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Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification facts for kids

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This article explains how women's beach volleyball teams qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 24 teams from different countries competed. Each country could send a maximum of two teams. As the host country, France automatically got one spot.

The other 23 spots were earned through different competitions. One spot went to the winners of the 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. Seventeen spots were given based on a special Olympic ranking list. The final five spots were decided at five different continental tournaments.

How Teams Qualified

Here's a quick look at how the 24 spots for the Paris 2024 Olympics were filled:

Qualification Date Host Spots Qualified Country
Host nation N/A 1  France
2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships October 6–15, 2023 Mexico Tlaxcala 1  United States
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking June 9, 2024 Switzerland Lausanne 17  Brazil
 United States
 Canada
 Brazil
 Netherlands
 Switzerland
 Latvia
 China
 Italy
 Germany
 Australia
 Switzerland
 Spain
 Germany
 France
 Lithuania
 Spain
2023–2024 CEV Continental Cup Final June 13–16, 2024 Latvia Jūrmala 1  Czech Republica
2023–2024 CSV Continental Cup Final June 14–16, 2024 Paraguay Asunción 1  Paraguay
2023–2024 CAVB Continental Cup Final June 20–23, 2024  Martil 1  Egypt
2023–2024 AVC Continental Cup Final June 21–23, 2024 China Ningbo 1  Japan
2023–2024 NORCECA Continental Cup Final June 21–23, 2024  Tlaxcala 1  Canada
Total 24
Notes
a The Netherlands won the CEV Continental Cup first. But, they didn't have a team that met all the rules. So, the spot went to the Czech Republic, who finished second.

Host Country Spot

Since Paris is hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics, France automatically got one spot for a women's beach volleyball team.

2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

The team that won the 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships earned a direct spot for the Paris 2024 Olympics. This big event happened from October 6 to 15 in Mexico.

Top Teams

Here are the top teams from the World Championships:

Rank Country Players
1  United States Sara Hughes – Kelly Cheng
2  Brazil Ana Patrícia Ramos – Eduarda Santos Lisboa
3  United States Kristen Nuss – Taryn Kloth
4  Australia Mariafe Artacho del Solar – Taliqua Clancy
This team qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics

FIVB Olympic Rankings

Seventeen teams earned their spots for Paris 2024 based on their points in the FIVB Olympic ranking. These points were collected from January 1, 2023, to June 9, 2024. Teams earned points from their twelve best performances together.

Events that counted for points included:

  • 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
  • 2023–2024 Beach Pro Tour (different levels of tournaments)
  • 2023–2024 FIVB Continental Tours Finals
Qualified directly for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Qualified as world champions for the 2024 Summer Olympics
This country already had two teams qualified, so this team couldn't get a spot.
No. Rank Players Country FIVB Points Country Rank
1 1 Eduarda Santos Lisboa – Ana Patrícia Ramos  Brazil 13,160 1
2 2 Kristen Nuss – Taryn Kloth  United States 11,960 1
3 (WC) 3 Sara Hughes – Kelly Cheng  United States 11,400 2
4 4 Melissa Humana-Paredes – Brandie Wilkerson  Canada 10,720 1
5 5 Carolina Solberg Salgado – Bárbara Seixas  Brazil 10,440 2
6 6 Katja Stam – Raïsa Schoon  Netherlands 10,380 1
7 7 Tanja Hüberli – Nina Brunner  Switzerland 10,160 1
8 8 Tīna Graudiņa – Anastasija Kravčenoka  Latvia 9,560 1
9 9 Xia Xinyi – Xue Chen  China 9,400 1
10 10 Valentina Gottardi – Marta Menegatti  Italy 9,140 1
11 11 Svenja Müller – Cinja Tillmann  Germany 8,920 1
12 Tainá Bigi – Victória Lopes  Brazil 8,480
13 12 Taliqua Clancy – Mariafe Artacho del Solar  Australia 8,440 1
14 Ágatha Bednarczuk – Rebecca Cavalcante  Brazil 8,260
15 13 Esmée Böbner – Zoé Vergé-Dépré  Switzerland 7,900 2
16 14 Daniela Álvarez Mendoza – Tania Moreno  Spain 7,820 1
17 15 Laura Ludwig – Louisa Lippmann  Germany 7,720 2
18 Anouk Vergé-Dépré – Joana Mäder  Switzerland 7,580
19 Sandra Ittlinger – Karla Borger  Germany 7,360
20 Julia Scoles – Betsi Flint  United States 7,340
21 16 Lézana Placette – Alexia Richard  France 6,920 1
22 17 Monika Paulikienė – Ainė Raupelytė  Lithuania 6,900 1
23 18 Liliana Fernández – Paula Soria  Spain 6,800 2

Continental Cup Finals

The last five spots for the Olympics were given to the winning countries from five different Continental Cup tournaments. These finals took place between June 13 and 23, 2024.

Africa

The country that won the 2024 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Final in Martil, Morocco, earned a spot for Paris 2024.

Rankings

Rank Country
1  Egypt
2  Nigeria
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics

Asia and Oceania

The winning country from the 2024 AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Final in Ningbo, China, secured a spot for Paris 2024.

Rankings

Rank Country
1  Japan
2  China
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics

Europe

The country that won the 2024 CEV Beach Volley Nations Cup Final in Jūrmala, Latvia, got a spot for Paris 2024.

Rankings

Rank Country
1  Netherlands
2  Czech Republic
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics

North America, Central America, and the Caribbean

The winning country from the 2024 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour Finals in Tlaxcala, Mexico, secured a spot for Paris 2024.

Rankings

Rank Country
1  Canada
2  Mexico
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics

South America

The country that won the 2024 CSV Clasificatório Olímpico in Asunción, Paraguay, earned a spot for Paris 2024.

Rankings

Rank Country
1  Paraguay
2  Argentina
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics
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