Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
The qualification for the 2020 women's Olympic volleyball tournament allocated twelve teams quota spots: the host, the winners of each of six Intercontinental Qualifying Tournaments, and five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions.[1] Teams already qualified for the event were not eligible to play in the following qualification tournaments.
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Qualification | men | women |
Tournament | men | women |
Rosters | men | women |
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Qualification | men | women |
Tournament | men | women |
Qualification summary
Event | Dates | Venue(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) | |
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Host Country[2] | 7 September 2013 | 1 | |||
Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool A | 1–4 August 2019 | 1 | ||
Pool B | 1 | ||||
Pool C | 1 | ||||
Pool D | 1 | ||||
Pool E | 1 | ||||
Pool F | 1 | ||||
African Qualifier | 5–9 January 2020 | 1 | |||
South American Qualifier | 7–9 January 2020 | 1 | |||
Asian Qualifier | 7–12 January 2020 | 1 | |||
European Qualifier | 7–12 January 2020 | 1 | |||
North American Qualifier | 10–12 January 2020 | 1 | |||
Total | 12 |
Timeline
Confederation | Tournament | Date | Venue | Teams | |
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FIVB (Intercontinental) | FIVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | Pool A | 2–4 August 2019 | 4 | |
Pool B | 2–4 August 2019 | 4 | |||
Pool C | 2–4 August 2019 | 4 | |||
Pool D | 1–3 August 2019 | 4 | |||
Pool E | 2–4 August 2019 | 4 | |||
Pool F | 2–4 August 2019 | 4 | |||
CAVB (Africa) | CAVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | 5–9 January 2020 | 5 | ||
AVC (Asia and Oceania) | Asian Championship | 17–25 August 2019 | 11+2 | ||
AVC Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | 7–12 January 2020 | 7 | |||
CEV (Europe) | CEV Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | 7–12 January 2020 | 8 | ||
NORCECA (North America) | NORCECA Champions Cup | 22–24 August 2019 | 4 | ||
NORCECA Championship | 8–13 October 2019 | 8 | |||
NORCECA Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | 10–12 January 2020 | 4 | |||
CSV (South America) | South American Championship | 28 August–1 September 2019 | 8 | ||
CSV Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | 7–9 January 2020 | 4 |
Pool standing procedure
For all qualification tournaments except North American qualification tournament
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For North American qualification tournament only
Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser |
Host country
FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2020 Olympic Games host country to participate in the tournament.
Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournaments
- The winners in each pool will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Qualified teams
Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 1 January 2019.[3][4] Rankings are shown in brackets.
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D | Pool E | Pool F |
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- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
- (H): Qualification group hosts
Qualification round
Twenty-four teams qualified for the competition as the top twenty-four teams of FIVB World Rankings on 1 January 2019 (except Japan who qualified as host.).[3][5]
Qualified to 2019 FIVB IOQT | |
Qualified but withdrew | |
2020 Summer Olympics host country |
Seeding | Team | WC 2015 | OG 2016 | WGP 2017 | WCH 2018 | Total |
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1 | 90 | 90 | 42 | 100 | 322 | |
2 | 100 | 100 | 40 | 80 | 320 | |
3 | 80 | 80 | 38 | 58 | 256 | |
4 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 200 | |
5 | 70 | 50 | 28 | 50 | 198 | |
– | 50 | 50 | 32 | 58 | 190 | |
6 | 0 | 70 | 38 | 70 | 178 | |
7 | 0 | 30 | 45 | 90 | 165 | |
8 | 40 | 50 | 18 | 30 | 138 | |
9 | 30 | 3 | 30 | 45 | 108 | |
10 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 30 | 93 | |
11 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 45 | 72 | |
12 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 36 | 70 | |
13 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 36 | 65 | |
14 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 40 | 59 | |
15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 40 | 55 | |
16 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 25 | 47 | |
17 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 44 | |
18 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 42 | |
19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 37 | |
20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 35 | |
21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 33 | |
22 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 32 | |
23 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 31 | |
– | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 30 | |
24 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 29 |
Final round
Means of qualification
Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games |
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Pool E
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Pool F
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Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments
Africa
Of the 5 entered teams, only winner of this round was qualified to the 2020 Olympics.
Means of qualification
Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games |
Round robin
Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
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1 | 4 | 11 | |
2 | 4 | 10 | |
3 | 4 | 6 | |
4 | 4 | 3 | |
5 | 4 | 0 |
Asia and Oceania
- The winners in final round will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Qualified teams
Of the 61 AVC and IOC member associations, a total of 13 AVC member national teams entered the qualifying stage
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- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.
- (H): Qualification group hosts
Qualification round
Of the 13 qualified teams, top eight teams (excluding Japan, and 2019 IOQT pool B winners China) will be qualified to the next round.
Means of qualification
Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament playoffs |
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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9th–12th Classification round
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Final round
Of the 8 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.
Means of qualification
Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament semifinals |
Pool A
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Pool B
Source: AVC
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Final four
Europe
Qualification roundEight teams qualified for the competition as the top eight teams of CEV European Rankings on 1 October 2019 (except Serbia , Russia and Italy who qualified as Intercontinental Qualifier winners).
Final roundOf the 8 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics. Means of qualification
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