| Arena de Vôlei de Praia (Portuguese) | |
 The Copacabana Stadium during an Olympic volleyball match | |
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| Location | Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Surface | Sand |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2016 |
| Opened | July 26, 2016 |
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]
It opened on 26 July 2016[7] and had a seating capacity of 12,000.[8]
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