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

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 qualificationDate Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Country 1
26 June – 5 July 2015 1
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[2] 13 June 201615
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup20–26 June 2016 Cairns1
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup12–18 April 2016 Abuja1
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016 Stavanger1
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016 Santa Fe1
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup20–26 June 2016 Guaymas1
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup6–10 July 2016 Sochi2
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.

See main article: article and 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships – Women. The World Champions were:

Ranking

15 teams qualified from the Olympic Ranking.

Top 25 Rankings as of June 12, 2016.[3]
RankPairPointsQualifiedComment
1 Larissa França & Talita Antunes7,700Already qualified as host country representatives
2 Ágatha Bednarczuk & Bárbara Seixas7,230Already qualified as World Champions
3 Kerri Walsh Jennings & April Ross6,6701
4 Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst6,5002
5 Sarah Pavan & Heather Bansley6,1503
6 Madelein Meppelink & Marleen van Iersel5,9204
7 Louise Bawden & Taliqua Clancy5,4705
8 Marta Menegatti & Viktoria Orsi Toth5,3006 Orsi Toth was later replaced by Laura Giombini
9 Karla Borger & Britta Büthe5,2607
10 Liliana Fernández & Elsa Baquerizo4,8308
11 Kinga Kołosińska & Monika Brzostek4,8009
12 Katrin Holtwick & Ilka Semmler4,770Not qualified due to country quota
13 Juliana Silva & Maria Antonelli4,710Not qualified due to country quota
14 Isabelle Forrer & Anouk Vergé-Dépré4,64010
15 Jamie Broder & Kristina Valjas4,64011
16 Joana Heidrich & Nadine Zumkehr4,62012
17 Lauren Fendrick & Brooke Sweat4,47013
18 Chantal Laboureur & Julia Sude4,350Not qualified due to country quota
19 Ana Gallay & Georgina Klug4,22014
20 Wang Fan & Yue Yuan4,22015
21 Jennifer Kessy & Emily Day3,980
22 Linline Matauatu & Miller Pata3,960
23 Evgenia Ukolova & Ekaterina Birlova3,950Qualified through the World Continental Cup
24 Riikka Lehtonen & Taru Lahti3,740
25 Elize Maia & Eduarda Lisboa3,630

Continental Cup

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

Africa

See main article: article and 2014–2016 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.

Final standing:[4]

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  • selected Doaa Elghobashy & Nada Meawad to compete in the Olympics.
  • and qualified to the World Continental Cup, but neither played there.

Asia and Oceania

See main article: article and 2014–2016 AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.

Final standing:[5]

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  • selected Mariafe Artacho & Nicole Laird to compete in the Olympics.
  • and qualified to the World Continental Cup.

Europe

See main article: article and 2014–2016 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.

Final standing:[6]

North America

See main article: article and 2014–2016 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.

Final standing:[7]

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  • selected Nathalia Alfaro & Karen Cope to compete in the Olympics.
  • and qualified to the World Continental Cup, but Cuba did not play there.

South America

See main article: article and 2014–2016 CSV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.

Final standing:[8]

World Continental Cup

See main article: article and 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Continental Cup. Winners:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rio 2016 - Qualification System - Beach Volleyball. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 31 August 2016.
  2. Web site: FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Women. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 7 October 2015.
  3. http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/OGRanking_W.asp Olympic Ranking - Women
  4. Web site: Egypt claim CAVB Continental Cup gold. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 31 August 2016.
  5. Web site: AVC Continental Cup, Final standings. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 31 August 2016.
  6. Web site: CEV Continental Cup, Final standings. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 31 August 2016.
  7. Web site: NORCECA Continental Cup, Final standings. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 31 August 2016.
  8. Web site: CSV Continental Cup, Final standings. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 31 August 2016.

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