GC2018 Beach Volleyball competition pools announced

GOLD COAST, Australia, January 23, 2018 - The official pools for the first ever Beach Volleyball competition to be held at a Commonwealth Games have been confirmed, following a draw ceremony held at the Coolangatta Beachfront today.

Overseen and sanctioned by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), today’s draw ceremony for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Beach Volleyball competition saw the 12 competing nations for both the men’s and women’s competitions drawn into three pools.

The bottom eight ranked teams were randomly drawn into three pools, joining the top four ranked teams who were placed into the three pools in a snaking pattern according to their current FIVB Word Rankings.

The allocated pools will determine the match schedule for the preliminary round-robin stage of the competition, with each team to play every other team within their pool once.

The preliminaries run from 6-9 April before culminating with the Quarter finals, Semifinals and Gold and Bronze Medal Matches from 10-12 April, with all matches to be held at the 4000-seat capacity Coolangatta Beachfront venue.

The three pools determined today for the women’s and men’s competitions are listed below:

GC2018 WOMEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL COMPETITION POOLS 

GC2018 MEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL COMPETITION POOLS

Today’s unveiling of the pools will enable the full match schedule to be completed in mid-February.

The men’s and women’s medal events will feature 12 teams of two players.