The calendar of the first phase of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament has been announced. In opening game are the Italians, Alex Ranghieri and Adrian Carambula up against the Austrian duo Doppler-Horst. Here are the details of the Italian pairs' matches.

Centre Court


6th August
Ranghieri-Carambula vs Doppler-Horst (AUT) at 10am


7th August
Lupo-Nicolai vs Virgen-Ontiveros (MEX) at 12pm
Menegatti-Orsi Toth vs Broder-Valjas (CAN) at 10pm


8th August
Ranghieri-Carambula vs Canada at 9pm


9th August
Menegatti-Orsi Toth vs Elghobashy-Nada (EGY) at 12pm
Lupo-Nicolai vs Naceur Ma-Belhaj. C (TUN) at 10pm


10th August
Alison-Bruno Schmidt (BRA) vs Ranghieri-Carambula 3.30pm


11th August
Lucena-Dalhausser (USA) vs Lupo-Nicolai at 4.30pm
Ludwig-Walkenhorst (GER) vs Menegatti-Orsi Toth at 9pm


The times given are local (+5 hours in Italy)

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