Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Beach Volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 17 October. The events took place at the Parque Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Beach Volleyball at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Beach volleyball pictogram
Venue	Parque Tres de Febrero
Dates	7–17 October
No. of events	2 (1 boys and 1 girls)
Competitors	128 (64 boys and 64 girls)
Teams	32+32

Qualification

A total of 32 teams will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams of 2 athletes, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina was given the maximum quota and a further 10 teams, 5 in each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining quotas were to be decided at the 2018 Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship and qualifiers decided by the five continental regions. The U19 World Championship will have priority over the continental qualifiers. Each region is allocated five teams per gender, however there must by 50% participation for the continent to be given the complete quota, if not the quotas will be reduced.[1]

Only athletes born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003 were eligible to participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics.[1]

Boys

Event	Location	Date	Total Teams	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Argentina
2018 U19 World Championship	Nanjing	10–15 July 2018	1	Russia
2018 Oceania U19 Championship[2]	Canberra	1–3 March 2018	2	Australia  New Zealand
2018 AFECAVOL Zone U19 Championship[3]	Puntarenas	8–12 March 2018	1	Costa Rica
2018 Asian U19 Championship[4]	Nakhon Pathom	23–25 March 2018	2	Indonesia  Thailand
2018 Central Zone U19 Championship[5]	Havana	25–28 May 2018	2	Cuba  Puerto Rico
2017–18 European Youth Continental Cup Final[6]	Baden	8–10 June 2018	5	Czech Republic  Great Britain  Hungary  Netherlands  Sweden
2018 EVCA Zone U19 Championship[7]	St. John's	14–18 June 2018	1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
South American Youth Tour Final Rankings[8]	Various	17 June 2018	5	Bolivia  Chile  Ecuador  Paraguay  Venezuela
2018 CAZOVA Zone U19 Championship[9]	Oranjestad	6–9 July 2018	1	Aruba
2018 African U19 Championship[10]	Algiers	19–28 July 2018	5 4	Mozambique  Ghana  The Gambia  Mauritius  Rwanda
Tripartite Invitation	–	–	5 2	Monaco  Togo
Reallocation of unused spots	–	–	5	Brazil  Germany  Poland  United States  Switzerland
TOTAL			32

Girls

Event	Location	Date	Total Teams	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Argentina
2018 U19 World Championship	Nanjing	10–15 July 2018	1	Russia
2018 Oceania U19 Championship[2]	Canberra	1–3 March 2018	2	Australia  New Zealand
2018 AFECAVOL Zone U19 Championship[11]	Puntarenas	8–12 March 2018	1	Guatemala
2018 Asian U19 Championship[4]	Nakhon Pathom	23–25 March 2018	1	Thailand
2018 Central Zone U19 Championship[12]	Havana	25–28 May 2018	2	Puerto Rico  United States
2017–18 European Youth Continental Cup Final[6]	Baden	8–10 June 2018	5	Italy  Norway  Poland  Spain  Netherlands
2018 EVCA Zone U19 Championship[13]	St. John's	14–18 June 2018	1	Dominica
South American Youth Tour Final Rankings[8]	Various	17 June 2018	5	Bolivia  Brazil  Paraguay  Peru  Venezuela
2018 CAZOVA Zone U19 Championship[14]	Oranjestad	6–9 July 2018	1	Aruba
2018 African U19 Championship[15]		19–28 July 2018	5	Mozambique  Rwanda  Egypt  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Sierra Leone
Tripartite Invitation	–	–	1	Vanuatu
Reallocation of unused spots	–	–	6	Canada  China  Ecuador  Mexico  Switzerland  Uruguay
TOTAL			32

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
3	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
5	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' Tournament	David Åhman Jonatan Hellvig  Sweden	Yorick de Groot Matthew Immers  Netherlands	Bautista Amieva Mauro Zelayeta  Argentina
Girls' Tournament	Maria Voronina Maria Bocharova  Russia	Claudia Scampoli Nicol Bertozzi  Italy	Emilie Olimstad Frida Berntsen  Norway

References

1. "Qualification System: Beach Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
2. "Australia, New Zealand Share Honours In Oceania Qualification For YOG and U19 WCh". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
3. "AFECAVOL YOG Boy ́s Qualification Tournament" (PDF). NORCECA. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
4. "Indonesia, Thailand Share Honours at Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
5. "Cuba and Puerto Rico claim Olympic beach berths". NORCECA. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
6. "Russia and Sweden win gold at #CEVContinentalCup, Poland and England join European delegation at Youth Olympics". European Volleyball Confederation. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
7. "St. Vincent & Grenadines qualify to Youth Olympics". NORCECA. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
8. "Bolivia Logra El Oro Historico y Divide El Podio Con Paraguay En El Clasificatorio YOG De Cochabmaba". South American Volleyball Confederation. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
9. "Aruba outlast TTO for the Boys prize". NORCECA. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
10. "Brilliant Mozambique claim both boys and girls Beach VB gold". CAVB. 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
11. "AFECAVOL YOG Girl ́s Qualification Tournament" (PDF). NORCECA. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
12. "Girls from Puerto Rico and USA to Olympic Youth Games". NORCECA. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
13. "Dominica emerge as ECVA Beach Female Youth Champs". NORCECA. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
14. "Aruba Girls to represent CAZOVA at YOG". NORCECA. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
15. "Brilliant Mozambique claim both boys and girls Beach VB gold". CAVB. 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

External links

• Official Results Book – Beach volleyball