Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Peace and Friendship Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 14–28 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 144 from 12 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
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Tournament | men | women |
Rosters | men | women |
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Tournament | men | women |
The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the eleventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. It was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex between 14 and 28 August 2004. [1]
The medals for the competition were presented by Henri Sérandour, France; Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, Hong Kong; and Els van Breda Vriesman, Netherlands; IOC Members, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Jizhong Wei, People's Republic of China; FIVB 1st Vice-President, Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, Dominican Republic; FIVB Vice President, and Aleksandar Boričić, Serbia and Montenegro; FIVB Board-Administration Member.
P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Sat 14 | Sun 15 | Mon 16 | Tue 17 | Wed 18 | Thu 19 | Fri 20 | Sat 21 | Sun 22 | Mon 23 | Tue 24 | Wed 25 | Thu 26 | Fri 27 | Sat 28 | ||||
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P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
Qualifiers | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host Country | 5 September 1997 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2003 Women's World Cup | 1–15 November 2003 | ![]() | 3 | ![]() |
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European Qualification | 5–10 January 2004 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
North American Qualification | 15–21 December 2003 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
South American Qualification | 9–11 January 2004 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
African Qualification | 7–10 January 2004 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Asian Qualification | 8–16 May 2004 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2004 Olympic Qualification Tournament | 3 | ![]() | ||
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Total | 12 | Source:FIVB [2] |
* Dominican Republic is associated at the NORCECA (North America and Caribbean), but entered the South American Qualification as only three South American countries competed at the continental qualification.The country won a wildcard after win the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. [3]
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the Preliminary round (first stage), the twelve participants were divided into two pools of six teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The four highest ranked teams in each pool advanced to the Final round (second stage) and the two lowest ranked teams took no further participation (with pool places 5th and 6th being ranked in the final standings as joined 9th and 11th, respectively).
The Final round was played in a single elimination format, starting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers were eliminated (ranked at standings as joined 5th).
Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking as of January 2004. [4]
Pool A | Pool B |
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All matches |
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Peace and Friendship Stadium |
Capacity: 10,520 |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 7.500 | 410 | 326 | 1.258 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4.667 | 392 | 305 | 1.285 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1.286 | 355 | 352 | 1.009 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0.600 | 346 | 343 | 1.009 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 0.417 | 349 | 383 | 0.911 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 236 | 379 | 0.623 |
14 August 2004 14:00 | Japan ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(21–25, 22–25, 21–25) Report | ||||
14 August 2004 16:00 | Greece ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–7, 25–22, 25–14) Report | ||||
14 August 2004 19:30 | South Korea ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(17–25, 13–25, 19–25) Report | ||||
16 August 2004 9:00 | Kenya ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(16–25, 27–29, 12–25) Report | ||||
16 August 2004 14:00 | Italy ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–16, 25–13, 25–17) Report | ||||
16 August 2004 16:00 | Greece ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–20, 19–25, 15–25, 22–25) Report | ||||
18 August 2004 11:50 | South Korea ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–16, 25–20, 25–19) Report | ||||
18 August 2004 16:35 | Japan ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–10, 20–25, 25–21, 25–22) Report | ||||
18 August 2004 21:30 | Brazil ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(19–25, 25–13, 22–25, 25–16, 15–13) Report | ||||
20 August 2004 14:00 | South Korea ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–21, 26–24, 25–21) Report | ||||
20 August 2004 16:00 | Greece ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(22–25, 22–25, 11–25) Report | ||||
