The beach volleyball Round of 16 gets underway on Friday at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The beach volleyball tournament resumes at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, with the last match beginning at 11:00 p.m. NBC will start television coverage at 1:00 p.m., with Telemundo also providing coverage at 1:30 p.m. before NBCSN takes over at 4:00 p.m.
Live streaming of every match is also available on the NBC Live extra app. Full details for the first day of the beach volleyball knockout stages are below:
Date: Thursday, August 12
Start Time: 10:00 a.m. ET
Location: Rio de Janeiro
Stadium: Copacabana Beach
TV Info: NBC, Telemundo, NBCSN
Live Stream: NBC Live Extra
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After three matches of round-robin pool play, the beach volleyball knockout stages begin on Day 7 of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Friday’s slate includes four matches in the Round of 16 for both the men’s and women’s tournament.
The field will be made up of the top two teams from all six pools, plus the two best third place teams. In addition, winners of two “lucky losers” matches between the next four best third place teams will round out the qualifiers for the playoffs.
While exact match-ups are yet to be determined, Pool A champions Adrian Carambula and Alex Ranghieri of Italy will be in action against a lucky loser squad at 2:00 p.m. Second-place finishers Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Konstantin Semenov of Russia will also be in action at 10:00 p.m.
On the women’s side, medal favorites Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca will look to move on at 10:00 a.m. in front of what’s sure to be an electric home crowd.