Beach Volleyball
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Beach volleyball pictogram
VenueParque Tres de Febrero
Dates7–17 October
No. of events2 (1 boys and 1 girls)
Competitors128 (64 boys and 64 girls)
Teams32+32
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Beach volleyball at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Events
BoysGirls

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.

Qualification

Game at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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 China Nanjing 10–15 July 2018 1  Russia
2018 Oceania U19 Championship[2] Australia Canberra 1–3 March 2018 2  Australia
 New Zealand
2018 AFECAVOL Zone U19 Championship[3] Costa Rica Puntarenas 8–12 March 2018 1  Costa Rica
2018 Asian U19 Championship[4] Thailand Nakhon Pathom 23–25 March 2018 2  Indonesia
 Thailand
2018 Central Zone U19 Championship[5] Cuba Havana 25–28 May 2018 2  Cuba
 Puerto Rico
2017–18 European Youth Continental Cup Final[6] Austria Baden 8–10 June 2018 5  Czech Republic
 Great Britain
 Hungary
 Netherlands
 Sweden
2018 EVCA Zone U19 Championship[7] Antigua and Barbuda 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] Aruba Oranjestad 6–9 July 2018 1  Aruba
2018 African U19 Championship[10] Algeria 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 China Nanjing 10–15 July 2018 1  Russia
2018 Oceania U19 Championship[2] Australia Canberra 1–3 March 2018 2  Australia
 New Zealand
2018 AFECAVOL Zone U19 Championship[11] Costa Rica Puntarenas 8–12 March 2018 1  Guatemala
2018 Asian U19 Championship[4] Thailand Nakhon Pathom 23–25 March 2018 1  Thailand
2018 Central Zone U19 Championship[12] Cuba Havana 25–28 May 2018 2  Puerto Rico
 United States
2017–18 European Youth Continental Cup Final[6] Austria Baden 8–10 June 2018 5  Italy
 Norway
 Poland
 Spain
 Netherlands
2018 EVCA Zone U19 Championship[13] Antigua and Barbuda 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] Aruba 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)1001
 Sweden (SWE)1001
3 Italy (ITA)0101
 Netherlands (NED)0101
5 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (6 entries)2226

Events

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Qualification System: Beach Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. 8 September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Russia and Sweden win gold at #CEVContinentalCup, Poland and England join European delegation at Youth Olympics". European Volleyball Confederation. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  7. ^ "St. Vincent & Grenadines qualify to Youth Olympics". NORCECA. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b "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

Events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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