New OG qualifying system for Rio 2016

    FIVB has approved the new qualifying system for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. There was some talk that the system would be revised and that the continental champions would automatically get a spot at the Olympics, but that hasn't happened and the changes to the system are relatively minor.


    http://www.fivb.org/en/fivb/vi….asp?No=33698&Language=en

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    The Board also approved the new qualifying
    system for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to go to the
    Congress with the 12 vacancies per gender coming from the host (no
    change), two at the World Cup (three previously), one from each
    continental Olympic qualifying event (no change) and four from four
    World Olympic Qualification Tournaments (three events previously).

    So, nothing much changed, except that World Cup now gives one vacancy less, for reasons I can't really understand. :thumbdown:


    Also, it's not clear (at least for me) if these 4 World OQ tournaments also apply to women.

    A lot of question marks.
    Does continental championships will be qualifications for OG? Who will play at WC, continental champions or only silver medalists? Does again Japan in women's case will be host of continental qualification tournament and IQT at the same moment?