Serbia vs Dominican Republic, Paris Olympics Volleyball Qualifier 2023 Women: Live Stream, Schedule, Squads

The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournaments, alternatively the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup (for the tournament held in Japan) and also known as FIVB Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier, are the three volleyball tournaments to be contested by 24 women’s national teams of the FIVB. The top teams will earn a place in the 2024 Summer Olympics volleyball tournament.

Thursday will see Serbia take on the Dominican Republic to book a seat for the Paris Olympics. Serbia is currently ranked ninth in the world rankings. While the Dominican Republic is ranked thirtieth in the world rankings. Serbia has made their presence felt in this particular tournament. The Serbians have been in red-hot form as they dominated teams like Mexico (3-0), Ukraine (3-0), Canada (3-0) and Czechia (3-1). On the other hand, the Dominicans are also coming after destroying Mexico (3-0) and Ukraine (3-0). However, the Dominicans faced some of the initial hiccups against Czechia (2-3) and Canada (3-2). Although the Dominicans won the hard-fought match against Canada the Serbians may prove to be a difficult opponent for the Caribbeans.

What is the format of the Paris Olympics Volleyball Qualifier 2023 Women?

The FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournaments (OQTs) include the 24 best-placed non-qualified teams. However, Russia has not been granted permission to participate due to the ongoing Ukraine war. The rankings have been done on the basis of the FIVB World Rankings as of 18 September 2022. As the host nation, France has already secured its place in the women’s competitions. The other 11 quota places are allocated via a two-step qualification process that ensures the best volleyball nations can participate in the event while observing the principle of universality.

The first step process includes the allocation of six Olympic quota places. These are contested during the FIVB Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifiers. Out of this, the top 24 teams as per the World Ranking (WR) not yet qualified are split into three single round-robin pools of eight teams each. The top two teams of each pool qualify for Paris 2024. On the other hand, the remaining five places per gender are filled by selecting the top five not yet qualified teams in the WR. This will be decided at the end of the Preliminary Phase of Volleyball Nations League 2024. To guarantee the principle of universality, these teams are selected as per the following order of priority: 1) Teams from continents without qualified teams, and 2) Top teams not yet qualified.

Serbia vs Dominican Republic: Squads of both teams

Serbia

Busa Bianka (OH), Lazovic Katarina (OH), Osmajic Minja (MB), Drca Bojana (S), Popovic Mina (MB), Jaksic Ana (S), Mirkovic Sladjana (S), Uzelac Aleksandra (OH), Ognjenovic Maja (S), Kurtagic Hena (MB), Pusic Teodora (L), Bjelica Ana (O), Aleksic Maja (MB), Stevanovic Jovana (MB), Jegdic Aleksandra (L), Popovic Silvija (L), Boškovic Tijana (O), Milenkovic Bojana (OH), Zelenovic Jovana (O), Kocic Jovana (MB), Lozo Sara (O), Gocanin Bojana (L), Cvetkovic Jovana (OH), Mijatovic Mina (OH), Pakic Stefana (L)

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Dominican Republic

Arias Perez Candida Estefany (MB), Rodriguez Duran Yaneirys (L), Eve Mejia Lisvel Elisa (MB), Peralta Luna Vielka Michelle (OH), Castillo Brenda (L), Rodriguez Fung Ariana (S), Marte Frica Niverka Dharlenis (S), Tapia Cruz Alondra Denis (O), Hinojosa Diaz Angelica Maria (MB), Gonzalez Geraldine Sthefany (MB), Perez Javier Yokaty (S), Matos Duran Massiel (OH), Guillen Paredes Madeline Jazmin (OH), Peña Isabel Yonkaira Paola (OH), Paniagua Hinojosa Crismeily (S), De La Cruz De Peña Bethania (OH), Martinez Brayelin Elizabeth (OH), Martinez Jineiry (MB), Caraballo Arias Samaret Jailene (OH), Gonzalez Lopez Gaila Ceneida (O), Alonzo Vargas Katielle Altagracia (OH), Martinez Caro Larysmer (L), Heredia Colon Flormarie (OH), Liberato Gomez Ailyn Miabela (S), Terrero Contreras Florangel Shaylin (MB)

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