Beach volleyball at the Paris Olympics begins on Saturday at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

There are 72 group stage matches in the coming week, starting with Americans Miles Partain and Andy Benesh against Cubans Jorge Alayo and Noslen Diaz. I have predicted how I think not only that match will go, but the other 71 as well, and I will do the same when the play-offs begin with the lucky loser rounds on August 3.

The full Olympic beach volleyball schedule, including results, can be found here.

Olympic Beach Volleyball, July 27

Andy Benesh, Miles Partain (USA) vs. Noslen Diaz, Jorge Alayo (Cuba): Benesh-Partain 2-0

David Ahman, Jonatan Hellvig (Sweden) vs. Mark Nicolaidis, Izac Carracher (Australia): Ahman-Hellvig 2-0

Chen Xue, Xinyi Xia (China) vs. Mariafe Artacho, Taliqua Clancy (Australia): Artacho-Clancy 2-1

George, Andre (Brazil) vs. Abicha, Elgraoui (Morocco): George-André 2-0

Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth (USA) vs. Sophie Bukovec, Heather Bansley (Canada): Nuss-Kloth 2-0

Sam Cottafava, Paolo Nicolai (Italy) vs. Cherif Younousse, Ahmed Tijan (Qatar): Cottafava-Nicolai 2-1

Olympic Beach Volleyball, July 28

Valentina Gottardi, Marta Menegatti (Italy) vs. Lili Fernandez, Paula Soria (Spain): Gottardi-Menegatti 2-1

Matthew Immers, Steven van de Velde (Netherlands) vs Adrian Carambula, Alex Ranghieri (Italy): Immers-van de Velde 2-0

Barbara, Carol (Brazil) vs. Akiko Hasegawa, Miki Ishii (Japan): Barbara-Carol 2-0

Svenja Muller, Cinja Tillmann (Germany) vs. Clemence Vieira, Aline Chamereau (France): Muller-Tillmann 2-0

Katja Stam, Raisa Schoon (Netherlands) vs. Monika Paulikiene, Aine Raupelyte (Lithuania): Tribe-Clean 2-0

Ana Patricia, Duda (Brazil) vs. Marwa Abdelhady, Doaa Elghobashy (Egypt): Ana Patricia-Duda 2-0

Ondrej Perusic, David Schweiner (Czech Republic) vs. Sam Schachter, Dan Dearing (Canada): Perusic-Schweiner 2-0

Evandro, Arthur (Brazil) vs. Julian Horl, Alex Horst (Austria): Evandro-Arthur 2-0

Anders Mol, Christian Sorum (Norway) vs. Marco Grimalt, Esteban Grimalt (Chile): Mol-Sorum 2-0

Sara Hughes, Kelly Cheng (USA) vs. Barbora Hermannova, Marie-Sara Stochlova (Czech Republic: Hughes-Cheng 2-0

Olympic Volleyball, July 29

Sam Cottafava, Paolo Nicolai (Italy) vs. Mark Nicolaidis, Izac Carracher (Australia): Cottafava-Nicolai 2-1

Stefan Boermans, Yorick de Groot (Netherlands) vs. Adrian Gavira, Pablo Herrera (Spain): Boermans-de Groot 2-0

Chen Xue, Xinyi Xia (China) vs. Sophie Bukovec, Heather Bansley (Canada): Bansley-Boekovec 2-1

Nina Brunner, Tanja Huberli (Switzerland) vs. Tania Moreno, Daniela Alvarez (Spain): Brunner-Huberli 2-1

Melissa Humana-Paredes, Brandie Wilkerson (Canada) vs. Giuliana Poletti, Michelle Valiente (Paraguay): Humana-Paredes-Wilkerson 2-0

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat, Youssef Krou (France) vs. Chase Budinger, Miles Evans (USA): Budinger-Evans 2-1

Tina Graudina, Anastasija Samoilova (Latvia) vs. Esmee Bobner, Zoe Verge-Depre (Switzerland): Graudina-Samoilova 2-1

David Ahman, Jonatan Hellvig (Sweden) vs. Cherif Younousse, Ahmed Tijan (Qatar): Ahman-Hellvig 2-0

Lezana Placette, Alexia Richard (France) vs. Laura Ludwig, Louisa Lippmann (Germany): Ludwig Lippmann 2-1

Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth (USA) vs. Mariafe Artacho, Taliqua Clancy (Australia): Artacho-Clancy 2-1

Olympic Beach Volleyball Selections, July 30

Michal Bryl, Bartosz Losiak (Poland) vs. Thomas Hodges, Zachery Schubert (Australia): Bryl-Losiak 2-0

Nils Ehlers, Clemens Wickler (Germany) vs. Remi Bassereau, Julien Lyneel (France): Ehlers-Wickler 2-0

Valentina Gottardi, Marta Menegatti (Italy) vs. Marwa Abdelhady, Doaa Elghobashy (Egypt): Gottardi-Menegatti 2-0

George, Andre (Brazil) vs. Noslen Diaz, Jorge Alayo (Cuba): George-André 2-0

Miles Partain, Andy Benesh (USA) vs. Abicha, Elgraoui (Morocco): Partain-Benesh 2-0

Barbara, Carol (Brazil) vs. Monika Paulikiene, Aine Raupelyte (Lithuania): Barbara-Carol 2-1

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat, Youssef Krou (France) vs. Adrian Gavira, Pablo Herrera (Spain) Herrera-Gavira 2-1

Stefan Boermans, Yorick de Groot (Netherlands) vs. Miles Evans, Chase Budinger (USA): Boermans-de Groot 2-0

Ana Patricia, Duda (Brazil) vs. Lili Fernandez, Paula Soria (Spain): Ana Patricia-Duda 2-0

