Beach volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
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Venue | Smithfield |
Dates | 30 July – 7 August 2022 |
Competitors | 48 from 18 nations |
Beach volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||
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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.
Both tournaments are scheduled to take place between 30 July and 7 August 2022.[1][2]
Schedule
[edit]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 | ||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (England)
Rank | CGA | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Medallists
[edit]Qualification
[edit]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
[edit]CGA | Men | Women | Athletes |
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TOTAL: 18 CGAs | 12 | 12 | 48 |
Men
[edit]Means of qualification | Date | Location | Quotas | Qualified |
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Host Nation | — | — | 1 | ![]() |
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings | 16 April 2018 – 31 March 2022 | — | 5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Oceania Ranking[a] | 1 | ![]() | ||
Americas / Caribbean Ranking[a] | 1 | ![]() | ||
European Qualifier | 24–26 September 2021 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Asian Qualifier | 18–19 March 2022 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
African Qualifier | 25–28 March 2022 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Bipartite Invitation | 21 April 2022 | — | 1 | ![]() |
TOTAL | 12 |
Women
[edit]Means of qualification | Date | Location | Quotas | Qualified |
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Host Nation | — | — | 1 | ![]() |
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings | 16 April 2018 – 31 March 2022 | — | 5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Oceania Ranking[b] | 1 | ![]() | ||
Americas / Caribbean Ranking[b] | 1 | ![]() | ||
European Qualifier | 24–26 September 2021 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Asian Qualifier | 18–19 March 2022 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
African Qualifier | 25–28 March 2022 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Bipartite Invitation | 21 April 2022 | — | 1 | ![]() |
TOTAL | 12 |
- Scheduling issues
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ a b 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.