• Two tournaments in ECVA (October) and CAZOVA (November) with eight countries each
• 2 teams per gender per country
• The best four ranked countries of each sub-zonal tournament will qualify for the Continental Phase
• Country v country format (best of five) with a double elimination bracket
• Seeding: by NORCECA Beach Volleyball Ranking, the country teams without ranking will go into a draw

in 2011:

• Two additional sub-zonal events, one in AFECAVOL (January) with seven countries and the other in the Central Zone (April) with six countries
• The best four ranked countries qualify for the Continental Phase
• Country vs. country format, with a winner and loser bracket (or double elimination)
• Double gender events

• One tournament per gender with eight countries each from CAZOVA (4) and ECVA (4)
• One tournament with eight countries each (each participating country entering two teams per gender) from AFECAVOL (4) and the Central Zone (4)
• The best four countries per tournament qualify for the Final Continental Phase
• The host country must qualify through the previous phase. The organizing country will also be allowed to participate.
• Two teams per country per gender
• Country vs. country format with a double bracket
• Criteria: by NORCECA countries ranking (as of August 15, 2010)
• Seeding: the top four teams on NORCECA Beach Volleyball Ranking, the remaining country teams by draw

• One tournament per gender with eight countries each
• Both tournaments will be held at the latest on June 24, 2012
• The host country must qualify through the previous phase. The organizing country will also be allowed to participate.
• Two teams per country per gender
• Country vs. country format with a double elimination bracket
• Seeding: by zonal phase ranking
• The country winner of each tournament not yet qualified to the London 2012 Olympic Games, will qualify directly.
• The two next best ranked countries not yet qualified for the Olympic Games, qualify for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification event.
• The highest ranked country (from the participating countries) of the Continental Beach Volleyball Cup, will qualify for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup Final.