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Beach Volleyball, Men

Date	14 – 25 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiaki Engatastasi Bits Volei, Olympiako Syngrotima Papaliakis Zonis Falirou, Faliro
Participants	48 from 17 countries
Format	Top 16 teams from round-robin pools advanced to the single-elimination tournament.

The #1 ranked team was the Brazilian pair of Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos. Santos had won a silver medal in Sydney, partnered by Zé Marco, but in 2002 began competing with Rego, who had stumbled at the 2000 Olympics after entering the tournament world ranked #1 with partner José Loiola. Together Rego and Ricardo had won the 2003 World Championships. They also won the gold medal in Athina, though it was not without some difficulty. In the semi-finals they were pushed to three sets by the Swiss pair of Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel. But the final was a showcase for their talents, defeating the Spaniards Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera, 21-16, 21-15. The Spanish team had been seeded only 15th, and this surprising finish was the best yet in beach volleyball by any Europeans.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio	Service Attempts	Service Faults	Service Aces	Fastest Serve	Attack Attempts	Attack Successes	Block Successes	Dig Successes
1	Brazil 1	BRA	7	7	0	14-3	4.667	333-256	1.301	327	31	18	–	327	191	29	110	Gold
	Ricardo		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	151	15	7	80	156	99	19	41
	Emanuel		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	176	16	11	88	171	92	10	69
2	Spain	ESP	7	6	1	12-6	2.000	326-294	1.109	324	8	3	–	341	208	31	88	Silver
	Javier Bosma		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	166	4	1	74	215	136	1	57
	Pablo Herrera		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	158	4	2	69	126	72	30	31
3	Switzerland 2	SUI	7	6	1	13-5	2.600	337-322	1.047	333	39	5	–	423	229	21	142	Bronze
	Patrick Heuscher		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	155	18	4	94	163	87	20	49
	Stefan Kobel		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	178	21	1	76	260	142	1	93
4	Australia 2	AUS	7	4	3	10-8	1.250	324-300	1.080	322	15	4	–	373	210	37	106
	Julien Prosser		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	167	6	2	82	168	95	18	47
	Mark Williams		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	155	9	2	89	205	115	19	59
=5	Canada	CAN	5	2	3	6-6	1.000	233-221	1.054	231	17	6	–	287	156	20	78
	John Child		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	112	3	3	82	132	71	18	20
	Mark Heese		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	119	14	3	81	155	85	2	58
=5	Germany 1	GER	5	3	2	8-5	1.600	239-223	1.072	237	19	6	–	257	133	29	65
	Christoph Dieckmann		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	107	7	2	83	107	62	29	23
	Andreas Scheuerpflug		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	130	12	4	83	150	71	0	42
=5	Switzerland 1	SUI	5	3	2	7-5	1.400	217-211	1.028	216	28	6	–	247	141	11	58
	Martin Laciga		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	112	20	3	100	127	72	11	14
	Paul Laciga		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	104	8	3	85	120	69	0	44
=5	United States 1	USA	5	2	3	5-8	0.625	228-244	0.934	230	16	6	–	297	153	19	87
	Dax Holdren		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	115	7	1	78	150	74	11	48
	Stein Metzger		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	115	9	5	87	147	79	8	39
=9	Argentina	ARG	4	3	1	6-3	2.000	167-112	1.491	124	13	4	–	144	89	3	44
	Mariano Baracetti		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	64	9	3	84	50	32	2	19
	Martín Conde		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	60	4	1	80	94	57	1	25
=9	Australia 1	AUS	4	1	3	3-6	0.500	166-180	0.922	168	23	6	–	191	105	17	48
