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

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 qualification v	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Championships	26 June – 5 July 2015	Netherlands	1	Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking^[2]	13 June 2016	Lausanne	15	United States
				Germany
				Canada
				Netherlands
				Australia
				Italy
				Germany
				Spain
				Poland
				Switzerland
				Canada
				Switzerland
				United States
				Argentina
				China
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Cairns	1	Australia
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup	12–18 April 2016	Abuja	1	Egypt
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Stavanger	1	Netherlands
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Santa Fe	1	Venezuela
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Guaymas	1	Costa Rica
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	6–10 July 2016	Sochi	2	Czech Republic
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	6–10 July 2016	Sochi	2	Russia
Total			24

Host country[]

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

Brazil, represented by Larissa França & Talita Antunes

2015 World Championships[]

The winners from 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships qualified for the Olympics.

The World Champions were:

Ágatha Bednarczuk & Bárbara Seixas

Ranking[]

15 teams qualified from the Olympic Ranking.

Rank	Pair	Points	Qualified	Comment
Top 25 Rankings as of June 12, 2016.^[3]
1	Larissa França & Talita Antunes	7,700		Already qualified as host country representatives
2	Ágatha Bednarczuk & Bárbara Seixas	7,230		Already qualified as World Champions
3	Kerri Walsh Jennings & April Ross	6,670	1
4	Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst	6,500	2
5	Sarah Pavan & Heather Bansley	6,150	3
6	Madelein Meppelink & Marleen van Iersel	5,920	4
7	Louise Bawden & Taliqua Clancy	5,470	5
8	Marta Menegatti & Viktoria Orsi Toth	5,300	6	Orsi Toth was later replaced by Laura Giombini
9	Karla Borger & Britta Büthe	5,260	7
10	Liliana Fernández & Elsa Baquerizo	4,830	8
11	Kinga Kołosińska & Monika Brzostek	4,800	9
12	Katrin Holtwick & Ilka Semmler	4,770		Not qualified due to country quota
13	Juliana Silva & Maria Antonelli	4,710		Not qualified due to country quota
14	Isabelle Forrer & Anouk Vergé-Dépré	4,640	10
15	Jamie Broder & Kristina Valjas	4,640	11
16	Joana Heidrich & Nadine Zumkehr	4,620	12
17	Lauren Fendrick & Brooke Sweat	4,470	13
18	Chantal Laboureur & Julia Sude	4,350		Not qualified due to country quota
19	Ana Gallay & Georgina Klug	4,220	14
20	Wang Fan & Yue Yuan	4,220	15
21	Jennifer Kessy & Emily Day	3,980
22	Linline Matauatu &	3,960
23	Evgenia Ukolova & Ekaterina Birlova	3,950		Qualified through the World Continental Cup
24	Riikka Lehtonen &	3,740
25	& Eduarda Lisboa	3,630

Continental Cup[]

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

Africa[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

Winners:

Czech Republic, who selected Barbora Hermannová & Markéta Sluková
Russia, who selected Ekaterina Birlova & Evgenia Ukolova

References[]

^ "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[]

[1] "Rio 2016 - Qualification System - Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[2] "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Women". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

[3] Olympic Ranking - Women; FIVB

[4] "Egypt claim CAVB Continental Cup gold". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[5] "AVC Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[6] "CEV Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[7] "NORCECA Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[8] "CSV Continental Cup, Final standings". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

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