2008 Summer Olympics: Road to Beijing

The road to Beijing: after the FIVB World Cup, the second step begins. The Continental Olympic Qualification tournaments to start next week Lausanne, 7th December 2007 – The magnificent FIVB World Cup 2007 ended in Japan with its verdicts: 6 teams earned their Olympic berths for Volleyball 2008 Olympic Games.




That was the first Olympic Qualification step. 8 places for Men and 8 for Women’s team have to be decided yet and they will be assigned through two incoming steps: the Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments and the World Olympic Qualification Tournaments.


A long path of challenges which will end in May. Olympic Games Beijing 2008 12 teams for Men 12 teams for Women China + 3 teams qualified from World Cup + 5 teams from Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments + 3 teams from World Olympic Qualification Tournaments



Women 1. China (host country) 2. Italy (1. World Cup) 3. Brazil (2. World Cup) 4. USA (3. World Cup) 5. (African Qualification Tournament) 6. (Asian Qualification Tournament) * 7. (European Qualification Tournament) 8. (Norceca Qualification Tournament) 9. (South American Qualification Tournament) 10. (World Qualification Tournament) 11. (World Qualification Tournament) 12. (World Qualification Tournament)





The Asian Continental Qualification Tournaments are played combined with the World Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Japan CONTINENTAL OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENTS (The winner of each tournament gets the Olympic berth)¶





NORCECA Men: January 4-12, Puerto Rico Teams: Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, USA Women: December 15-23, Monterrey, Mexico Teams: Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago CSV





Men: January 2-7, Formosa, Argentina Teams: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela Women:





January 3-7, Lima, Peru Teams: Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela CEV Men: January 7-13, Izmir, Turkey Teams: Spain, Italy, Poland, Nederland, Turkey, Serbia, Germany, Finland




Women: January 15-20, Halle, Germany Teams: Serbia, Russia, Romania, Croatia, Germany, Poland, Nederland, Turkey CAVB





Men: February 1-10, Johannesburg, South Africa Teams: Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Gabon, Guinea-Conakry, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Liberia, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe Women:





January 20-30, Alger, Algeria Teams: Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Egypt, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Liberia, Seychelles, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe AVC





* Men: May 31-Jun. 8, Tokyo, Japan Teams: Japan, Australia, Korea, Iran, Thailand





Women: May 17-25, Tokyo, Japan Teams: Japan, Thailand, Korea, Kazakhstan





Edouard Sandoz 2/4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 4 FIVB Communication: tel. +4121 345.35.35 -








Visit our Internet Website: http://www.fivb.org WORLD OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENTS¶ Men: tournaments in Germany, Portugal, Japan May 23-25, Dusseldorf, Germany 4 teams: Germany + 3 teams decided by drawing of lots May 30 - June 1, Espinho, Portugal 4 teams: Portugal + 3 teams decided by drawing of lots May 31 - June 8, Tokyo, Japan 8 teams: Japan + 4 Asian teams best ranked in the Asian Continental Championship (Australia, Korea, Iran, Thailand) + 3 teams decided by drawing of lots.





Drawing of lots: 3 best ranked teams from Europe, 2 from Norceca, 1 from South America, 1 from Africa, 2 from Asia (Indonesia, Chinese Taipei). The drawing of lots will be conducted in February 2008 in Japan, at the end of all Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments Women: May 17-25, Tokyo, Japan * 8 teams: Japan + 3 Asian teams best ranked in the Asian Continental Championship (Thailand, Korea, Kazakhstan) + 4 best World ranked teams.





Best World ranked teams: 2 best ranked teams from Europe, 1 from Norceca, 1 from South America or Africa The 3 Olympic berths are assigned to: 1. the winner; 2. the best Asian team; 3. the following best ranked team of the final standings. *The tournaments in Japan are valid also as Asian Qualification Tournaments.




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The road to Beijing: Beach Volleyball looking forward to next World Tour season to qualify the best 48 teams Lausanne, 7th December 2007 - 24 teams for Men and 24 teams for Women will compete from 9th to 22nd August 2008 in the amazing Olympic venue of Chaoyang Park.





The Olympic Qualification process has started on the 1st of January 2007 and will end on 20th July 2008. It will qualify the best Chinese team and 23 teams with the highest ranking in 8 Olympic Qualification Tournaments. A maximum of 2 teams per each country are eligible in the entry list. In order to respect the universality principle of the Olympic Games, in the event that a continent does not have any teams qualified, the 23rd place (and, if applicable, the 22nd place, etc.) of the Olympic Qualification ranking will be granted to the highest ranked eligible team.





The Olympic Qualification Tournaments for Beach Volleyball are all the events of the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour and CEV Continental Championship Finals, recognized by FIVB. The drawing of lots for the Pools’ composition for the Beach Volleyball Olympic Games will take place in Gstaad, Switzerland, on 26th July 2008. A big event will take place on Saturday, during the ongoing Grand Slam.






The provisional Olympic ranking is now published on the FIVB website for Edouard Sandoz 2/4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 4 of 4 FIVB Communication: tel. +4121 345.35.35 - Visit our Internet Website: http://www.fivb.org Men (www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Rankings/2007/rank_OGmen.asp?sm=6) and Women (www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Rankings/2007/Rank_OGwomen.asp?sm=8) - END -
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