| Competition: | FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments |
| Continent: | World |
| Gender: | women |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Size: | 300 |
| Host2: | |
| Dates: | 16–24 September |
| Teams: | 24 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Matches: | 84 |
| Website: | FIVB Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier |
| Last: | 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournaments |
The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments, alternatively the 2023 Volleyball Women's World Cup (for the tournament held in Japan) and also known as FIVB Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier, were the three volleyball tournaments contested by 24 women's national teams of the French: [[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball]] (FIVB), where the top two teams earned a place in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
On 16 October 2022, FIVB announced that Japan will host one of three tournaments for both men's and women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments (OQTs). The men's and women's OQTs held in Japan will traditionally use the title of World Cup Japan 2023.[1] [2] Later, on 8 March 2023, FIVB confirmed that China and Poland will host the remaining two tournaments for women's OQTs. China will also host the men's OQTs.[3]
See main article: FIVB Senior World Rankings. The FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournaments (OQTs) include the 24 best-placed non-qualified teams (except Russia who is ineligible to compete in the OQTs due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[4]) from the FIVB World Rankings as of 17 October 2022.[5] [6]
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Previous appearances | Previous best performance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | ||||
| CEV | 1st World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| CEV | 2nd World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| CSV | 3rd World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| NORCECA | 4th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| AVC | 5th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| AVC | 6th World ranked non-qualified team | 0 | None | None | ||
| CEV | 7th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| NORCECA | 9th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| CEV | 10th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| CEV | 11th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| CEV | 12th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| CEV | 13th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| NORCECA | 14th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| AVC | 15th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| CEV | 16th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| NORCECA | 17th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| CEV | 18th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| CSV | 19th World ranked non-qualified team | 0 | None | None | ||
| NORCECA | 20th World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| CSV | 22nd World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| AVC | 23rd World ranked non-qualified team | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | (2019) | |
| CEV | 24th World ranked non-qualified team | 0 | None | None | ||
| CEV | 25th World ranked non-qualified team | 0 | None | None | ||
| CSV | 26th World ranked non-qualified team | 0 | None | None | ||
According to the qualification system, the twenty-four teams were placed into three pools of eight teams. For the first position of each pool, FIVB reserved the right to the three hosts with the top-ranked hosted team allocated to pool A, the middle-ranked hosted team allocated to pool B, and the last-ranked hosted team allocated to pool C. The remaining twenty-one teams were allocated into seven pots of three teams based on the FIVB Women's World Rankings of 1 January 2023. The order of drawing was applied with the serpentine system. The teams for the even-number position (Pot 1, Pot 3, Pot 5, Pot 7) were drawn and then placed starting from pool C to pool A. The teams for the odd-number position (Pot 2, Pot 4, Pot 6) were drawn and then placed starting from pool A to pool C.
The drawing of lots ceremony was held at the FIVB headquarters "Château Les Tourelles" in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 17 March 2023, 13:00 CET.
| width=180 | Hosts | width=180 | Pot 1 | width=180 | Pot 2 | width=180 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (5) (6) (10) | (1) (2) (3) | (4) (7) (9) | (11) (12) (13) |
| width=180 | Pot 4 | width=180 | Pot 5 | width=180 | Pot 6 | width=180 | Pot 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (14) (15) (16) | (17) (18) (19) | (20) (22) (23) | (24) (25) (26) |
| width=30% | Pool A | width=30% | Pool B | width=30% | Pool C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ningbo, China | Tokyo, Japan | Łódź, Poland | |||
| Beilun Gymnasium | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | Atlas Arena | |||
| Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 13,291 | Capacity: 13,805 | |||
See main article: 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments squads.
| 14-woman roster | |
| Gizem Örge, Simge Aköz, Cansu Özbay, Melissa Vargas, Ayça Aykaç, Kübra Akman, Hande Baladın, Derya Cebecioğlu, Elif Şahin, Eda Erdem (c), Zehra Güneş, Aslı Kalaç, İlkin Aydın, Ebrar Karakurt | |
| Head coach | |
| Daniele Santarelli |
| [8] | 2 (2012, 2020) | ||
| [9] | 4 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) | ||
| [10] | 3 (2004, 2012, 2020) | ||
| [11] | 11 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) | ||
| [12] | 12 (1964, 1968, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) | ||
| 3 (1964, 1968, 2008) |