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 Puerto Rico lock horns with Peru to book a place for the Paris Olympics. Puerto Rico is currently ranked twenty-first in the world rankings. While Peru is ranked thirty-fifth in the world rankings. The Peruvians have a horrendous start to their qualification campaign. As a result, Peru lost to Japan, Brazil, Turkey and Belgium. On the other hand, Puerto Rico has also been largely poor in terms of their form. The Carribeans were beaten by Turkey, Japan and Brazil while they managed to pick up a win against Belgium.
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.
Fuentes Andrea (S), Venegas Shara (L), Vazquez Rivera Elaine Alondra (OH), Hollingsworth Dariana (O), Rivera Wilmarie (S), Nogueras Jennifer (S), Enright Stephanie (OH), Rojas Paola (MB), Ortiz Ivania (OH), Reyes Diana (MB), Abercrombie Brittany (O), Ortiz Neira (MB), Leon Pena Valeria Andrea (L), Valentin Natalia (S), Collazo Genesis (O), Santiago Cabrera Paola Nicole (OH), Cestero Solimar (O), Hernandez Alba (MB), Santos Karla (OH), Cerame Rivera Paula Isabelle (OH), Victoria Pilar Marie (OH), Velez Nomaris (L)
Cristina Cuba (S), Diana De La Peña (MB), Maria Paula Rodriguez Huarachy (O), Maricarmen Guerrero (MB), Aixa Vigil (OH), Shanaiya Ayme (O), Pamela Cuya Toro (L), Mirian Patiño (L), Daniela Muñoz (OH), Maria Jose Rojas Ecker (S), Flavia Montes (MB), Karla Ortiz (OH), Nayeli Yabar (OH), Ysabella Sanchez (OH), Shiamara Almeida (S), Esmeralda Sanchez (L), Angela Mishell Barboza Llatas (MB)
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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