NOC is allowed to enter 1 men's and 1 women's qualified team in volleyball tournaments and 2 men's and 2 women's qualified teams in beach volleyball tournaments.
Indoor Volleyball
Men Volleyball Men Date Host Vacancies QualifiedHost nation - - 1 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup Nov 18 - Dec 2, 2007 Japan 3 African Olympic Qualification Tournament February 3–9, 2008 Durban 1 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament* May 31 - Jun 8, 2008 Tokyo 1 European Olympic Qualification Tournament January 7–13, 2008 İzmir 1 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament January 6–11, 2008 Caguas 1 South American Olympic Qualification Tournament January 3–7, 2008 Formosa 1 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 May 23–25, 2008 Düsseldorf 1 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 May 30 - Jun 1, 2008 Espinho 1 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 May 31 - Jun 8, 2008 Tokyo 1 TOTAL 12
* The Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament is combined with the World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3. The winner of the tournament will qualify as the champion of the World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 while the best Asian team except the winner will qualify as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament champion.
World Cup
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio1211018526731.266220928997421.212320929888811.121419839478431.123518748488251.028616568788691.010716568258760.942815478399400.893914388659230.9371014388299220.8991113298189470.864121211090910560.861
African Qualification Tournament
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio18403222531.27327313112651.17436223093460.89345133403590.94754042953530.836
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio18403402471.37727313412481.37536222632361.11445132082860.72754041793000.597
European Qualification Tournament
Elimination round
Team 1AggTeam 21st leg2nd leg6–33–13–20–60–30–33–53–20–30–60–30–3
Pre-Qualification Tournaments
Tournament 1
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio1420623.0002311331.0003202260.333
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio142060MAX2311331.0003202060.000
Tournament 2
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio1311531.6672311551.0003311350.600
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio142060MAX2311350.6003202260.333
Tournament 3
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio1420623.0002311541.2503202160.167
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio142060MAX2311340.7503202160.167
Qualification Tournament
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio1521771.0002521661.0003412761.1674412560.833
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio1521842.0002521651.2003521670.8574303590.556
North American Qualification Tournament
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio16302251571.43325212322021.14934122092210.94643031392250.618
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio16302461941.26825212421931.25434122011951.03143031182250.524
South American Qualification Tournament
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio18403222331.38227313092441.26636223013340.90145132783200.86954042443230.755
World Qualification Tournaments
Tournament 1
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio16302952591.1392 5212712381.13934122842821.0074 3031772480.714
Tournament 2
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio16302261791.26325212362061.14634121992360.84343031852250.822
Tournament 3
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio114706154831.273213616595841.1283 11436225841.065411435985891.0155 10345225260.9926 9255976300.94879255015780.8678 7074255650.752
* Japan is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team except the winner.
Women Volleyball Women Date Host Vacancies QualifiedHost nation - - 1 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup November 2–16, 2007 Japan 3 African Olympic Qualification Tournament January 22–26, 2008 Blida 1 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament* May 17–25, 2008 Tokyo 1 European Olympic Qualification Tournament January 15–20, 2008 Halle 1 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament December 17–22, 2007 Monterrey 1 South American Olympic Qualification Tournament January 3–7, 2008 Lima 1 World Olympic Qualification Tournament May 17–25, 2008 Tokyo 3 TOTAL 12
The Asian Olympic qualification tournament and the World Olympic Qualification Tournament are combined into one event. The top 3 teams at the tournament will qualify as the medallists of the World Olympic Qualification Tournament while the best Asian team outside the top 3 will qualify as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament champion.
