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Beach Volleyball, Women

Date	28 July – 8 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	Horse Guards Parade, Centre Court, London
Participants	48 from 17 countries
Format	Top 16 teams from round-robin pools advanced to the single-elimination tournament.

London mayor Boris Johnson was able to watch some early rounds of beach volleyball and memorably wrote of the women’s tournament, “As I write these words there are semi-naked women playing beach volleyball in the middle of the Horse Guards Parade immortalised by Canaletto. They are glistening like wet otters.” It was a demeaning description as the event featured one of the most dominant athletic pairs in Olympic history, Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor. Walsh and May-Treanor came in as the two-time defending champions, never having lost a set at the Olympics. But after Beijing they had backed off from the sport a bit, getting married, having babies, and May-Treanor competed on the American television show, “Dancing With the Stars,” before she tore her Achilles’ tendon in the process. But the two came back in 2011 and won the World Championships, and although only seeded third, behind Brazil’s Larissa and Juliana and China’s Xue Chen and Zhang Xi, they were expected to be formidable.

They were. But in pool play they looked vulnerable after losing their first Olympic set to Austria’s sister pairing of Doris and Stefanie Schwaiger. They still advanced to the final, by defeating Xue and Zhang in the semis. In the other semi, Americans Jennifer Kessy and April Ross shocked Larissa and Juliana to create an all-USA final. The final was a comfortable victory for Walsh and May-Treanor, winning in straight sets, 21-16, 21-16. Their third consecutive gold medal made them only the second team in Olympic victory to win three straight gold medals with identical team members, after Pavol and Peter Hochschorner in Canadian canoe slalom doubles in 2000-08. Third place went to Brazil who defeated China 2-1 in the bronze medal match.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	GP	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Points	Service Attempts	Service Faults	Service Aces	Fastest Serve	Attack Attempts	Attack Successes	Block Successes	Opponent Errors	Total Points	Dig Successes
1	Kerri Walsh Jennings / Misty May-Treanor	USA	7	7	0	14	14-1	307-232	302	18	15	–	367	189	25	7	7	150	Gold
	Kerri Walsh Jennings		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	154	14	11	69	123	69	24	–	–	24
	Misty May-Treanor		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	148	4	4	54	244	120	1	–	–	25
2	April Ross / Jen Kessy	USA	7	6	1	13	12-5	320-299	315	49	23	–	359	209	17	7	7	110	Silver
	April Ross		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	175	27	14	81	171	106	5	–	–	12
	Jen Kessy		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	140	22	9	71	188	103	12	–	–	18
3	Juliana / Larissa	BRA	7	6	1	13	13-3	309-235	303	14	23	–	332	179	16	7	7	135	Bronze
	Juliana		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	144	4	10	55	172	93	15	–	–	42
	Larissa		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	159	10	13	78	160	86	1	–	–	41
4	Xue Chen / Zhang Xi	CHN	7	4	3	11	10-7	319-278	312	40	28	–	366	214	22	7	7	129
	Xue Chen		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	160	24	21	63	134	82	22	–	–	90
	Zhang Xi		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	152	16	7	59	232	132	0	–	–	32
=5	Laura Ludwig / Sara Goller	GER	5	3	2	8	7-5	231-217	236	33	17	–	262	136	13	5	5	77
	Laura Ludwig		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	126	15	5	61	120	65	0	–	–	55
	Sara Goller		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	110	18	12	79	142	71	13	–	–	19
=5	Markéta Sluková / Kristýna Kolocová	CZE	5	3	2	8	6-7	230-230	230	30	15	–	304	148	11	5	5	116
	Markéta Sluková-Nausch		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	106	12	6	59	146	67	11	–	–	35
	Kristýna Kolocová		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	124	18	9	69	158	81	0	–	–	17
=5	Marta Menegatti / Greta Cicolari	ITA	5	4	1	9	8-4	222-196	225	24	18	–	251	126	13	5	5	90
	Marta Menegatti		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	117	10	7	54	153	67	0	–	–	38
	Greta Cicolari		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	108	14	11	62	98	59	13	–	–	56
=5	Stefanie Schwaiger / Doris Schwaiger	AUT	6	3	3	9	8-8	264-266	261	25	18	–	348	161	15	6	6	117
	Stefanie Schwaiger		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	127	13	5	68	165	85	15	–	–	79
	Doris Schwaiger		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	134	12	13	62	183	76	0	–	–	14
