# Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for the 2020 women's Olympic volleyball tournament allocated twelve teams quota spots: the host, the winners of each of six Intercontinental Qualifying Tournaments, and five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions. Teams already qualified for the event were not eligible to play in the following qualification tournaments. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Qualification summary

| Event | Event | Dates | Venue(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool A | 1–4 August 2019 | Wrocław | 1 | Serbia |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool B | 1–4 August 2019 | Ningbo | 1 | China |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool C | 1–4 August 2019 | Bossier City | 1 | United States |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool D | 1–4 August 2019 | Uberlândia | 1 | Brazil |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool E | 1–4 August 2019 | Kaliningrad | 1 | ROC |
| Intercontinental Qualifier | Pool F | 1–4 August 2019 | Catania | 1 | Italy |
| African Qualifier | African Qualifier | 5–9 January 2020 | Yaoundé | 1 | Kenya |
| South American Qualifier | South American Qualifier | 7–9 January 2020 | Bogotá | 1 | Argentina |
| Asian Qualifier | Asian Qualifier | 7–12 January 2020 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 1 | South Korea |
| European Qualifier | European Qualifier | 7–12 January 2020 | Apeldoorn | 1 | Turkey |
| North American Qualifier | North American Qualifier | 10–12 January 2020 | Santo Domingo | 1 | Dominican Republic |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Timeline

| Confederation | Tournament | Tournament | Dates | Venue | Teams |
| FIVB (Intercontinental) | FIVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | Pool A | 2–4 August 2019 | Wrocław | 4 |
| FIVB (Intercontinental) | FIVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | Pool B | 2–4 August 2019 | Ningbo | 4 |
| FIVB (Intercontinental) | FIVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | Pool C | 2–4 August 2019 | Bossier City | 4 |
| FIVB (Intercontinental) | FIVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | Pool D | 1–3 August 2019 | Uberlândia | 4 |
| FIVB (Intercontinental) | FIVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | Pool E | 2–4 August 2019 | Kaliningrad | 4 |
| FIVB (Intercontinental) | FIVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | Pool F | 2–4 August 2019 | Catania | 4 |
| CAVB (Africa) | CAVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | CAVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | 5–9 January 2020 | Yaoundé | 5 |
| AVC (Asia and Oceania) | Asian Championship | Asian Championship | 17–25 August 2019 | Seoul | 11+2 |
| AVC (Asia and Oceania) | AVC Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | AVC Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | 7–12 January 2020 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 7 |
| CEV (Europe) | CEV Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | CEV Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | 7–12 January 2020 | Apeldoorn | 8 |
| NORCECA (North America) | NORCECA Champions Cup | NORCECA Champions Cup | 22–24 August 2019 | Colorado Springs | 4 |
| NORCECA (North America) | NORCECA Championship | NORCECA Championship | 8–13 October 2019 | San Juan | 8 |
| NORCECA (North America) | NORCECA Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | NORCECA Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | 10–12 January 2020 | Santo Domingo | 4 |
| CSV (South America) | South American Championship | South American Championship | 28 August–1 September 2019 | Cajamarca | 8 |
| CSV (South America) | CSV Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | CSV Tokyo Volleyball Qualification | 7–9 January 2020 | Bogotá | 4 |

## Host country

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2020 Olympic Games host country to participate in the tournament.
* Japan

## Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournaments

* The winners in each pool will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

### Qualification round

Twenty-four teams qualified for the competition as the top twenty-four teams of FIVB World Rankings on 1 January 2019 (except Japan who qualified as host.).
* Qualified to 2019 FIVB IOQT
* Qualified but withdrew
* 2020 Summer Olympics host country
| Seeding | Team | WC 2015 | OG 2016 | WGP 2017 | WCH 2018 | Total |
| 1 | Serbia | 90 | 90 | 42 | 100 | 322 |
| 2 | China | 100 | 100 | 40 | 80 | 320 |
| 3 | United States | 80 | 80 | 38 | 58 | 256 |
| 4 | Brazil | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 200 |
| 5 | Russia | 70 | 50 | 28 | 50 | 198 |
| – | Japan | 50 | 50 | 32 | 58 | 190 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 0 | 70 | 38 | 70 | 178 |
| 7 | Italy | 0 | 30 | 45 | 90 | 165 |
| 8 | South Korea | 40 | 50 | 18 | 30 | 138 |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 30 | 3 | 30 | 45 | 108 |
| 10 | Argentina | 25 | 30 | 8 | 30 | 93 |
| 11 | Turkey | 0 | 3 | 24 | 45 | 72 |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 20 | 14 | 36 | 70 |
| 13 | Thailand | 0 | 3 | 26 | 36 | 65 |
| 14 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 17 | 40 | 59 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 15 | 40 | 55 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 0 | 20 | 2 | 25 | 47 |
| 17 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 44 |
| 18 | Belgium | 0 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 42 |
| 19 | Kenya | 5 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 37 |
| 20 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 35 |
| 21 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 32 |
| 23 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 31 |
| – | Cuba | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 30 |
| 24 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 29 |

