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

The women's qualification for the Olympic volleyball tournament happened between September 2023 and June 2024. This process decided which twelve teams would play in the final tournament. As the host country, France automatically got a spot for its women's team. This was the first time France's women's team participated in the Olympic volleyball tournament.

The other eleven spots were filled in two main ways. First, the top two teams from each of three special Olympic qualification tournaments earned their places directly. Second, the last five spots were given to teams based on their world rankings by June 2024. This was done to make sure teams from all continents had a chance to play, especially if their continent didn't have a team qualified yet.

How Teams Qualified

This table shows how the twelve teams earned their spots for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

How they qualified		When	Where	Spots	Qualified Team
Host nation		N/A		1	FRA
Olympic Qualification Tournaments	Pool A	September 16–24, 2023	Ningbo	2	DOM
					SRB
	Pool B		Tokyo	2	TUR
					BRA
	Pool C		Łódź	2	USA
					POL
World Ranking		June 17, 2024	N/A	5	CHN
					KEN
					ITA
					JPN
					NED
Total				12

Host Country Spot

The FIVB, which is the world volleyball organization, gave one spot to the host country of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

•  FRA

Olympic Qualification Tournaments

This was a major way for teams to qualify. The teams that finished first and second in each of the three special qualification tournaments earned their spots for Paris 2024.

Teams that Competed

The FIVB announced which twenty-four teams could play in these Olympic qualification tournaments. They chose these teams based on their world rankings from September 12, 2022. France was not included because they already qualified as the host. Russia was not allowed to compete due to the invasion of Ukraine.

Here are the top teams that were eligible to play in the qualification tournaments:

•  SRB
•  ITA
•  BRA
•  USA
•  CHN
•  JPN
•  TUR
•  DOM
•  POL
•  BEL
•  NED
•  GER
•  CAN
•  THA
•  BUL
•  PUR
•  CZE
•  COL
•  MEX
•  ARG
•  KOR
•  UKR
•  SLO
•  PER

Tournament Pools

The 24 teams were divided into three groups, called pools. Each pool played in a different country.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
CHN	JPN	POL
SRB	BRA	ITA
DOM	TUR	USA
NED	BEL	GER
CAN	BUL	THA
CZE	PUR	COL
MEX	ARG	KOR
UKR	PER	SLO

Pool A in China

The games for Pool A were held in Ningbo, China. The top two teams from this pool qualified for the Olympics.

•  DOM
•  SRB

Pool B in Japan

The games for Pool B took place in Tokyo, Japan. The top two teams from this pool also earned their Olympic spots.

•  TUR
•  BRA

Pool C in Poland

The games for Pool C were played in Łódź, Poland. The top two teams here also qualified for the Olympics.

•  USA
•  POL

World Ranking Qualification

The last five spots for the Olympics were given to teams based on their FIVB world ranking. This ranking was finalized after the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Nations League ended.

The FIVB used a special rule called the "universality principle." This meant they first picked the highest-ranked teams from continents that didn't have any qualified teams yet. After that, they picked the next highest-ranked teams from anywhere in the world.

Here are the teams that qualified through the world ranking system:

•  CHN (from Asia)
•  KEN (from Africa)
•  ITA
•  JPN
•  NED

See also

• Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
• 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League