Venezuela women's beach volleyball team qualified directly for the Olympics by winning the final match over Argentina at the 2016 CSV Continental Cup in Rosario.
(meta data) TITLE:  News - Venezuela women to head to debut Olympics beach volleyball snow volleyball growing the game ## HOME The FIVB Snow Volleyball Beach Volleyball Growing the game ## The FIVB The FIVB About FIVB The 9 Goals FIVB President Confederations (Directory) ## Snow Volleyball About Snow Volleyball ## Volleyball World Rankings Regulations & Official Forms The Game Volleyball Information System (VIS) ## Beach Volleyball Players' Database Documents & Forms Partnership opportunities The Game ## Growing the game Projects Hub Refereeing/Rules Technical/Coach ## Media News Search Media Guides Media Club Press Contacts Media Operations ## The FIVB ## About FIVB ## The 9 Goals ## FIVB President ## Structure ## Legal ## Properties ## Confederations (Directory) ## News ## About Snow Volleyball ## Calendar ## Forms ## Competitions ## Calendar ## World Rankings ## Regulations & Official Forms ## The Game ## Volleyball Information System (VIS) ## Competitions ## Calendar ## Rankings ## Players' Database ## Refereeing ## Documents & Forms ## Partnership opportunities ## The Game ## Development ## Projects Hub ## Refereeing/Rules ## Technical/Coach ## Medical ## News Search ## Publications ## Media Guides ## Media Club ## Press Contacts ## Media Operations ## Headlines Back to FIVB Beach volleyball # Venezuela women to head to debut Olympics Venezuela are celebrating Olympic qualification Rosario, Argentina, June 26, 2016 – Venezuela's women will be represented at the Olympic Games for the first time after they won the CSV Continental Cup on Saturday. Countries are represented by two teams at the Continental Cup and matches are played over the best of three rubbers and Venezuela were represented by sisters Rebeca Pazo and Olaya Pazo and Norisbeth Agudo and Gabriela Brito. The Venezuelan Volleyball Federation will now have to decide which if the two teams will represent them at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. Rebeca and Pazo won the first rubber against Argentina's Julieta Puntín and Irene Verasio and were then leading Maria Julia Benet and Maria Zonta before injury forced Benet to withdraw to hand Venezuela the victory ."This is the reward for strong and determined work to qualify for the Olympics," Rebeca said, before Olaya added, "hopefully qualifying will help beach volleyball grow, it is a moment of great happiness. "Argentina, Uruguay and Columbia's women will now battle it out to have one last chance to reach Rio 2016 at the final Olympic qualifiers in Sochi, Russia, from July 6-10 when they conclude the tournament on Sunday. ## News Box Poland's Chiniewicz/Korycki overjoyed to reach Jurmala main draw Latvian pairs lead way at inaugural FIVB Jurmala Busy week ahead for FIVB World Tour Samoilovs & Smedins defend Moscow title Heidrich & Verge-Depre claim first World Tour gold as team Borger & Sude reminisce about Rome experiences in anticipation of World Tour Finals Alison & Alvaro Filho to play Samoilovs & Smedins for Moscow gold Brazilian qualifiers reach women's final at Moscow See All News This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. For more information please read our Cookies Policy.
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