Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 9 to August 21, at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park.[1]
Women's beach volleyball at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beach Volleyball Ground | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 9–21 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
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Each of the 24 pairs in the tournament was placed in one of six groups of four teams apiece, and played a round-robin within that pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Round of 16. The six third-place teams were ranked against each other, with ties being broken by the ratio of points won to lost. The best two advanced to the Round of 16, while the other four played two matches (#3 vs. #6 and #4 vs. #5) with the winners of those two matches advancing as well. The losers of those matches, along with the fourth-place teams in each group, were eliminated.
The 16 teams that advanced to the elimination rounds played a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.