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

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.

## Qualification summary

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | — | — | 1 | Brazil |
| 2015 World Championships | 26 June – 5 July 2015 | Netherlands | 1 | Brazil |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | United States |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Germany |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Canada |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Netherlands |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Australia |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Italy |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Germany |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Spain |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Poland |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Switzerland |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Canada |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Switzerland |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | United States |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | Argentina |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking | 13 June 2016 | Lausanne | 15 | China |
| 2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup | 20–26 June 2016 | Cairns | 1 | Australia |
| 2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup | 12–18 April 2016 | Abuja | 1 | Egypt |
| 2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup | 22–26 June 2016 | Stavanger | 1 | Netherlands |
| 2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup | 22–26 June 2016 | Santa Fe | 1 | Venezuela |
| 2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup | 20–26 June 2016 | Guaymas | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 2016 FIVB World Continental Cup | 6–10 July 2016 | Sochi | 2 | Czech Republic |
| 2016 FIVB World Continental Cup | 6–10 July 2016 | Sochi | 2 | Russia |
| Total | Total | Total | 24 | |

## 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.
Top 25 Rankings as of June 12, 2016. :
| Rank | Pair | Points | Qualified | Comment |
| 1 | Larissa França & Talita Antunes | 7,700 | | Already qualified as host country representatives |
| 2 | Ágatha Bednarczuk & Bárbara Seixas | 7,230 | | Already qualified as World Champions |
| 3 | Kerri Walsh Jennings & April Ross | 6,670 | 1 | |
| 4 | Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst | 6,500 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sarah Pavan & Heather Bansley | 6,150 | 3 | |
| 6 | Madelein Meppelink & Marleen van Iersel | 5,920 | 4 | |
| 7 | Louise Bawden & Taliqua Clancy | 5,470 | 5 | |
| 8 | Marta Menegatti & Viktoria Orsi Toth | 5,300 | 6 | Orsi Toth was later replaced by Laura Giombini |
| 9 | Karla Borger & Britta Büthe | 5,260 | 7 | |
| 10 | Liliana Fernández & Elsa Baquerizo | 4,830 | 8 | |
| 11 | Kinga Kołosińska & Monika Brzostek | 4,800 | 9 | |
| 12 | Katrin Holtwick & Ilka Semmler | 4,770 | | Not qualified due to country quota |
| 13 | Juliana Silva & Maria Antonelli | 4,710 | | Not qualified due to country quota |
| 14 | Isabelle Forrer & Anouk Vergé-Dépré | 4,640 | 10 | |
| 15 | Jamie Broder & Kristina Valjas | 4,640 | 11 | |
| 16 | Joana Heidrich & Nadine Zumkehr | 4,620 | 12 | |
| 17 | Lauren Fendrick & Brooke Sweat | 4,470 | 13 | |
| 18 | Chantal Laboureur & Julia Sude | 4,350 | | Not qualified due to country quota |
| 19 | Ana Gallay & Georgina Klug | 4,220 | 14 | |
| 20 | Wang Fan & Yue Yuan | 4,220 | 15 | |
| 21 | Jennifer Kessy & Emily Day | 3,980 | | |
| 22 | Linline Matauatu & Miller Pata | 3,960 | | |
| 23 | Evgenia Ukolova & Ekaterina Birlova | 3,950 | | Qualified through the World Continental Cup |
| 24 | Riikka Lehtonen & Taru Lahti | 3,740 | | |
| 25 | Elize Maia & Eduarda Lisboa | 3,630 | | |

## 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