Beach volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Beach volleyball
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Beach volleyball ; at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Smithfield
Dates	30 July – 7 August 2022
Competitors	48 from 18 nations
	← 2018 TBD →

Last updated August 08, 2022

Beach volleyball is among the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games , to be held in Birmingham, England. This will be the second staging of beach volleyball at the Commonwealth Games since its debut four years prior, and therefore the first staging within England specifically.

Schedule

The competition schedule is as follows:^[1]^[2]

G	Group stage	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Date Event	Sat 30		Sun 31		Mon 1		Tue 2		Wed 3		Thu 4		Fri 5			Sat 6		Sun 7
Session →	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	M	A	E	A	E	A		E
Men	G		G		G		G		G		G		¼			½		B	F
Women	G		G		G		G		G		G			¼			½			B	F

Full match schedules were released on 1 July 2022.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Venue

The competitions will be held in a temporary Games-time venue at the brownfield site in Smithfield,^[6] named after the market that once stood in its place.

The venue will also play host to 3x3 basketball, 3x3 wheelchair basketball, and the start of the marathon;^[7] after the Games, it will be dismantled and the site subject to a redevelopment scheme.^[8]

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (England)


Rank	CGA	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	1	1	0	2
1	Canada	1	1	0	2
3	England*	0	0	1	1
3	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 CGAs)		2	2	2	6

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Australia Paul Burnett Chris McHugh	Canada Daniel Dearing Sam Schachter	England Javier Bello Joaquin Bello
Women details	Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes Sarah Pavan	Australia Mariafe Artacho del Solar Taliqua Clancy	Vanuatu Miller Pata Sherysyn Toko

Qualification

Twelve nations qualify for each tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:^[9]^[10]

The host nation.
The top five Commonwealth nations in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings between 16 April 2018 and 31 March 2022, excluding the host nation.
The highest-placed nation not yet qualified from each of the five regional qualifiers (four of six FIVB regions, plus the Oceania CGF region).
One nation not already qualified receives a CGF/FIVB Bipartite Invitation.

Summary

CGA	Men	Women	Athletes
Australia			4
Canada			4
Cyprus			4
England			4
Ghana			2
Kenya			2
Maldives			2
New Zealand			4
Rwanda			2
Saint Kitts and Nevis			2
Scotland			2
Solomon Islands			2
South Africa			2
Sri Lanka			4
The Gambia			2
Trinidad and Tobago			2
Tuvalu			2
Vanuatu			2
TOTAL: 18 CGAs	12	12	48

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Location	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	England
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings	16 April 2018 – 31 March 2022	—	5	Canada Australia New Zealand The Gambia Rwanda
Oceania Ranking^{[lower-alpha 1]}			1	Tuvalu
Americas / Caribbean Ranking^{[lower-alpha 1]}			1	Saint Kitts and Nevis
European Qualifier	24–26 September 2021	Edinburgh	1	Cyprus
Asian Qualifier	18–19 March 2022	Negombo	1	Sri Lanka
African Qualifier	25–28 March 2022	Accra	1	South Africa
Bipartite Invitation	21 April 2022	—	1	Maldives
TOTAL			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Location	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	England
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings	16 April 2018 – 31 March 2022	—	5	Canada Australia Vanuatu New Zealand Cyprus
Oceania Ranking^{[lower-alpha 2]}			1	Solomon Islands
Americas / Caribbean Ranking^{[lower-alpha 2]}			1	Trinidad and Tobago
European Qualifier	24–26 September 2021	Edinburgh	1	Scotland
Asian Qualifier	18–19 March 2022	Negombo	1	Sri Lanka
African Qualifier	25–28 March 2022	Accra	1	Ghana
Bipartite Invitation	21 April 2022	—	1	Kenya
TOTAL			12

;Scheduling issues

1 2 The men's continental qualifiers for the Americas / Caribbean and Oceania were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the associated quota places were awarded to the highest-ranked nations from those regions.
1 2 The women's continental qualifiers for the Americas / Caribbean and Oceania were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the associated quota places were awarded to the highest-ranked nations from those regions.

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References

1 2 "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
1 2 Competition Schedule | Beach Volleyball (PDF). BOCCG. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
↑ "Beach Volleyball | Men's Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 1 July 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
↑ "Beach Volleyball | Women's Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 1 July 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
↑ Lloyd, Owen (2 July 2022). "Bello brothers to open England beach volleyball campaign at Birmingham 2022 against Tuvalu". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
↑ Robinson, Jon (28 July 2020). "NEW COMMONWEALTH GAMES VENUE REVEALED". Insider Media Ltd. Newsco Insider Ltd. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
↑ "Venues | SMITHFIELD". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
↑ "JV contract finalised for £1.9bn Smithfield Birmingham scheme". pbctoday. Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd. 29 June 2021. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
↑ "Athlete Allocation System | Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / FIVB. 1 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
↑ "Beach Volleyball Line-Up Confirmed For Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". FIVB. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

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[c19qsm-11] 1 2 The men's continental qualifiers for the Americas / Caribbean and Oceania were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the associated quota places were awarded to the highest-ranked nations from those regions.

[c19qsw-12] 1 2 The women's continental qualifiers for the Americas / Caribbean and Oceania were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the associated quota places were awarded to the highest-ranked nations from those regions.

[bvschedule-1] 1 2 "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[schedulepdf-2] 1 2 Competition Schedule | Beach Volleyball (PDF). BOCCG. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[3] "Beach Volleyball | Men's Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 1 July 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[4] "Beach Volleyball | Women's Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 1 July 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[5] Lloyd, Owen (2 July 2022). "Bello brothers to open England beach volleyball campaign at Birmingham 2022 against Tuvalu". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[6] Robinson, Jon (28 July 2020). "NEW COMMONWEALTH GAMES VENUE REVEALED". Insider Media Ltd. Newsco Insider Ltd. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[7] "Venues | SMITHFIELD". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[8] "JV contract finalised for £1.9bn Smithfield Birmingham scheme". pbctoday. Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd. 29 June 2021. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[9] "Athlete Allocation System | Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / FIVB. 1 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[10] "Beach Volleyball Line-Up Confirmed For Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". FIVB. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

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