Get ready for the sporting action starting on Saturday!
Olympic volleyball and beach volleyball action at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 starts on 27 July
Here is everything you need to know ahead of catching all the action
You will find all the information on the venues, the formulas, the teams and the schedules for the competitions
We are just days away from the start of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, including some of the most exciting events of the year in both volleyball and beach volleyball. Action in both sports will get underway on Saturday, sparking volleyball fever among spectators and fans all over the world.
VOLLEYBALL
DATES
The volleyball matches at Paris 2024 will be held from 27 July to 11 August to determine the 16th Olympic volleyball champions in each gender.
VENUE
The competitions will be held at the well-known Pavilion 1 of the South Paris Arena.
FORMAT
The Olympic volleyball tournaments at Paris 2024 will be conducted under a new format. The 12 participating teams, representing all five continental confederations, per gender will be split into three single round-robin pools of four. The pool winners, the pool runners-up and the two best ranked third-placed teams will advance to the quarterfinals. The competition will then progress in a single-elimination format with the quarterfinals, the semifinals and the medal matches. The Olympic champion in each gender will be determined after 26 matches, played within a period of 16 days.
On each competition day through the quarterfinal stage, four matches will be played starting at 09:00, 13:00, 17:00 and 21:00 local time. The men’s semifinals will be played on 7 August and the women’s semifinals will take place on 8 August, at 16:00 and 20:00 local time on each of the two days. The 9 August program includes a single match, the men’s bronze medal game at 16:00. The men’s final will start at 13:00 on 10 August, to be followed be the women’s third-place match at 17:15. In the conclusion of the volleyball events in Paris, the women’s Olympic gold medalist will be determined in the final on 11 August, starting at 13:00.
For the first time in the history of the Olympic volleyball competition, each team is entitled to include one alternate player who will be available for selection in case of illness or injury. This means that team rosters are increased from 12 to 13 athletes.
USEFUL LINKS:
Paris 2024 participating women’s and men’s volleyball teams
Paris 2024 full volleyball schedule
Paris 2024 volleyball competition formula
Paris 2024 volleyball news
Paris 2024 volleyball tickets
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
DATES
The beach volleyball battles at Paris 2024 will last from 27 July to 10 August.
VENUE
The competition will unfold at the Eiffel Tower Stadium in Champ-de-Mars Park at the foot of the French capital’s most famous landmark. A temporary outdoor arena with an impressive capacity of more than 14,000 seats will provide an exceptional setting for participants and spectators alike. It will be the eighth time beach volleyball has been present at the Olympic Games.
FORMAT
The format for the beach volleyball tournament at Paris 2024 will remain the same as in Tokyo 2020. A total of 24 teams per gender from all five continental confederations will compete at the Olympic Games. They were split into six single round-robin pools of four for the first stage of the competition. The six pool winners, the six pool runners-up and the two best ranked third-placed teams will advance directly to the eighth finals. The remaining four third-placed teams will move on to a sixteenth final round, the so-called “lucky loser” playoffs, set to get the single-elimination-format stage underway. After the eighth final playoffs, quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will eventually lead to the medal matches on the last competition days, 9 August for women and 10 August for men. The Olympic champions will be determined after a total of 108 matches in both genders, played within a period of 15 days.
The first competition day’s program on 27 July will offer a total of six matches. Six games are also included on the last day of the pool stage program, 3 August, but the first elimination matches of the sixteenth final round, will also be played that evening. On each day in between, 10 matches will be contested at the Eiffel Tower Stadium, split into three sessions – a morning session starting at 09:00 local time and featuring four consecutive games, an afternoon session starting at 15:00 and featuring three games, and an evening session starting at 20:00 and featuring three games.
USEFUL LINKS:
Paris 2024 participating women’s and men’s beach volleyball teams
Paris 2024 full beach volleyball schedule
Paris 2024 beach volleyball competition formula
Paris 2024 beach volleyball news
Paris 2024 beach volleyball tickets
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