Beach volleyball at the Commonwealth Games
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. It is scheduled to be held for the second time at the 2022 Games.[2]
Venues[]
Men's tournament[]
Results[]
| Year | Host | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medalists | Score | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 2018 Details |
 Gold Coast |
 Christopher McHugh and Damien Schumann |
2–1 |  and Sam Schachter |
 Ben O'Dea and Sam O'Dea |
2–0 |  and |
12 | |||
| 2022 |
 Birmingham |
12 | |||||||||
Performance by nation[]
| Nation | 2018 (12) |
(12) |
Years |
| Australia |
1st | TBD | 1 |
 Canada |
2nd | TBD | 1 |
 Cyprus |
QF | TBD | 1 |
| England |
4th | Q | 2 |
 Fiji |
GS | TBD | 1 |
 Mozambique |
GS | TBD | 1 |
 New Zealand |
3rd | TBD | 1 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
GS | TBD | 1 |
 Scotland |
QF | TBD | 1 |
 Sierra Leone |
QF | TBD | 1 |
 Sri Lanka |
GS | TBD | 1 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
QF | TBD | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 24 |
|---|
Legend
- GP – Group stage / First round
- QF – Quarter Finals
- Q – The team has qualified for the tournament.
- TBD – Qualified ongoing; can still qualify.
Women's tournament[]
Results[]
| 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 |
2–0 |  Manolina Konstantinou and |
12 | |||
| 2022 |
Birmingham |
12 | |||||||||
Performance by nation[]
| Nation | 2018 (12) |
(12) |
Years |
| Australia |
2nd | TBD | 1 |
| Canada |
1st | TBD | 1 |
| Cyprus |
4th | TBD | 1 |
| England |
QF | Q | 2 |
| Fiji |
GS | TBD | 1 |
 Grenada |
GS | TBD | 1 |
| New Zealand |
QF | TBD | 1 |
 Rwanda |
QF | TBD | 1 |
| Scotland |
QF | TBD | 1 |
 Singapore |
GS | TBD | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
GS | TBD | 1 |
 Vanuatu |
3rd | TBD | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 24 |
|---|
Legend
- GP – Group stage / First round
- QF – Quarter Finals
- Q – The team has qualified for the tournament.
- TBD – Qualified ongoing; can still qualify.
All-time medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 |  New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Constitutional Documents of the Commonwealth Games Federation" (PDF). thecgf.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Birmingham 2022 Medal Event Programme" (PDF). birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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International beach volleyball | ||
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| Asia and Oceania | AVC – Asian Championship |  |
| Africa | CAVB – | |
| North America | NORCECA – NORCECA Circuit | |
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| Europe | ||
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