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The Women's beach volleyball event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece , was held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex . The gold medal went to Kerri Walsh and Misty May who had a perfect record in the tournament, losing not a single set.
The reigning champions from the 2000 Olympics , Natalie Cook and Kerri Ann Pottharst , both had new partners for Athens and coincidentally met at the last sixteen stage where Cook's team took the honours. Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede repeated their 2000 Olympic result, taking silver.
Pool play [ edit ] The 24 competing teams were split equally into six pools of four, and each team played each of the other teams in their pool a best of three set match (so that the number of pool matches, P , played by each team was 3).
The teams in each pool were ranked first through fourth based on the number of matches won, W . In the event of a two-way tie, the winning team in the head-to-head match finished ahead. In a three-team tie, the total number of points each team won and lost during all matches involving only the three tied teams were added up, and the bottom-ranked team of the three was decided by the points for to points against ratio; the other two teams were then ranked according to the outcome of the head-to-head match. The top two teams from each pool and the four best third placed teams (based on: first, matches won; second (in the event of a tie), set ratio SF/SA ; and third (if there is still a tie), points ratio PF/PA ) progressed through to the round of sixteen (single elimination tournament).
Two points (Pts ) were awarded for each match win (W ) and one point was given for each loss (L ).winners are shown in bold .
August 15
Celbová & Nováková
2–0
Kadijk & Leenstra
21–19, 21–16
Walsh & May
2–0
Tokuno & Kusuhara
21–9, 21–16
August 17
Celbová & Nováková
2–0
Tokuno & Kusuhara
23–21, 21–12
Walsh & May
2–0
Kadijk & Leenstra
21–11, 21–13
August 19
Kadijk & Leenstra
1–2
Tokuno & Kusuhara
21–15, 17–21, 13–15
Walsh & May
2–0
Celbová & Nováková
21–17, 21–17
August 15
Fernández & Larrea
2–1
Gattelli & Perrotta
21–17, 18–21, 15–10
Bede & Behar
2–0
Naidoo & Willard
21–7, 21–10
August 17
Fernández & Larrea
2–0
Naidoo & Willard
21–19, 21–16
Bede & Behar
2–0
Gattelli & Perrotta
21–17, 21–17
August 19
Gattelli & Perrotta
2–0
Naidoo & Willard
21–18, 21–14
Bede & Behar
2–0
Fernández & Larrea
21–14, 21–19
August 15
Ana Paula & Sandra Pires
2–0
Håkedal & Tørlen
21–18, 21–19
Lahme & Müsch
2–1
Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou
21–16, 16–21, 15–10
August 17
Ana Paula & Sandra Pires
2–0
Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou
21–13, 21–14
Lahme & Müsch
1–2
Håkedal & Tørlen
21–13, 17–21, 12–15
August 19
Ana Paula & Sandra Pires
1–2
Lahme & Müsch
21–18, 15–21, 11–15
Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou
2–1
Håkedal & Tørlen
21–11, 21–23, 15–12
August 14
Schnyder & Kuhn
0–2
Dumont & Martin
16–21, 13–21
McPeak & Youngs
2–0
Maaseide & Glesnes
21–14, 21–14
August 16
Schnyder & Kuhn
1–2
Maaseide & Glesnes
18–21, 21–17, 13–15
McPeak & Youngs
2–1
Dumont & Martin
21–13, 12–21, 15–9
August 18
Dumont & Martin
2–0
Maaseide & Glesnes
21–19, 29–27
McPeak & Youngs
2–1
Schnyder & Kuhn
22–24, 21–17, 15–12
August 14
Rau & Pohl
2–0
Wang & You
21–17, 21–18
Cook & Sanderson
2–0
Yanchulova & Yanchulova
21–16, 21–12
August 16
Rau & Pohl
1–2
Yanchulova & Yanchulova
21–18, 19–21, 13–15
Cook & Sanderson
2–1
Wang & You
21–19, 17–21, 17–15
August 18
Wang & You
0–2
Yanchulova & Yanchulova
19–21, 17–21
Cook & Sanderson
0–2
Rau & Pohl
10–21, 20–22
August 14
Tian & Wang
0–2
Lochowicz & Pottharst
18–21, 18–21
Karadassiou & Sfyri
2–0
García & Gaxiola
21–17, 21–13
August 16
Tian & Wang
2–0
García & Gaxiola
21–19, 21–15
Karadassiou & Sfyri
1–2
Lochowicz & Pottharst
15–21, 21–15, 14–16
August 18
Lochowicz & Pottharst
2–0
García & Gaxiola
26–24, 22–20
Karadassiou & Sfyri
2–0
Tian & Wang
21–14, 21–17
Playoffs [ edit ] Round of 16 [ edit ] August 20
Fernández & Larrea
0–2
Dumont & Martin
18–21, 19–21
Lahme & Musch
1–2
Gattelli & Perrotta
21–16, 17–21, 19–21
Lochowicz & Pottharst
0–2
Cook & Sanderson
15–21, 16–21
Ana Paula & Sandra Pires
2–0
Karadassiou & Sfyri
21–16, 21–19
August 21
Walsh & May
2–0
Tian & Wang
21–11, 21–18
Arvaniti & Koutroumanidou
1–2
Rau & Pohl
12–21, 21–19, 11–15
Celbová & Nováková
0–2
McPeak & Youngs
16–21, 16–21
Yanchulova & Yanchulova
1–2
Bede & Behar
21–18, 16–21, 11–15
Quarter-finals [ edit ] August 22
Walsh & May
2–0
Dumont & Martin
21–19, 21–14
Rau & Pohl
0–2
McPeak & Youngs
17–21, 17–21
Gattelli & Perrotta
1–2
Cook & Sanderson
16–21, 21–14, 12–15
Ana Paula & Sandra Pires
1–2
Bede & Behar
21–15, 13–21, 13–15
Semi-finals [ edit ] August 23
Walsh & May
2–0
McPeak & Youngs
21–18, 21–15
Cook & Sanderson
0–2
Bede & Behar
17–21, 16–21
Bronze-medal match [ edit ] August 24
McPeak & Youngs
2–1
Cook & Sanderson
21–18, 15–21, 15–9
Gold-medal match [ edit ] August 24
Walsh & May
2–0
Bede & Behar
21–17, 21–11
Final ranking [ edit ] [1]
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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Kerri Walsh and Misty May (USA)
Eva Celbová and Sona Nováková (CZE)
Ryoko Tokuno and Chiaki Kusuhara (JPN)
Rebekka Kadijk and Marrit Leenstra (NED)
Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar (BRA)
Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea (CUB)
Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta (ITA)
Leigh Ann Naidoo and Julia Willand (RSA)
Susanne Lahme and Danja Müsch (GER)
Vassiliki Arvaniti and Efthalia Koutroumanidou (GRE)
Nila Håkedal and Ingrid Tørlen (NOR)
Guylaine Dumont and Annie Martin (CAN)
Nicole Schnyder and Simone Kuhn (SUI)
Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson (AUS)
Tzvetelina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova (BUL)
Wang Lu and You Wenhui (CHN)
Mayra García and Hilda Gaxiola (MEX)
McPeak & Youngs
Walsh & May
