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
Host country
reserved a vacancy for the Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.
The winners from 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships qualified for the Olympics.
The World Champions were:
15 teams qualified from the Olympic Ranking.One winner from each Continental Cup qualified for the Olympics. Two teams qualified from the World Continental Cup.Africa
Final standing:
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- selected Doaa Elghobashy & Nada Meawad to compete in the Olympics.
- and qualified to the World Continental Cup, but neither played there.
Asia and Oceania
Final standing:
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- selected Mariafe Artacho & Nicole Laird to compete in the Olympics.
- and qualified to the World Continental Cup.
Europe
Final standing:
Final standing:
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- selected Nathalia Alfaro & Karen Cope to compete in the Olympics.
- and qualified to the World Continental Cup, but Cuba did not play there.
South America
Final standing:
Winners:
