Still Don't Know 'The Pools In Rio 2016' ?

The drawing of lots for beach volleyball at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was completed last Saturday at Gstaad, Switzerland.

And also FIVB World Continental Cup Olympic Qualification in Sochi was concluded last Sunday so the last two countries per gender was cleared which will play at iconic Coppacabana Beach between August 06-18.

So here are the pool makeups and teams for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ;

Women's Pools at Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Men's Pools at Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Additionally for the comments of London 2012 gold medalist Julius Brink about pools of Rio 2016 please look at the videos below;

                                          

photos and videos source FIVB

Throwback: Interview with Pedro Solberg - 'Rio is the biggest dream I have'

Pedro Solberg is celebrating during a semi final game at FIVB World Championships 2015

Pedro Solberg from Brazil will represent his country at Rio 2016 Olympic Games with his partner Evandro Goncalves.

Pedro Solberg (right) and Evandro Goncalves (left)

Pedro and his partner Evandro took bronze medal at FIVB World Championships 2015 and Pedro Solberg was awarded as best scorer of the tournament.

Pedro and Evandro is celebrating after bronze medal game at  FIVB World Championships 2015

Pedro Solberg with his best scorer award at FIVB World Championships 2015

I have done an interview with him during last years FIVB Beach Volley World Championships 2015 in Netherlands. (03.07.2015)

photos and interview by me 

Who Has Qualified For Rio 2016 Olympic Games So Far?

Beach Volleyball at Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be taking place on the sands of  Coppacabana on August 06-18. 24 men and 24 women teams will be playing at this iconic beach for gold medal.

According the Olympic qualification system approved by the IOC,  the 18 team of 24 per gender is clear by the 13 th of June.

1 team Host Country Vacancy (Brasil)
1 team Vacancy for 2015 World Champions (Brasil)
15 teams according the World Tour Rankings by 13th of June respecting the max. of 2 (two) quota per country, per gender.
1 team winners of CAVB Continental Cup per gender (Tunisia men and Egypt women teams)

You can see the teams who qualified for Rio 2016 by World Tour rankings, in the below or by clicking here for men or for women ;

Olympic Rankings for Women as of 13 th of June

Olympic Rankings for Men as of 13 th of June

I want to add my photos and video for the last two country's who have qualified according the World Tour Rankings,

For Women's side ; 

16 - Gallay/Klug (ARG)

Team Gallay/Klug (Argentina) during FIVB Antalya Open 2016

17- Wang/Yue (CHN)

Team Wang/Yue (China) during FIVB World Championships 2015

For Men's side ; 

16 - Schalk/Saxton (CAN)

Team Schalk/Saxton (Canada) during FIVB World Championships 2015

17 - Virgen/Ontiveros (MEX) 

Team Virgen/Ontiveros (Mexico) during FIVB World Championships 2015

The other 4 teams per gender will be determined after Beach Volleyball Continental Cup (Continental Final) on June 22-26

The last 2 teams per gender will be clear after FIVB World Continental Cup (Olympic Qualification) on 06-10 June 2016 at Sochi.

Julius Brink Took Olympic Newcomers To Reeperbahn Of Hamburg

Selfie with Julius Brink at mixed zone in The Hague

I met with Julius Brink (London 2012 gold medalist) during the last years FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015 in Netherlands.

He retired after playing some tournaments in 2013. Now he is outside the court but still inside beach volleyball and also he is ambassador of Swatch Major Events.

2012 Olympic Champion Julius Brink took olympic newcomers Adrian Carambula (Mr.Skyball) and Alex Ranghieri (The Net Patroller) to Reeperbahn before Hamburg Major Event. Italian duo discovered the red-light district of Hamburg.

For behind the scene of this video you can visit official Facebook page of Ranghieri/Carambula 

Useful Notes for Beach Volleyball at the London 2012 Olympics.

Beach Volley will be played at the Horse Guards Parade, in the hearth of London for the 2012 Olympics. The venue, which has a capacity of 15.000-seats, (will be the same size as Wimbledon’s Centre Court) will host the men’s and women’s beach volleyball matches for the 2012 Games.

This temporary venue will be placed in Whitehall, next to Downing Street and close to Buckhingham Palace.Horse Guards Parade also hosts the Queen’s official birthday celebration every year with the Trooping of the Colour.

It will consist of two seperate parts: An ‘inner bowl’ to create atmosphere, and a three-sided ‘upper bowl’ that will offer spectacular views of Big Ben and the London Eye for spectators and television cameras.The stands will be 19 metres high.Unusually for a temporary venue, lifts will be installed to offer all spectators acess to the highest levels. Also venue includes floodlights for evening competition.

Two warm-up courts will be built on the Whitehall side, one of which can be used for competition if necessary, with between three or six more on the St. Jame’s Park side.

Spectators will enter through St James's Park, on the west side of the venue, and exit either to the north at Admiralty Arch or to the south, on to Birdcage Walk.

The Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) announced the London 2012 Olympic Games test event for beach volleyball will take place in August 2011, in Horse Guards Parade next to Buckhingham Palace.This event will be only for women’s team and will replicate the exact formula used at the London 2012 Olympics.

There will be 96 athletes (24 men team, 24 women team) at the London 2012 Games and will be played 108 matches totally between the dates of July 28 – August 9, 2012.Tickets will be on sale this year between March 15 and April 26.

Beach Volleyball is expected to be one of the most popular spectator sports during the London 2012 Olympic Games.Tickets will be among the most expensive of the entire Olympics, with seats for the final costing up to £450.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/, Jonathan Liew, http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/, http://www.sport-spark.com/