4x4 beach volleyball at the 2019 World Beach Games – Women's tournament
 | This article needs to be updated. (January 2020) |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Qatar |
| City | Doha |
| Dates | 12–16 October |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 1 |
| Official website | |
| awbgqatar.com | |
The women's 4x4 beach volleyball tournament at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar, the inaugural edition of the ANOC World Beach Games, will take place over five days from 12–16 October. Held in tandem with the men's tournament, the two events comprise the 4x4 beach volleyball competition at this year's Games.[1]
Organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), national associations of FIVB (4x4 beach volleyball's governing body) from a territory with a National Olympic Committee (NOC) were invited to enter one team [1] from which 8 teams.
The tournament is a multi-stage competition, consisting of a round-robin group stage and followed by a single elimination knockout round, starting with the semi-finals and ending with the gold medal match.
Competition schedule[]
The tournament will begin on 12 October, after the opening ceremony, and end on the final day of the Games, 16 October.[2]
Matches deciding medal winners will take place exclusively on 16 October.[2]
| G | Group stage | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final / Gold medal match |
| Sat 12 | Sun 13 | Mon 14 | Tue 15 | Wed 16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | G | QF | SF | B | F |
Qualified teams[]
Each National Olympic Committee might enter up to one men's and one women's team in the 4x4 beach volleyball tournaments. The qualification processes for the men's and women's events were similar. The host country was guaranteed an entry in each event. The five spots were awarded to the best FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings for each continental federation. 2 more spots were awarded to invitation (wild card) process.[1]
| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Ranking for African Team | 30 June 2019 |  Lausanne |
1 | 
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| World Ranking for Asian Team | 1 |  Australia
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| World Ranking for European Team | 1 | 
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| World Ranking for North American Team | 1 |  Canada
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| World Ranking for South American Team | 1 |  Brazil
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| Invitation process | n/a | 2 |   Nigeria
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| Reallocation of host country | n/a | 1 |  United States
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| Total | 8 | |||
Venues[]
The matches will be held on Katara Beach.[3] The number of arenas that will be used is yet to be revealed.
Squads[]
Each team may enter a squad consisting of up to 6 players. A total of up to 48 athletes are expected to compete.[1]
Pools composition[]
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings as of 30 June 2019. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the World Ranking.
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
| Brazil (1)
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Australia (2)
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| United States (4)
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Canada (3)
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| (5)
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(6)
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| Nigeria (8)
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(7)
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Preliminary round[]
- All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool A[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarter-fNGRls |
| 2 | United States
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Nigeria
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 October 2019 16:00 |
Brazil
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v | Nigeria
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Main court, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
| 12 October 2019 16:00 |
United States
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v |
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Field 1, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
| 13 October 2019 17:00 |
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v | Brazil
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Main court, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
| 13 October 2019 17:00 |
United States
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v | Nigeria
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Field 1, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
| 13 October 2019 21:00 |
Brazil
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v | United States
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Main court, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
| 13 October 2019 21:00 |
Nigeria
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v |
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Field 1, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
Pool B[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Canada
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 October 2019 17:00 |
Canada
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v |
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Main court, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
| 12 October 2019 17:00 |
Australia
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v |
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Field 1, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
| 13 October 2019 19:00 |
Canada
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v |
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Main court, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
| 13 October 2019 19:00 |
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v | Australia
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Field 1, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
| 13 October 2019 23:00 |
Australia
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v | Canada
|
Main court, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
| 13 October 2019 23:00 |
|
v |
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Field 1, Katara beach |
Report | ||||
Knockout stage[]
- All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals[]
| 14 October 2019 19:00 |
v | Main court, Katara beach | ||
| 14 October 2019 19:00 |
v | Field 1, Katara beach | ||
| 14 October 2019 20:00 |
v | Main court, Katara beach | ||
| 14 October 2019 20:00 |
v | Field 1, Katara beach | ||
Semi-finals[]
| 15 October 2019 18:00 |
v | Main court, Katara beach | ||
| 15 October 2019 19:00 |
v | Main court, Katara beach | ||
Bronze medal game[]
| 16 October 2019 17:00 |
v | Main court, Katara beach | ||
Gold medal game[]
| 16 October 2019 19:30 |
v | Main court, Katara beach | ||
Final ranking[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "San Diego 2019 AWBG Technical Handbook for the NOCs" (PDF). San Diego 2019 AWBG. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Schedule". ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "سحب قرعة دورة الألعاب العالمية الشاطئية لاتحاد اللجان الأولمبية "قطر 2019"" (in Arabic). qatarspc.qa. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- 2019 World Beach Games events
- Beach volleyball at multi-sport events