Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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The qualification for the 2016 Women's Olympic volleyball tournament is held from 22 August 2015 to 22 May 2016. Twelve teams will qualify, the hosts, the FIVB World Cup champion and runner-up, five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions, and four teams from the World Olympic qualification tournament respectively.[1] Teams already qualified for the event are not eligible to play in the following qualification tournaments.

Qualification summary

Means of qualification
DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country2 October 2009Denmark Copenhagen1 Brazil
2015 World Cup22 August – 6 September 2015 Japan2 China
 Serbia
European Qualifier4–9 January 2016Turkey Ankara1 Russia
South American Qualifier6–10 January 2016Argentina Bariloche1 Argentina
North American Qualifier7–9 January 2016United States Lincoln1 United States
African Qualifier12–16 February 2016Cameroon Yaoundé1 Cameroon
Asian Qualifier14–22 May 2016Japan Tokyo1
1st World Qualifier3 
 
 
2nd World Qualifier20–22 May 2016Puerto Rico San Juan1
Total12

Means of qualification

Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the 2016 World Olympics Qualification Tournament

Pool standing procedure

For all qualification tournaments

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

For North American qualification tournament only

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Points ratio
  4. Sets ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser

Host country

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

FIVB World cup

The winners and runners-up from 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Cup qualified for the Olympics.

Rank Team
1st  China
2nd  Serbia
3rd  United States
4  Russia
5  Japan
6  South Korea
7  Dominican Republic
8  Argentina
9  Cuba
10  Kenya
11  Peru
12  Algeria

Continental qualification tournaments

Africa

African Olympic Qualification Tournament
The winners qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. The second and third teams would play in World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Rank Team
1  Cameroon
2  Egypt
3  Kenya
4  Algeria
5  Botswana
6  Tunisia
7  Uganda

Asia

Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament
The Asian Olympic qualification tournament will combine with World Olympic qualification tournaments. The host teams and the top three ranked teams from the World ranking as of 1 January 2016 will compete in the tournament. And, the top ranked among the four teams will qualify as Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament winners.

Europe

European Olympic Qualification Tournament
The winners qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. The second and third teams would play in World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Rank Team
1  Russia
2  Netherlands
3  Italy
4  Turkey
5  Germany
6  Belgium
7  Poland
8  Croatia

North America

NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament
The top four ranked teams from the 2015 NORCECA Volleyball Championship competed in this tournament. The winners qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. The second and third teams would play in the World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Matches Pts Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  United States 3 0 14 249 173 1.439 9 1 9.000
2  Dominican Republic 2 1 8 249 246 1.012 6 5 1.200
3  Puerto Rico 1 2 7 232 258 0.899 5 6 0.833
4  Canada 0 3 1 205 258 0.795 1 9 0.111
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jan 17:00 Dominican Republic  3–1  Puerto Rico 17–25 25–13 25–23 25–23   92–84 P2 P3
7 Jan 19:00 United States  3–0  Canada 25–18 25–18 25–15     75–51 P2 P3
8 Jan 17:00 Canada  1–3  Dominican Republic 27–25 16–25 24–26 20–25   87–101 P2 P3
8 Jan 19:00 United States  3–1  Puerto Rico 25–14 24–26 25–12 25–14   99–66 P2 P3
9 Jan 17:00 Puerto Rico  3–0  Canada 32–30 25–17 25–20     82–67 P2 P3
9 Jan 20:00 United States  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–19 25–19 25–18     75–56 P2 P3

South America

South American Olympic Qualification Tournament
The winners qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. The second and third teams would play in World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Argentina 4 0 12 12 1 12.000 318 231 1.377
2  Peru 3 1 9 9 3 3.000 284 247 1.150
3  Colombia 2 2 5 6 9 0.667 332 329 1.009
4  Venezuela 1 3 4 6 9 0.667 315 314 1.003
5  Chile 0 4 0 1 12 0.083 193 321 0.601
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jan 15:00 Colombia  3–2  Venezuela 25–14 15–25 21–25 25–17 17–15 103–96 Result
6 Jan 19:00 Chile  0–3  Argentina 10–25 15–25 14–25     39–75 Result
7 Jan 16:00 Chile  0–3  Peru 10–25 13–25 10–25     33–75 Result
7 Jan 19:00 Venezuela  1–3  Argentina 18–25 16–25 25–17 18–25   77–92 Result
8 Jan 16:00 Venezuela  3–0  Chile 25–22 25–13 25–9     75–44 Result
8 Jan 19:00 Peru  3–0  Colombia 30–28 25–22 25–22     80–72 Result
9 Jan 14:00 Peru  3–0  Venezuela 25–23 25–22 25–22     75–67 Result
9 Jan 17:00 Argentina  3–0  Colombia 25–20 26–24 25–17     76–61 Result
10 Jan 14:00 Colombia  3–1  Chile 25–17 21–25 25–19 25–16   96–77 Result
10 Jan 17:00 Argentina  3–0  Peru 25–20 25–20 25–14     75–54 Result

