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Beach Volleyball
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List of Events
On the program of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008
- • beach volleyball Men
- • beach volleyball Women
Athlete Quota:
Athlete quota：Men 48 (24 teams x 2 players)
Women 48 (24 teams x 2 players)
TOTAL 96
Allocation
- TIMELINE
- PRINCIPLES
- SYSTEM
- RANKING (M)
- RANKING (W)
QUALIFICATION TIMELINE
| 1 January 2007-20 July 2008 | Qualification period for the Olympic qualification tournaments ( i.e.World Championships, World Tour and FIVB Recognised Continental Championships Final events ) |
| By 21 July 2008 | FIVB to issue the Olympic ranking including the 24 qualified teams
per gender meeting the minimum requirements of 8 participations (maximum 2 teams per country). The above 24 teams must feature
any eventual places allocated to unqualified continents and the best host country team(s) |
| 23 July 2008 | Deadline for the NOCs/NFs to send to the FIVB the mandatory official FIVB Olympic Qualification Entry form. Deadline for Beijing 2008 Organising Committee to receive entry forms submitted by NOCs |
| By 27 July 2008 | FIVB to establish the definitive Olympic roster and Olympic schedule based on the entry forms submitted by each NOC/NF to the FIVB and by NOCs to BOCOG. |
ALLOCATION OF QUALIFICATION: Qualification is attributed to the athlete/team
| Event | Qualification | Total |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking as of 21 July 2008 | The top ranked 23 teams will qualify, with a maximum of 2 teams per NOC | 23 teams |
| Host nation | As any nation, the host nation can qualify up to two (2) teams through the regular system, i.e. by having teams ranked in the first twenty-three (23) teams of the Olympic Qualification Ranking. | 1 team |
| In the case where the host nation does not qualify any team, one (1) vacancy will be granted to the highest ranked eligible team (participation, as a team, in at least eight (8) FIVB official Olympic Qualification Tournaments held between 1 January 2007 and 20 July 2008) from the host nation in the World Ranking as per 20 July 2008. |
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| Continental representation | Olympic Qualification Ranking, the highest ranked eligible team (participation, as a team, in at least eight (8) FIVB official Olympic Qualification Tournaments held between 1 January 2007 and 20 July 2008) from that continent in the World Ranking as per 20 July 2008 will qualify in place of the lowest ranked qualified team from the Olympic Qualification Ranking. | (-) |
| Total | Men Women |
24 teams 24 teams |
QUALIFICATION SYSTEM:
| Before the start of the Olympic qualification process National Federations must consult with their own NOC to determine whether the National Policy related to the Technical level required to participate in the Olympic Games permits its Beach Volleyball team(s) to seek an Olympic vacancy through the qualification process as established by the IOC and the FIVB. |
| National Federations are required to obtain NOC approval for their participation in the Olympic qualification process. |
| For Beach Volleyball, there are twenty-four (24) vacancies for men’s teams and twenty-four (24) vacancies for women’s teams. Olympic qualification process. |
| If a team(s) qualify through this Olympic qualification formula its NOC and NF is required to confirm its participation to the Beach Volleyball Tournaments sending by 23 July 2008 the official FIVB Olympic Qualification Entry form via fax and via e-mail to the FIVB and to the IOC. It is mandatory for the NOC to send this form to the IOC and FIVB. 23 July 2008 is also the deadline for the Beijing 2008 Organising Committee to receive entry forms submitted by NOCs. |
| Should a NOC and a NF of a team qualified to enter the Beach Volleyball Tournaments fail to send, by 23 July 2008, the Official FIVB Olympic Qualification Entry form to the FIVB and IOC or choose not to take part in the Olympic Games, the next highest ranking team in the Olympic Ranking taking into consideration the country quota will replace that team. |
| The Olympic Ranking, which will be finalised on 27 July 2008, will be composed only of the teams for which NOC and NF have sent in due time the FIVB Olympic Qualification Entry form to the FIVB and which have at least 8 participations in the Olympic Qualification tournaments. |
Olympic ranking (Men)（Updated by March 31, 2008):
| Olympic ranking | NOC Code | Team |
| 1 | BRA | Harley-Pedro |
| 2 | CHN | Xu-Wu |
| 3 | USA | Rogers-Dalhausser |
| 4 | USA | Gibb-Rosenthal |
| 5 | GER | Brink-Dieckmann Ch. |
| NED | Nummerdor-Schuil | |
| 7 | NED | Boersma E.-Ronnes |
| USA | Fuerbringer-Jennings | |
| 9 | BRA | Marcio Araujo-Fabio Luiz |
| RUS | Barsouk-Kolodinsky | |
| SWZ | Heyer-Heuscher | |
| USA | Williams-Metzger | |
| 13 | BRA | Franco-Cunha |
| CHN | Li-Zhou | |
| ESP | Herrera-Mesa |
Olympic ranking (Women)（Updated by March 31, 2008):
| Olympic ranking | NOC Code | Team |
| 1 | BRA | Juliana-Larissa |
| 2 | BRA | Talita-Renata |
| 3 | BRA | Ana Paula-Shelda |
| 4 | USA | Branagh-Youngs |
| 5 | CHN | Tian Jia-Wang |
| GER | Goller-Ludwig | |
| 7 | CHN | Xue-Zhang Xi |
| GER | Pohl-Rau | |
| 9 | AUS | Barnett-Cook |
Competition venues
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