### Qualified teams

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 1 January 2019. Rankings are shown in brackets.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D | Pool E | Pool F |
| Serbia (1) | China (2) (H) | United States (3) (H) | Brazil (4) (H) | Russia (5) (H) | Netherlands (7) |
| Puerto Rico (13) | Turkey (12) | Argentina (11) | Dominican Republic (10) | South Korea (9) | Italy (8) (H) |
| Thailand (14) | Germany (15) | Bulgaria (16) | Cameroon (17) | Canada (18) | Belgium (19) |
| Poland (26) (H) | Czech Republic (24) | Kazakhstan (23) | Azerbaijan (22) | Mexico (21) | Kenya (20) |

#### Notes

* Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
* (H): Qualification group hosts

### Final round
#### Means of qualification

* Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

## Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments
### Africa

Of the 5 entered teams, only winner of this round was qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

#### Means of qualification

* Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

#### Round robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Kenya (Q) | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Cameroon (H) | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Egypt | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Botswana | 4 | 0 |

### Asia and Oceania

* The winners in final round will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

#### Qualified teams

Of the 61 AVC and IOC member associations, a total of 13 AVC member national teams entered the qualifying stage
| Pool A | Pool B |
| South Korea (H) | Japan |
| Iran | Kazakhstan |
| Hong Kong | Australia |
| | India |
| Pool C | Pool D |
| Thailand | China |
| Chinese Taipei | Sri Lanka |
| New Zealand | Indonesia |
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Thailand (H) | South Korea |
| Chinese Taipei | Kazakhstan |
| Australia | Iran |
| | Indonesia |

##### Notes

* Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.
* (H): Qualification group hosts

#### Qualification round

Of the 13 qualified teams, top eight teams (excluding Japan, and 2019 IOQT pool B winners China) will be qualified to the next round.

#### Means of qualification

* Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament
* Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament playoffs

#### 9th–12th Classification round

| Ninth place playoffs | Ninth place playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 24 August | 24 August |
| Hong Kong | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 25 August | 25 August |
| India (Q) | 3 | 25 August | 25 August |
| India (Q) | 3 | India | 2 |
| 24 August | 24 August | | India | 2 |
| 24 August | 24 August | Australia | 3 |
| Australia (Q) | 3 | Australia | 3 |
| New Zealand | 2 | | |
| New Zealand | 2 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 25 August | 25 August |
| | | Hong Kong | 3 |
| | | New Zealand | 1 |

#### Final round

Of the 8 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

#### Means of qualification

* Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament semifinals
Final four
 Semi-finalsFinal        11 January   South Korea3 12 January  Chinese Taipei1
  South Korea (Q)3 11 January  Thailand0
  Thailand3   Kazakhstan1
 Third place  12 January   Chinese Taipei1   Kazakhstan3 :

### Europe

* The winners in final round will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

#### Qualification round

Eight teams qualified for the competition as the top eight teams of CEV European Rankings on 1 October 2019 (except Serbia, Russia and Italy who qualified as Intercontinental Qualifier winners).
* Qualified to 2019 CEV COQT
* Qualified as Intercontinental Qualifier winners
| Seeding | Team | ECH 2019 | ECH 2017 | WCH 2018 | WGP 2017 | Total |
| – | Serbia | 100 | 100 | 50 | 48 | 298 |
| – | Italy | 96 | 92 | 48 | 50 | 286 |
| 1 | Netherlands | 92 | 98 | 46 | 46 | 282 |
| 2 | Turkey | 98 | 96 | 42 | 42 | 278 |
| – | Russia | 88 | 90 | 44 | 44 | 266 |
| 3 | Germany | 90 | 86 | 40 | 36 | 252 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 86 | 84 | 40 | 32 | 242 |
| 5 | Poland | 94 | 82 | 26 | 38 | 240 |
| 6 | Belgium | 84 | 74 | 34 | 40 | 232 |
| 7 | Croatia | 80 | 80 | 24 | 30 | 214 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 82 | 94 | 36 | 0 | 212 |

