Beach volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

International sporting event

Beach volleyball – Men's tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games

Venue

Beach volleyball center

Dates

October 21–27

Competitors

32 from 16 nations

Medalists

	André Stein George Wanderley	Brazil
	Jorge Luis Alayo Noslen Díaz	Cuba
	Esteban Grimalt Marco Grimalt	Chile

«2019

2027»

The men's tournament competition of the beach volleyball events at the 2023 Pan American Games took place between 21 and 27 of October in Santiago, Chile at the Beach volleyball center, a temporary venue in Peñalolén cluster.^[1]^[2]

Qualification

As the host nation, Chile automatically qualified a team. The best team from NORCECA (North America, Central America and Caribbean) and CSV (South America) at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games also secured a quota. All other quotas were awarded through rankings (the three best teams per gender in the FIVB World Ranking, followed by five teams per gender from NORCECA and CSV.^[3]

Qualification summary

Event/Criteria	Quotas	Qualified NOC's
Host nation	1	Chile
2021 Junior Pan American Games NORCECA	1	Cuba^[4]
2021 Junior Pan American Games CSV	1	Brazil
World Rankings	3	United States Argentina Canada
NORCECA Rankings	5	Mexico Guatemala Costa Rica El Salvador^[5] Nicaragua^[6]
CSV Rankings	5	Ecuador Uruguay Paraguay Colombia Bolivia
Total	16

Competition format

Each of the 16 pairs in the tournament will be placed in one of four groups of four teams apiece, and play a round-robin within that pool. The top two three in each pool advance to the knockout rounds. The fourth-placed teams in each group, will be eliminated and will play in the 13 to 16 place bracket.^[7]

The 12 teams that advanced to the elimination rounds will play a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.^[7]

Schedule

Date	Start	Finish	Phase
October 21, 2023	12:30	20:00	Preliminaries
October 22, 2023	12:30	20:00	Preliminaries
October 23, 2023	12:30	20:00	Preliminaries
October 24, 2023	12:30	19:00	Elimination stage/Quarterfinal qualifiers
October 25, 2023	13:00	20:00	Quarterfinals
October 26, 2023	19:00	20:00	Semifinals
October 27, 2023	17:00	19:00	Gold/Bronze medal matches

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Grimalt – Grimalt (CHI)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	94	1.340	Quarterfinals
2	Sarabia – Virgen (MEX)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	122	122	1.000	Quarterfinals qualifying
3	Massare – Melgarejo (PAR)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	121	127	0.953	Quarterfinals qualifying
4	Mora – López (NCA)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	92	126	0.730	Placement 13th–16th

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[8]

October 21, 2023 18:00	Sarabia – Virgen	2 – 1	Massare – Melgarejo	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Martín Swaset (BIZ), Sergio Silva Duarte (NCA)
	(19–21, 21–14, 15–13) Report

October 21, 2023 20:00	Grimalt – Grimalt	2 – 0	Mora – López	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Mauro Henrique Camara (BRA), Rogol Mills-Costoso (SKN)
	(21–13, 21–17) Report

October 22, 2023 18:00	Sarabia – Virgen	2 – 0	Mora – López	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Claudia Guerrero Rodríguez (HON), John Peralta Moreno (COL)
	(21–15, 21–17) Report

October 22, 2023 20:00	Grimalt – Grimalt	2 – 0	Massare – Melgarejo	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Eduardo Paiz López (ESA), Erick Martínez Reyes (CUB)
	(21–18, 21–13) Report

October 23, 2023 18:00	Massare – Melgarejo	2 – 0	Mora – López	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Hernán Echeñique Espinoza (CHI), Erick Martínez Reyes (CUB)
	(21–13, 21–17) Report

October 23, 2023 20:00	Grimalt – Grimalt	2 – 0	Sarabia – Virgen	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Martín Swasey (BIZ), John Peralta Moreno (COL)
	(21–17, 21–16) Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Webber – Smith (USA)	3	3	0	6	6	2	3.000	151	125	1.208	Quarterfinals
2	Hannibal – Llambias (URU)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	135	119	1.134	Quarterfinals qualifying
3	Calvo – Salvatierra (BOL)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	109	115	0.948	Quarterfinals qualifying
4	García – Leonardo (EAI)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	138	138	1.000	Placement 13th–16th

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[8]

October 21, 2023 13:00	Webber – Smith	2 – 0	Calvo – Salvatierra	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Sergio Silva Duarte (NCA), Mauro Henrique Camara (BRA)
	(21–15, 21–15) Report

October 21, 2023 14:00	Hannibal – Llambias	2 – 0	García – Leonardo	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Erick Martínez Reyes (CUB), Mercedes Cerdeño (ECU)
	(21–14, 21–13) Report