Katja Stam, Raisa Schoon (Netherlands) vs. Miki Ishii, Akiko Hasegawa (Japan): Tribe-Clean 2-0

Olympic Beach Volleyball, July 31

Ondrej Perusic, David Schweiner (Czech Republic) vs. Julian Horl, Alex Horst (Austria): Perusic-Schweiner 2-0

Nina Brunner, Tanja Huberli (Switzerland) vs. Laura Ludwig, Louisa Lippmann (Germany): Brunner-Huberli 2-0

Cinja Tillmann, Svenja Muller vs. Barbora Hermannova, Marie-Sara Stochlova (Czech Republic): Tillmann-Müller 2-0

Tina Graudina, Anastasija Samoilova (Latvia) vs. Giuliana Poletti, Michelle Valiente (Paraguay): Graudina-Samoilova 2-0

Sara Hughes, Kelly Cheng (USA) vs. Clemence Vieira, Aline Chamereau (France): Hughes-Cheng 2-0

Steven van de Velde, Matthew Immers (Netherlands) vs. Marco Grimalt, Esteban Grimalt (Chile): van de Velde-Immers 2-1

Lezana Placette, Alexia Richard (France) vs. Tania Moreno, Daniela Alvarez (Spain): Moreno-Alvarez 2-0

Evandro, Arthur (Brazil) vs. Sam Schachter, Dan Dearing (Canada): Evandro-Arthur 2-0

Melissa Humana-Paredes, Brandie Wilkerson (Canada) vs. Zoe Verge-Depre, Esmee Bobner (Switzerland): Humana-Paredes-Wilkerson 2-0

Anders Mol, Christian Sorum (Norway) vs Alex Ranghieri, Adrian Carambula (Italy): Mol-Sorum 2-0

Olympic Volleyball Predictions, August 1

Nils Ehlers, Clemens Wickler (Germany) vs. Thomas Hodges, Zach Schubert (Australia): Ehlers-Wickler 2-0

Cherif Younousse, Ahmed Tijan (Qatar) vs. Mark Nicolaidis, Izac Carracher (Australia): Younousse-Tijan 2-1

Lili Fernandez, Paula Soria (Spain) vs. Marwa Abdelhady, Doaa Elghobashy (Egypt): Fernandez-Soria 2-0

Noslen Diaz, Jorge Alayo (Cuba) vs. Abicha, Elgraoui (Morocco): Diaz-Alayo 2-0

George, Andre (Brazil) vs. Miles Partain, Andy Benesh (US): George-André 2-0

Mariafe Artacho, Taliqua Clancy (Australia) vs. Heather Bansley, Sophie Bukovec (Canada): Artacho-Clancy 2-1

David Ahman, Jonatan Hellvig (Sweden) vs. Sam Cottafava, Paolo Nicolai (Italy): Ahman-Hellvig 2-1

Ana Patricia, Duda (Brazil) vs. Valentina Gottardi, Marta Menegatti (Italy): Ana Patricia-Duda 2-0

Michal Bryl, Bartosz Losiak (Poland) vs Remi Bassereau, Julien Lyneel (France): Bryl-Losiak 2-0

Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth (USA) vs. Chen Xue, Xinyi Xia (China): Nuss-Kloth 2-0

Olympic Volleyball Predictions, August 2

Monika Paulikiene, Aine Raupelyte (Lithuania) vs. Miki Ishii, Akiko Hasegawa (Japan): Paulikiene-Raupelyte 2-1

Adrian Carambula, Alex Ranghieri (Italy) vs. Marco Grimalt, Esteban Grimalt (Chile): Grimalt-Grimalt 2-1

Julian Horl, Alex Horst (Austria) vs. Sam Schachter, Dan Dearing (Canada): Schachter-Dearing 2-1

Clemence Vieira, Aline Chamereau (France) vs. Barbora Hermannova, Marie-Sara Stochlova (Czech Republic): Hermannova-Stocholova 2-1

Adrian Gavira, Pablo Herrera (Spain) vs. Chase Budinger, Miles Evans (USA): Budinger-Evans 2-0

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat, Youssef Krou (France) versus Stefan Boermans, Yorick de Groot (Netherlands): Boermans-de Groot 2-0

Barbara, Carol (Brazil) versus Katja Stam, Raisa Schoon (Netherlands): Tribe-Clean 2-0

Anders Mol, Christian Sorum (Norway) vs Steven van de Velde, Matthew Immers (Netherlands): Mol-Sorum 2-1

Ondrej Perusic, David Schweiner (Czech Republic) vs. Evandro, Arthur (Brazil): Evandro-Arthur 2-1

Kelly Cheng, Sara Hughes (USA) vs. Cinja Tillmann, Svenja Muller (Germany): Tillmann-Müller 2-1

Olympic Beach Volleyball, August 3

Nils Ehlers, Clemens Wickler (Germany) vs. Michal Bryl, Bartosz Losiak (Poland): Ehlers-Wickler 2-1

Thomas Hodges, Zachery Schubert (Australia) vs. Remi Bassereau, Julien Lyneel (France) Bassereau-Lyneel 2-1

Zoe Verge-Depre, Esmee Bobner (Switzerland) vs. Giuliana Poletti, Michelle Valiente (Paraguay): Bobner-Verge-Depre 2-0

Daniela Alvarez, Tania Moreno (Spain) vs. Laura Ludwig, Louisa Lippmann (Germany): Alvarez-Moreno 2-1

Lezana Placette, Alexia Richard (France) vs. Nina Brunner, Tanja Huberli (Switzerland): Brunner-Huberli 2-0

Melissa Humana-Paredes, Brandie Wilkerson (Canada) vs. Tina Graudina, Anastasija Samoilova (Latvia): Humana-Paredes-Wilkerson 2-1