The qualification for the 2020 women's Olympic volleyball tournament allocated twelve teams quota spots: the host, the winners of each of six Intercontinental Qualifying Tournaments, and five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions. Teams already qualified for the event were not eligible to play in the following qualification tournaments.

Qualification summary

Event Dates Venue(s) Quota Qualifier(s) Host nationcolspan=2 1 Intercontinental Qualifier Pool A 1–4 August 2019 Wrocław 1 Pool B Ningbo 1 Pool C 1 Pool D Uberlândia 1 Pool E Kaliningrad 1 ROC Pool F Catania 1 African Qualifier 5–9 January 2020 Yaoundé 1 South American Qualifier 7–9 January 2020 Bogotá 1 Asian Qualifier 7–12 January 2020 Nakhon Ratchasima 1 European Qualifier 7–12 January 2020 Apeldoorn 1 North American Qualifier 10–12 January 2020 Santo Domingo 1 Total 12

Timeline Confederation Tournament Dates Venue Teams FIVB (Intercontinental) FIVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification Pool A2–4 August 2019 Wrocław 4 Pool B2–4 August 2019 Ningbo 4 Pool C2–4 August 2019 Bossier City 4 Pool D 1–3 August 2019 Uberlândia 4 Pool E2–4 August 2019 Kaliningrad 4 Pool F2–4 August 2019 Catania 4CAVB (Africa) CAVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 5–9 January 2020 Yaoundé 5 AVC (Asia and Oceania) Asian Championship 17–25 August 2019 Seoul 11+2 AVC Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 7–12 January 2020 Nakhon Ratchasima 7CEV (Europe) CEV Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 7–12 January 2020 Apeldoorn 8NORCECA (North America) NORCECA Champions Cup 22–24 August 2019 Colorado Springs 4 NORCECA Championship 8–13 October 2019 San Juan 8 NORCECA Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 10–12 January 2020 Santo Domingo 4CSV (South America) South American Championship 28 August–1 September 2019 Cajamarca 8 CSV Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 7–9 January 2020 Bogotá 4

Pool standing procedure

For all qualification tournaments except North American qualification tournament

Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows: Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order: Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost. Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets. If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

For North American qualification tournament only

Number of matches won Match points Points ratio Sets ratio Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser

Host country FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2020 Olympic Games host country to participate in the tournament.

Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournaments

The winners in each pool will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Qualification round Twenty-four teams qualified for the competition as the top twenty-four teams of FIVB World Rankings on 1 January 2019 (except Japan who qualified as host.). Qualified to 2019 FIVB IOQTQualified but withdrew2020 Summer Olympics host country

Seeding TeamWC 2015 OG 2016 WGP 2017 WCH 2018 Total1 90 90 42 100 3222 100 100 40 80 3203 80 80 38 58 2564 50 50 50 50 2005 70 50 28 50 198– 50 50 32 58 1906 0 70 38 70 1787 0 30 45 90 1658 40 50 18 30 1389 30 3 30 45 10810 25 30 8 30 9311 0 3 24 45 7212 0 20 14 36 7013 0 3 26 36 6514 0 2 17 40 5915 0 0 15 40 5516 0 20 2 25 4717 0 2 12 30 4418 0 2 22 18 4219 5 0 2 30 3720 0 0 2 33 3521 0 0 0 33 3322 0 1 6 25 3223 0 0 16 15 31– 5 0 0 25 3024 0 1 20 8 29

Qualified teams

Final round

Means of qualification Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Africa

Of the 5 entered teams, only winner of this round was qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

Means of qualification Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

Round robin

Asia and Oceania The winners in final round will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Qualified teams Of the 61 AVC and IOC member associations, a total of 13 AVC member national teams entered the qualifying stage

Qualification round Pool APool B (H) Pool CPool D

Final round Pool APool B (H)

Notes Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament. (H): Qualification group hosts

Qualification round

Of the 13 qualified teams, top eight teams (excluding Japan, and 2019 IOQT pool B winners China) will be qualified to the next round.

Means of qualification Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament playoffs

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool G

Pool H

9th–12th Classification round

Final round

Of the 8 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

Means of qualification Qualified for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament semifinals

Pool A

Pool B

Final four

Europe The winners in final round will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Qualification round Eight teams qualified for the competition as the top eight teams of CEV European Rankings on 1 October 2019 (except Serbia, Russia and Italy who qualified as Intercontinental Qualifier winners). Qualified to 2019 CEV COQTQualified as Intercontinental Qualifier winners

Seeding TeamECH 2019 ECH 2017 WCH 2018 WGP 2017 Total– 100 100 50 48 298– 96 92 48 50 2861 92 98 46 46 2822 98 96 42 42 278– 88 90 44 44 2663 90 86 40 36 2524 86 84 40 32 2425 94 82 26 38 2406 84 74 34 40 2327 80 80 24 30 2148 82 94 36 0 212

Final round

Of the 8 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

Means of qualification Qualified for the European Olympic Qualification Tournament semifinals

Pool A

Pool B

Final four

North America The winners in final round will qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Qualified teams Of the 35 NORCECA and IOC member associations, a total of 8 NORCECA member national teams entered the qualifying stage.

Qualification round – NORCECA Champions Cup Round robin ()

Qualification round – NORCECA Championship Pool APool B ()

Final round Round robin ()

Notes Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament. (H): Qualification group hosts

Qualification round

The 2019 NORCECA Champions Cup champions and the top three teams from the 2019 NORCECA Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics will compete in the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Means of qualification Qualified for the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament Qualified for the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament playoffs

NORCECA Champions Cup – Round robin Team 1 (H) 3 132 (Q) 3 83 3 64 3 3 Source: NORCECA (H) Host; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

NORCECA Championship – Pool A Team 1 (H, Q) 3 152 3 93 3 64 3 0 Source: NORCECA (H) Host; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

NORCECA Championship – Pool B Team 1 3 152 3 103 3 54 3 0 Source: NORCECA

NORCECA Championship – Final round

Final round

Of the 4 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

Means of qualification Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

Round robin Team 1 (H, Q) 3 122 3 83 3 74 3 3 Source: FIVB (H) Host. (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

South America The winners in final round will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Qualified teams Of the 11 CSV and IOC member associations, a total of 8 CSV member national teams entered the qualifying stage

Qualification round Pool APool B ()

Final round Round robin ()

Notes Teams in bold qualified for the next phase and final tournament. (H): Qualification group hosts

Qualification round

The top four teams from the 2019 South American Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Olympic Games will compete in the South American Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Means of qualification Qualified for the South American Olympic Qualification Tournament Qualified for the South American Olympic Qualification Tournament playoffs

Pool A

Pool B

5th–8th Classification round

Final round

Of the 4 qualified teams, only winner of this round will be qualified to the 2020 Olympics.

Means of qualification Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

Round robin

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