Teams
The total number of teams participating is sixteen per gender. There is no Qualification tournament. The sixteen teams per gender are composed as follows:
- Host country – one team
- Top fifteen teams as per the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking as of 16th July 2019, with one team per gender per National Federation (NF). The best ranked team of each NF in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking list as of 16th July 2019 will qualify one quota place for their NF to the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Qualification tournament.
- In case the Host country team (China) is already among the top fifteen (15) teams as per the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking as of 16th July 2019, the next highest ranked eligible team will qualify the quota place for their NF.
- An athlete having already earned one quota place for its NOC/NF through the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball Senior World Championships will not be eligible to compete in the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Format
The competition will have 4 phases :
First phase:
Four pools (A to D) of four teams each playing modified Round Robin format (a total of sixteen (16) matches per gender).
Top three ranked teams from each pool will advance to the second phase (a total of twelve teams per gender).
Second phase:
Four pools (E to H) of three teams each playing standard round robin format (a total of twelve (12) matches per gender).
Top two ranked teams from each pool will advance to the third phase (a total of eight teams).
Third phase:
Two pools (I & J) of four teams each playing standard round robin format (total of twelve matches).
The top two ranked teams from each pool (I & J) will advance to the Final phase.
Final phase:
The first ranked team from each pool playing against the second ranked team from the other pool.
- · Best ranked team in Pool I vs. 2nd best ranked team in Pool J
- · Best ranked team in Pool J vs. 2nd best ranked team in Pool I
Two winners of the above matches will get the quota place for its NOC / NF to the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, providing meeting the Athlete’s Eligibility requirements stipulated by IOC in the qualification system.