Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification explained

The qualification for the 2020 Women's Olympic beach volleyball tournament allocated quota places to 24 teams. A maximum of two teams per country was allowed to qualify.[1]

Qualification summary

width=34%Means of qualificationwidth=23%Date!width=20%Venue!width=7%Vacancies!width=16%Qualified
Host nation[2] 1
2019 World Championships28 June – 7 July 2019 Hamburg1
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament18–22 September 2019 Haiyang2
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[3] 13 June 2021 Lausanne15
2018–2020 CEV Continental Cup Final23–26 June 2021 The Hague1
2018–2020 AVC Continental Cup Final25–27 June 2021 Nakhon Pathom1
2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final25–27 June 2021 Agadir1
2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final25–27 June 2021 Colima1
2018–2020 CSV Continental Cup Final26–27 June 2021 Asunción1
Total24

Host country

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

World Championships

See main article: 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships.

One team qualified from the 2019 World Championships.

Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament

See main article: 2019 FIVB Women's Beach Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament.

  • The top two teams from the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament qualified.

Olympic Ranking

15 teams qualified from the Olympic Ranking.

Top 25 Rankings as of June 15, 2020
RankPairPointsQualifiedComment
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African Continental Cup

See main article: article and 2018–2020 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.

Asian Continental Cup

See main article: article and 2018–2020 AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.

European Continental Cup

See main article: article and 2018–2020 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.

North American Continental Cup

See main article: article and 2018–2020 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.

South American Continental Cup

See main article: article and 2018–2020 CSV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Forms/Olympic_Qualification/Tokyo2020-Qualification-System-Beach-Volleyball_31.01.2019.pdf "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020"
  2. Web site: Host city election for the Olympic Summer Games 2020 . . 13 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Provisional Olympic Ranking – Women. FIVB. 25 June 2021.