ADELAIDE, Australia — Day one of the Beach Volleyball World Championships has officially arrived — here in Australia, anyway. On the East Coast, as I’m writing this, it is barely afternoon, and it is only mid-morning on the West. Time travel is a wild thing.

A viewer or listener of one of our podcasts mentioned it would be nice, amid the dozens and dozens of matches — 216 total over the next 10 days — to have a list of the best or most important ones to watch, and maybe a time zone guide of when that’s happening.

Mission accepted, dear listener.

Below are the key matchups from day one in Adelaide.

Marco Krattiger, Leo Dillier vs. Adrian Heidrich, Jonathan Jordan

  • 9 am local
  • 5:30 pm EST
  • 2:30 PM Pacific

Hendrik Mol, Mathias Berntsen vs. Adrian Mol, Markus Mol

  • 10 am local
  • 6:30 pm EST
  • 3:30 pm Pacific

Joao Pedrosa, Hugo Campos vs. Brad Fuller, Ben O’Dea

  • 11 am local
  • 7:30 pm EST
  • 4:30 pm Pacific

Paul Henning, Lui Wust vs. Bautista Amieva, Maciel Bueno

  • 2 pm local
  • 10:30 pm EST
  • 7:30 pm Pacific

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat, Teo Rotar vs. Joaquin Bello, Javier Bello

  • 2 pm local
  • 10:30 pm EST
  • 7:30 pm Pacific

Lukas Pfretzschner, Sven Winter vs. Chris Dressler, Philipp Waller

  • 3 pm local
  • 11:30 pm EST
  • 8:30 pm Pacific

Daniela Alvarez, Tania Moreno vs. Aine Raupelyte, Monika Paulikiene

  • 4 pm local
  • 12:30 am EST (Friday)
  • 9:30 pm Pacific

Valentyna Davidova, Anhelina Khmil vs. Mila Konink, Desy Poiesz

  • 5pm local
  • 1:30 am EST (Friday)
  • 10:30 pm Pacific

Chase Budinger, Miles Evans vs. Ruben Penninga, Matthew Immers

  • 6 pm local
  • 2:30 am EST (Friday)
  • 11:30 pm Pacific

Emi van Driel, Wies Bekhuis vs. Vitoria de Souza, Hegeile Almeida dos Santos

  • 7:30 pm local
  • 3:30 am EST (Friday)
  • 12:30 am Pacific (Friday)

Annique Niederhauser, Leona Kernen vs. Melanie Paul, Lea Kunst

  • 7:30 pm local
  • 3:30 am EST (Friday)
  • 12:30 am Pacific (Friday)

Taliqua Clancy, Jana Milutinovic vs. Xinyi Xia, Xu Yan

  • 8 pm local
  • 4 am EST
  • 1 am Pacific

George, Saymon vs. Andre, Renato

  • 9:30 pm local
  • 5:30 am EST
  • 2:30 am Pacific