The Continental Cup is composed by the following three phases:
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| - Sub Zonal Phase in 2010 |
- 8 Double Gender Tournaments with 4 countries each per
gender
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked qualify for the Zonal Phase per
gender
- The tournaments have to be played even if less than 4
countries participate
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| - Zonal Phase in 2011 |
- 4 Double Gender or 8 Single Gender tournaments with 6
countries each per gender
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked qualify for the Zonal Phase per
gender
- Countries coming from the same Sub Zonal pool can not play
each other on the first day of the Zonal Phase
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| - Continental Cup Semifinals (May 14-20, 2012) |
- 2 Double Gender tournaments with 8 countries each per
gender
- All 1st ranked from the Zonal Phase do not play the
Semifinals and are directly qualified for the Final
- All 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th ranked countries from the Zonal
Phase are qualified for the Semifinals
- In case of additional vacancies (e.g. withdrawals) the
best ranked country not yet qualified in the Country Ranking, after the last CEV Beach Volleyball
Continental Cup – Zonal Phase tournament in 2011, will
qualify for the Semifinals
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| - Continental Cup Final (June 18-24, 2012) |
- 2 Single Gender tournaments with 8 countries each per
gender
- The 1st ranked countries from the Zonal Phase are
qualified for the Continental Cup Final
- The 1st ranked countries from the Semifinals qualify for
the Final
- Organising country of the Final is directly qualified
- One of the two 2nd ranked countries from both Semifinals
will be chosen depending on the Country Ranking on June 19
- In case of free vacancies (e.g. withdrawal or NFs which
have already obtained two quota places through the FIVB World
Ranking) the additional spots will be filled according to the
criteria listed hereafter:
- The next best ranked country from the Semifinals will
receive the spot
- In case of a tie (e.g. two 3rd places) the Country Ranking
on June 19, 2012 determines the allocation of that
spot
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General Information
- Playing country v country matches in a "best-of-five"
format
- Each country participates with 2 teams per gender composed
by 2 players each
- Men’s and Women’s competitions are separated
- In case of a tie after 4 matches a “Golden Set” until 15
points (with a 2 point lead) has to be played
- In case a “Golden Set” has to be played the Head of
Delegation/captain of the country decides which athelete plays
(Optional: this can be a combination of the 4 players from the
same country)
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