The women's qualification for the Olympic volleyball tournament will occur between September 2023 and June 2024, allocating twelve teams for the final tournament. As the host nation, France reserves a direct spot each for the women's team, marking the country's maiden participation in the Olympic tournament.[2]

The remainder of the twelve-team field must endure a dual qualification pathway to secure the quota places for Paris 2024. First, the winners and runners-up from each of the three Olympic qualification tournaments will qualify directly for the Games. Second, the last five berths will be attributed to the eligible NOCs based on the FIVB world rankings by June 2024, abiding by the universality principle, that is, prioritizing those from the continents without a qualified team yet in the Paris 2024 tournament.[2][3]

Qualification summary

Qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified team
Host nation — 1  France
FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournaments[4] Pool A 16–24 September 2023 China Ningbo 2  Dominican Republic
 Serbia
Pool B Japan Tokyo 2  Turkey
 Brazil
Pool C Poland Łódź 2  United States
 Poland
World Ranking qualification pathway 17 June 2024 — 5
Total 12

Host country

FIVB reserved a berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.[2]

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament

As a principal route for the tournament, the winners and runners-up in each of the three qualification pools secured the quota places for Paris 2024.[2]

Qualified teams

FIVB released the names of the twenty-four teams eligible to compete in the women's Olympic qualification tournaments for Paris 2024 through the federation's world rankings of 12 September 2022 (except France — qualified for the Games as the host nation; and Russia — ineligible because of the country's invasion of Ukraine).[5][6]

Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament
Qualified as hosts for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Ineligible for international competition[6]
Seed Team Points
1 Serbia393
2 Italy391
3 Brazil381
4 United States354
5 China338
6 Japan316
7 Turkey299
— Russia278
8 Dominican Republic262
9 Poland252
10 Belgium244
11 Netherlands243
12 Germany219
13 Canada210
14 Thailand207
15 Bulgaria193
16 Puerto Rico177
17 Czech Republic164
18 Colombia163
19 Mexico160
— France159
20 Argentina150
21 South Korea149
22 Ukraine148
23 Slovenia140
24 Peru136

Pool draw

Pool A Pool B Pool C
 China  Japan  Poland
 Serbia  Brazil  Italy
 Dominican Republic  Turkey  United States
 Netherlands  Belgium  Germany
 Canada  Bulgaria  Thailand
 Czech Republic  Puerto Rico  Colombia
 Mexico  Argentina  South Korea
 Ukraine  Peru  Slovenia

Pool A (China)

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Dominican Republic 7 6 1 17 20 9 2.222 670 597 1.122 Qualified for the
2024 Olympics
2  Serbia 7 5 2 15 17 7 2.429 576 507 1.136
3  Canada 7 5 2 14 17 11 1.545 615 600 1.025
4  China (H) 7 4 3 14 17 10 1.700 620 544 1.140
5  Netherlands 7 4 3 13 16 11 1.455 599 561 1.068
6  Ukraine 7 2 5 6 7 17 0.412 493 563 0.876
7  Czech Republic 7 2 5 5 8 18 0.444 545 610 0.893
8  Mexico 7 0 7 0 2 21 0.095 435 571 0.762

Pool B (Japan)

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Turkey 7 7 0 21 21 3 7.000 603 468 1.288 Qualified for the
2024 Olympics
2  Brazil 7 6 1 16 18 7 2.571 585 479 1.221
3  Japan (H) 7 5 2 16 18 6 3.000 567 463 1.225
4  Puerto Rico 7 4 3 11 12 13 0.923 529 552 0.958
5  Argentina 7 3 4 8 12 16 0.750 565 608 0.929
6  Belgium 7 2 5 6 7 15 0.467 461 508 0.907
7  Bulgaria 7 1 6 5 8 18 0.444 502 583 0.861
8  Peru 7 0 7 1 3 21 0.143 424 575 0.737

Pool C (Poland)

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  United States 7 6 1 18 19 7 2.714 626 474 1.321 Qualified for the
2024 Olympics
2  Poland (H) 7 6 1 18 20 8 2.500 644 573 1.124
3  Italy 7 5 2 15 17 7 2.429 572 480 1.192
4  Thailand 7 4 3 11 13 12 1.083 538 549 0.980
5  Germany 7 4 3 11 15 14 1.071 624 621 1.005
6  Slovenia 7 2 5 6 9 17 0.529 510 574 0.889
7  Colombia 7 1 6 3 7 20 0.350 520 623 0.835
8  South Korea 7 0 7 2 6 21 0.286 488 628 0.777

World ranking qualification

The remaining five berths will be attributed to the highest-ranked eligible NOCs based on the FIVB world rankings at the end of the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Nations League preliminary phase.[3] Under the universality principle, the teams will be selected according to the order of priority: 1) those from the continent without a qualified team; and 2) highest-ranked eligible NOCs irrespective of the continent.

Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics via Olympic Qualification Tournament
Qualified as hosts for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Classifying via be the best ranked team from a continent without a qualified team in 2024 Summer Olympics (Africa and Asia)
Classifying via remaining spots for Top World Ranking teams not qualified via Olympic Qualification Tournament
Top 25 rankings as of 25th of September 2023
Seed Team Points
1 Turkey397.46
2 United States358.62
3 Brazil352.55
4 Serbia350.86
5 Italy338.97
6 China329.65
7 Poland327.89
8 Dominican Republic308.86
9 Japan305.09
10 Netherlands287.94
11 Canada265.66
12 Germany228.36
13 Thailand222.00
14 Belgium199.57
15 France184.99
16 Puerto Rico177.67
17 Argentina177.17
18 Czech Republic171.96
19 Ukraine171.30
20 Bulgaria165.39
21 Kenya162.42
22 Colombia149.21
23 Cuba147.63
24 Slovenia141.28
25 Cameroon135.69

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Road to Paris 2024: Olympic qualification system for volleyball at Paris 2024". FIVB. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 Vieira, Sheila (13 December 2022). "How to qualify for volleyball at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Impressive Line-Up Of Hosts Confirmed For Volleyball's Olympic Qualification Tournaments". FIVB. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "The 24 women's volleyball teams invited to play in the Olympic Qualification Tournaments have been revealed". International Olympic Committee. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  6. 1 2 "FIVB declares Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions". FIVB. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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