Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings, updated June 3

The race for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially began in February 2023 in Doha, Qatar, with the Volleyball World Elite16. The 2024 season began the first week of March back in Doha, and the final event of the Olympic qualification cycle will be the Ostrava Elite16, which ends on June 9. We’ll be providing these updates for the Beach Volleyball Olympic rankings after international points-earning tournaments:

Seventeen months and untold airline miles later, it all comes down to this: A single event in a retired steel mill in the Czech Republic. Seven men’s teams and seven women’s teams are still in the hunt for a bid to the Paris Olympic Games.

Every single one of those races could be decided during Wednesday’s qualifier of the Ostrava Elite16.

If you are looking for a breakdown of what each of those teams needs to do to qualify for Paris, we have you covered here. 

A live entry list for the Ostrava Elite16 can be found here, where all eyes are on whether Sarah Pavan and Molly McBain get into the event or not. If two more teams don’t drop out, their Olympic race is over. If two teams withdraw, the race goes on, and it remains a three-way battle between Canada, Spain’s Lili Fernandez and Paula Soria, and Austria’s Klinger sisters, Dorina and Ronja for the final Olympic berth.

Below are the penultimate Olympic beach volleyball rankings following last weekend’s Stare Jablonki Challenge in Poland, where Fernandez and Soria vaulted themselves into a qualifying position with their first medal as a team, and where Dutchmen Stefan Boermans and Yorick de Groot punched their Paris ticket with a bronze of their own.

Men’s Beach Volleyball Olympic Rankings

(updated June 3 after the Stare Jablonki Challenge)

1. David Ahman, Jonatan Hellvig, SWEDEN, 12420 (11)
2. Anders Mol, Christian Sorum, NORWAY, 10460 (11)
3. Andre Loyola, George Wanderley, BRAZIL, 10420 (12)
4. Nils Ehlers, Clemens Wickler, GERMANY, 10340 (12)
5. Ondrej Perusic, David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 9780 (11)
6. Andy Benesh, Miles Partain, USA, 9580 (12)
7. Evandro Goncalves, Arthur Mariano, BRAZIL, 9260 (12)
8. Michal Bryl, Bartosz Losiak, POLAND,  9200 (12)
9. Stefan Boermans, Yorick de Groot, NETHERLANDS, 9180 (12)
10. Matthew Immers, Steven van de Velde, NETHERLANDS, 8880 (12)
11. Sam Cottafava, Paolo Nicolai, ITALY, 8800 (12)
12. Alex Brouwer, Robert Meeuwsen, NETHERLANDS, 8600 (12)
13. Cherif Samba, Ahmed Tijan, QATAR, 8420 (12)
14. Chase Budinger, Miles Evans, USA, 8400 (12)
15. Adrian Gavira, Pablo Herrera, SPAIN, 8080 (12)
16. Theo Brunner, Trevor Crabb, USA, 7860 (12)
17. Adrian Carambula, Alex Ranghieri, ITALY, 7840 (12)
18. Thomas Hodges, Zachery Schubert, AUSTRALIA, 7820 (12)
19. Jorge Alayo, Noslen Diaz, CUBA, 7800 (12)
20. Julian Horl, Alex Horst, AUSTRIA, 7260 (12)
21. Pedro Solberg, Guto Carvalhaes, BRAZIL, 7260 (12)
22. Esteban Grimalt, Marco Grimalt, CHILE, 7260 (12)
23. Vitor Felipe, Renato Lima, BRAZIL, 6760 (12)
24. Tri Bourne, Chaim Schalk, USA, 6580 (12)
25. Moritz Pristauz, Robin Seidl, AUSTRIA, 6540 (12)
26. Hendrik Mol, Mathias Berntsen, NORWAY, 6480 (12)
27. Piotr Kantor, Jakub Zdybek, POLAND, 6260 (12)
28. Javier Bello, Joaquin Bello, ENGLAND, 6120 (12)
29. Sam Schachter, Dan Dearing, CANADA, 6060 (12)
30. Daniele Lupo, Enrico Rossi, ITALY, 5720 (12)
31. Paul Burnett, Chris McHugh, AUSTRALIA, 5460 (12)
32. Sergiy Popov, Eduard Reznik, UKRAINE, 5300 (11)

Women’s Beach Volleyball Olympic Rankings

(updated June 3 after Stare Jablonki Challenge)