	Andrew Schacht		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	85	12	2	89	77	42	2	20
	Josh Slack		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	83	11	4	91	114	63	15	28
=9	Brazil 2	BRA	4	2	2	5-4	1.250	176-166	1.060	175	23	6	–	206	121	7	54
	Márcio		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	89	18	5	92	98	57	0	32
	Benjamin		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	86	5	1	93	108	64	7	22
=9	Germany 2	GER	4	2	2	6-4	1.500	195-176	1.108	193	18	5	–	206	117	19	58
	Markus Dieckmann		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	92	3	4	50	156	86	1	46
	Jonas Reckermann		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	101	15	1	90	50	31	18	12
=9	Norway 2	NOR	4	2	2	5-6	0.833	190-208	0.913	190	46	8	–	257	139	10	58
	Vegard Høidalen		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	87	30	5	101	106	59	5	21
	Jørre Kjemperud		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	103	16	3	95	151	80	5	37
=9	Portugal	POR	4	1	3	3-6	0.500	161-168	0.958	164	18	6	–	212	93	11	68
	João Brenha		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	77	5	3	79	142	67	11	14
	Miguel Maia		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	87	13	3	90	70	26	0	54
=9	South Africa	RSA	4	2	2	4-5	0.800	156-176	0.886	156	5	1	–	207	99	8	62
	Colin Pocock		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	72	3	0	72	82	42	6	18
	Gershon Rorich		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	84	2	1	47	125	57	2	44
=9	Sweden	SWE	4	2	2	4-5	0.800	164-168	0.976	165	5	1	–	216	113	9	72
	Björn Berg		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	79	3	1	82	100	54	8	27
	Simon Dahl		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	86	2	0	89	116	59	1	45
=17	Austria 1	AUT	3	1	2	3-4	0.750	105-118	0.890	106	8	4	–	158	67	9	50
	Nik Berger		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	63	7	4	89	58	30	0	36
	Florian Gosch		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	43	1	0	45	100	37	9	14
=17	Cuba	CUB	3	1	2	3-4	0.750	133-137	0.971	134	7	3	–	163	89	5	41
	Francisco Álvarez		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	65	2	0	56	92	49	0	33
	Juan Miguel Rossell		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	69	5	3	80	71	40	5	8
=19	Austria 2	AUT	3	0	3	1-6	0.167	110-139	0.791	112	13	2	–	156	71	8	33
	Peter Gartmayer		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	57	12	2	90	86	36	8	14
	Robert Nowotny		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	55	1	0	55	70	35	0	19
=19	France	FRA	3	1	2	2-5	0.400	117-133	0.880	117	12	4	–	145	75	13	26
	Stéphane Canet		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	57	8	2	80	95	51	1	19
	Mathieu Hamel		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	60	4	2	68	50	24	12	7
=19	Greece	GRE	3	0	3	1-6	0.167	85-144	0.590	87	10	2	–	139	59	4	45
	Pavlos Beligratis		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	43	5	1	84	115	52	0	34
	Thanasis Michalopoulos		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	44	5	1	79	24	7	4	11
=19	Norway 1	NOR	3	1	2	3-5	0.600	132-147	0.898	132	21	3	–	168	91	7	40
	Iver Horrem		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	61	15	3	93	69	38	1	24
	Bjørn Maaseide		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	71	6	0	76	99	53	6	16
=19	Puerto Rico	PUR	3	0	3	2-6	0.333	130-154	0.844	130	8	8	–	160	78	6	35
	Ramón Hernández		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	61	2	2	83	42	19	2	21
	Raúl Papaleo		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	69	6	6	86	118	59	4	14
=19	United States 2	USA	3	0	3	1-6	0.167	106-133	0.797	109	13	1	–	149	69	8	34
	Dain Blanton		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	58	10	1	83	44	22	0	23
	Jeff Nygaard		–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	51	3	0	81	105	47	8	11

