Beach volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Beach volleyball
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
2022 Commonwealth Games Beach Volleyball.svg
VenueSmithfield
Dates30 July – 7 August 2022
← 2018

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[]

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
G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Venue[]

The competitions will be held in a temporary Games-time venue at the brownfield site in Smithfield,[3] 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;[4] after the Games, it will be dismantled and the site subject to a redevelopment scheme.[5]

Qualification[]

Twelve nations will qualify for each tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:[6]

  • The host nation.
  • The top five nations in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings as of 31 March 2022, excluding the host nation.
  • The highest-placed nation not yet qualified from each of the five regional qualifiers (four FIVB regions, plus the Oceania CGF region).
  • One nation not already qualified will receive a CGF/FIVB Bipartite Invitation.

Men[]

Means of qualification Date Location Quotas Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  England
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings 31 March 2022 N/A 5  Canada
 New Zealand
 Australia
 
 
European Qualifier 24–26 September 2021 Scotland Edinburgh 1  Cyprus
Asian Qualifier[7] 18–19 March 2022 Sri Lanka Negombo 1  Sri Lanka
African Qualifier 25–29 March 2022 Ghana Accra 1
Americas / Caribbean Qualifier 1
Oceania Qualifier 1
Bipartite Invitation N/A 1
TOTAL 12

Women[]

Means of qualification Date Location Quotas Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  England
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings 31 March 2022 N/A 5  Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Cyprus
 Kenya
European Qualifier 24–26 September 2021 Scotland Edinburgh 1  Scotland*
Asian Qualifier[7] 18–19 March 2022 Sri Lanka Negombo 1  Sri Lanka
African Qualifier 25–29 March 2022 Ghana Accra 1
Americas / Caribbean Qualifier 1
Oceania Qualifier 1
Bipartite Invitation N/A 1
TOTAL 12
  • Cyprus won the tournament, but qualified through the rankings later. This mean the runner-ups Scotland qualified as the best non-qualified team

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Competition Schedule | Beach Volleyball (PDF). BOCCG. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Venues | SMITHFIELD". BOCCG. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Athlete Allocation System | Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / FIVB. 5 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b Kumarasinghe, Chathura (19 March 2022). "Sri Lanka Beach Volleyball teams qualify for Commonwealth Games 2022". ThePapare.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

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