4x4 beach volleyball at the 2019 World Beach Games – Men's tournament

The men'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 women's tournament, the two events comprise the 4x4 beach volleyball competition at this year's Games.[1]

2019 Men's 4x4 beach volleyball tournament at the World Beach Games
Tournament details
Host nation Qatar
CityDoha
Dates12–16 October
Teams8
Venue(s)1
Official website

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]

GGroup stage QFQuarter-finals SFSemi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal / Gold medal match
Sat 12Sun 13Mon 14Tue 15Wed 16
GGQFSFBF

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 DateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation14 June 2019 Lausanne1 Qatar
World Ranking for African Team30 June 2019 Lausanne1

 Mozambique

World Ranking for Asian Team1 Australia
World Ranking for European Team1 United States
World Ranking for North American Team1 Poland
World Ranking for South American Team1 Chile
Invitation processn/a2 Germany
 Indonesia
Total8

Venues
Katara Beach, Doha

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
 Qatar (H)  Poland (1)
 Germany (3)  Chile (2)
 United States (4)  Australia (5)
 Indonesia (7)  Mozambique (6)

Pool standing procedure
  1. Match points (2 for the winner, 1 for the loser, 0 for forfeit)
  2. Between 2 teams consider all teams points ratio / Between 3 teams consider head-to-head points ratio
  3. Seeding position of the pools composition

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  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Quarter-finals
2  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: WBG 2019
12 October 2019
16:00		 Qatar  2-1  Indonesia Main court, Katara beach
16-21, 21-14, 15-4
Report
12 October 2019
16:00		 Germany  2-1  United States Field 1, Katara beach
21-19, 14-21, 15-13
Report
13 October 2019
17:00		 United States  1-2  Qatar Main court, Katara beach
21-16, 10-21, 10-15
Report
13 October 2019
17:00		 Germany  1-2  Indonesia Field 1, Katara beach
19-21, 21-18, 14-16
Report
13 October 2019
21:00		 Qatar  2-0  Germany Main court, Katara beach
21-18, 21-15
Report
13 October 2019
21:00		 Indonesia  0-2  United States Field 1, Katara beach
18-21, 21-23
Report

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Quarter-finals
2  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: WBG 2019
12 October 2019
17:00		 Chile  0-2  Australia Main court, Katara beach
14-21, 17-21
Report
12 October 2019
17:00		 Poland  2-0  Mozambique Field 1, Katara beach
23-21, 24-22
Report
13 October 2019
19:00		 Chile  2-0  Mozambique Main court, Katara beach
21-17, 21-19
Report
13 October 2019
19:00		 Australia  2-0  Poland Field 1, Katara beach
23-21, 21-15
Report
13 October 2019
23:00		 Poland  2-0  Chile Main court, Katara beach
21-19, 21-13
Report
13 October 2019
23:00		 Mozambique  2-1  Australia Field 1, Katara beach
16-21, 21-16, 15-11
Report

Knockout stage
  • All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 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

See also

References
  1. "San Diego 2019 AWBG Technical Handbook for the NOCs" (PDF). San Diego 2019 AWBG. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. "Schedule". ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. "سحب قرعة دورة الألعاب العالمية الشاطئية لاتحاد اللجان الأولمبية "قطر 2019"" (in Arabic). qatarspc.qa. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
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