1. Duda Lisboa, Ana Patricia Silva, BRAZIL, 12260 (12)
2. Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth, USA, 11960 (12)
3. Kelly Cheng, Sara Hughes, USA, 10800 (12)
4. Carolina Salgado, Barbara Seixas, BRAZIL, 10440 (12)
5. Raisa Schoon, Katja Stam, NETHERLANDS, 10380 (12)
6. Nina Brunner, Tanja Huberli, SWITZERLAND, 10320 (12)
7. Melissa Humana-Paredes, Brandie Wilkerson, CANADA, 10220 (12)
8. Xinyi Xia, Chen Xue, CHINA, 9400 (12)
9. Tina Graudina, Anastasija Samoilova, LATVIA, 9160 (12)
10. Valentina Gottardi, Marta Menegatti, ITALY, 8840 (12)
11. Mariafe Artacho, Taliqua Clancy, AUSTRALIA, 8370 (12)
12. Svenja Muller, Cinja Tillman, GERMANY, 8620 (12)
13. Victoria Lopes, Taina Silva, BRAZIL, 8160 (12)
14. Agatha, Rebecca, BRAZIL, 7920 (12)
15. Esmee Bobner, Zoe Verge-Depre, SWITZERLAND, 7900 (12)
16. Daniela Alvarez, Tania Moreno, SPAIN, 7820 (12)
17. Laura Ludwig, Louisa Lippmann, GERMANY, 7580 (12)
18. Anouk Verge-Depre, Joana Mader, SWITZERLAND, 7580 (12)
19. Karla Borger, Sandra Ittlinger, GERMANY, 7360 (12)
20. Lezana Placette, Alexia Richard, FRANCE, 6920 (12)
21. Monika Paulikiene, Aine Raupelyte, LITHUANIA, 6900 (12)
22. Lili Fernandez, Paula Soria, SPAIN, 6800 (12)
23. Betsi Flint, Julia Scoles, USA, 6740 (11)
24. Sarah Pavan, Molly McBain, CANADA, 6660 (12)
25. Dorina Klinger, Ronja Klinger, AUSTRIA, 6420 (12)
26. Sophie Bukovec, Heather Bansley, CANADA, 6280 (12)
27. Andressa Cavalcanti, Vitoria De Souza, BRAZIL, 6240 (12)
28. Niina Ahtiainen, Taru Lahti, FINLAND, 5960 (12)
29. Jagoda Gruszczynska, Ola Wachowicz, POLAND, 5940 (12)
30. Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee, Taravadee Naraphornrapat, THAILAND, 5800 (12)
31. Barbora Hermannova, Marie-Sara Stochlova, CZECH REPUBLIC, 5740 (12)
32. Jie Dong, Fan Wang, CHINA, 5080 (12)

Previous rankings

Olympic beach rankings, May 26

Olympic beach volleyball rankings, May 6
Olympic volleyball rankings, March 26
Olympic volleyball rankings, March 11
Olympic volleyball rankings, December 18
Olympic volleyball rankings, December 4
Olympic volleyball rankings, November 27
Olympic volleyball rankings, November 20
Olympic volleyball rankings, November 6
Olympic volleyball rankings, October 23
Olympic volleyball rankings, October 16
Olympic volleyball rankings, October 2
Olympic volleyball rankings, August 21
Olympic volleyball rankings, July 31
Olympic rankings, July 25
Olympic beach rankings, July 17
Olympic beach rankings, July 10
Olympic beach rankings, June 19
Olympic beach volleyball rankings, June 5
Olympic beach volleyball rankings, May 1
Olympic beach volleyball rankings, April 17
Olympic beach volleyball rankings, April 10
Olympic beach volleyball rankings, March 28
Olympic beach volleyball rankings, March 20

Things to know about Olympic Beach qualifying:

• To qualify for the Olympic Games via the Olympic rankings, teams use their best 12 finishes throughout the Olympic qualifying period, which ends June 9, 2024. The top 17 from the Olympic rankings will punch their tickets to the Paris Olympics. The remaining seven spots are allotted to five continental cup champions, the winner of the 2023 World Championships, and the French wild card.
• Each country is limited to two teams who can earn a spot in the Olympic Games.
• Teams can never push out good finishes. Once you hit your 12, you only replace your worst finishes. In parentheses below is the number of events each pair has played.
• You earn points as a team. Therefore, if a team breaks up and the individuals select new partners, they begin with zero Olympic ranking points, although they keep their individual entry points to get into events.
• Click here for the full Beach Pro Tour schedule. The next and final Volleyball World event will be the Ostrava Elite16.