Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[1] for beach volleyball published by FIVB contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.
The women's qualification for the Olympicbeach volleyballtournament will occur between January 2023 and June 2024. The competition will comprise a total of 24 women's beach volleyball pairs coming from different NOCs, similar to those in the previous editions; each NOC can enter a maximum of two pairs in the women's tournament. As the host nation, France reserves the direct spot for the women's beach volleyball pair.[2][3]
The remainder of the twenty-four team field must endure a tripartite qualification pathway to obtain a ticket for Paris 2024, abiding by the universality principle and respecting the two-pair NOC limit. The initial spot was directly awarded to the women's winners, respectively, from the 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, scheduled from 6 to 15 October in Mexico, with the seventeen highest-ranked eligible women's pairs joining them in the field through the FIVB Olympic ranking list (based on the twelve best performances achieved as a pair) between 1 January 2023 and 9 June 2024. The events valid for ranking results include but are not limited to the following:[1][3]
2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
2023–2024 Beach Pro Tour (Elite, Challenge, Future, and Finals)
2023–2024 FIVB Continental Tours Finals
The final five spots will be attributed to the highest-ranked eligible NOCs from each of the five continental qualification tournaments, namely the AVC Continental Cup Final for Asia and Oceania; the CAVB Continental Cup Final for Africa; the CEV Continental Cup Final for Europe; the CSV Continental Cup Final for South America; and the NORCECA Continental Cup Final for North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The final phase of these five events will occur between 13 and 23 June 2024.[3]
a The Netherlands originally won the CEV Continental Cup. However, there was no athlete who met the requirements set by the Dutch NOC. Therefore, the NOC forfeited quota spot, and the Czech Republic as the runners-up received the reallocated quota spot.
Host country
FIVB reserved a berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the beach volleyball tournament.[2]
The winning women's pair of the 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, scheduled from 6 to 15 October in Mexico, secured a spot for Paris 2024.[4][3]
The seventeen highest-ranked eligible women's pairs will secure a direct spot for Paris 2024 based on the FIVB Olympic ranking points accrued in the twelve best performances as a pair from 1 January 2023 to 9 June 2024. The events valid for ranking results include but are not limited to the following:[1][3]
2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
2023–2024 Beach Pro Tour (Elite, Challenge, Future, and Finals)
The final five spots will be attributed to the highest-ranked eligible NOCs from each of the five continental qualification tournaments (Africa; Asia and Oceania; Europe; North America, Central America, and the Caribbean; and South America). The final phase of these five events will occur between 13 and 23 June 2024.[3]
Africa
The winning NOC of the 2024 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup, scheduled from 20 to 23 June in Martil, Morocco, secured a spot for Paris 2024.
The winning NOC of the 2024 AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Final, scheduled from 21 to 23 June in Ningbo, China, secured a spot for Paris 2024.[6]