Lausanne, July 24, 2008 – The FIVB has confirmed the final Olympic Qualification Ranking for the 24 men’s and women’s teams that will compete in the Beach Volleyball tournaments at the Beijing Games.
The National Olympic Committees and National Federations of the 48 teams sent through the required entry forms by the Wednesday, July 23, deadline to confirm their teams’ participation at the Summer Games through August 9-22.
In line with the Olympic Qualification formula approved by the International Olympic Committee and FIVB, all teams have competed in at least eight Olympic Qualification tournaments.
USA pairs top the respective rankings, with reigning Olympic Champions Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor occupying the No. 1 slot for the women with 6,440 points and Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser holding the men’s top spot with 5,780 points in the Olympic Rankings.
The Drawing of lots in Gstaad on Saturday, July 26, will establish the Preliminary Round pools for the Beijing Games, using the Olympic seeding in accordance with FIVB regulations and the FIVB and BOCOG will then issue the competition schedule of the Preliminary Round.
Chinese men’s pair Linyin Xu and Penggen Wu and women’s pair Jia Tian and Jie Wang are the No. 1 seeds in each tournament after both pairs ranked among the first six teams as per FIVB regulations.
Men’s final Olympic Ranking
Olympic ranking & team Country Nb. Points Olympic
part. Seed
1 Rogers-Dalhausser USA 12 5,780 2
2 Ricardo-Emanuel BRA 24 5,500 3
3 Marcio Araujo-Fabio Luiz BRA 26 4,860 4
4 Nummerdor-Schuil NED 20 4,680 5
5 Xu-Wu CHN 23 4,600 H 1
6 Brink-Dieckmann Ch. GER 22 4,560 6
7 Barsouk-Kolodinsky RUS 24 4,460 7-9
8 Klemperer-Koreng GER 15 4,360 7-9
9 Gibb-Rosenthal USA 14 3,540 7-9
10 Schacht-Slack AUS 14 3,400 10-12
11 Herrera-Mesa ESP 24 3,360 10-12
12 Heyer-Heuscher SUI 19 3,260 10-12
13 Conde-Baracetti ARG 16 3,260 13-18
14 Kais Kr.-Vesik EST 17 3,170 13-18
15 Doppler-Gartmayer AUT 25 3,060 13-18
16 Boersma E.-Ronnes NED 21 3,000 13-18
17 Geor-Gia GEO 30 2,720 13-18
18 Kjemperud-Skarlund NOR 26 2,620 13-18
19 Gosch-Horst AUT 23 2,360 19-24
20 Laciga M.-Schnider SUI 16 2,290 19-24
21 Samoilovs-Plavins LAT 27 2,260 19-24
22 Asahi-Shiratori JPN 25 1,980 19-24
23 Lione-Amore* ITA 23 1,630 19-24
24 Fernandes-Morais ANG 16 204 C 19-24
* Italy’s Eugenio Amore replaces Matteo Varnier as Riccardo Lione’s team-mate because of an injury to Varnier. Their points are calculated in accordance with the Olympic Qualification formula and FIVB event regulations.
Women’s final Olympic Ranking
Olympic ranking & team Country Nb. Points Olympic
part. Seed
1 Walsh-May-Treanor USA 11 6,440 2
2 Tian Jia-Wang CHN 23 5,500 H 1
3 Juliana-Larissa BRA 20 5,280 3
4 Xue-Zhang Xi CHN 23 4,700 4
5 Branagh-Youngs USA 16 4,540 5
6 Talita-Renata BRA 26 4,400 6
7 Karantasiou-Arvaniti GRE 23 3,840 7-9
8 Goller-Ludwig GER 20 3,760 7-9
9 Pohl-Rau GER 22 3,700 7-9
10 Barnett-Cook AUS 15 3,460 10-12
11 Hakedal-Torlen NOR 20 3,070 10-12
12 Maaseide-Glesnes NOR 26 2,700 10-12
13 Fernandez Grasset-
Larrea Peraza CUB 23 2,620 13-18
14 Schwaiger-Schwaiger AUT 26 2,360 13-18
15 Van Breedam-Mouha BEL 26 2,290 13-18
16 Esteves Ribalta-
M. Crespo CUB 25 2,280 13-18
17 Koutroumanidou-
Tsiartsiani GRE 28 2,160 13-18
18 Uryadova-Shiryaeva RUS 20 2,090 13-18
19 Kadijk R.-Mooren NED 22 2,040 19-24
20 Montagnolli-Swoboda AUT 23 1,880 19-24
21 Candelas-Garcia MEX 20 1,760 19-24
22 Teru Saiki-Kusuhara JPN 23 1,700 19-24
23 Saka-Rtvelo GEO 29 1,680 19-24
24 Augoustides-Nel RSA 8 192 C 19-24
H = Host Country Quota (The host nation is granted one vacancy)
C = Continental Quota (One team from each continent receives the opportunity to participate if not qualified in the top 23)
