- Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's beach volleyball
The women's Olympic
Beach Volleyball Tournament at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing was held fromAugust 9 toAugust 21 , at theBeach Volleyball Ground atChaoyang Park . [ [http://www.euroteam.info/subeventdetail.asp?event=Summer%20Olympics&subevent=Beach%20Volleyball Available events for Beach Volleyball] , euroteam.info]Each of the 24 pairs in the tournament was placed in one of six groups of four teams apiece, and played a round-robin within that pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Round of 16. The six third-place teams were ranked against each other, with ties being broken by the ratio of points won to lost. The best two advanced to the Round of 16, while the other four played two matches (#3 vs. #6 and #4 vs. #5) with the winners of those two matches advancing as well. The losers of those matches, along with the fourth-place teams in each group, were eliminated.
The 16 teams that advanced to the elimination rounds played a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.
Medalists
The four best teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round. The composition of the preliminary rounds was announced confirmed on
April 16 ,2008 . [http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2008/beach_page.asp?pg=PRE&TRN=WGST2008&sm=14 FIVB sets system for drawing of lots in Gstaad for Olympic Games Beach Volleyball tournaments] ,FIVB ,April 16 ,2008 ]The #1 seeded team is placed in pool A, #2 in pool B, #3 in C, #4 in D, #5 in E, and #6 in F. But if the host nation has a team in the top 6 teams, it is automatically seeded as #1. Therefore, China's team
Tian Jia - Wang (ranked as #2,) is placed in pool A.There was held a draw of lots between seed #7 - #9, between #10 - #12, between #13 - #18, and between #19 - #24. The Drawing of lots was hosted by the 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam, in Gstaad on July 26, as part of the 2008 SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. [http://www.fivb.org/en/Infomedia/PressReleaseDB.asp?No=17738&Language=0 FIVB announces final Olympic Ranking for men’s and women’s Olympic Beach Volleyball tournaments] ,
FIVB ,July 24 ,2008 ]After the preliminary rounds, from August 9 - 14, 2008, the teams placed 1st and 2nd in each pool have qualified for the playoffs. The two best 3rd placed teams have also qualified. Two lucky loser matches qualifies two more of the 3rd placed teams. The two 3rd placed teams that lose their lucky losers match, are out of the competition. Also out of the competition are teams placed 4th in their pool.
All times are
China Standard Time (UTC+8 )[ [http://www.fivb.org/en/Infomedia/PressReleaseDB.asp?No=17789&Language=0 FIVB confirms Preliminary Round match schedules for men’s and women’s Olympic Beach Volleyball Tournaments] ,
FIVB ,July 30 ,2008 ]Pool A
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date =Aug 9 ,2008
time = 12:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Barnett - Cook|AUS|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 1
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Uryadova - Shiryaeva|RUS|2008 Summer
set1 = 21
19
15
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 = 8
21
12
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 9 ,2008
time = 20:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Larissa - Ana Paula|BRA|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 1
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Saka - Rtvelo|GEO|2008 Summer
set1 =23
21
15
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =25
17
5
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 11 ,2008
time = 19:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Barnett - Cook|AUS|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 0
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Saka - Rtvelo|GEO|2008 Summer
set1 = 21
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =18
12
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 11 ,2008
time = 20:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Larissa - Ana Paula|BRA|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 1
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Uryadova - Shiryaeva|RUS|2008 Summer
set1 =19
21
15
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =21
12
13
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 13 ,2008
time = 10:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Uryadova - Shiryaeva|RUS|2008 Summer
score = 1 – 2
team2 = "'flagIOCathlete|Saka - Rtvelo|GEO|2008 Summer
set1 =21
20
12
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =10
22
15
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 13 ,2008
time = 12:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Larissa - Ana Paula|BRA|2008 Summer
score = 0 – 2
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Barnett - Cook|AUS|2008 Summer
set1 =21
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =23
23
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----Pool D
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date =Aug 10 ,2008
time = 11:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Karantasiou - Arvaniti|GRE|2008 Summer
score = 0 – 2
team2 = "'flagIOCathlete|Schwaiger - Schwaiger|AUT|2008 Summer
set1 =18
18
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =21
21
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 10 ,2008
time = 12:00
team1 ="' flagIOCathlete|Talita - Renata|BRA|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 1
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Candelas - Garcia|MEX|2008 Summer
set1 =18
21
15
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =21
16
8
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 12 ,2008
time = 14:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Karantasiou - Arvaniti|GRE|2008 Summer
score = 1 – 2
team2 = "'flagIOCathlete|Candelas - Garcia|MEX|2008 Summer
set1 =17
21
12
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =21
16