October 22, 2023 13:00	Webber – Smith	2 – 1	García – Leonardo	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: John Peralta Moreno (COL), Eduardo Paiz López (ESA)
	(21–15, 18–21, 15–10) Report

October 22, 2023 14:00	Hannibal – Llambias	2 – 0	Calvo – Salvatierra	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Kenneth George Waugh (JAM), Claudia Vega Carpio (PER)
	(21–16, 23–21) Report

October 23, 2023 13:00	Webber – Smith	2 – 1	Hannibal – Llambias	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Erick Martinez Reyes (CUB), Martín Swasey (BIZ)
	(21–16, 19–21, 15–12) Report

October 23, 2023 14:00	García – Leonardo	0 – 2	Calvo – Salvatierra	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: John Peralta Moreno (COL), Salvador de Jesús Bautista Suero (DOM)
	(15–21, 14–21) Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Alayo – Díaz (CUB)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	138	92	1.500	Quarterfinals
2	Stein – Wanderley (BRA)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	129	99	1.303	Quarterfinals qualifying
3	Murray – Noriega (COL)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	89	118	0.754	Quarterfinals qualifying
4	Flores – Guatemala (ESA)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	79	126	0.627	Placement 13th–16th

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[8]

October 21, 2023 18:30	Stein – Wanderley	2 – 0	Flores – Guatemala	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Hernán Echeñique Espinoza (CHI), Marlene Hernández Arredondo (MEX)
	(21–7, 21–13) Report

October 21, 2023 19:30	Alayo – Díaz	2 – 0	Murray – Noriega	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Eduardo Paiz López (ESA), Diego Medina Marti (ARG)
	(21–8, 21–14) Report

October 22, 2023 18:30	Stein – Wanderley	2 – 0	Murray – Noriega	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Sergio Cifuentes Chete (GUA), Mercedes Cerdeño (ECU)
	(21–15, 21–10) Report

October 22, 2023 19:30	Alayo – Díaz	2 – 0	Flores – Guatemala	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Sergio Silva Duarte (NCA), Rogol Mills-Costoso (SKN)
	(21–13, 21–12) Report

October 23, 2023 18:30	Stein – Wanderley	1 – 2	Alayo – Díaz	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Eduardo Paiz López (ESA), Claudia Vega Carpio (PER)
	(16–21, 21–18, 8–15) Report

October 23, 2023 19:30	Murray – Noriega	2 – 0	Flores – Guatemala	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Mauro Henrique Camara (BRA), Sergio Cifuentes Chete (GUA)
	(21–16, 21–18) Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Capogrosso – Capogrosso (ARG)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	79	1.595	Quarterfinals
2	León – Tenorio (ECU)	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	115	113	1.018	Quarterfinals qualifying
3	Macneil – Russell (CAN)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	106	110	0.964	Quarterfinals qualifying
4	Varela – Dyner (CRC)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	81	126	0.643	Placement 13th–16th

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[8]

October 21, 2023 12:30	Macneil – Russell	0 – 2	León – Tenorio	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Marlene Hernandez Arredondo (MEX), Kenneth George Waugh (JAM)
	(18–21, 20–22) Report

October 21, 2023 13:30	Capogrosso – Capogrosso	2 – 0	Varela – Dyner	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Claudia Guerrero Rodriguez (HON), Hernán Echeñique Espinoza (CHI)
	(21–12, 21–11) Report

October 22, 2023 12:30	Macneil – Russell	2 – 0	Varela – Dyner	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Hernan Echeñique Espinoza (CHI), Sergio Silva Duarte (NCA)
	(21–11, 21–14) Report

October 22, 2023 13:30	Capogrosso – Capogrosso	2 – 0	León – Tenorio	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Marlene Hernandez Arredondo (MEX), Sergio Cifuentes Chete (GUA)
	(21–17, 21–13) Report

October 23, 2023 12:30	Macneil – Russell	0 – 2	Capogrosso – Capogrosso	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Marlene Hernandez Arredondo (MEX), Claudia Guerrero Rodriguez (HON)
	(14–21, 12–21) Report

October 23, 2023 13:30	Varela – Dyner	0 – 2	León – Tenorio	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Claudia Vega Carpio (PER), Diego Medina Marti (ARG)
	(19–21, 14–21) Report

Placement 13th–16th

13th–16th semifinals		13th–14th place match



Varela – Dyner (CRC)	0

Mora – López (NCA)	2
		Mora – López (NCA)	2

		Flores – Guatemala (ESA)	1
García – Leonardo (EAI)	0

Flores – Guatemala (ESA)	2
		15th–16th place match



		Varela – Dyner (CRC)	0

		García – Leonardo (EAI)	2

13th–16th semifinals

October 24, 2023 12:30	Varela – Dyner	0 – 2	Mora – López	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Kenneth George Waugh (JAM), Marlene Hernandez Arredondo (MEX)
	(12–21, 17–21) Report

