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 2009 Copenhagen1 Brazil
2015 World Championships26 June – 5 July 2015 Netherlands1 Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[2]13 June 2016 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 2016 Cairns1 Australia
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup12–18 April 2016 Abuja1 Egypt
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016 Stavanger1 Netherlands
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016 Santa Fe1 Venezuela
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup20–26 June 2016 Guaymas1 Costa Rica
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup6–10 July 2016 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 Larissa França & Talita Antunes 7,700 Already qualified as host country representatives
2 Ágatha Bednarczuk & Bárbara Seixas 7,230 Already qualified as World Champions
3 Kerri Walsh Jennings & April Ross 6,670 1
4 Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst 6,500 2
5 Sarah Pavan & Heather Bansley 6,150 3
6 Madelein Meppelink & Marleen van Iersel 5,920 4
7 Louise Bawden & Taliqua Clancy 5,470 5
8 Marta Menegatti & Viktoria Orsi Toth 5,300 6Orsi Toth was later replaced by Laura Giombini
9 Karla Borger & Britta Büthe 5,260 7
10 Liliana Fernández & Elsa Baquerizo 4,830 8
11 Kinga Kołosińska & Monika Brzostek 4,800 9
12 Katrin Holtwick & Ilka Semmler 4,770 Not qualified due to country quota
13 Juliana Silva & Maria Antonelli 4,710 Not qualified due to country quota
14 Isabelle Forrer & Anouk Vergé-Dépré 4,640 10
15 Jamie Broder & Kristina Valjas 4,640 11
16 Joana Heidrich & Nadine Zumkehr 4,620 12
17 Lauren Fendrick & Brooke Sweat 4,470 13
18 Chantal Laboureur & Julia Sude 4,350 Not qualified due to country quota
19 Ana Gallay & Georgina Klug 4,220 14
20 Wang Fan & Yue Yuan 4,220 15
21 Jennifer Kessy & Emily Day 3,980
22 Linline Matauatu & Miller Pata 3,960
23 Evgenia Ukolova & Ekaterina Birlova 3,950 Qualified through the World Continental Cup
24 Riikka Lehtonen & Taru Lahti 3,740
25 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

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