Olympics Volleyball Beach. Qualification process host city and venue. The teams are divided into groups for a preliminary round robin phase after which a bracket style elimination round determines the medalists.
A total of 24 teams take part in each beach volleyball olympic tournament. The volleyball tournaments at the 2016 summer olympics in rio de janeiro was played between 6 and 21 august. Overview beach volleyball at the olympics features two 24 team tournaments one for men and one for women.
24 volleyball teams and 48 beach volleyball teams total 386 athletes participated in the tournament.
The fédération internationale de volleyball fivb was founded in 1947. Qualification process host city and venue. Overview beach volleyball at the olympics features two 24 team tournaments one for men and one for women. Usa and brazil shared all the gold medals in the subsequent four editions except in sydney where the australian women s team dominated.
