Olympics beach volleyball 2016 live stream: Watch online – August 11

Thursday’s beach volleyball slate at the 2016 Rio Olympics includes the first set of knockout round games.

Thursday will be the third and final match of pool play for 12 teams in both the men’s and women’s tournaments. Fourteen teams in each tournament will have their place booked in the knockout stages following the match at 9:00 a.m., and will be joined by the winners of two “lucky losers” matches to round out the evening.

New American partnership Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena will look for their third straight win to close out the preliminaries in a match against Italy at 3:30 p.m. On the women’s side, Americans Brooke Sweat and Lauren Fendrick are in desperate need of a win against Russia at 2:30.

Fresh off two straight upsets, Cuban squad Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez will try to take down undefeated  Chaim Schalk and Ben Saxton at 10:00 a.m. The morning’s action begins with a critical match between Monika Brzostek and Kinga Kolosinsk of Poland and top-seeded  Larissa Franca and Talita Antunes of Brazil.

Live streaming of every match is also available using the NBC Live Extra app. Full details for Thursday’s beach volleyball action are below.

Date: Thursday, August 11
Start Time: 9:00 a.m. ET
Location: Rio de Janeiro
Stadium: Copacabana Beach
TV Info: NBCSN, Telemundo, NBC
Live Stream: NBC Live Extra

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The Rio beach volleyball tournament will resume at 9:00 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, with the last matches of the day beginning at 11:00 p.m. NBCSN will have morning television coverage followed by Telemundo at 1:30 p.m. and NBC at 5:30 p.m.