October 24, 2023 13:30	García – Leonardo	0 – 2	Flores – Guatemala	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Mauro Henrique Camara (BRA), Erick Martinez Reyes (CUB)
	(18–21, 18–21) Report

16th–17th semifinals

October 25, 2023 18:30	Varela – Dyner	0 – 2	García – Leonardo	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Hector Carvajal Mozzo (URU), Mauro Henrique Camara (BRA)
	(15–21, 12–21) Report

13th–14th semifinals

October 25, 2023 19:30	Mora – López	2 – 1	Flores – Guatemala	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Justo Benitez Rodriguez (PAR), Mercedes Cerdeño (ECU)
	(24–26, 21–14, 15–7) Report

Placement 9th–12th

9th–10th semifinals		9th place match



Hannibal – Llambias (URU)	2

Massare – Melgarejo (PAR)	1
		Massare – Melgarejo (PAR)	2

		Calvo – Salvatierra (BOL)	0
Calvo – Salvatierra (BOL)

Murray – Noriega (COL)
		11th place match



		Hannibal – Llambias (URU)	2

		Murray – Noriega (COL)	1

9th–12th semifinals

October 25, 2023 12:30	Hannibal – Llambias	2 – 1	Massare – Melgarejo	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Rogol Mills-Costoso (SKN), John Peralta Moreno (COL)
	(21–13, 18–21, 15–10) Report

October 25, 2023 13:30	Calvo – Salvatierra	1 – 2	Murray – Noriega	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Salvador de Jesús Bautista Suero (DOM), Justo Benitez Gonzalez (PAR)
	(21–19, 15–21, 10–15) Report

11th–12th place match

October 26, 2023 12:30	Massare – Melgarejo	2 – 0	Calvo – Salvatierra	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Salvador de Jesús Bautista Suero (DOM), Héctor Carvajal Mozzo (URU)
	(21–14, 22–20) Report

9th–10th place match

October 26, 2023 13:30	Hannibal – Llambias	2 – 1	Murray – Noriega	Centro de Vóleibol Playa – Court 2 Referees: Kenneth George Waugh (JAM), Eduardo Paiz López (ESA)
	(15–21, 25–23, 15–12) Report

Placement 1st–4th

Quarterfinals qualifying		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match






		Grimalt – Grimalt (CHI)	2

		Macneil – Russell (CAN)	0
Hannibal – Llambias (URU)	0

Macneil – Russell (CAN)	2
				Grimalt – Grimalt (CHI)	0

				Stein – Wanderley (BRA)	2



		Capogrosso – Capogrosso (ARG)	1

		Stein – Wanderley (BRA)	2
Stein – Wanderley (BRA)	2

Massare – Melgarejo (PAR)	0
						Alayo – Díaz (CUB)	1

						Stein – Wanderley (BRA)	2



		Alayo – Díaz (CUB)	2

		León – Tenorio (ECU)	0
León – Tenorio (ECU)	2

Calvo – Salvatierra (BOL)	0
				Alayo – Díaz (CUB)	2

				Webber – Smith (USA)	0	Bronze medal match



		Webber – Smith (USA)	2			Grimalt – Grimalt (CHI)	2

		Sarabia – Virgen (MEX)	0			Webber – Smith (USA)	1
Murray – Noriega (COL)	0

Sarabia – Virgen (MEX)	2

Quarterfinals qualifying

Losers of Quarterfinals qualifying are transferred to Placement 9th–12th.

October 24, 2023 13:00	Hannibal – Llambias	0 – 2	Macneil – Russell	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Sergio Cifuentes Chete (GUA), Hernán Echeñique Espinoza (CHI)
	(14–21, 16–21) Report

October 24, 2023 14:00	Stein – Wanderley	2 – 0	Massare – Melgarejo	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Diego Medina Martí (ARG), Salvador de Jesús Bautista Suero (DOM)
	(21–14, 21–14) Report

October 24, 2023 18:00	León – Tenorio	2 – 0	Calvo – Salvatierra	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Héctor Carbajal Mozzo (URU), Kenneth George Waugh (JAM)
	(23–21, 21–10) Report

October 24, 2023 19:00	Murray – Noriega	0 – 2	Sarabia – Virgen	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Martin Swasey (BIZ), Mercedes Cerdeño (ECU)
	(21–23, 19–21) Report

Quarterfinals

Losers of Quarterfinals are transferred to Placement 5th–8th.

