Sitting volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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Volleyball
at the XII Paralympic Games
Sitting volleyball pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Paralympic sitting volleyball
Venue Helliniko Fencing Hall
Dates21–27 September
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)(men)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)(women)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)(men)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)(women)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)(men)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)(women)
2000
2008

Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from 21 to 27 September. [1] Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women. The sport is performed sitting down, on a smaller court with a lower net. [2]

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This was the first Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in 1976 (when sitting volleyball was a demonstration event) through 2000. [3]

The tournament brought Bosnia and Herzegovina their first ever Paralympic gold medal. Their team consisted of players injured in the War of 1992-95.

Men's tournament

Volleyball - Men
at the XII Paralympic Games
Venue Helliniko Fencing Hall
Dates21–27 September 2004
Competitors8
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dževad Hamzić
Nedzad Salkic
Safet Alibašić
Sabahudin Delalić
Ermin Jusufović
Zikret Mahmic
Fikret Causevic
Asim Medić
Esad Durmisevic
Ejub Mehmedovic
Adnan Manko
Ismet Godinjak
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Silver medal icon.svg Ramzan Salehi Hajikolaei
Isa Zirahi
Seyed Saeid Ebrahimi Baladezaei
Jalil Eimeri
Naser Hassanpour Alinazari
Ali Golkar Azghandi
Mahdi Hamid Zadeh
Davood Alipourian
Sadegh Beigdeli
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Bronze medal icon.svg Hossam Massoud
Yassir Ibrahim
Abdel Naby Abdel Latif
Rezk El Helbawi
Mohamed Abou Elyazid
Salah Hassanein
Mohamed Emara
Taher El Bahaey
Ashraf Abdalla
Abd Elaal Abd Elaal
Tamer Awad
Hesham El Shwikh
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

The men's tournament was won by the team representing Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina. [4]

Results

Preliminaries

For ranking purposes - no elimination

RankCompetitorMPWLSetsPoints IRIGERFINJPN
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3309:06x3:03:03:0
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3216:350:3x3:03:0
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3123:640:30:3x3:0
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3030:930:30:30:3x
Group B
RankCompetitorMPWLSetsPoints BIHEGYUSAGRE
1Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3309:06x3:03:03:0
2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3216:350:3x3:03:0
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3123:740:30:3x3:1
4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3031:930:30:31:3x

Competition bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 2
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3Third place
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 0
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1 Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2

Classification 5–8

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0
 
 
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3

Team lists

Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Ramzan Salehi Hajikolaei
Isa Zirahi
Seyed Saeid Ebrahimi Baladezaei
Jalil Eimeri
Naser Hassanpour Alinazari
Ali Golkar Azghandi
Mahdi Hamid Zadeh
Davood Alipourian
Sadegh Beigdeli
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Stefan Wischnewski
Juergen Schrapp
Benjamin Paolo Oesch
Martin Rickmann
Steffen Barsch
Mario Scheler
Siegmund Soicke
Alexander Schiffler
Robert Grylak
Thomas Renger
Jens Faerber
Uwe Haussig
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Lasse Pakarinen
Matti Pulli
Timo Herranen
Lauri Melanen
Sami Tervo
Martti Eronen
Petri Kapiainen
Jukka Laine
Keijo Hanninen
Olavi Venalainen
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Koki Todo
Tadashi Tamura
Yoshihito Takeda
Atsushi Yonezawa
Tsutomu Tanabe
Yosuke Kurita
Satoshi Kanao
Kaname Nakayama
Masahiko Kato
Arata Yamamoto
Hitoshi Yoshida
Koji Tanaka
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dževad Hamzić
Nedzad Salkic
Safet Alibašić
Sabahudin Delalic
Ermin Jusufović
Zikret Mahmic
Fikret Causevic
Asim Medić
Esad Durmisevic
Ejub Mehmedovic
Adnan Manko
Ismet Godinjak
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Hossam Massoud
Yassir Ibrahim
Abdel Naby Abdel Latif
Rezk El Helbawi
Mohamed Abou Elyazid
Salah Hassanein
Mohamed Emara
Taher El Bahaey
Ashraf Abdalla
Abd Elaal Abd Elaal
Tamer Awad
Hesham El Shwikh
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Joey Evans
Brent Rasmussen
Curtis Lease
Chris Seilkop
Tracey Lange
Paul Moran
Essam Hamido
Robert Osbahr
Eric Duda
Rene Aquino
Jeffrey MacMunn
William Steen
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Marinos Anagnostopoulos
Christos Konstantakopoulos
Georgios Zafeiropoulos
Panagiotis Vakondios
Nikolaos Mallios
Ioannis Soukiouroglou
Emmanouil Touloupakis
Anastasios Kostaris
Ioannis Somos
Eleftherios Lamprakis
Kyriakos Makris
Emmanouil Drakonakis

