The men's 4x4 beach volleyball tournament at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar, the inaugural edition of the ANOC World Beach Games, will take place over five days from 12 to 16 October 2019. Held in tandem with the women's tournament, the two events comprise the 4x4 beach volleyball competition at this year's Games.
Organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), national associations of FIVB (4x4 beach volleyball's governing body) from a territory with a National Olympic Committee (NOC) were invited to enter one team from which 8 teams.
The tournament is a multi-stage competition, consisting of a round-robin group stage and followed by a single elimination knockout round, starting with the semi-finals and ending with the gold medal match.
Competition schedule The tournament began on 12 October, after the opening ceremony, and ended on the final day of the Games, 16 October.
Matches deciding medal winners took place exclusively on 16 October.
GGroup stageQFQuarter-finalsSFSemi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal / Gold medal match Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Wed 16G G QF SF B F
Qualified teams Each National Olympic Committee might enter up to one men's and one women's team in the 4x4 beach volleyball tournaments. The qualification processes for the men's and women's events were similar. The host country was guaranteed an entry in each event. The five spots were awarded to the best FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings for each continental federation. 2 more spots were awarded to invitation (wild card) process. Mean of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified Host nation 14 June 2019 Lausanne 1 World Ranking for African Team 30 June 2019 Lausanne 1 World Ranking for Asian Team 1 World Ranking for European Team 1 World Ranking for North American Team 1 World Ranking for South American Team 1 Invitation process n/a 2 Total 8
Venues
The matches will be held on the Katara Beach.
Squads Each team may enter a squad consisting of up to 6 players. A total of up to 48 athletes are expected to compete.
Pools composition Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings as of 30 June 2019. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Pool APool B (H) (1) (3) (2) (4) (5) (7) (6)
Pool standing procedure Match points (2 for the winner, 1 for the loser, 0 for forfeit) Between 2 teams consider all teams points ratio / Between 3 teams consider head-to-head points ratio Seeding position of the pools composition
Preliminary round All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Knockout stage All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking RankTeam12345
See also 4x4 beach volleyball at the 2019 World Beach Games – Women's tournament
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