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

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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. 24 teams from 17 countries qualified.

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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.

    Continental Cup

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

    Africa

    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.

    • Europe

    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.

    • North America

    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.

    • South America

    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.

    • World Continental Cup

    Winners:

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

    • References

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