Women's tournament

Volleyball - Women
at the XII Paralympic Games
Venue Helliniko Fencing Hall
Dates21–27 September 2004
Competitors6
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Chen Yu Ping
Sheng Yu Hong
Yang Yan Ling
Xue Jun
Zhang Xu Fei
Li Li Ping
Zhao Jin Qiu
Zheng Xiong Ying
Zhong Hai Hong
Gong Bin
Tan Yanhua
Lu Hong Qin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Paula List
Jolanda Slenter
Petra Westerhof
Marijke Roest
Alberta Ten Thije
Karin Harmsen
Aletta Adema Salagter
Els Verwer
Maria Poiesz
Djoke van Marum
Anneke den Haan
Monique Bons
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg Allison Ahlfeldt
Gina McWilliams
Allison Aldrich
Bonnie Brawner
Kendra Lancaster
Deborah Vosler
Hope Lewellen
Lora Webster
Lori Daniels
Brenda Maymon
Penny Ricker
Erica Moyers
Flag of the United States.svg  United States

The women's tournament was won by the team representing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China. [5]

Results

Preliminaries

Qualified for final round
RankCompetitorMPWLSetsPoints CHNNEDUSASLOFINUKR
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55015:110x3:13:03:03:03:0
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54113:391:3x3:03:03:03:0
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5329:1280:30:3x3:23:23:2
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 5238:1070:30:32:3x3:13:0
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5146:1460:30:32:31:3x3:2
6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5054:1550:30:32:30:32:3x

Competition bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3
 
 
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3
 
 
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3

Classification 5/6

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1 – 3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

Team lists

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Chen Yu Ping
Sheng Yu Hong
Yang Yan Ling
Xue Jun
Zhang Xu Fei
Li Li Ping
Zhao Jin Qiu
Zheng Xiong Ying
Zhong Hai Hong
Gong Bin
Tan Yanhua
Lu Hong Qin
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Paula List
Jolanda Slenter
Petra Westerhof
Marijke Roest
Alberta Ten Thije
Karin Harmsen
Aletta Adema Salagter
Els Verwer
Maria Poiesz
Djoke van Marum
Anneke den Haan
Monique Bons
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Allison Ahlfeldt
Gina McWilliams
Allison Aldrich
Bonnie Brawner
Kendra Lancaster
Deborah Vosler
Hope Lewellen
Lora Webster
Lori Daniels
Brenda Maymon
Penny Ricker
Erica Moyers
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Tanja Simonic
Sasa Kotnik
Stefka Tomic
Danica Gosnak
Alenka Sart
Nadja Ovcjak
Marinka Cencelj
Bogomira Jakin
Boza Kovacic
Emilie Gradisek
Anita Goltnik Urnaut
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Liisa Makela
Petra Pitkaniitty
Minna Hiltunen
Anne Mari Maki
Raisa Moller
Liisa Jokipii
Annukka Jaattenmaki
Paivi Sivula
Tiina Jalo
Maria Paavola
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Oleksandra Granovska
Ilona Yudina
Olena Yurkovska
Galyna Kuznetsova
Lyubov Lomakina
Nataliya Parshutina
Tetyana Podzyuban
Inna Osetynska

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