The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments are the three volleyball tournaments to be contested by 24 national teams.
The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournaments, alternatively the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup (for the tournament held in Japan) and also known as FIVB Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier, are the three volleyball tournaments to be contested by 24 women’s national teams of the FIVB. The top teams will earn a place in the 2024 Summer Olympics volleyball tournament.
Saturday will see Poland lock horns with the United States to book a seat for the Paris Olympics. Poland is currently ranked thirteenth in the world rankings. While the USA is ranked third in the world rankings. Poland has been in a great run-off form lately. The Polish side has managed to defeat Slovenia, Korea and Colombia. However, they were thumped by Thailand in a nail-biter. On the other hand, the United States has been in red-hot form in the ongoing tournament. The Americans have thrashed Colombia (3-0), Thailand (3-0), Slovenia (3-1) and Korea (3-1). The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournaments are the three volleyball tournaments to be contested by 24 national teams.
The FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournaments (OQTs) include the 24 best-placed non-qualified teams. However, Russia has not been granted permission to participate due to the ongoing Ukraine war. The rankings have been done on the basis of the FIVB World Rankings as of 18 September 2022. As the host nation, France has already secured its place in the women’s competitions. The other 11 quota places are allocated via a two-step qualification process that ensures the best volleyball nations can participate in the event while observing the principle of universality.
The first step of the process includes the allocation of six Olympic quota places. These are contested during the FIVB Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifiers. Out of this, the top 24 teams as per the World Ranking (WR) not yet qualified are split into three single round-robin pools of eight teams each. The top two teams of each pool qualify for Paris 2024. On the other hand, the remaining five places per gender are filled by selecting the top five not yet qualified teams in the WR. This will be decided at the end of the Preliminary Phase of Volleyball Nations League 2024. To guarantee the principle of universality, these teams are selected as per the following order of priority: 1) Teams from continents without qualified teams, and 2) Top teams not yet qualified.
Maria Stenzel (L), Martyna Grajber (OH), Agnieszka Korneluk (MB), Kamila Witkowska (MB), Monika Galkowska (O), Anna Obiała (MB), Magdalena Stysiak (O), Monika Fedusio (OH), Martyna Lukasik (OH), Aleksandra Szczyglowska (OH), Izabela Sliwa (L), Joanna Wolosz (S), Martyna Czyrnianska (OH), Iga Wasilewska (MB), Malwina Smarzek (O), Aleksandra Gryka (MB), Alicja Grabka (S), Weronika Szlagowska (OH), Paulina Damaske (OH), Katarzyna Wenerska (S), Joanna Pacak (MB), Julita Piasecka (OH), Olivia Rozanski (OH), Julia Nowicka (S), Magdalena Jurczyk (MB)
Micha Hancock (S), Kendall White (L), Justine Wong-Orantes (L), Alexandra Frantti (OH), Morgan Hentz (L), Lauren Carlini (S), Brionne Butler (MB), Jordan Larson (OH), Andrea Drews (O), Jordan Thompson (O), Anna Stevenson (MB), Haleigh Washington (MB), Dana Rettke (MB), Jenna Gray (S), Danielle Cuttino (O), Simone Lee (OH), Kathryn Plummer (OH), Kelsey Robinson (OH), Chiaka Ogbogu (MB), Avery Skinner (OH), Ashley Evans (S), Khalia Lanier (OH), Stephanie Samedy (O), Madeleine Gates (MB), Zoe Fleck (L)
Schedule (22.08.23) | Timings (IST) |
Italy vs USA | 00:15 |
Puerto Rico vs Peru | 06:30 |
Czech Republic vs Ukraine | 07:30 |
Bulgaria vs Argentina | 09:30 |
Canada vs Mexico | 10:30 |
Brazil vs Belgium | 12:30 |
Serbia vs Netherlands | 13:30 |
Colombia vs Slovenia | 15:00 |
Japan vs Turkey | 15:55 |
China vs Dominican Republic | 17:00 |
Thailand vs Korea | 18:00 |
Poland vs USA | 21:00 |
The Paris Olympics Volleyball Qualifier 2023 Women starts on September 16, 2023 and ends on September 24, 2023.
The LIVE Streaming of the Paris Olympics Volleyball Qualifier 2023 Women will be available on Volleyball World TV (VBTV). However, one has to buy a premium subscription of $ 3.99/month to watch the important matches. It is also speculated that there will be a streaming on the official YouTube channel of the Volleyball World.
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