Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Beach Volleyball
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The men's beach volleyball event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, was held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex.
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Brazil Ricardo Alex Santos and Emanuel Rego |
Spain Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera |
Switzerland Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher |
The 24 competing teams were split equally into six pools of four where each team played the other in a best of three set match.
Two points were awarded to the winner of each match with the loser given a single point.
When all teams had played all of their respective pool games the top two from each pool progressed through to the last sixteen knockout stages along with the four best third placed teams.
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Fixtures and Results Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D | Pool E | Pool E | Pool F |
All winners of individual matches shown in bold.
Medal winners appear highlighted on group tables in medal colour won.
[edit] Men's Beach Volleyball Pool A
| Team | P: | W: | L: | SF: | SA: | PF: | PA: | Pts: |
 Ricardo Alex Santos and Emanuel Rego, Brazil |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 139 | 107 | 6 |
 Daxton Holdren and Stein Metzger, United States |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 138 | 152 | 4 |
 Andrew Schacht and Joshua Slack, Australia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 135 | 138 | 4 |
 Iver Horrem and Bjørn Maaseide, Norway |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 132 | 147 | 4 |
Pool A Results
| August 15 | 16:30 | Holdren & Metzger | 2 | - | 1 | Schacht & Slack |
| August 15 | 23:00 | Ricardo & Emanuel | 2 | - | 1 | Horrem & Maaseide |
| August 17 | 20:00 | Holdren & Metzger | 1 | - | 2 | Horrem & Maaseide |
| August 17 | 22:00 | Ricardo & Emanuel | 2 | - | 0 | Schacht & Slack |
| August 19 | 09:00 | Schacht & Slack | 2 | - | 0 | Horrem & Maaseide |
| August 19 | 20:00 | Ricardo & Emanuel | 2 | - | 0 | Holdren & Metzger |
[edit] Men's Beach Volleyball Pool B
| Team | P: | W: | L: | SF: | SA: | PF: | PA: | Pts: |
 Andreas Scheuerpflug and Christoph Dieckmann, Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 147 | 140 | 5 |
| Benjamin Insfran and Henrique Araujo Marcio, Brazil |
3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 124 | 111 | 5 |
 Francisco Alvarez Cutino and Juan Rosell Milanes, Cuba |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 133 | 137 | 4 |
 Stephane Canet and Mathieu Hamel, France |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 117 | 133 | 4 |
Pool B Results
| August 15 | 10:00 | Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann | 2 | - | 1 | Alvarez Cutino & Rosell Milanes |
| August 15 | 14:30 | Insfran & Araujo Marcio | 2 | - | 0 | Canet & Hamel |
| August 17 | 11:00 | Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann | 1 | - | 2 | Canet & Hamel |
| August 17 | 14:30 | Insfran & Araujo Marcio | 2 | - | 0 | Alvarez Cutino & Rosell Milanes |
| August 19 | 16:30 | Alvarez Cutino & Rosell Milanes | 2 | - | 0 | Canet & Hamel |
| August 19 | 22:00 | Insfran & Araujo Marcio | 0 | - | 2 | Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann |
[edit] Men's Beach Volleyball Pool C
| Team | P: | W: | L: | SF: | SA: | PF: | PA: | Pts: |
 Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera, Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 139 | 106 | 6 |
 Paul Laciga and Martin Laciga, Switzerland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 133 | 117 | 5 |
 Nikolas Berger and Florian Gosch, Austria |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 105 | 118 | 4 |
| Robert Nowotny and Peter Gartmayer, Austria |
3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 110 | 139 | 3 |
Pool C Results
| August 15 | 09:00 | Laciga & Laciga | 2 | - | 0 | Nowotny & Gartmayer |
| August 15 | 12:00 | Berger & Gosch | 0 | - | 2 | Bosma & Herrera |
| August 17 | 09:00 | Laciga & Laciga | 1 | - | 2 | Bosma & Herrera |
| August 17 | 15:30 | Berger & Gosch | 2 | - | 0 | Nowotny & Gartmayer |
| August 19 | 10:00 | Bosma & Herrera | 2 | - | 1 | Nowotny & Gartmayer |
| August 19 | 14:30 | Laciga & Laciga | 2 | - | 0 | Berger & Gosch |
[edit] Men's Beach Volleyball Pool D
| Team | P: | W: | L: | SF: | SA: | PF: | PA: | Pts: |
| Jørre Kjemperud and Vegard Høidalen, Norway |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 159 | 142 | 6 |
| Markus Dieckmann and Jonas Reckermann Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 145 | 121 | 5 |