October 25, 2023 13:00	Alayo – Díaz	2 – 0	León – Tenorio	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Hernán Echeñique Espinoza (CHI), Martin Swasey (BIZ)
	(21–16, 21–19) Report

October 25, 2023 14:00	Webber – Smith	2 – 0	Sarabia – Virgen	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Diego Medina Martí (ARG), Erick Martinez Reyes (CUB)
	(21–18, 21–15) Report

October 25, 2023 18:00	Capogrosso – Capogrosso	1 – 2	Stein – Wanderley	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Eduardo Paiz López (ESA), Marlene Hernandez Arredondo (MEX)
	(17–21, 21–15, 15–17) Report

October 25, 2023 20:00	Grimalt – Grimalt	2 – 0	Macneil – Russell	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Sergio Silva Duarte (NCA), John Peralta Moreno (COL)
	(23–21, 21–18) Report

Semifinals

October 25, 2023 19:00	Alayo – Noslen Díaz	2 – 0	Webber – Smith	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Kenneth George Waugh (JAM), Eduardo Paiz López (ESA)
	(21–15, 21–13) Report

October 26, 2023 20:00	Grimalt – Grimalt	0 – 2	Stein – Wanderley	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Sergio Silva Duarte (NCA), Rogol Mills-Costoso (SKN)
	(13–21, 17–21) Report

Bronze medal match

October 27, 2023 17:00	Grimalt – Grimalt	2 – 1	Webber – Smith	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Mauro Henrique Camara (BRA), Salvador de Jesus Bautista Suero (DOM)
	(21-14, 18-21, 15-12) Report

Gold medal match

October 27, 2023 19:00	Alayo – Díaz	1 – 2	Stein – Wanderley	Centro de Voleibol Playa – Court 1 Referees: Diego Martín Medina Martí (ARG), Martin Swasey (BIZ)
	(12-21, 21-19, 13-15) Report

Final standings

Rank	Team
	André Stein – George Wanderley (BRA)
	Jorge Luis Alayo – Noslen Díaz (CUB)
	Esteban Grimalt – Marco Grimalt (CHI)
4	Logan Webber – Hagen Smith (USA)
5	Jake Macneil – Alexander Russell (CAN)
6	Miguel Sarabia – Juan Ramón Virgen (MEX)
7	Dany León – Marcos Tenorio (ECU)
8	Tomás Capogrosso – Nicolas Capogrosso (ARG)
9	Hans Hannibal – Nicolas Llambias (URU)
10	Johan Murray – Juan Noriega (COL)
11	Giuliano Massare – Gonzalo Melgarejo (PAR)
12	Luis Calvo – Ruddy Salvatierra (BOL)
13	Ruben Mora – Dany López (NCA)
14	Franklin Flores – Armando Guatemala (ESA)
15	Luis García – Andy Leonardo (EAI)
16	Jhostin Varela – Daniel Dyner (CRC)

References

^ "Venues". www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ Ricardo, Lisset Isabel (10 August 2023). "Confirman a voleibolistas de playa en Juegos de Santiago 2023" [Beach volleyball players confirmed in Santiago 2023 Games]. www.jit.cu/ (in Spanish). JIT. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ Najarro, César (11 August 2023). "Confirmar al voleibol de playa salvadoreño para los Juegos Panamericanos" [Confirm Salvadoran beach volleyball for the Pan American Games]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "Voleibol de Playa pinolero asistirá a sus quintos Juegos Panamericanos en Santiago 2023" [Pinolero Beach Volleyball will attend its fifth Pan American Games in Santiago 2023]. www.fnvb.org.ni (in Spanish). Nicaraguan Volleyball Federation. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Manual Tecnico Voleibol de playa" [Technical Manual Beach Volleyball] (PDF). www.coch.cl/. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Men's beach volleyball - Preliminary phase results" (PDF). Retrieved October 26, 2023.

v t e Pan American Games champions in beach volleyball
Men	1999: Jody Holden & Conrad Leinemann (CAN) 2003: Francisco Álvarez & Juan Rossell (CUB) 2007: Emanuel Rego & Ricardo Santos (BRA) 2011: Alison Cerutti & Emanuel Rego (BRA) 2015: Rodolfo Ontiveros & Juan Virgen (MEX) 2019: Marco Grimalt & Esteban Grimalt (CHI) 2023: André Stein & George Wanderley (BRA)
Women	1999: Adriana Behar & Shelda Bede (BRA) 2003: Dalixia Fernández & Tamara Larrea (CUB) 2007: Juliana Silva & Larissa França (BRA) 2011: Juliana Silva & Larissa França (BRA) 2015: Ana Gallay & Georgina Klug (ARG) 2019: Karissa Cook & Jace Pardon (USA) 2023: Ana Patrícia Ramos & Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)