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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

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Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Country — — 1  Brasilien
2015 World Championships 26 June – 5 July 2015  Niederlande 1  Brasilien
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[2] 13 June 2016 Schweiz Lausanne 15  Vereinigte Staaten
 Deutschland
 Kanada
 Niederlande
 Australien
 Italien
 Deutschland
 Spanien
 Polen
 Schweiz
 Kanada
 Schweiz
 Vereinigte Staaten
 Argentinien
 China
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup 20–26 June 2016 Australien Cairns 1  Australien
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup 12–18 April 2016 Nigeria Abuja 1  Ägypten
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup 22–26 June 2016 Norwegen Stavanger 1  Niederlande
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup 22–26 June 2016 Argentinien Santa Fe 1  Venezuela
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup 20–26 June 2016 Mexiko Guaymas 1  Costa Rica
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup 6–10 July 2016 Russland Sochi 2  Tschechische Republik
 Russland
Total 24

Host country

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

2015 World Championships

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

Main article: 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships – Women

The World Champions were:

Ranking

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15 teams qualified from the Olympic Ranking.

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

Continental Cup

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

Africa

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Main article: 2014–2016 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup

Final standing:[4]

Asia and Oceania

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Main article: 2014–2016 AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup

Final standing:[5]

Europa

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Main article: 2014–2016 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup

Final standing:[6]

North America

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Main article: 2014–2016 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Cup

Final standing:[7]

South America

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Main article: 2014–2016 CSV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup

Final standing:[8]

World Continental Cup

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Main article: 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Continental Cup

Winners:

See also

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References

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  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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