CONCEPT
The Beach Volleyball Continental Cup is a country versus country
Olympic qualifying event for continents staged from and disputed at
continental levels (subzone, zone, final). The five winners of the Beach
Volleyball Continental Cup – one from each Continent - will qualify for
the Olympics.
• Several levels of events
• A three-season
event in many locations with many participants
• Implement events and
development programs involving National Federations and Continental
Confederations
• The FIVB to financially support the organizers and
participants in the first phases of the tournament
Goals
• To develop beach volleyball on a worldwide
scale
• To generate more opportunities for athletes to become
professionals in the sport
• To provide additional opportunities for
countries/NFs to obtain quota place(s) to the 2012 London Olympic Games
2014 – 2016 Edition
Reaching the whole world
through beach volleyball.
• Three Years of competitions
• Five
Continents participating
• 198 National Federations taking part
•
103 Tournaments to be held worldwide
FORMAT
• Two phases leading into a Continental Cup Final Phase
•
Double gender events
• Separate Men & Women Competitions
• 2
teams per country per gender composed of two players each
• Playing
Country v Country, in “best-of-three” or “best-of-five” format. Defined
by the respective Confederation.
• In the case of tie, one golden
match or as an alternative a golden set up to 15 points (with a two
point lead) can be played by the athletes designated by each country.
In the case a "golden set" has to be played the Head of the
Delegation / captain of the country decides which athlete plays.
Optional: this match or Golden Set can be played in any combination of
the 4 players from the same country.
The golden set is a single
game played to 15 to decide a match. It is the third set of a best of
three match that is tied 1-1 in beach volleyball
FIVB
Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Olympic Qualification
The FIVB World
Continental Cup Olympic Qualification is played by the 2nd and 3rd
ranked countries from each Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Final.
This tournament will qualify two places per gender to the Rio 2016
Olympic Games.
| Best of 3 matches | Best of 5 matches |
| AVC | CAVB |
| NORCECA | CSV |
| CEV |
| Golden set | Golden match |
| CAVB | AVC |
| CSV | CEV |
| NORCECA |