World Cup
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio1 221108586041.4212 20928916711.3283 20929408211.1454 198310209511.0735 18749108661.0516 17659088201.1077 17658858661.0228 15478258480.9739 14387979110.87510 13297849240.84811 121106818550.79612 110114988600.579
African Qualification Tournament
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio18403222011.60227312742161.26936222792800.99645132603210.81054041833000.610
European Qualification Tournament
Pre-Qualification Tournaments
Tournament 1
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio184012112.0002731942.2503622780.87545135110.45554043120.250
Tournament 2
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio17311133.66727311052.0003622780.8754622670.85754041120.083
Tournament 3
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio1840120MAX2731942.2503622761.16745133110.27354042120.167
Qualification Tournament
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio1630924.5002521761.1673412680.7504303390.333
RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatio1630942.2502412661.0003412570.7144412470.571
North American Qualification Tournament
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio14201751511.15923111721820.94532021922060.932
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio1420150891.68523111281161.1033202771500.513
South American Qualification Tournament
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio18403582671.34127313342141.56136222902871.01045132533190.79354042163640.593
World Qualification Tournament
RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatio113616085241.160213616245381.160313616846191.105411435775541.04259255235720.91469255346090.87778165736170.92988165035930.848
* Kazakhstan is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team outside the top 3.
Beach Volleyball
Qualifying criteria The main qualifying criteria were the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking lists as of July 21, 2008. It provided a total of 24 pairs in each event. Each NOC was allowed to enter 2 men's and 2 women's qualified teams in beach volleyball tournaments. Each continent and Host nation is guaranteed one entry in each event. If this is not satisfied by the entry selection method, the highest ranking player/pair will be qualified.
Qualifiers
Men No.RankPlayersNOC11 Todd Rogers Phil DalhausserC22 Ricardo Santos Emanuel RegoC33 Marcio Araujo Fabio Luiz Magalhães 44 Reinder Nummerdor Richard SchuilC56 Xu Linyin Wu PenggenHC67 Julius Brink Christoph Dieckmann78 Dmitri Barsouk Igor Kolodinsky89David Klemperer Eric Koreng912Jake Gibb Sean Rosenthal1013Andrew Schacht Joshua Slack1114Pablo Herrera Raul Mesa1215Sascha Heyer Patrick Heuscher1316Martín Conde Mariano Baracetti1417Kristjan Kais Rivo Vesik1518Clemens Doppler Peter Gartmayer1619Emiel Boersma Bram Ronnes1721Renato Gomes Jorge Terceiro1822Jørre Kjemperud Tarjei Skarlund1923Florian Gosch Alexander Horst2024Martin Laciga Jan Schnider2125Aleksandrs Samoilovs Martins Plavins2226Riccardo Lione Matteo Varnier*2328Kentaro Asahi Katsuhiro Shiratori2484 Emanuel Fernandes Morais Abreu C
* Matteo Varnier is replaced by Eugenio Amore on the Italian team, because of an injury to Varnier.
H = Host Country Quota C = Continental Quota
Women
No.RankPlayersNOC11 Kerri Walsh Misty May-TreanorC22 Tian Jia Wang JieHC33 Juliana Felisberta Larissa FrançaC44 Xue Chen Zhang Xi55 Nicole Branagh Elaine Youngs66 Talita Antunes Renata Ribeiro79 Vasso Karadassiou Vassiliki ArvanitiC811 Sara Goller Laura Ludwig912 Stephanie Pohl Okka Rau1013 Natalie Cook Tamsin Barnett1116 Nila Håkedal Ingrid Tørlen1220 Kathrine Maaseide Susanne Glesnes1321 Dalixia Fernández Tamara Larrea1423 Doris Schwaiger Stefanie Schwaiger1525Liesbet Van Breedam Liesbeth Mouha1626 Imara Esteves Milagros Crespo1727Efthalia Koutroumanidou Maria Tsiartsiani1828Natalya Uryadova Alexandra Shiryaeva1929Rebekka Kadijk Merel Mooren—30Sara Montagnolli Sabine Swoboda*2031Bibiana Candelas Mayra García2132 Mika Teru Saiki Chiaki Kusuhara2233 Cristine Santanna Andrezza Martins2334Simone Kuhn Lea Schwer*2481 Judith Augoustides Vita Nel C
* Austrian team Montagnolli - Swoboda is replaced by the Swiss team Kuhn - Schwer, because of medical reasons.
H = Host Country Quota C = Continental Quota
References
Federation Internationale de Volleyball Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Men, Women