Beach volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

Beach volleyball – Women's tournament
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Beach volleyball – Women's tournament ; at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Smithfield
Dates	30 July – 7 August 2022
Competitors	24 from 12 nations
Medalists

The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held in Smithfield between 30 July and 7 August 2022.^[1]

Schedule

All times based on British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)^[1]^[2]

Date	Time	Phase
30 July – 4 August	14:30	Group stage
30 July – 4 August	19:00	Group stage
5 August	14:30	Quarter-finals
5 August	19:00	Quarter-finals
6 August	20:00	Semi-finals
7 August	20:00	Bronze medal match
7 August	21:00	Gold medal match

Qualification

Qualification for the tournament happened as follows:^[3]^[4]

Means of qualification	Date	Location	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	England
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings	16 April 2018 – 31 March 2022	—	5	Canada Australia Vanuatu New Zealand Cyprus
Oceania Ranking^[a]			1	Solomon Islands
Americas / Caribbean Ranking^[a]			1	Trinidad and Tobago
European Qualifier	24–26 September 2021	Edinburgh	1	Scotland
Asian Qualifier	18–19 March 2022	Negombo	1	Sri Lanka
African Qualifier	25–28 March 2022	Accra	1	Ghana
Bipartite Invitation	21 April 2022	—	1	Kenya
TOTAL			12

Scheduling issues

^ ^a ^b The women's continental qualifiers for the Americas / Caribbean and Oceania were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the associated quota places were awarded to the highest-ranked nations from those regions.

Competition format

In June 2022, twelve pairs were drawn into three groups;^[5] the top two performing pairs in each group, plus the two best third-place pairs advance to the knockout stage.

Group stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	137	73	1.877	Quarterfinals
2	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	124	105	1.181	Quarterfinals
3	Khadambi – Makokha (KEN)	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	101	134	0.754	Ranking of third-placed teams
4	Aryee – Katadat (GHA)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	86	138	0.623

Source: birmingham2022.com

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals

30 July 2022 14:30	Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN)	2–0	Aryee – Katadat (GHA)	Smithfield
	(21–7, 21–6) Report

30 July 2022 19:00	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	2–0	Khadambi – Makokha (KEN)	Smithfield
	(21–10, 21–19) Report

1 August 2022 14:30	Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN)	2–0	Khadambi – Makokha (KEN)	Smithfield
	(21–15, 21–5) Report

1 August 2022 19:00	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	2–0	Aryee – Katadat (GHA)	Smithfield
	(21–10, 21–13) Report

3 August 2022 14:30	Khadambi – Makokha (KEN)	2–1	Aryee – Katadat (GHA)	Smithfield
	(16–21, 21–13, 15–12) Report

3 August 2022 19:00	Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN)	2–0	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	Smithfield
	(32–30, 21–10) Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	62	2.032	Quarterfinals
2	Konstantopoulou – Konstantinou^[6]^[7] (CYP)	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	111	84	1.321	Quarterfinals
3	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	40	84	0.476	Ranking of third-placed teams
4	Armstrong – Chase (TTO)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	37	126	0.294

Source: birmingham2022.com

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals

31 July 2022 14:30	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	2–0	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	Smithfield
	(21–10, 21–12) Report

31 July 2022 19:00	Konstantopoulou – Konstantinou^[6]^[7] (CYP)	2–0	Armstrong – Chase (TTO)	Smithfield
	(21–7, 21–17) Report

2 August 2022 14:30	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	2–0	Armstrong – Chase (TTO)	Smithfield
	(21–7, 21–6) Report

2 August 2022 19:00	Konstantopoulou – Konstantinou^[6]^[7] (CYP)	2–0	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	Smithfield
	(21–8, 21–10) Report

4 August 2022 14:30	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	2–0	Konstantopoulou – Konstantinou^[6]^[7] (CYP)	Smithfield
	(21–14, 21–13) Report

4 August 2022 19:00	Armstrong – Chase (TTO)	0–2	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	Smithfield
	INJ Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pata – Toko (VAN)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	67	1.881	Quarterfinals
2	Grimson – Mumby (ENG)	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	112	90	1.244	Quarterfinals
3	Beattie – Coutts (SCO)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	98	106	0.925	Ranking of third-placed teams
4	Gwali – Donga (SOL)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	53	126	0.421