15
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 12 ,2008
time = 20:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Talita - Renata|BRA|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 0
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Schwaiger - Schwaiger|AUT|2008 Summer
set1 =21
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =18
19
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 14 ,2008
time = 12:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Talita - Renata|BRA|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 0
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Karantasiou - Arvaniti|GRE|2008 Summer
set1 =22
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =20
19
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 14 ,2008
time = 13:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Schwaiger - Schwaiger|AUT|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 0
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Candelas - Garcia|MEX|2008 Summer
set1 =21
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =17
10
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----Lucky Loser
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date =Aug 14 ,2008
time = 21:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Van Breedam - Mouha|BEL|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 0
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Saka - Rtvelo|GEO|2008 Summer
set1 =21
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =13
19
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 14 ,2008
time = 21:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Håkedal - Tørlen|NOR|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 1
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Candelas - Garcia|MEX|2008 Summer
set1 = 20
21
15
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =22
12
11
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----Playoffs
Round of 16
The USA,
Brazil andChina managed to directly qualify two teams each, for the Round of 16, through the pool play. All six teams then won their matches in the Round of 16, and qualified for the quarterfinals.Austria andAustralia also won each their Round of 16 match, and took the remaining two spots in the quarterfinals.On August 15, one of the spectators gave birth to a baby boy, in the bathroom of the Olympic beach volleyball stadium where she was watching the women's playoff. Medical workers received the message about the woman at 10:10 a.m., and the baby was already born when they arrived 4 minutes later. [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/16/content_9411358.htm China Focus: Olympics light Chinese passion] ,
Xinhua ,August 16 ,2008 ]volleyballbox
date =Aug 15 ,2008
time = 09:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Van Breedam - Mouha|BEL|2008 Summer
score = 0 – 2
team2 = "'flagIOCathlete|Walsh - May-Treanor|USA|2008 Summer
set1 = 22
10
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 = 24
21
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 15 ,2008
time = 10:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Branagh - Youngs|USA|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 0
team2 = flagIOCathlete|F. Grasset - L. Peraza|CUB|2008 Summer
set1 =21
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =15
13
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 15 ,2008
time = 11:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Tian Jia - Wang|CHN|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 0
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Håkedal - Tørlen|NOR|2008 Summer
set1 =21
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =13
15
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 15 ,2008
time = 12:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Barnett - Cook|AUS|2008 Summer
score = "'2 – 1
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Koutroumanidou - Tsiartsiani|GRE|2008 Summer
set1 =22
19
15
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =20
21
12
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 15 ,2008
time = 18:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Goller - Ludwig|GER|2008 Summer
score = 1 – 2
team2 = "'flagIOCathlete|Schwaiger - Schwaiger|AUT|2008 Summer
set1 =21
21
16
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 =23
11
18
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 15 ,2008
time = 19:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Esteves Ribalta - M. Crespo|CUB|2008 Summer
score = 0 – 2
team2 = "'flagIOCathlete|Xue - Zhang Xi|CHN|2008 Summer
set1 =19
13
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =21
21
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 15 ,2008
time = 20:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Maaseide - Glesnes|NOR|2008 Summer
score = 1 – 2
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Talita - Renata|BRA|2008 Summer
set1 = 21
19
13
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 = 12
21
15
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 15 ,2008
time = 21:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Larissa - Ana Paula|BRA|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 0
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Pohl - Rau|GER|2008 Summer
set1 =21
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =18
14
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----Overview
If the host nation has a team in the top 6 teams on the FIVB Olympic ranking when the Olympic Games begin, it is automatically seeded as #1. Therefore China's team
Tian Jia - Wang (ranked as #2 on the Olympic ranking,) is seeded as #1.8TeamBracket-Tennis3-with third
RD1=Quarterfinals
RD2=Semifinals
RD3=Gold Medal Game
3rd=Bronze Medal Game
group1=
group2=score-width=10
team-width=178RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=flagIOCathlete|Tian Jia - Wang|CHN|2008 Summer
RD1-score1-1=21
RD1-score1-2=21
RD1-score1-3=
RD1-seed2=14
RD1-team2=flagIOCathlete|Schwaiger - Schwaiger|AUT|2008 Summer
