Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for the 2020 Women's Olympic beach volleyball tournament allocated quota places to 24 teams. A maximum of two teams per country was allowed to qualify.[1]

Qualification summary

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country[2]	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
2019 World Championships	28 June – 7 July 2019	Hamburg	1	Canada
2019 FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament	18–22 September 2019	Haiyang	2	Latvia
				Spain
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking[3]	13 June 2021[4]	Lausanne	15
2018–2020 AVC Continental Cup Final	21–27 June 2021[4]	TBD	1
2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final		TBD	1
2018–2020 CEV Continental Cup Final		TBD	1
2018–2020 CSV Continental Cup Final		TBD	1
2018–2020 NORCECA Continental Cup Final		TBD	1
Total			24

Host country

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

•  Japan

World Championships

• One team qualified from the 2019 World Championships.

Qualified teams

Mean of qualification	Country	Qualifier	Seed[5]
FIVB World Ranking	Germany	Sandra Ittlinger–Chantal Laboureur	1
	Czech Republic	Barbora Hermannová–Markéta Sluková	2
	Canada	Heather Bansley–Brandie Wilkerson	3
	Brazil	Ana Patricia Ramos–Rebecca Cavalcanti	4
	United States	Alix Klineman–April Ross	5
	Brazil	Ágatha Bednarczuk–Eduarda Santos Lisboa	6
	Australia	Taliqua Clancy–Mariafe Artacho del Solar	7
	Netherlands	Sanne Keizer–Madelein Meppelink	8
	Canada	Sarah Pavan–Melissa Humana-Paredes	9
	Brazil	Maria Antonelli–Carolina Solberg Salgado	10
	United States	Sara Hughes–Summer Ross	11
	Brazil	Bárbara Seixas–Fernanda Alves	12
	United States	Brooke Sweat–Kerri Walsh Jennings	13
	United States	Sarah Sponcil–Kelly Claes	14
	United States	Kelley Larsen–Emily Stockman	15
	Switzerland	Nina Betschart–Tanja Hüberli	16
	Finland	Taru Lahti-Liukkonen–Anniina Parkkinen	17
	Russia	Nadezda Makroguzova–Svetlana Kholomina	18
	Germany	Karla Borger–Julia Sude	19
	Poland	Katarzyna Kociołek–Kinga Wojtasik	20
	Spain	Liliana Fernández–Elsa Baquerizo	21
	China	Xia Xinyi–Wang Fan	22
	Germany	Kim Behrens–Cinja Tillmann	23
	Italy	Marta Menegatti–Viktoria Orsi Toth	24
	Germany	Victoria Bieneck–Isabel Schneider	25
AVC Qualification	Japan	Miki Koshikawa–Megumi Murakami	29
	China	Xue Chen–Wang Xinxin	33
	Australia	Nicole Laird–Becchara Palmer	35
	China	Zeng Jinjin–Lin Meimei	36
CAVB Qualification	Nigeria	Tochukwu Nnoruga–Francisca Ikhiede	45
	Egypt	Randa Radwan–Doaa Elghobashy	46
	Mauritius	Maita Cousin–Letendrie Nathalie	47
	Rwanda	Charlotte Nzayisenga–Judith Hakizimana	48
CEV Qualification	Slovakia	Andrea Štrbová–Natália Dubovcová	26
	Russia	Evgenia Ukolova–Ekaterina Birlova	27
	Netherlands	Joy Stubbe–Marleen van Iersel	28
	Latvia	Tina Graudina–Anastasija Kravčenoka	31
CSV Qualification	Argentina	Ana Gallay–Fernanda Pereyra	37
	Colombia	Yuli Ayala–Diana Ríos	41
	Paraguay	Michelle Valiente–Patricia Caballero	43
	Uruguay	Camila Bausero–María Rotti	44
NORCECA Qualification	Canada	Megan McNamara–Nicole McNamara	34
	Mexico	Martha Revuelta–Zaira Orellana	38
	Cuba	Leila Martínez–Mailen Deliz	40
	Nicaragua	Valeria Mendoza–Lolette Rodríguez	42
Wild cards	Germany	Margareta Kozuch–Laura Ludwig	30
	Switzerland	Joana Heidrich–Anouk Vergé-Dépré	32
	Germany	Leonie Körtzinger–Sarah Schneider	39
	Austria	Lena Plesiutschnig–Katharina Schützenhöfer[6]	2

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

First round

Means of qualification

Qualified for the second round

Pool A Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Menegatti–Toth 3 6 2 Ittlinger–Laboureur 3 5 3 M.McNamara–N.McNamara 3 4 4 Valiente–Caballero 3 3 Source: FIVB

Pool B Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Graudina–Kravčenoka 3 6 2 Plesiutschnig–Schützenhöfer 3 5 3 Körtzinger–Schneider 3 4 4 Kociołek–Wojtasik 3 3 Source: FIVB

Pool C Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Heidrich–Vergé-Dépré 3 6 2 Bansley–Wilkerson 3 5 3 Behrens–Tillmann 3 4 4 Bausero–Rotti 3 3 Source: FIVB

