Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
| Men's beach volleyball at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Copacabana Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 6–18 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 24 | ||||||||||||
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Alison Cerutti Bruno Oscar Schmidt |
 Brazil
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Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai |
 Italy
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Alexander Brouwer Robert Meeuwsen |
 Netherlands
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The men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place at the Copacabana Stadium. The competition was held from 6 to 18 August 2016. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.
The medals were presented by Bernard Rajzman, member of the International Olympic Committee from Brazil, and Dr. Ary Graça Filho, President of the FIVB.
Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams. The top six teams from the FIVB beach volleyball Olympic ranking as of 12 June 2016 were seeded at the first row of each pools from pool A to F. The seventh to ninth from the ranking were drawn first in pool F, E, or D. Then, the tenth to twelfth were drawn in pool C, B, or A. The drawing of lots number three belonged the thirteenth to seventeenth teams. They were drawn in pool A to E. The remaining spot of third row were one of five confederation continental cup champions. Next, the four remaining were drawn in pool F to C. Finally the winners and runners-up from World continental cup were drawn last two spots. The teams from the same national Olympic committee could not be the same pool, except the last drawing.
The preliminary round was a competition between the twenty four teams divided into six groups of four teams. This round, the teams competed in a single round-robin format. The two highest ranked teams in each group and the two best third ranked teams advanced automatically to the knockout stage. The other four third ranked teams faced the lucky loser playoffs to take the last two spots. The fourth placed teams in each pool were ranked nineteenth in this competition. The losers from the lucky loser playoffs were tied seventeenth. The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers in the round of sixteen were ranked ninth. The four quarter-final losers finished fifth. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals.
The following referees were selected for the tournament.
The table below shows the ranking of third-placed teams in the preliminary round. The top two teams will advance to next round automatically. The other teams will compete for the two remaining spots. The third-ranked team will play with the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will play with the fifth-ranked team.
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