|
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 12, 2016 – USA and
Canada have two women’s teams qualified to the beach volleyball
tournament of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games following
the completion of the 18-month Beach Volleyball Olympic
qualification process via the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
Kerri Walsh/April Ross and Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat will
represent USA in the 24-team tournament while Sarah Pavan/Heather
Bansley and Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas will compete for
Canada.
Walsh/Ross finished atop of the qualified teams with 6,670
points. The team of Pavan/Bansley was third with 6,150. Broder/Valjas
qualified in the eleventh position with 4,640 and Fendrick/Sweat
finished with 4,470 in 13th place.
The 15 highest ranked teams –plus two from hosts Brazil- on the
Olympic Ranking as of June 13, 2016 each earn one quota place
for their NOC/NF to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, respecting the
maximum of two quota places per NOC/NF.
The total number of teams playing in Rio will be 24. The final
seven spots will include five spots from the winners of the
Continental Cup competition within the five FIVB confederations.
|