Pool D Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Ramos–Cavalcanti 3 6 2 Fernández–Baquerizo 3 5 3 Bieneck–Schneider 3 4 4 Nzayisenga–Hakizimana 3 3 Source: FIVB

Pool E Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Borger–Sude 3 6 2 Klineman–A. Ross 3 5 3 Xue–Wang X. 3 4 4 Mendoza–Rodríguez 3 3 Source: FIVB

Pool F Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Ágatha–Duda 3 6 2 Xia–Wang F. 3 5 3 Koshikawa–Murakami 3 4 4 Martínez–Deliz 3 3 Source: FIVB

Pool G Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Stubbe–Van Iersel 3 6 2 Clancy–Artacho 3 5 3 Sweat–Walsh Jennings 3 4 4 Cousin–Nathalie 3 3 Source: FIVB

Pool H Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Keizer–Meppelink 3 6 2 Betschart–Hüberli 3 5 3 Laird–Palmer 3 4 4 Radwan–Elghobashy 3 3 Source: FIVB

Pool I Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Pavan–Humana-Paredes 3 6 2 Sponcil–Claes 3 5 3 Ukolova–Birlova 3 4 4 Ayala–Ríos 3 3 Source: FIVB

Pool J Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Kozuch–Ludwig 3 5 2 Antonelli–Carol 3 5 3 Larsen–Stockman 3 5 4 Nnoruga–Ikhiede 3 3 Source: FIVB

Pool K Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Makroguzova–Kholomina 3 5 2 Hughes–S. Ross 3 5 3 Gallay–Pereyra 3 4 4 Zeng–Lin 3 4 Source: FIVB

Pool L Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Bárbara–Fernanda 3 6 2 Štrbová–Dubovcová 3 5 3 Lahti-Liukkonen–Parkkinen 3 4 4 Revuelta–Orellana 3 3 Source: FIVB

Lucky losers playoffs

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
2 Jul	19:00	Koshikawa–Murakami	0–2	Xue–Wang X.	15–21	10–21		25–42	Report
2 Jul	19:00	Ukolova–Birlova	2–1	Laird–Palmer	19–21	21–13	15–13	55–47	Report
2 Jul	19:15	Gallay–Pereyra	2–1	Lahti-Liukkonen–Parkkinen	21–17	13–21	15–13	49–51	Report
2 Jul	20:30	Körtzinger–Schneider	2–0	M. McNamara–N. McNamara	21–19	21–16		42–35	Report

Final round

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

3 July

Menegatti–Toth (ITA)

2

4 July

Gallay–Pereyra (ARG)

1

Menegatti–Toth (ITA)

2

3 July

Sponcil–Claes (USA)

0

Ittlinger–Laboureur (GER)

1

5 July

Sponcil–Claes (USA)

2

Menegatti–Toth (ITA)

0

3 July

Pavan–Humana-Paredes (CAN)

2

Pavan–Humana-Paredes (CAN)

2

4 July

Xia–Wang F. (CHN)

0

Pavan–Humana-Paredes (CAN)

2

3 July

Keizer–Meppelink (NED)

1

Larsen–Stockman (USA)

1

5 July

Keizer–Meppelink (NED)

2

Pavan–Humana-Paredes (CAN)

2

3 July

Betschart–Hüberli (SUI)

1

Borger–Sude (GER)

2

4 July

Behrens–Tillmann (GER)

1

Borger–Sude (GER)

1

3 July

Bárbara–Fernanda (BRA)

2

Plesiutschnig–Schützenhöfer (AUT)

0

5 July

Bárbara–Fernanda (BRA)

2

Bárbara–Fernanda (BRA)

1

3 July

Betschart–Hüberli (SUI)

2

Betschart–Hüberli (SUI)

2

4 July

Štrbová–Dubovcová (SVK)

1

Betschart–Hüberli (SUI)

2

3 July

Ramos–Cavalcanti (BRA)

1

Xue–Wang X. (CHN)

0

6 July

Ramos–Cavalcanti (BRA)

2

Pavan–Humana-Paredes (CAN)

2

3 July

Klineman–A. Ross (USA)

0

Heidrich–Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

2

4 July

Körtzinger–Schneider (GER)

1

Heidrich–Vergé-Dépré (SUI)

1

3 July

Clancy–Artacho (AUS)

2

Clancy–Artacho (AUS)

2

5 July

Bansley–Wilkerson (CAN)

0

Clancy–Artacho (AUS)

2

3 July

Makroguzova–Kholomina (RUS)

0

Makroguzova–Kholomina (RUS)

2

4 July

Fernández–Baquerizo (ESP)

0

Makroguzova–Kholomina (RUS)

2

3 July

Ágatha–Duda (BRA)

1

Sweat–Walsh Jennings (USA)

0

5 July

Ágatha–Duda (BRA)

2

Clancy–Artacho (AUS)

0

3 July

Klineman–A. Ross (USA)

2

Bronze medal match

Stubbe–Van Iersel (NED)

2

4 July

6 July

Bieneck–Schneider (GER)

0

Stubbe–Van Iersel (NED)

0

Betschart–Hüberli (SUI)

0

3 July

Hughes–S. Ross (USA)

2

Clancy–Artacho (AUS)

2

Hughes–S. Ross (USA)

2

5 July

Kozuch–Ludwig (GER)

0

Hughes–S. Ross (USA)

0

3 July

Klineman–A. Ross (USA)

2

Klineman–A. Ross (USA)

2

4 July

Antonelli–Carol (BRA)

1

Klineman–A. Ross (USA)

2

3 July

Graudina–Kravčenoka (LAT)

0

Ukolova–Birlova (RUS)

0

Graudina–Kravčenoka (LAT)

2

Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament

• The top two teams from the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament qualified.