20 August 2004 19:30 | Kenya ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(17–25, 13–25, 14–25) Report | ||||
22 August 2004 11:00 | Japan ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–8, 25–17, 25–14) Report | ||||
22 August 2004 16:00 | Italy ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–19 ,25–19, 25–22) Report | ||||
22 August 2004 19:30 | Brazil ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–19, 25–18, 25–23) Report | ||||
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3.500 | 429 | 346 | 1.240 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 426 | 388 | 1.098 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1.100 | 443 | 460 | 0.963 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1.100 | 472 | 467 | 1.011 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 0.636 | 387 | 414 | 0.935 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 0.214 | 334 | 416 | 0.803 |
14 August 2004 9:00 | Cuba ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–20, 26–24, 22–25, 15–25, 15–17) Report | ||||
14 August 2004 11:35 | Dominican Republic ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(17–25, 13–25, 16–25) Report | ||||
14 August 2004 21:30 | China ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–21, 23–25, 25–22, 25–18) Report | ||||
16 August 2004 11:00 | China ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–20, 25–16, 25–16) Report | ||||
16 August 2004 19:30 | United States ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–22, 25–22, 22–25, 27–25) Report | ||||
16 August 2004 22:05 | Russia ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(24–26, 25–19, 27–25, 19–25, 13–15) Report | ||||
18 August 2004 9:00 | Dominican Republic ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(26–24, 22–25, 27–25, 23–25, 19–17) Report | ||||
18 August 2004 14:00 | Cuba ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–19, 22–25, 15–25, 25–21, 15–13) Report | ||||
18 August 2004 19:30 | Germany ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(29–31 ,11–25, 18–25) Report | ||||
20 August 2004 9:00 | China ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–18, 25–15, 25–16) Report | ||||
20 August 2004 11:00 | Dominican Republic ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(23–25, 17–25, 23–25) Report | ||||
20 August 2004 21:30 | United States ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–20, 17–25, 25–20, 18–25, 11–15) Report | ||||
22 August 2004 9:00 | Germany ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–16, 25–19, 25–21) Report | ||||
22 August 2004 14:00 | Russia ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(15–25, 16–25, 26–28) Report | ||||
22 August 2004 21:30 | Cuba ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(22–25, 12–25, 19–25) Report | ||||
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
24 August | ||||||||||
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26 August | ||||||||||
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24 August | ||||||||||
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28 August | ||||||||||
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24 August | ||||||||||
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26 August | ||||||||||
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24 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
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28 August | ||||||||||
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24 August 2004 14:00 | Japan ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(20–25, 22–25, 20–25) Report | ||||
24 August 2004 16:00 | South Korea ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(17–25, 15–25, 22–25) Report | ||||
24 August 2004 19:30 | Italy ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(23–25, 25–14, 25–22, 14–25, 12–15) Report | ||||
24 August 2004 21:55 | Brazil ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–22, 25–20, 22–25, 25–27, 15–6) Report | ||||
26 August 2004 19:30 | Brazil ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(25–18, 25–21, 22–25, 26–28, 14–16) Report | ||||
26 August 2004 22:15 | Cuba ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(22–25, 20–25, 25–17, 25–23, 10–15) Report | ||||
28 August 2004 18:00 | Brazil ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(22–25, 22–25, 25–14, 17–25) Report | ||||
28 August 2004 20:10 | Russia ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Peace and Friendship Stadium |
(30–28, 27–25, 20–25, 23–25, 12–15) Report | ||||
According to the official results: [5] [6]
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Gold | Silver | Bronze |
![]() Feng Kun (c) Yang Hao Liu Yanan Li Shan Zhou Suhong Zhao Ruirui Zhang Yuehong Chen Jing Song Nina Wang Lina Zhang Na (L) Zhang Ping Head coach: | ![]() Irina Tebenikhina Elena Tyurina (L) Lioubov Chachkova Natalya Safronova Evgeniya Artamonova (c) Elizaveta Tishchenko Olga Chukanova Ekaterina Gamova Marina Sheshenina Alexandra Korukovets Elena Plotnikova Olga Nikolaeva Head coach: | ![]() Zoila Barros Rosir Calderón Nancy Carrillo Ana Fernández Maybelis Martínez Liana Mesa Anniara Muñoz Yahima Ortiz Daymi Ramirez Yumilka Ruíz (c) Marta Sánchez Dulce Téllez Head coach: |
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