Preliminary Round

Date	14 – 19 August 2004

Group A

Date	15 – 19 August 2004

Pos	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Sets	Sets Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	BRA	3	3	0	6-1	6.000	139-107	1.299
2	USA	3	1	2	3-5	0.600	138-152	0.908
3	AUS	3	1	2	3-4	0.750	135-138	0.978
4	NOR	3	1	2	3-5	0.600	132-147	0.898

Match	Date/Time	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug 16:30	Holdren / Metzger	USA	2 – 1	Schacht / Slack	AUS
Match #2	15 Aug 23:00	Ricardo / Emanuel	BRA	2 – 1	Horrem / Maaseide	NOR
Match #3	17 Aug 9:00	Horrem / Maaseide	NOR	2 – 1	Holdren / Metzger	USA
Match #4	17 Aug 15:30	Ricardo / Emanuel	BRA	2 – 0	Schacht / Slack	AUS
Match #5	19 Aug 9:00	Schacht / Slack	AUS	2 – 0	Horrem / Maaseide	NOR
Match #6	19 Aug 20:00	Ricardo / Emanuel	BRA	2 – 0	Holdren / Metzger	USA

Group B

Date	15 – 19 August 2004

Pos	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Sets	Sets Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	GER	3	2	1	5-3	1.667	147-140	1.050
2	BRA	3	2	1	4-2	2.000	124-111	1.117
3	CUB	3	1	2	3-4	0.750	133-137	0.971
4	FRA	3	1	2	2-5	0.400	117-133	0.880

Match	Date/Time	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug 10:00	Dieckmann / Scheuerpflug	GER	2 – 1	Álvarez / Rossell	CUB
Match #2	15 Aug 14:30	Márcio / Benjamin	BRA	2 – 0	Canet / Hamel	FRA
Match #3	17 Aug 11:00	Canet / Hamel	FRA	2 – 1	Dieckmann / Scheuerpflug	GER
Match #4	17 Aug 14:30	Márcio / Benjamin	BRA	2 – 0	Álvarez / Rossell	CUB
Match #5	19 Aug 16:30	Álvarez / Rossell	CUB	2 – 0	Canet / Hamel	FRA
Match #6	19 Aug 22:00	Dieckmann / Scheuerpflug	GER	2 – 0	Márcio / Benjamin	BRA

Group C

Date	15 – 19 August 2004

Pos	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Sets	Sets Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	ESP	3	3	0	6-2	3.000	150-124	1.210
2	SUI	3	2	1	5-2	2.500	133-117	1.137
3	AUT	3	1	2	2-4	0.500	105-118	0.890
4	AUT	3	0	3	1-6	0.167	110-139	0.791

Match	Date/Time	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug 9:00	Laciga / Laciga	SUI	2 – 0	Gartmayer / Nowotny	AUT
Match #2	15 Aug 12:00	Bosma / Herrera	ESP	2 – 1	Berger / Gosch	AUT
Match #3	17 Aug 20:00	Bosma / Herrera	ESP	2 – 1	Laciga / Laciga	SUI
Match #4	17 Aug 22:00	Berger / Gosch	AUT	2 – 0	Gartmayer / Nowotny	AUT
Match #5	19 Aug 10:00	Bosma / Herrera	ESP	2 – 1	Gartmayer / Nowotny	AUT
Match #6	19 Aug 14:20	Laciga / Laciga	SUI	2 – 0	Berger / Gosch	AUT

Group D

Date	14 – 18 August 2004

Pos	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Sets	Sets Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	GER	3	2	1	5-2	2.500	145-121	1.198
2	SWE	3	2	1	4-3	1.333	131-126	1.040
3	NOR	3	2	1	4-4	1.000	148-153	0.967
4	PUR	3	0	3	2-6	0.333	130-154	0.844

Match	Date/Time	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	14 Aug 9:00	Berg / Dahl	SWE	2 – 0	Høidalen / Kjemperud	NOR
Match #2	14 Aug 11:00	Dieckmann / Reckermann	GER	2 – 0	Hernández / Papaleo	PUR
Match #3	16 Aug 10:00	Høidalen / Kjemperud	NOR	2 – 1	Hernández / Papaleo	PUR
Match #4	16 Aug 20:00	Dieckmann / Reckermann	GER	2 – 0	Berg / Dahl	SWE
Match #5	18 Aug 16:30	Berg / Dahl	SWE	2 – 1	Hernández / Papaleo	PUR
Match #6	18 Aug 17:30	Høidalen / Kjemperud	NOR	2 – 1	Dieckmann / Reckermann	GER

Group E

Date	14 – 18 August 2004

Pos	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Sets	Sets Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	SUI	3	3	0	6-2	3.000	151-144	1.049
2	AUS	3	2	1	5-3	1.667	143-129	1.109
3	CAN	3	1	2	3-4	0.750	132-126	1.048
4	USA	3	0	3	1-6	0.167	106-133	0.797

