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. 24 teams from 17 countries qualified.

Qualification summary

Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies QualifiedHost Country 12015 World Championships 26 June – 5 July 2015 1FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking 13 June 2016 Lausanne 152014–2016 AVC Continental Cup20–26 June 2016 Cairns1 2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup12–18 April 2016 Abuja1 2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016 Stavanger1 2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup22–26 June 2016 Santa Fe1 2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup20–26 June 2016 Guaymas12016 FIVB World Continental Cup6–10 July 2016 Sochi2 Total 24

Host country

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the Olympics host country to participate in the tournament. , 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. Top 25 Rankings as of June 12, 2016.Olympic Ranking - Women; FIVB Rank Pair Points Qualified Comment1 Larissa França & Talita Antunes7,700 Already qualified as host country representatives2 Ágatha Bednarczuk & Bárbara Seixas7,230 Already qualified as World Champions3 Kerri Walsh Jennings & April Ross6,6701 4 Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst6,5002 5 Sarah Pavan & Heather Bansley6,1503 6 Madelein Meppelink & Marleen van Iersel5,9204 7 Louise Bawden & Taliqua Clancy5,4705 8 Marta Menegatti & Viktoria Orsi Toth5,3006 Orsi Toth was later replaced by Laura Giombini9 Karla Borger & Britta Büthe5,2607 10 Liliana Fernández & Elsa Baquerizo4,8308 11 Kinga Kołosińska & Monika Brzostek4,8009 12 Katrin Holtwick & Ilka Semmler4,770 Not qualified due to country quota13 Juliana Silva & Maria Antonelli4,710 Not qualified due to country quota14 Isabelle Forrer & Anouk Vergé-Dépré4,64010 15 Jamie Broder & Kristina Valjas4,64011 16 Joana Heidrich & Nadine Zumkehr4,62012 17 Lauren Fendrick & Brooke Sweat4,47013 18 Chantal Laboureur & Julia Sude4,350 Not qualified due to country quota19 Ana Gallay & Georgina Klug4,22014 20 Wang Fan & Yue Yuan4,22015 21 Jennifer Kessy & Emily Day3,980 22 Linline Matauatu & Miller Pata3,960 23 Evgenia Ukolova & Ekaterina Birlova3,950 Qualified through the World Continental Cup24 Riikka Lehtonen & Taru Lahti3,740 25 Elize Maia & Eduarda Lisboa3,630

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

Africa

Final standing: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. selected Doaa Elghobashy & Nada Meawad to compete in the Olympics. and qualified to the World Continental Cup, but neither played there.

Asia and Oceania

Final standing: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5. 5. 5. selected Mariafe Artacho & Nicole Laird to compete in the Olympics. and qualified to the World Continental Cup.

Europe

Final standing: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5. 5. 5. selected Jantine van der Vlist & Sophie van Gestel to compete in the Olympics. , and qualified to the World Continental Cup.

North America

Final standing: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. selected Nathalia Alfaro & Karen Cope to compete in the Olympics. and qualified to the World Continental Cup, but Cuba did not play there.

South America

Final standing:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. selected Norisbeth Agudo & Olaya Pérez Pazo to compete in the Olympics. and qualified to the World Continental Cup.

World Continental Cup

Winners: , who selected Barbora Hermannová & Markéta Sluková , who selected Ekaterina Birlova & Evgenia Ukolova

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

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