Women Beach Volleyball XXXI Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Women Beach Volleyball XXXI Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) - 07.08-

Indoor #Men 2016 Indoor #Women 2016 #Men Beach 2016

Qualification
host Quota
Bárbara Bednarczuk / Agatha Seixas	Brazil\|\|Brazil	2.	16	7230
World Champion
Talita Antunes / Larissa França	Brazil\|\|Brazil	1.	14	7700
From Women Beach 2016 Olympic Ranking.
April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings	United States\|\|United States	3.	14	6670
Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst	Germany\|\|Germany	4.	18	6500
Heather Bansley / Sarah Pavan	Canada\|\|Canada	5.	15	6150
Madelein Meppelink / Marleen van Iersel	Netherlands\|\|Netherlands	6.	17	5920
Louise Bawden / Taliqua Clancy	Australia\|\|Australia	7.	15	5470
Marta Menegatti / Victoria Orsi Toth	Italy\|\|Italy	8.	21	5300
Karla Borger / Britta Büthe	Germany\|\|Germany	9.	19	5260
Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernández	Spain\|\|Spain	10.	21	4830
Monika Brzostek / Kinga Kołosińska	Poland\|\|Poland	11.	18	4800
Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Vergé-Dépré	Switzerland\|\|Switzerland	14.	24	4640
Jamie Broder / Kristina Valjas	Canada\|\|Canada	15.	20	4640
Joana Heidrich / Nadine Zumkehr	Switzerland\|\|Switzerland	16.	23	4620
Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat	United States\|\|United States	17.	19	4470
Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug	Argentina\|\|Argentina	19.	22	4220
Wang Fan / Yuan Yue	China\|\|China	20.	21	4150
From Continental Cup (Continental Final)
van Gestel / van der Vlist	Netherlands\|\|Netherlands	--.	15	3080
Pazo / Agudo	Venezuela\|\|Venezuela	--.	17	2540
Artacho Del Solar / Laird	Australia\|\|Australia	--.	10	1890
C. Charles / Alfaro	Costa Rica\|\|Costa Rica	--.	6	570
-- / --	Egypt\|\|Egypt
From Continental Cup (Olympic Final)
-- / --	&\|\|
-- / --	&\|\|

How they qualidy

1 quota for host Brazil.

1 quota for Beach Volleyball World Champion 2015.

15 quotas for highest ranked teams in Olympic Ranking as of 13 June 2016. Maximum 2 quota per NOC - Women Beach 2016 Olympic Ranking.

5 quotas for Beach Continental Cup (Continental Final) 20-26 June 2016.

2 quotas for Beach Continental Cup (Olympic Final) 20-26 June 2016.

Matches will be played at Copacabana.

Format:

1. 6 Round Robin Groups of 4 teams. First 2 and best 2 3rd places progress.

-. Rest 3rd places play loser playoff to fill the bracket for Eight-Finals (1/8).

2. Eliminations.

a. Eight-Finals (1/8)

b. Quarter-Finals (1/4).

c. Semi-Finals (1/2).

d. Final and Bronze Medal Match.

Groups Round.

First 2 and best 2 3rd places to 1/8 Finals. Other 4 3rd places in looser playoff to find last 2 teams to 1/8 Finals.

Draw in Gstaad, Switzerland on July 9.

Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev