2012: Kerri Walsh Jennings & Misty May-Treanor (USA) 2016: Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst (GER) 2020: Alix Klineman & April Ross (USA)
Men	1996: Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes (USA) 2000: Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana (USA) 2004: Ricardo Santos & Emanuel Rego (BRA) 2008: Phil Dalhausser & Todd Rogers (USA) 2012: Julius Brink & Jonas Reckermann (GER) 2016: Alison Cerutti & Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) 2020: Anders Mol & Christian Sørum (NOR)

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Chronological summary Medal table List of medalists