Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
| Women's beach volleyball at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beach Volleyball Ground | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 9–21 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
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Kerri Walsh Misty May-Treanor |
 United States
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Tian Jia Wang Jie |
 China
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Xue Chen Zhang Xi |
China
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| Directly Advance to Round of 16 | |
| Third-place/Lucky-Loser Playoffs | |
| Eliminated |
| Directly Advance to Round of 16 | |
| Third-place/Lucky-Loser Playoffs | |
| Eliminated |
The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 9 to August 21, at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park.
Each of the 24 pairs in the tournament was placed in one of six groups of four teams apiece, and played a round-robin within that pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Round of 16. The six third-place teams were ranked against each other, with ties being broken by the ratio of points won to lost. The best two advanced to the Round of 16, while the other four played two matches (#3 vs. #6 and #4 vs. #5) with the winners of those two matches advancing as well. The losers of those matches, along with the fourth-place teams in each group, were eliminated.
The 16 teams that advanced to the elimination rounds played a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.
The top eight finishes that a team has from January 1, 2007 to July 20, 2008, on the Swatch FIVB World Tour (2007 and 2008), SWATCH FIVB World Championships (2007) and on FIVB recognised Continental Championship Finals, counts towards Olympic qualification for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
There are 24 teams competing at the Olympic Games, with a maximum of two teams per country.
The United States had four teams in the top 8 of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking, Brazil had seven teams in the top 24, but only two teams from each country can participate in the Olympic Games. Also, China had three teams and Germany had four teams in the top 24 ranking before the Games.
The official cut off date for Olympic qualification for beach volleyball was July 20, 2008. The final Olympic Qualification Ranking for the 24 teams, was announced confirmed by the FIVB on July 24, 2008.
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