#### Final round

Of the 8 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

#### Means of qualification

* Qualified for the European Olympic Qualification Tournament semifinals
Final four
 Semi-finalsFinal        11 January   Poland2 12 January  Turkey3
  Turkey (Q)3 11 January  Germany0
  Germany3   Netherlands0 :

### North America

* The winners in final round will qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

#### Qualified teams

Of the 35 NORCECA and IOC member associations, a total of 8 NORCECA member national teams entered the qualifying stage.
* Round robin
* United States (H)
* Dominican Republic
* Puerto Rico
* Canada
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Puerto Rico (H) | United States |
| Canada | Dominican Republic |
| Cuba | Mexico |
| Costa Rica | Trinidad and Tobago |
* Round robin
* Dominican Republic (H)
* Canada
* Puerto Rico
* Mexico

##### Notes

* Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.
* (H): Qualification group hosts

#### Qualification round

The 2019 NORCECA Champions Cup champions and the top three teams from the 2019 NORCECA Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics will compete in the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament.

#### Means of qualification

* Qualified for the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament
* Qualified for the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament playoffs

#### NORCECA Championship – Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| | | 12 October | 12 October | | |
| | | Puerto Rico | 2 | |
| 11 October | 11 October | | Puerto Rico | 2 | |
| 11 October | 11 October | Dominican Republic | 3 | |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | Dominican Republic | 3 | |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | | | | 13 October | 13 October |
| Cuba | 0 | | | | 13 October | 13 October |
| Cuba | 0 | | | | Dominican Republic | 3 |
| | | | | | United States | 2 |
| | | 12 October | 12 October | | | |
| | | United States | 3 | | | |
| 11 October | 11 October | | United States | 3 | | |
| 11 October | 11 October | Canada | 0 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Canada (Q) | 3 | Canada | 0 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Canada (Q) | 3 | | | | 13 October | 13 October |
| Mexico | 1 | | | | 13 October | 13 October |
| Mexico | 1 | | | | Puerto Rico | 0 |
| | | | | | Canada | 3 |
| 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 13 October | 13 October |
| Cuba | 1 |
| Mexico (Q) | 3 |

#### Final round

Of the 4 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

#### Means of qualification

* Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

#### Round robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Dominican Republic (H, Q) | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 3 |
Source: FIVB (H) Host. (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

### South America

* The winners in final round will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

#### Qualified teams

Of the 11 CSV and IOC member associations, a total of 8 CSV member national teams entered the qualifying stage
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Brazil | Peru (H) |
| Argentina | Colombia |
| Venezuela | Bolivia |
| Ecuador | Uruguay |
* Round robin
* Colombia (H)
* Argentina
* Peru
* Venezuela

##### Notes

* Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament.
* (H): Qualification group hosts

#### Qualification round

The top four teams from the 2019 South American Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Olympic Games will compete in the South American Olympic Qualification Tournament.

#### Means of qualification

* Qualified for the South American Olympic Qualification Tournament
* Qualified for the South American Olympic Qualification Tournament playoffs

#### 5th–8th Classification round

| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 31 Aug | 31 Aug |
| Venezuela | 3 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1 Sept | 1 Sept |
| Uruguay | 0 | 1 Sept | 1 Sept |
| Uruguay | 0 | Venezuela (Q) | 3 |
| 31 Aug | 31 Aug | | Venezuela (Q) | 3 |
| 31 Aug | 31 Aug | Bolivia | 0 |
| Bolivia | 3 | Bolivia | 0 |
| Ecuador | 0 | | |

#### Final round

Of the 4 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

#### Means of qualification

* Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

#### Round robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Argentina (Q) | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Colombia (H) | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Peru | 3 | 0 |