RD1-score2-1=12
RD1-score2-2=12
RD1-score2-3=RD1-seed3=5
RD1-team3=flagIOCathlete|Branagh - Youngs|USA|2008 Summer
RD1-score3-1=17
RD1-score3-2=13
RD1-score3-3=
RD1-seed4=4
RD1-team4=flagIOCathlete|Xue - Zhang Xi|CHN|2008 Summer
RD1-score4-1=21
RD1-score4-2=21
RD1-score4-3=RD1-seed5=10
RD1-team5=flagIOCathlete|Barnett - Cook|AUS|2008 Summer
RD1-score5-1=22
RD1-score5-2=14
RD1-score5-3=
RD1-seed6=6
RD1-team6=flagIOCathlete|Talita - Renata|BRA|2008 Summer
RD1-score6-1=24
RD1-score6-2=21
RD1-score6-3=RD1-seed7=3
RD1-team7=flagIOCathlete|Larissa - Ana Paula|BRA|2008 Summer
RD1-score7-1=18
RD1-score7-2=15
RD1-score7-3=
RD1-score7-4=
RD1-score7-5=
RD1-seed8=2
RD1-team8=flagIOCathlete|Walsh - May-Treanor|USA|2008 Summer
RD1-score8-1=21
RD1-score8-2=21
RD1-score8-3=RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1="'flagIOCathlete|Tian Jia - Wang|CHN|2008 Summer
RD2-score1-1=22
RD2-score1-2=29
RD2-score1-3=15
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=flagIOCathlete|Xue - Zhang Xi|CHN|2008 Summer
RD2-score2-1=24
RD2-score2-2=27
RD2-score2-3=8RD2-seed3=6
RD2-team3=flagIOCathlete|Talita - Renata|BRA|2008 Summer
RD2-score3-1=12
RD2-score3-2=14
RD2-score3-3=
RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=flagIOCathlete|Walsh - May-Treanor|USA|2008 Summer
RD2-score4-1=21
RD2-score4-2=21
RD2-score4-3=RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=flagIOCathlete|Tian Jia - Wang|CHN|2008 Summer
RD3-score1-1=18
RD3-score1-2=18
RD3-score1-3=
RD3-seed2=2
RD3-team2=flagIOCathlete|Walsh - May-Treanor|USA|2008 Summer
RD3-score2-1=21
RD3-score2-2=21
RD3-score2-3=3rd-seed1=4
3rd-team1=flagIOCathlete|Xue - Zhang Xi|CHN|2008 Summer
3rd-score1-1=21
3rd-score1-2=21
3rd-score1-3=
3rd-seed2=6
3rd-team2=flagIOCathlete|Talita - Renata|BRA|2008 Summer
3rd-score2-1=19
3rd-score2-2=17
3rd-score2-3=Quarterfinals
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date =Aug 17 ,2008
time = 10:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Larissa - Ana Paula|BRA|2008 Summer
score = 0 – 2
team2 = "'flagIOCathlete|Walsh - May-Treanor|USA|2008 Summer
set1 =18
15
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =21
21
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 17 ,2008
time = 11:00
team1 = "'flagIOCathlete|Tian Jia - Wang|CHN|2008 Summer
score =2 – 0
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Schwaiger - Schwaiger|AUT|2008 Summer
set1 =21
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =12
12
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 17 ,2008
time = 20:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Branagh - Youngs|USA|2008 Summer
score = 0 – 2
team2 = "'flagIOCathlete|Xue - Zhang Xi|CHN|2008 Summer
set1 =17
13
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =21
21
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = ----volleyballbox
date =Aug 17 ,2008
time = 21:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Barnett - Cook|AUS|2008 Summer
score = 0 – 2
team2 = "'flagIOCathlete|Talita - Renata|BRA|2008 Summer
set1 = 22
14
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 = 24
21
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee =emifinals
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date =Aug 19 ,2008
time = 09:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Talita - Renata|BRA|2008 Summer
score = 0 – 2
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Walsh - May-Treanor|USA|2008 Summer
set1 = 12
14
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 = 21
21
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee = -----volleyballbox
date =Aug 19 ,2008
time = 10:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Tian Jia - Wang|CHN|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 1
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Xue - Zhang Xi|CHN|2008 Summer
set1 = 22
29
15
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
set2 = 24
27
8
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee =Bronze-medal Match
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date =Aug 21 ,2008
time = 09:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Xue - Zhang Xi|CHN|2008 Summer
score = 2 – 0
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Talita - Renata|BRA|2008 Summer
set1 = 21
21
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 = 19
17
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee =Gold Medal Match
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date =Aug 21 ,2008
time = 11:00
team1 = flagIOCathlete|Tian Jia - Wang|CHN|2008 Summer
score = 0– 2
team2 = flagIOCathlete|Walsh - May-Treanor|USA|2008 Summer
set1 =18
18
set=Set 1
Set 2
set2 =21
21
stadium =Beach Volleyball Ground
attendance =
referee =Award Ceremony
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Aug 21 ,2008 Final Ranking
If the host nation has a team in the top 6 teams on the FIVB Olympic ranking when the Olympic Games begin, it is automatically seeded as #1. Therefore China's team
Tian Jia - Wang (ranked as #2 on the FIVB Olympic ranking before the Olympic Games,) is seeded as #1. [ [http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/Olympics/2008/W/Standings/FinalStanding.asp FIVB - 2008 Women's Beach Volleyball Olympic Games] ,FIVB ]ee also
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Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's beach volleyball References
* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/BV_2008-08-14.shtml Beach Volleyball Results] , The official website of the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
* [http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/beachvolleyball/n214431015.shtml Competition format]External links
* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Rankings/2008/rank_OGwomen.asp?sm=8 Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Women] , at the
FIVB Official Page
* [http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/beachvolleyball/ Beach Volleyball] at The Official Website of theBeijing 2008 Olympic Games
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