Copacabana Stadium, also known as the Beach Volleyball Arena[1][2] (Portuguese: Arena de Vôlei de Praia),[3] was a temporary
stadium located on
Copacabana beach, in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that hosted the
beach volleyball competition of the
2016 Summer Olympics.[4][5] It was erected in 2016 specifically for the Olympic Games and was planned to be dismantled after the Games.[6]
The site has previously been used for other international sports competitions, using temporary facilities. In 2007, the site hosted the
2007 Pan American Games' beach volleyball, triathlon and aquatic marathon competitions, it also hosted same sports at the
2011 Military World Games. For
triathlon, the swimming stage was placed at one end of the beach – Posto 6 – and the cycling and racing events were held between Posto 2 and Posto 6. The swimming marathon used the same structure of triathlon. Beach volleyball matches were played at the Copacabana Arena on Posto 2.
^"Locais de Competição" [Venues]. Rio 2016 official website (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro Olympics organizing committee. Archived from
the original on 2016-08-07.