 Bjorn Berg and Simon Dahl, Sweden |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 119 | 137 | 4 |
 Raul Papaleo and Ramon Hernandez, Puerto Rico |
3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 130 | 154 | 3 |
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Pool D Results
| August 14 | 09:00 | Kjemperud & Høidalen | 0 | - | 2 | Berg & Dahl |
| August 14 | 11:00 | Dieckmann & Reckermann | 2 | - | 0 | Papaleo & Hernandez |
| August 16 | 10.00 | Kjemperud & Høidalen | 2 | - | 1 | Papaleo & Hernandez |
| August 16 | 20:00 | Dieckmann & Reckermann | 2 | - | 0 | Berg & Dahl |
| August 18 | 16:30 | Berg & Dahl | 2 | - | 1 | Papaleo & Hernandez |
| August 18 | 17:30 | Dieckmann & Reckermann | 1 | - | 2 | Kjemperud & Høidalen |
[edit] Men's Beach Volleyball Pool E
| Team | P: | W: | L: | SF: | SA: | PF: | PA: | Pts: |
| Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 161 | 144 | 6 |
| Julien Prosser and Mark Williams, Australia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 143 | 129 | 5 |
 John Child and Mark Heese, Canada |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 132 | 126 | 4 |
| Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard, United States |
3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 106 | 133 | 3 |
Pool E Results
| August 14 | 15:30 | Kobel & Heuscher | 2 | - | 0 | Child & Heese |
| August 14 | 23:00 | Blanton & Nygaard | 0 | - | 2 | Prosser & Williams |
| August 16 | 09:00 | Kobel & Heuscher | 2 | - | 1 | Prosser & Williams |
| August 16 | 16:30 | Blanton & Nygaard | 0 | - | 2 | Child & Heese |
| August 18 | 12:00 | Kobel & Heuscher | 2 | - | 1 | Blanton & Nygaard |
| August 18 | 12:00 | Prosser & Williams | 2 | - | 1 | Child & Heese |
[edit] Men's Beach Volleyball Pool F
The Greek pair of Pavlos Beligratis and Athanasios Michalopoulos had to withdraw from their final group game after Beligratis incurred an injury, this gave their opponents Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde a 21-0, 21-0 straight sets victory.
| Team | P: | W: | L: | SF: | SA: | PF: | PA: | Pts: |
 Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde, Argentina |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 133 | 70 | 6 |
 Gershon Rorich and Colin Eric Innes Pocock, South Africa |
3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 130 | 134 | 5 |
 Miguel Maia and Joao Brenha, Portugal |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 124 | 126 | 4 |
 Pavlos Beligratis and Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greece |
3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 85 | 144 | 3 |
Pool F Results
| August 14 | 17:30 | Baracetti & Conde | 2 | - | 1 | Maia & Brenha |
| August 14 | 17:30 | Beligratis & Michalopoulos | 1 | - | 2 | Rorich & Pocock |
| August 16 | 21:00 | Baracetti & Conde | 2 | - | 0 | Rorich & Pocock |
| August 16 | 14:30 | Beligratis & Michalopoulos | 0 | - | 2 | Maia & Brenha |
| August 18 | 11:00 | Maia & Brenha | 0 | - | 2 | Rorich & Pocock |
| August 16 | 14:30 | Beligratis & Michalopoulos | 0 | - | 2 | Baracetti & Conde |
[edit] Round of 16
Teams below are highlighted in medal winning colour.
| 20 August | 23:00 | Ricardo & Emanuel | 2 | - | 1 | Kjemperud & Høidalen |
| 21 August | 15:30 | Laciga & Laciga | 2 | - | 1 | Insfran & Araujo Marcio |
| 20 August | 20:00 | Kobel & Heuscher | 2 | - | 0 | Maia & Brenha |
| 20 August | 17:30 | Holdren & Metzger | 2 | - | 1 | Dieckmann & Reckermann |
| 20 August | 16:30 | Bosma & Herrera | 2 | - | 0 | Berg & Dahl |
| 21 August | 21:00 | Baracetti & Conde | 0 | - | 2 | Child & Heese |
| 21 August | 16:30 | Prosser & Williams | 2 | - | 0 | Rorich & Pocock |
| 21 August | 14:30 | Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann | 2 | - | 0 | Schacht & Slack |
[edit] Quarter-Finals
| August 22 | 21:00 | Ricardo & Emanuel | 2 | - | 0 | Laciga & Laciga |
| August 22 | 14:30 | Kobel & Heuscher | 2 | - | 0 | Holdren & Metzger |
| August 22 | 23:00 | Bosma & Herrera | 2 | - | 1 | Child & Heese |
| August 22 | 16:30 | Prosser & Williams | 2 | - | 1 | Scheuerpflug & Dieckmann |
[edit] Semi-Finals
| August 23 | 22:00 | Ricardo & Emanuel | 2 | - | 1 | Kobel & Heuscher |
| August 23 | 21:00 | Bosma & Herrera | 2 | - | 0 | Prosser & Williams |
[edit] Bronze Medal Match
| August 25 | 19:30 | Kobel & Heuscher | 2 | - | 1 | Prosser & Williams |
This was Switzerland's first medal in beach volleyball.
[edit] Gold Medal Match
| August 25 | 21:00 | Ricardo & Emanuel | 2 | - | 0 | Bosma & Herrera |
This was Brazil's first gold medal in men's beach volleyball.
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