Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
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| Qualification | men | women |
| Tournament | men | women |
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| Qualification | men | women |
| Tournament | men | women |
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
[edit]| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Country | — | — | 1 |  Brazil
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| 2015 World Championships | 26 June – 5 July 2015 |  Netherlands |
1 | Brazil
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| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[2] | 13 June 2016 |  Lausanne |
15 |  United States
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 Germany
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 Canada
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 Netherlands
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 Australia
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 Italy
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| Germany
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 Spain
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 Poland
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 Switzerland
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| Canada
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| Switzerland
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| United States
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 Argentina
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 China
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| 2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup | 20–26 June 2016 |  Cairns |
1 | Australia
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| 2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup | 12–18 April 2016 |  Abuja |
1 |  Egypt
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| 2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup | 22–26 June 2016 |  Stavanger |
1 | Netherlands
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| 2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup | 22–26 June 2016 |  Santa Fe |
1 |  Venezuela
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| 2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup | 20–26 June 2016 |  Guaymas |
1 |  Costa Rica
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| 2016 FIVB World Continental Cup | 6–10 July 2016 |  Sochi |
2 |  Czech Republic
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 Russia
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| Total | 24 | |||
Host country
[edit]FIVB reserved a vacancy for the Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.
Brazil, represented by Larissa França & Talita Antunes
2015 World Championships
[edit]The winners from 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships qualified for the Olympics.
The World Champions were:
Ranking
[edit]15 teams qualified from the Olympic Ranking.
Continental Cup
[edit]One winner from each Continental Cup qualified for the Olympics. Two teams qualified from the World Continental Cup.
Africa
[edit]Final standing:[4]
- 1.
Egypt - 2.
Rwanda - 3.
Nigeria - 4.
Mauritius - 5.
Morocco - 6.
Sierra Leone - 7.
Namibia - 8.
The Gambia - 9.
Mozambique - 10.
Ghana - Egypt selected Doaa Elghobashy & Nada Meawad to compete in the Olympics.
- Rwanda and Nigeria qualified to the World Continental Cup, but neither played there.
Asia and Oceania
[edit]Final standing:[5]
- 1.
Australia - 2.
Vanuatu - 3.
China - 4.
Japan - 5.
Indonesia - 5.
Kazakhstan - 5.
Thailand - 5.
Chinese Taipei - Australia selected Mariafe Artacho & Nicole Laird to compete in the Olympics.
- Vanuatu and China qualified to the World Continental Cup.
Europe
[edit]Final standing:[6]
- 1.
Netherlands - 2.
Ukraine - 3.
Czech Republic - 4.
Austria - 5.
Spain - 5.
France - 5.
Italy - 5.
Sweden - Netherlands selected Jantine van der Vlist & Sophie van Gestel to compete in the Olympics.
- Ukraine, Czech Republic and Austria qualified to the World Continental Cup.
North America
[edit]Final standing:[7]
- 1.
Costa Rica - 2.
Mexico - 3.
Cuba - 4.
Guatemala - 5.
Nicaragua - 6.
Trinidad and Tobago - 7.
Jamaica - 8.
Barbados - Costa Rica selected Nathalia Alfaro & Karen Cope to compete in the Olympics.
- Mexico and Cuba qualified to the World Continental Cup, but Cuba did not play there.
South America
[edit]Final standing:[8]
- 1.
Venezuela - 2.
Paraguay - 3.
Colombia - 4.
Uruguay - 5.
Argentina - 6.
Chile - Venezuela selected Norisbeth Agudo & Olaya Pérez Pazo to compete in the Olympics.
- Paraguay and Colombia qualified to the World Continental Cup.
World Continental Cup
[edit]Winners:
- Czech Republic, who selected Barbora Hermannová & Markéta Sluková
Russia, who selected Ekaterina Birlova & Evgenia Ukolova
See also
[edit]- Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
- Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
- Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
References
[edit]- ^ "Rio 2016 - Qualification System - Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Women". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Olympic Ranking - Women; FIVB
- ^ "Egypt claim CAVB Continental Cup gold". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "AVC Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "CEV Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "NORCECA Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "CSV Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
External links
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