=9	Madelein Meppelink / Sophie van Gestel	NED	5	2	3	7	4-6	172-194	172	36	12	–	218	100	16	5	5	56
	Madelein Meppelink		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	83	15	6	67	131	61	16	–	–	29
	Sophie van Gestel		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	89	21	6	70	87	39	0	–	–	15
=9	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler	GER	4	2	2	6	4-4	146-139	144	17	8	–	200	109	5	4	4	63
	Katrin Holtwick		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	79	13	5	82	111	58	0	–	–	59
	Ilka Semmler		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	65	4	3	61	89	51	5	–	–	51
=9	Maria Elisa / Talita	BRA	4	3	1	7	7-4	208-194	207	25	15	–	216	118	17	4	4	73
	Maria Elisa		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	113	22	10	76	126	67	0	–	–	5
	Talita		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	94	3	5	68	90	51	17	–	–	73
=9	Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr	SUI	4	1	3	5	4-6	170-181	172	21	15	–	208	95	8	4	4	60
	Simone Kuhn		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	91	7	9	58	74	37	8	–	–	49
	Nadine Zumkehr		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	81	14	6	57	134	58	0	–	–	43
=9	Marleen van Iersel / Sanne Keizer	NED	4	1	3	5	4-6	159-168	161	26	7	–	188	96	5	4	4	65
	Marleen van Iersel		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	92	14	6	77	110	50	0	–	–	27
	Sanne Keizer		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	69	12	1	78	78	46	5	–	–	54
=9	Liliana Fernández / Elsa Baquerizo	ESP	4	2	2	6	5-5	180-185	177	21	16	–	190	103	3	4	4	54
	Liliana Fernández		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	81	6	4	61	60	35	3	–	–	107
	Elsa Baquerizo		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	96	15	12	61	130	68	0	–	–	64
=9	Yekaterina Khomyakova / Yevgeniya Ukolova	RUS	4	2	2	6	5-5	180-192	178	27	8	–	239	116	8	4	4	87
	Yekaterina Khomyakova-Birlova		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	80	8	3	61	111	51	7	–	–	4
	Yevgeniya Ukolova		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	98	19	5	62	128	65	1	–	–	14
=9	Anastasiya Vasina / Anna Vozakova	RUS	4	2	2	6	6-6	203-202	208	9	14	–	229	120	20	4	4	87
	Anastasiya Vasina		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	90	3	4	68	62	34	20	–	–	47
	Anna Vozakova		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	118	6	10	73	167	86	0	–	–	18
=17	Zara Dampney / Shauna Mullin	GBR	4	1	3	5	2-7	146-178	146	28	9	–	200	92	7	4	4	61
	Zara Dampney		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	79	10	5	93	102	50	0	–	–	61
	Shauna Mullin		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	67	18	4	71	98	42	7	–	–	21
=17	Hana Klapalová / Lenka Háječková	CZE	4	1	3	5	2-6	140-147	141	14	14	–	170	80	7	4	4	56
	Hana Klapalová		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	69	8	11	62	70	39	7	–	–	37
	Lenka Háječková		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	72	6	3	60	100	41	0	–	–	21
=19	Ana Gallay / Virginia Zonta	ARG	3	0	3	3	0-6	93-127	97	19	11	–	113	57	6	3	3	16
	Ana Gallay		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	51	10	6	69	59	32	6	–	–	47
	Virginia Zonta		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	46	9	5	62	54	25	0	–	–	69
=19	Becchara Palmer / Louise Bawden	AUS	3	0	3	3	2-6	127-151	127	23	11	–	152	70	5	3	3	39
	Becchara Palmer		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	64	16	5	75	104	41	0	–	–	18
	Louise Bawden		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	63	7	6	58	48	29	5	–	–	68
=19	Natalie Cook / Tamsin Hinchley	AUS	3	0	3	3	2-6	136-151	138	9	5	–	189	80	8	3	3	76
	Natalie Cook		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	79	2	3	57	146	63	0	–	–	34
	Tamsin Barnett-Hinchley		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	59	7	2	57	43	17	8	–	–	39
=19	Annie Martin / Marie-Andree Lessard	CAN	3	0	3	3	3-6	156-176	159	12	12	–	197	97	7	3	3	51
	Annie Martin		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	70	3	4	70	87	43	7	–	–	55
	Marie-Andree Lessard		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	89	9	8	60	110	54	0	–	–	11
=19	Maria Tsiartsiani / Viky Arvaniti	GRE	3	1	2	4	2-5	119-130	121	10	10	–	145	80	2	3	3	48
	Maria Tsiartsiani		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	51	2	2	55	96	54	2	–	–	14
	Viky Arvaniti		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	70	8	8	71	49	26	0	–	–	22
=19	Natacha Rigobert / Elodie Li Yuk Lo	MRI	3	0	3	3	0-6	57-126	62	9	1	–	109	34	2	3	3	18
	Natacha Rigobert		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	32	6	1	59	53	19	2	–	–	21
	Elodie Li Yuk Lo		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	30	3	0	55	56	15	0	–	–	40

