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.
FIVB reserved a vacancy for the Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.
Brazil, represented by Larissa França & Talita Antunes
The winners from 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships qualified for the Olympics.
The World Champions were:
Ágatha Bednarczuk & Bárbara Seixas
15 teams qualified from the Olympic Ranking.
One winner from each Continental Cup qualified for the Olympics. Two teams qualified from the World Continental Cup.
Final standing:
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:
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.
Final standing:
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.
Final standing:
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.
Final standing:
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.
Winners:
Czech Republic, who selected Barbora Hermannová & Markéta Sluková
Russia, who selected Ekaterina Birlova & Evgenia Ukolova