Qualified teams

Mean of qualification	Country	Qualifier	Seed
Host country	China	Xia Xinyi–Wang Fan	1
FIVB World Ranking	Brazil	Ângela Lavalle–Carolina Horta Máximo	2
	Canada	Heather Bansley–Brandie Wilkerson	3
	Australia	Becchara Palmer–Nicole Laird	4
	Netherlands	Sanne Keizer–Madelein Meppelink	5
	Switzerland	Anouk Vergé-Dépré–Joana Heidrich	6
	Italy	Marta Menegatti–Viktoria Orsi Toth	7
	Russia	Maria Voronina–Maria Bocharova	8
	Czech Republic	Barbora Hermannová–Markéta Sluková	9
	Spain	Liliana Fernández–Elsa Baquerizo	10
	Latvia	Tina Graudina–Anastasija Kravčenoka	11
	Slovakia	Andrea Štrbová–Natália Dubovcová	12
	Finland	Taru Lahti-Liukkonen–Anniina Parkkinen	13
	Germany	Sandra Ittlinger–Chantal Laboureur	14
	Japan	Miki Koshikawa–Megumi Murakami	15
	Austria	Tina Graudina–Anastasija Kravcenoka	16
Reallocation	Poland	Katarzyna Kociołek–Kinga Wojtasik	12

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

First round

Means of qualification

Qualified for the second round

Pool A Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Hermannová–Sluková 2 4 2 X.Y. Xia–Wang 2 3 3 Plesiutschnig–Schützenhöfer 2 3 4 Voronina–Bocharova 2 2 Source: FIVB

Pool B Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Menegatti–Orsi Toth 2 4 2 Liliana–Elsa 2 3 3 Ângela–Carolina Horta 2 3 4 Koshikawa–Murakami 2 2 Source: FIVB

Pool C Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Ittlinger–Laboureur 2 4 2 Vergé-Dépré–Heidrich 2 3 3 Graudina–Kravcenoka 2 3 4 Bansley–Brandie 2 2 Source: FIVB

Pool D Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Keizer–Meppelink 2 4 2 Lahti–Parkkinen 2 3 3 Kociołek–Wojtasik 2 3 4 Palmer–Laird 2 2 Source: FIVB

Second round

Means of qualification

Qualified for the third round

Pool E Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Hermannová–Sluková 2 4 2 Plesiutschnig–Schützenhöfer 2 3 3 Lahti–Parkkinen 2 2 Source: FIVB

Pool F Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Menegatti–Orsi Toth 2 4 2 Kociołek–Wojtasik 2 3 3 Vergé-Dépré–Heidrich 2 2 Source: FIVB

Pool G Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Ittlinger–Laboureur 2 4 2 Liliana–Elsa 2 3 3 Ângela–Carolina Horta 2 3 Source: FIVB

Pool H Pos Team Pld Pts 1 X.Y. Xia–Wang 2 4 2 Graudina–Kravcenoka 2 3 3 Keizer–Meppelink 2 3 Source: FIVB

Third round

Means of qualification

	Qualified for the final 1
	Qualified for the final 2

Pool I Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Liliana–Elsa 3 6 2 Hermannová–Sluková 3 5 3 Kociołek–Wojtasik 3 4 4 X.Y. Xia–Wang 3 3 Source: FIVB

Pool J Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Graudina–Kravcenoka 3 5 2 Ittlinger–Laboureur 3 5 3 Menegatti–Orsi Toth 3 5 4 Plesiutschnig–Schützenhöfer 3 3 Source: FIVB

Final round

Final 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
22 Sep	10:00	Liliana–Elsa	2–0	Ittlinger–Laboureur	18–21	21–17	15–10	54–48

Final 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
22 Sep	11:00	Graudina–Kravcenoka	2–1	Hermannová–Sluková	21–17	15–21	17–15	53–53

Olympic Ranking

15 teams qualified from the Olympic Ranking.

Top 25 Rankings as of June 15, 2020
Rank	Pair	Points	Qualified	Comment
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African Continental Cup

Asian Continental Cup

European Continental Cup

North American Continental Cup

South American Continental Cup

References

1. "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
2. "Host city election for the Olympic Summer Games 2020". IOC. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
3. "Provisional Olympic Ranking – Women". FIVB. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
4. "FIVB announces adaptation of Beach Volleyball Olympic qualification". FIVB. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
5. "Tournament teams". FIVB. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
6. "Late beach volleyball withdrawals add Austrian & Italian teams to World Championships". FIVB. 27 June 2019.