Preliminary Round

Date	28 July – 2 August 2012
Format	First two and two best numbers three of each group qualified for Round One, other numbers three advanced to lucky-losers round.

Group A

Date	28 July – 1 August 2012

Pos	Pair	NOC	GP	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Points
1	Juliana / Larissa	BRA	3	3	0	6	6-0	126-76	Q
2	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler	GER	3	2	1	5	4-2	115-97	Q
3	Hana Klapalová / Lenka Háječková	CZE	3	1	2	4	2-4	106-105	q
4	Natacha Rigobert / Elodie Li Yuk Lo	MRI	3	0	3	3	0-6	57-126

Match	Date/Time	Location	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul 10:00	Centre Court	Holtwick / Semmler	GER	21-16, 21-18	Klapalová / Háječková	CZE
Match #2	28 Jul 17:30	Centre Court	Juliana / Larissa	BRA	21-5, 21-10	Rigobert / Li Yuk Lo	MRI
Match #3	30 Jul 9:00	Centre Court	Klapalová / Háječková	CZE	21-10, 21-11	Rigobert / Li Yuk Lo	MRI
Match #4	30 Jul 15:30	Centre Court	Juliana / Larissa	BRA	21-18, 21-13	Holtwick / Semmler	GER
Match #5	01 Aug 10:00	Centre Court	Holtwick / Semmler	GER	21-11, 21-10	Rigobert / Li Yuk Lo	MRI
Match #6	01 Aug 15:30	Centre Court	Juliana / Larissa	BRA	21-12, 21-18	Klapalová / Háječková	CZE

Group B

Date	28 July – 1 August 2012

Pos	Pair	NOC	GP	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Points
1	Anastasiya Vasina / Anna Vozakova	RUS	3	2	1	5	5-4	156-150	Q
2	Xue Chen / Zhang Xi	CHN	3	2	1	5	5-3	143-135	Q
3	Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr	SUI	3	1	2	4	4-4	136-139	Q
4	Maria Tsiartsiani / Viky Arvaniti	GRE	3	1	2	4	2-5	119-130

Match	Date/Time	Location	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul 9:00	Centre Court	Vasina / Vozakova	RUS	18-21, 21-14, 16-14	Xue / Zhang	CHN
Match #2	28 Jul 21:00	Centre Court	Kuhn / Zumkehr	SUI	21-13, 21-19	Tsiartsiani / Arvaniti	GRE
Match #3	30 Jul 10:00	Centre Court	Xue / Zhang	CHN	21-18, 16-21, 15-8	Kuhn / Zumkehr	SUI
Match #4	30 Jul 16:30	Centre Court	Tsiartsiani / Arvaniti	GRE	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	Vasina / Vozakova	RUS
Match #5	01 Aug 9:00	Centre Court	Xue / Zhang	CHN	21-17, 21-16	Tsiartsiani / Arvaniti	GRE
Match #6	01 Aug 14:30	Centre Court	Vasina / Vozakova	RUS	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	Kuhn / Zumkehr	SUI

Group C

Date	28 July – 1 August 2012

Pos	Pair	NOC	GP	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Points
1	Kerri Walsh Jennings / Misty May-Treanor	USA	3	3	0	6	6-1	137-109	Q
2	Markéta Sluková / Kristýna Kolocová	CZE	3	2	1	5	4-4	133-137	Q
3	Stefanie Schwaiger / Doris Schwaiger	AUT	3	1	2	4	4-5	141-150	q
4	Natalie Cook / Tamsin Hinchley	AUS	3	0	3	3	2-6	136-151