Source: birmingham2022.com

31 July 2022 14:30	Pata – Toko (VAN)	2–0	Beattie – Coutts (SCO)	Smithfield
	(21–10, 21–14) Report

31 July 2022 19:00	Grimson – Mumby (ENG)	2–0	Gwali – Donga (SOL)	Smithfield
	(21–10, 21–6) Report

2 August 2022 15:30	Pata – Toko (VAN)	2–0	Gwali – Donga (SOL)	Smithfield
	(21–8, 21–7) Report

2 August 2022 19:00	Grimson – Mumby (ENG)	2–0	Beattie – Coutts (SCO)	Smithfield
	(21–17, 21–15) Report

4 August 2022 14:30	Beattie – Coutts (SCO)	2–0	Gwali – Donga (SOL)	Smithfield
	(21–6, 21–16) Report

4 August 2022 19:00	Grimson – Mumby (ENG)	0–2	Pata – Toko (VAN)	Smithfield
	(9–21, 19–21) Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	C	Beattie – Coutts (SCO)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	98	106	0.925	Quarterfinals
2	B	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	40	84	0.476	Quarterfinals
3	A	Khadambi – Makokha (KEN)	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	101	134	0.754

Source: birmingham2022.com

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Gold medal match

A1	Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN)	21	21
B3	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	9	11	A1	Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN)	29	21	19
A2	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	21	21	A2	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	31	14	17
C2	Grimson – Mumby (ENG)	13	15						A1	Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN)	22	21	15
C1	Pata – Toko (VAN)	29	30						B1	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	24	17	12
B2	Konstantopoulou – Konstantinou^[6]^[7] (CYP)	27	28	C1	Pata – Toko (VAN)	24	16
C3	Beattie – Coutts (SCO)	11	11	B1	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	26	21
B1	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	21	21						Bronze medal match

									A2	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	21	20	10
									C1	Pata – Toko (VAN)	10	22	15

Quarterfinals

5 August 2022 14:30	Beattie – Coutts (SCO)	0–2	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	Smithfield
	(11–21, 11–21) Report

5 August 2022 15:30	Pata – Toko (VAN)	2–0	Konstantopoulou – Konstantinou^[6]^[7] (CYP)	Smithfield
	(29–27, 30–28) Report

5 August 2022 20:00	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	2–0	Grimson – Mumby (ENG)	Smithfield
	(21–13, 21–15) Report

5 August 2022 21:00	Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN)	2–0	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	Smithfield
	(21–9, 21–11) Report

Semifinals

6 August 2022 20:00	Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN)	2–1	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	Smithfield
	(29–31, 21–14, 19–17) Report

6 August 2022 21:00	Pata – Toko (VAN)	0–2	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	Smithfield
	(24–26, 16–21) Report

Bronze medal match

7 August 2022 20:00	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	1–2	Pata – Toko (VAN)	Smithfield
	(21–10, 20–22, 10–15) Report

Gold medal match

7 August 2022 21:00	Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN)	2–1	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	Smithfield
	(22–24, 21–17, 15–12) Report

References

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[c19qsw-5] The women's continental qualifiers for the Americas / Caribbean and Oceania were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the associated quota places were awarded to the highest-ranked nations from those regions.

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[3] "Athlete Allocation System | Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / FIVB. 1 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[4] "Beach Volleyball Line-Up Confirmed For Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". FIVB. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[6] "Beach Volleyball Pools Confirmed For Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". FIVB. 6 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[Nystrom-Constantinou-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games begin on Thursday with the Opening Ceremony, with 55 athletes the Cypriot delegation". Parikiaki Cyprus and Cypriot News. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2025. in the Women's Beach Volleyball team Manolina Constantinou will replace Erika Nystrom, who was injured a few days ago

[Constantinou/Constantopoulou-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Constantinou/Constantopoulou - Beach Volleyball - Entries: Manolina KONSTANTINOU / Zoi KONSTANTOPOULOU". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 7 June 2025.

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