The men's tournament competition of the beach volleyball

Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....

 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

2011 Pan American Games

The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa...

will take place between 17–22 of October at the Pan American Beach Volleyball Stadium. The defending Pan American Games

Pan American Games

The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

 champion is Emanuel Rego

Emanuel Rego

Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, partnering Ricardo Santos...

 & Ricardo Santos

Ricardo Santos

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, with partner Zé Marco de Melo....

 of Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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Each of the 16 pairs in the tournament was placed in one of four groups of four teams apiece, and played a round-robin within that pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Quarterfinals. The third along with the fourth-placed teams in each group, were eliminated.

The 8 teams that advanced to the elimination rounds played a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.

Schedule

Date	Start	Finish	Phase
Monday October 17, 2011	9:00	18:00	Preliminaries
Tuesday October 18, 2011	9:00	18:00	Preliminaries
Wednesday October 19, 2011	9:00	18:00	Preliminaries
Thursday October 20, 2011	9:00	15:00	Quarterfinals
Friday October 21, 2011	10:00	16:00	Semifinals
Sa October 22, 2011	10:00	16:00	Gold/Bronze medal matches

Preliminary round

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00)

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

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Date		Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Report
Oct 17		2–0		21–12	21–15		Report
Oct 17		0–2		17–21	19–21		Report
Oct 18		0–2		18–21	19–21		Report
Oct 18		2–0		24–22	21–16		Report
Oct 19		2–0		21–11	21–13		Report
Oct 19		2–0		28–26	25–23		Report

Group B

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Date		Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Report
Oct 17		2–0		21–12	21–10		Report
Oct 17		1–2		19–21	21–18	14–16	Report
Oct 18		1–2		18–21	21–18	16–18	Report
Oct 18		2–0		21–16	21–12		Report
Oct 19		0–2		15–21	19–21		Report
Oct 19		2–0		21–10	21–17		Report

Group C

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Date		Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Report
Oct 17		2–0		21–11	21–13		Report
Oct 17		2–0		21–19	21–11		Report
Oct 18		0–2		13–21	21–23		Report
Oct 18		2–0		21–13	21–9		Report
Oct 19		2–0		21–18	21–19		Report
Oct 19		2–0		21–9	21–15		Report

Group D

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Date		Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Report
Oct 17		2–0		21–11	21–7		Report
Oct 17		2–0		25–23	21–17		Report
Oct 18		2–0		24–22	21–18		Report
Oct 18		0–2		19–21	11–21		Report
Oct 19		2–0		21–13	21–12		Report
Oct 19		2–0		21–16	23–21		Report

Elimination stage

Quarterfinals

Date		Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Report
Oct 20		2–0		21–16	21–13		Report
Oct 20		1–2		21–19	16–21	12–15	Report
Oct 20		0–2		20–22	18–21		Report
Oct 20		2–0		21–15	21–15		Report

Semifinals

Date		Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Report
Oct 21	'	2–1		21–19	20–22	15–6	Report
Oct 21		1–2		21–19	16–21	12–15	Report

Bronze medal match

Date		Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Report
Oct 22		1–2	'	21–14	19–21	11–15	Report

Gold medal match

Date		Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Report
Oct 22	'	2–0		21–17	21–12		Report