Venues
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Gold Coast 2018: Coolangatta Beach, Coolangatta -
Birmingham 2022: Smithfield, Birmingham
Beach volleyball is an optional sport at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games . [1] It first appeared at the 2018 Games with both men's and women's contests, followed by a second time at the 2022 Games. [2] It is scheduled for a third time at the 2026 Games. [3]
Gold Coast 2018: Coolangatta Beach, Coolangatta 
Birmingham 2022: Smithfield, Birmingham | Year | Host | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | Teams | |||||||
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| Gold medalists | Score | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 2018 Details | Gold Coast |  Christopher McHugh and Damien Schumann | 2–1 |  Sam Pedlow and Sam Schachter |  Ben O'Dea and Sam O'Dea | 2–0 |  Chris Gregory and Jake Sheaf | 12 | |||
| 2022 Details | Birmingham | Christopher McHugh and Paul Burnett | 2-1 | Sam Schachter and Daniel Dearing | Javier Bello and Joaquin Bello | 2-0 |  Venuste Gatsinzi and Olivier Ntagengwa | 12 | |||
| 2026 Details | Geelong | ||||||||||
| Nation | 2018 (12) | 2022 (12) | Years |
| Australia | 1st | 1st | 2 |
 Canada | 2nd | 2nd | 2 |
 Cyprus | QF | QF | 2 |
| England | 4th | 3rd | 2 |
 Fiji | GS | - | 1 |
 Maldives | - | GS | 1 |
 Mozambique | GS | - | 1 |
 New Zealand | 3rd | QF | 2 |
 Rwanda | - | 4th | 1 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | GS | GS | 2 |
 Scotland | QF | - | 1 |
 Sierra Leone | QF | - | 1 |
 South Africa | - | GS | 1 |
 Sri Lanka | GS | QF | 2 |
 Gambia | - | QF | 1 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | QF | - | 1 |
 Tuvalu | - | GS | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 24 |
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Legend
| Year | Host | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medalists | Score | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 2018 Details | Gold Coast | Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan | 2–0 | Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy |  Linline Matauatu and Miller Pata | 2–0 |  Manolina Konstantinou and Mariota Angelopoulou | 12 | |||
| 2022 Details | Birmingham | Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan | 2–1 | Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy | Miller Pata and Sherysyn Toko | 2-1 | Alice Zeimann and Shaunna Polley | 12 | |||
| 2026 Details | Geelong | ||||||||||
| Nation | 2018 (12) | 2022 (12) | Years |
| Australia | 2nd | 2nd | 2 |
| Canada | 1st | 1st | 2 |
| Cyprus | 4th | QF | 2 |
| England | QF | QF | 2 |
| Fiji | GS | - | 1 |
 Ghana | - | GS | 1 |
 Grenada | GS | - | 1 |
 Kenya | - | GS | 1 |
| New Zealand | QF | 4th | 2 |
| Rwanda | QF | - | 1 |
| Scotland | QF | QF | 2 |
 Singapore | GS | - | 1 |
 Solomon Islands | - | GS | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | - | QF | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | GS | GS | 2 |
 Vanuatu | 3rd | 3rd | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 24 |
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Legend
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 |  England | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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