Match	Date/Time	Location	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul 15:30	Centre Court	Sluková / Kolocová	CZE	10-21, 21-13, 15-13	Schwaiger / Schwaiger	AUT
Match #2	28 Jul 23:00	Centre Court	Walsh Jennings / May-Treanor	USA	21-18, 21-19	Cook / Hinchley	AUS
Match #3	30 Jul 22:00	Centre Court	Schwaiger / Schwaiger	AUT	18-21, 22-20, 15-10	Cook / Hinchley	AUS
Match #4	30 Jul 23:00	Centre Court	Walsh Jennings / May-Treanor	USA	21-14, 21-19	Sluková / Kolocová	CZE
Match #5	01 Aug 22:00	Centre Court	Sluková / Kolocová	CZE	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	Cook / Hinchley	AUS
Match #6	01 Aug 23:00	Centre Court	Walsh Jennings / May-Treanor	USA	17-21, 21-8, 15-10	Schwaiger / Schwaiger	AUT

Group D

Date	28 July – 2 August 2012

Pos	Pair	NOC	GP	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Points
1	April Ross / Jen Kessy	USA	3	3	0	6	6-2	149-130	Q
2	Liliana Fernández / Elsa Baquerizo	ESP	3	2	1	5	5-3	150-143	Q
3	Marleen van Iersel / Sanne Keizer	NED	3	1	2	4	4-4	134-126	Q
4	Ana Gallay / Virginia Zonta	ARG	3	0	3	3	0-6	93-127

Match	Date/Time	Location	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul 12:00	Centre Court	Fernández / Baquerizo	ESP	14-21, 21-16, 15-11	van Iersel / Keizer	NED
Match #2	29 Jul 21:00	Centre Court	Ross / Kessy	USA	21-11, 21-18	Gallay / Zonta	ARG
Match #3	31 Jul 11:00	Centre Court	Fernández / Baquerizo	ESP	22-20, 21-16	Gallay / Zonta	ARG
Match #4	31 Jul 23:00	Centre Court	Ross / Kessy	USA	21-15, 12-21, 15-8	van Iersel / Keizer	NED
Match #5	02 Aug 11:00	Centre Court	van Iersel / Keizer	NED	21-12, 21-16	Gallay / Zonta	ARG
Match #6	02 Aug 16:30	Centre Court	Ross / Kessy	USA	21-19, 19-21, 19-17	Fernández / Baquerizo	ESP

Group E

Date	28 July – 2 August 2012

Pos	Pair	NOC	GP	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Points
1	Maria Elisa / Talita	BRA	3	3	0	6	6-2	161-138	Q
2	Laura Ludwig / Sara Goller	GER	3	2	1	5	5-3	160-144	Q
3	Madelein Meppelink / Sophie van Gestel	NED	3	1	2	4	2-4	103-118	q
4	Becchara Palmer / Louise Bawden	AUS	3	0	3	3	2-6	127-151

Match	Date/Time	Location	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul 16:30	Centre Court	Ludwig / Goller	GER	21-18, 19-21, 15-8	Palmer / Bawden	AUS
Match #2	29 Jul 20:00	Centre Court	Maria Elisa / Talita	BRA	21-10, 21-19	Meppelink / van Gestel	NED
Match #3	31 Jul 12:00	Centre Court	Maria Elisa / Talita	BRA	21-19, 29-31, 15-13	Ludwig / Goller	GER
Match #4	31 Jul 16:30	Centre Court	Meppelink / van Gestel	NED	21-19, 21-15	Palmer / Bawden	AUS
Match #5	02 Aug 14:30	Centre Court	Ludwig / Goller	GER	21-18, 21-14	Meppelink / van Gestel	NED
Match #6	02 Aug 17:30	Centre Court	Maria Elisa / Talita	BRA	18-21, 21-16, 15-9	Palmer / Bawden	AUS

