Olympics beach volleyball live stream: Watch online

Olympics beach volleyball live stream: Watch online – August 18

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 16: Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Brazil celebrates after beating Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen of Netherlands after the beach volleyball Men's Semifinal on Day 11 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Beach Volleyball Arena on August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

Here’s how to watch the men’s beach volleyball medal rounds on Thursday at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The 2016 Rio Olympics beach volleyball tournament concludes on Thursday with the medal rounds of the men’s competition.

Thursday’s schedule will begin with the bronze medal match at 9;00 p.m. Eastern on Copacabana Beach. That will be followed by the gold medal match at 11:00 p.m.

The crowd will be rocking during the gold medal match, as Brazilian favorites Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt will face Daniele lupo and Paolo Nicolai of Italy. The top-seeded hosts were perfect in pool play and earned a pair of hard-fought three-set wins in the knockout stages over Team USA’s Nick and Phil Dalhausser and the Netherlands’ Robert Meeusen and Alexander Brouwer.

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Italy will be an underdog in the match after advancing from pool play as a lucky loser squad, but have picked up multiple impressive victories in the tournament. Lupo and Nocolai came from behind to beat Russian squads in both the quarterfinals and semifinals.

The Dutch squad will take on Russia’s Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Konstantin Semenov in the bronze medal match ahead of the main event.

NBCSN will have television coverage of the bronze medal match, while NBC will show the title match in primetime. Full details for Thursday’s beach volleyball action are below.

Date: Thursday, August 18
Start Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
Location: Rio de Janeiro
Stadium: Copacabana Beach
TV Info: NBCSN, NBC
Live Stream: NBC Live Extra

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