Match	Date/Time	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	14 Aug 15:30	Heuscher / Kobel	SUI	2 – 0	Child / Heese	CAN
Match #2	14 Aug 23:00	Prosser / Williams	AUS	2 – 0	Blanton / Nygaard	USA
Match #3	16 Aug 9:00	Heuscher / Kobel	SUI	2 – 1	Prosser / Williams	AUS
Match #4	16 Aug 16:30	Child / Heese	CAN	2 – 0	Blanton / Nygaard	USA
Match #5	18 Aug 12:00	Heuscher / Kobel	SUI	2 – 1	Blanton / Nygaard	USA
Match #6	18 Aug 14:30	Prosser / Williams	AUS	2 – 1	Child / Heese	CAN

Group F

Date	14 – 18 August 2004

Pos	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Sets	Sets Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	ARG	3	3	0	6-1	6.000	133-70	1.900
2	RSA	3	2	1	4-3	1.333	132-134	0.985
3	POR	3	1	2	3-4	0.750	124-126	0.984
4	GRE	3	0	3	1-6	0.167	85-144	0.590

Match	Date/Time	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	14 Aug 17:30	Baracetti / Conde	ARG	2 – 1	Brenha / Maia	POR
Match #2	14 Aug 21:00	Pocock / Rorich	RSA	2 – 1	Beligratis / Michalopoulos	GRE
Match #3	16 Aug 14:30	Baracetti / Conde	ARG	2 – 0	Pocock / Rorich	RSA
Match #4	16 Aug 21:00	Brenha / Maia	POR	2 – 0	Beligratis / Michalopoulos	GRE
Match #5	18 Aug 11:00	Pocock / Rorich	RSA	2 – 0	Brenha / Maia	POR
Match #6	18 Aug 21:00	Baracetti / Conde	ARG	2 –	Beligratis / Michalopoulos	GRE	walkover

Round One

Date	20 – 21 August 2004
Format	Winners of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug 23:00	Ricardo / Emanuel	BRA	2 – 1	Høidalen / Kjemperud	NOR
Match #2	21 Aug 15:30	Laciga / Laciga	SUI	2 – 1	Márcio / Benjamin	BRA
Match #3	20 Aug 20:00	Heuscher / Kobel	SUI	2 – 0	Brenha / Maia	POR
Match #4	20 Aug 17:30	Holdren / Metzger	USA	2 – 1	Dieckmann / Reckermann	GER
Match #5	20 Aug 16:30	Bosma / Herrera	ESP	2 – 0	Berg / Dahl	SWE
Match #6	21 Aug 21:00	Child / Heese	CAN	2 – 0	Baracetti / Conde	ARG
Match #7	21 Aug 16:30	Prosser / Williams	AUS	2 – 0	Pocock / Rorich	RSA
Match #8	21 Aug 14:30	Dieckmann / Scheuerpflug	GER	2 – 0	Schacht / Slack	AUS

Quarter-Finals

Date	22 August 2004
Format	Winners of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	22 Aug 21:00	Ricardo / Emanuel	BRA	2 – 0	Laciga / Laciga	SUI
Match #2	22 Aug 14:30	Heuscher / Kobel	SUI	2 – 0	Holdren / Metzger	USA
Match #3	22 Aug 23:00	Bosma / Herrera	ESP	2 – 1	Child / Heese	CAN
Match #4	22 Aug 16:30	Prosser / Williams	AUS	2 – 1	Dieckmann / Scheuerpflug	GER

Semi-Finals

Date	23 August 2004
Format	Winners of each match advanced to the final round match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Aug 21:00	Ricardo / Emanuel	BRA	2 – 1	Heuscher / Kobel	SUI
Match #2	23 Aug 22:00	Bosma / Herrera	ESP	2 – 0	Prosser / Williams	AUS

Final Round

Date	25 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	25 Aug 21:00	Ricardo / Emanuel	BRA	2 – 0	Bosma / Herrera	ESP
Match 3/4	25 Aug 19:30	Heuscher / Kobel	SUI	2 – 1	Prosser / Williams	AUS