Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for the 2016 Women's Olympic beach volleyball tournament was held from 26 June 2015 to 26 June 2016. A maximum of two teams per country were allowed to qualify.[1] 24 teams from 17 countries qualified.

Qualification summary

Means of qualification
DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country2 October 2009Denmark Copenhagen1 Brazil
2015 World Championships26 June – 5 July 2015 Netherlands1 Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[2]13 June 2016Switzerland Lausanne15 United States
 Germany
 Canada
 Netherlands
 Australia
 Italy
 Germany
 Spain
 Poland
 Switzerland
 Canada
 Switzerland
 United States
 Argentina
 China
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup20–26 June 2016Australia Cairns1 Australia
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup12–18 April 2016Nigeria Abuja1 Egypt
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016Norway Stavanger1 Netherlands
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016Argentina Santa Fe1 Venezuela
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup20–26 June 2016Mexico Guaymas1 Costa Rica
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup6–10 July 2016Russia Sochi2 Czech Republic
 Russia
Total24

Host country

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.

2015 World Championships

The winners from 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships qualified for the Olympics.

The World Champions were:

Ranking

15 teams qualified from the Olympic Ranking.

Top 25 Rankings as of June 12, 2016.[3]
Rank Pair Points Qualified Comment
1 Brazil Larissa França & Talita Antunes 7,700 Already qualified as host country representatives
2 Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk & Bárbara Seixas 7,230 Already qualified as World Champions
3 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings & April Ross 6,670 1
4 Germany Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst 6,500 2
5 Canada Sarah Pavan & Heather Bansley 6,150 3
6 Netherlands Madelein Meppelink & Marleen van Iersel 5,920 4
7 Australia Louise Bawden & Taliqua Clancy 5,470 5
8 Italy Marta Menegatti & Viktoria Orsi Toth 5,300 6Orsi Toth was later replaced by Laura Giombini
9 Germany Karla Borger & Britta Büthe 5,260 7
10 Spain Liliana Fernández & Elsa Baquerizo 4,830 8
11 Poland Kinga Kołosińska & Monika Brzostek 4,800 9
12 Germany Katrin Holtwick & Ilka Semmler 4,770 Not qualified due to country quota
13 Brazil Juliana Silva & Maria Antonelli 4,710 Not qualified due to country quota
14 Switzerland Isabelle Forrer & Anouk Vergé-Dépré 4,640 10
15 Canada Jamie Broder & Kristina Valjas 4,640 11
16 Switzerland Joana Heidrich & Nadine Zumkehr 4,620 12
17 United States Lauren Fendrick & Brooke Sweat 4,470 13
18 Germany Chantal Laboureur & Julia Sude 4,350 Not qualified due to country quota
19 Argentina Ana Gallay & Georgina Klug 4,220 14
20 China Wang Fan & Yue Yuan 4,220 15
21 United States Jennifer Kessy & Emily Day 3,980
22 Vanuatu Linline Matauatu & Miller Pata 3,960
23 Russia Evgenia Ukolova & Ekaterina Birlova 3,950 Qualified through the World Continental Cup
24 Finland Riikka Lehtonen & Taru Lahti 3,740
25 Brazil Elize Maia & Eduarda Lisboa 3,630

Continental Cup

One winner from each Continental Cup qualified for the Olympics. Two teams qualified from the World Continental Cup.

Africa

Final standing:[4]

Asia and Oceania

Final standing:[5]

Europe

Final standing:[6]

North America

Final standing:[7]

South America

Final standing:[8]

World Continental Cup

Winners:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rio 2016 - Qualification System - Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Women". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Olympic Ranking - Women; FIVB
  4. ↑ "Egypt claim CAVB Continental Cup gold". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "AVC Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "CEV Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "NORCECA Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "CSV Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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