Beach volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Beach Volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 17 to August 27. This was the first time beach volleyball was held at the Youth Olympics with indoor volleyball appearing at the 2010 edition.[1] The events took place at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in Nanjing, China.

Beach Volleyball at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Dates	17–27 August
No. of events	2

Qualification

A total of 36 teams participated in each gender category. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a maximum of 2 teams of 2 athletes, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China was initially given the maximum quota, but only field a girls' team. A further 10 teams, 5 in each gender was to be decided by the Tripartite Commission, but only 5 were given. The other spots were reallocated to the top ranked teams not yet qualified. Each of the five volleyball federations hosted qualification events to qualify 12 teams, 6 in each gender.[2]

Africa and Asia hosted a single qualification tournament while Europe created a Youth Continental Cup with different zonal stages ending with a final qualification tournament. South America created a six legged tour, though only five events were held where the six countries with the most points qualified and North, Central America and Caribbean hosted four zonal tournaments where the winners qualified to the Youth Olympics and a final tournament where the top two nations qualified.[3]

Only athletes born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999 were eligible to participate in the 2014 Youth Olympics.[2]

Boys

Event	Location	Date	Total Teams	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	0	China
EVCA Zone Qualification Tournament[4]	Pigeon Point	18–20 October 2013	1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
CAZOVA Zone Qualification Tournament[5]	Maracus Bay	26–28 November 2013	1	Jamaica
Central Zone Qualification Tournament[6]	Fajardo	6–8 December 2013	1	Canada
AFECAVOL Zone Qualification Tournament[7]	Guatemala City	1–2 February 2014	1	Guatemala
AVC Qualification Tournament[8]	Nakhon Si Thammarat	4–6 April 2014	6	Indonesia  Iran  Kazakhstan  New Zealand  Sri Lanka  Thailand
CAVB Qualification Tournament[9]	Accra	11–13 April 2014	6	Burundi  Republic of the Congo  Ghana  Nigeria  Rwanda  Sierra Leone
NORCECA Final Qualification Tournament[10]	Carolina	12–13 April 2014	2	Puerto Rico  United States
2014 CEV Youth Continental Cup Final[11][12]	Antalya	15–17 May 2014	6	Finland  France  Germany  Poland  Russia  Ukraine
CSV Youth Tour Final Rankings[13]	-	19 May 2014	6	Uruguay  Argentina  Venezuela  Peru  Paraguay  Brazil
Tripartite Invitation[14]	-	-	3	Oman  São Tomé and Príncipe  Virgin Islands
Reallocation[14]	-	-	3	Austria  Lithuania  Norway
TOTAL			36

Girls

Event	Location	Date	Total Teams	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	China
EVCA Zone Qualification Tournament[15]	Pigeon Point	18–20 October 2013	1	Saint Lucia
CAZOVA Zone Qualification Tournament[16]	Maracus Bay	26–28 November 2013	1	Trinidad and Tobago
Central Zone Qualification Tournament[17]	Fajardo	6–8 December 2013	1	United States
AFECAVOL Zone Qualification Tournament[18]	Guatemala City	1–2 February 2014	1	Guatemala
AVC Qualification Tournament[8]	Nakhon Si Thammarat	4–6 April 2014	6	Australia  Chinese Taipei  Indonesia  Kazakhstan  Thailand  Vietnam
CAVB Qualification Tournament[9]	Accra	11–13 April 2014	6	Republic of the Congo  Ghana  Namibia  Nigeria  Rwanda  Sierra Leone
NORCECA Final Qualification Tournament[19]	Carolina	12–13 April 2014	2	Canada  Puerto Rico
2014 CEV Youth Continental Cup Final[20][21]	Antalya	15–17 May 2014	6	Czech Republic  France  Germany  Italy  Russia  Turkey
CSV Youth Tour Final Rankings[13]	-	19 May 2014	6	Paraguay  Ecuador  Argentina  Uruguay  Brazil  Bolivia
Tripartite Invitation[14]	-	-	2	Tuvalu  Vanuatu
Reallocation[14]	-	-	3	Austria  Latvia  Switzerland
TOTAL			36

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[22] During the group stage there will be three sessions per day in order for all teams to play their match. Likewise the quarterfinals will have two sessions in order for all teams to play on the two main courts.

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time	Event Details
August 17	Sunday	08:00 15:00 19:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 18	Monday	08:00 15:00 19:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 19	Tuesday	08:00 15:00 19:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 21	Thursday	08:00 15:00 19:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 22	Friday	08:00 15:00 19:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 24	Sunday	08:00	Boys' Round of 24 Girls' Round of 24
August 24	Sunday	18:00	Boys' Round of 16 Girls' Round of 16
August 25	Monday	15:00 20:00	Boys' Quarterfinals Girls' Quarterfinals
August 26	Tuesday	15:00	Girls' Semifinals
August 26	Tuesday	20:00	Girls' Medal Matches
August 27	Wednesday	15:00	Boys' Semifinals
August 27	Wednesday	20:00	Boys' Medal Matches

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1
3	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
5	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' Tournament	Russia (RUS) Oleg Stoyanovskiy Artem Yarzutkin	Venezuela (VEN) José Tigrito Gómez Rolando Hernández	Argentina (ARG) Santiago Aulisi Leo Aveiro
Girls' Tournament	Brazil (BRA) Ana Patricia Silva Ramos Eduarda Santos Lisboa	Canada (CAN) Megan McNamara Nicole McNamara	Germany (GER) Lisa Arnholdt Sarah Schneider

References

1. Youth Olympic Games: Beach volleyball set for colourful debut
2. "Qualification System: Beach Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
3. "Young stars fix eyes on place at Nanjing 2014". FIVB. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
4. "Rodell Fraser and Delshun Welcome lead St Vincent to male title". NORCECA. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
5. "Jamaicans Hutchinson, Bryan book China ticket in style". FIVB. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
6. "Canada's MacNeil, Richards clinch Youth Olympic Games spot". FIVB. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
7. "Guatemalans Flores and Alvarez claim spot in Nanjing". FIVB. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
8. "Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand claim two berths apiece for Nanjing Youth Olympics". FIVB. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
9. "Sierra Leone men and Rwanda women top podium of African qualifiers for Youth Olympic Games". FIVB. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
10. "Puerto Rican and American boys ticketed to Nanjing". FIVB. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
11. "Germany, Ukraine and France claim first men's spots at Youth Olympics". FIVB. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
12. "Finland, Russia and Poland complete European contingent for Nanjing". FIVB. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
13. "South American qualifiers wrap up places in Nanjing". FIVB. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
14. "Number of Entries by NOC: Beach Volleyball". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
15. "St. Lucia book ticket to 2014 Youth Olympic Games". FIVB. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
16. "Trinidadian girls Ward, Davidson seal Youth Olympic spot". FIVB. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
17. "USA's Muno and Sponcil claim ticket to Youth Olympic Games". FIVB. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
18. "Guatemala's Giron and Bethancourt book ticket to Nanjing". FIVB. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
19. "Puerto Rican and Canadian girls grab spots to Nanjing". FIVB. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
20. "Germany, Italy and France book first tickets to Nanjing". FIVB. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
21. "Turkey with home triumph in Antalya, Czechs and Russians join them in Nanjing". FIVB. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
22. "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

External links

• Official Results Book – Beach volleyball