World qualification tournaments

World Olympic qualification tournaments
There will be 2 tournaments to get 5 remaining spots in the 2016 Olympic Games. Only the teams which have not yet qualified from the 3 events above can play in the tournament. 12 teams have rights to play in this tournament, Japan as a host of 1st tournament, the top three Asian teams from World ranking as of 1 January 2016, and the 2nd and 3rd place from continental qualification tournaments. The 1st tournament is combined with the Asian Olympic qualification tournament which will play in Japan. The best ranked Asian team will qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games. The best three ranked teams, excluding the best Asian team, will also secure the vacancies in the 2016 Olympic Games. The 2nd tournament which will be held in Puerto Rico consists of 4 teams, and only the best ranked team will take the last spot for the 2016 Olympic Games. The table below showed the allocation of 12 qualified teams.[2]

1st tournament2nd tournament
QualificationQualifierQualificationQualifierQualificationQualifier
Host country JapanEuropean QT NetherlandsAfrican QT Kenya
World Ranking for Asian teams South Korea Italy Algeria
 ThailandNorth American QT 2nd Dominican RepublicNorth American QT 3rd Puerto Rico
 KazakhstanSouth American QT 2nd PeruSouth American QT 3rd Colombia

1st tournament

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Peru 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 May 10:00 South Korea  –  Italy – – –     –  
14 May 12:45 Thailand  –  Dominican Republic – – –     –  
14 May 15:30 Kazakhstan  –  Netherlands – – –     –  
14 May 19:05 Japan  –  Peru – – –     –  
15 May 10:00 Italy  –  Thailand – – –     –  
15 May 12:45 Peru  –  Dominican Republic – – –     –  
15 May 15:30 Netherlands  –  South Korea – – –     –  
15 May 19:10 Japan  –  Kazakhstan – – –     –  
17 May 10:00 Kazakhstan  –  Peru – – –     –  
17 May 12:45 Dominican Republic  –  Italy – – –     –  
17 May 15:30 Thailand  –  Netherlands – – –     –  
17 May 19:05 South Korea  –  Japan – – –     –  
18 May 10:00 Peru  –  Italy – – –     –  
18 May 12:45 Kazakhstan  –  South Korea – – –     –  
18 May 15:30 Netherlands  –  Dominican Republic – – –     –  
18 May 19:10 Japan  –  Thailand – – –     –  
20 May 10:00 Thailand  –  Kazakhstan – – –     –  
20 May 12:45 South Korea  –  Peru – – –     –  
20 May 15:30 Italy  –  Netherlands – – –     –  
20 May 19:05 Dominican Republic  –  Japan – – –     –  
21 May 10:00 South Korea  –  Thailand – – –     –  
21 May 12:45 Kazakhstan  –  Dominican Republic – – –     –  
21 May 15:30 Peru  –  Netherlands – – –     –  
21 May 19:10 Japan  –  Italy – – –     –  
22 May 10:00 Dominican Republic  –  South Korea – – –     –  
22 May 12:45 Thailand  –  Peru – – –     –  
22 May 15:30 Italy  –  Kazakhstan – – –     –  
22 May 19:05 Netherlands  –  Japan – – –     –  

2nd tournament

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
1  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 MAX 0 0 MAX
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 May 17:00 Kenya  –  Colombia – – –     –  
20 May 20:00 Puerto Rico  –  Algeria – – –     –  
21 May 17:00 Kenya  –  Algeria – – –     –  
21 May 20:00 Puerto Rico  –  Colombia – – –     –  
22 May 15:00 Colombia  –  Algeria – – –     –  
22 May 18:00 Puerto Rico  –  Kenya – – –     –  

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Qualification Process". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Qualification Detail". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Line-up for Intercontinental qualifier". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

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