Group F

Date	28 July – 2 August 2012

Pos	Pair	NOC	GP	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Points
1	Marta Menegatti / Greta Cicolari	ITA	3	3	0	6	6-2	154-124	Q
2	Yekaterina Khomyakova / Yevgeniya Ukolova	RUS	3	2	1	5	5-3	157-150	Q
3	Zara Dampney / Shauna Mullin	GBR	3	1	2	4	2-5	119-136	q
4	Annie Martin / Marie-Andree Lessard	CAN	3	0	3	3	3-6	156-176

Match	Date/Time	Location	Pair	NOC	Result	Pair	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul 9:00	Centre Court	Menegatti / Cicolari	ITA	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	Khomyakova / Ukolova	RUS
Match #2	29 Jul 17:30	Centre Court	Dampney / Mullin	GBR	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	Martin / Lessard	CAN
Match #3	31 Jul 17:30	Centre Court	Menegatti / Cicolari	ITA	21-18, 21-12	Dampney / Mullin	GBR
Match #4	31 Jul 20:00	Centre Court	Khomyakova / Ukolova	RUS	21-18, 28-30, 15-13	Martin / Lessard	CAN
Match #5	02 Aug 12:00	Centre Court	Menegatti / Cicolari	ITA	21-12, 23-25, 15-10	Martin / Lessard	CAN
Match #6	02 Aug 15:30	Centre Court	Khomyakova / Ukolova	RUS	25-23, 21-13	Dampney / Mullin	GBR

Lucky Loser Round

Date	2 August 2012
Format	Winners of each match advanced to the round one.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug 22:00	Centre Court	Schwaiger / Schwaiger	AUT	21-15, 21-12	Dampney / Mullin	GBR
Match #2	02 Aug 22:00	Court One	Meppelink / van Gestel	NED	21-17, 21-17	Klapalová / Háječková	CZE

Round One

Date	3 – 4 August 2012
Format	Winners of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	03 Aug 14:00	Centre Court	Juliana / Larissa	BRA	21-10, 21-17	Meppelink / van Gestel	NED
Match #2	03 Aug 9:00	Centre Court	Ludwig / Goller	GER	21-16, 21-15	Holtwick / Semmler	GER
Match #3	04 Aug 18:00	Centre Court	Sluková / Kolocová	CZE	21-16, 20-22, 15-9	Maria Elisa / Talita	BRA
Match #4	03 Aug 17:00	Centre Court	Ross / Kessy	USA	21-15, 21-19	Kuhn / Zumkehr	SUI
Match #5	04 Aug 21:00	Centre Court	Walsh Jennings / May-Treanor	USA	21-13, 21-12	van Iersel / Keizer	NED
Match #6	04 Aug 13:00	Centre Court	Menegatti / Cicolari	ITA	21-15, 21-15	Fernández / Baquerizo	ESP
Match #7	04 Aug 9:00	Centre Court	Xue / Zhang	CHN	21-12, 21-11	Khomyakova / Ukolova	RUS
Match #8	03 Aug 22:00	Centre Court	Schwaiger / Schwaiger	AUT	21-17, 16-21, 15-9	Vasina / Vozakova	RUS

Quarter-Finals

Date	5 August 2012
Format	Winners of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug 23:00	Centre Court	Juliana / Larissa	BRA	21-10, 21-19	Ludwig / Goller	GER
Match #2	05 Aug 22:00	Centre Court	Ross / Kessy	USA	25-23, 21-18	Sluková / Kolocová	CZE
Match #3	05 Aug 19:00	Centre Court	Walsh Jennings / May-Treanor	USA	21-13, 21-13	Menegatti / Cicolari	ITA
Match #4	05 Aug 18:00	Centre Court	Xue / Zhang	CHN	21-18, 21-11	Schwaiger / Schwaiger	AUT

Semi-Finals

Date	7 August 2012
Format	Winners of each match advanced to the final match.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug 21:00	Centre Court	Ross / Kessy	USA	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	Juliana / Larissa	BRA
Match #2	07 Aug 18:00	Centre Court	Walsh Jennings / May-Treanor	USA	22-20, 22-20	Xue / Zhang	CHN

Final Round

Date	8 August 2012

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	08 Aug 21:00	Centre Court	Walsh Jennings / May-Treanor	USA	21-16, 21-16	Ross / Kessy	USA
Match 3/4	08 Aug 19:00	Centre Court	Juliana / Larissa	BRA	11-21, 21-19, 15-12	Xue / Zhang	CHN