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The Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex from August 15 to August 29, 2004.
The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams. Each team played all other teams in their pool with the winning team gaining 2 points and the losing side 1 point. The top four teams from each pool progressed through to the quarter-finals.
[edit] Qualification
Greece qualified as the host nation, Brazil, Italy and Serbia & Montenegro qualified by finishing in the top-three at the 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup, while Russia (Europe), the United States (NORCECA), Argentina (South America) and Tunisia (Africa) won their continental qualifying tournament. Netherlands, France, Australia and Poland each came through by one of the three Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, held in Madrid, Spain (May 28–May 30), Tokyo, Japan (May 22–May 30) and Porto, Portugal (May 21–May 23).
[edit] Squads
[edit] Preliminary Round
[edit] Pool A
| Rk |
Team |
Points |
Won |
Lost |
SW |
SL |
Ratio |
PW |
PL |
Ratio |
| 1 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
9 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
6 |
2.000 |
427 |
398 |
1.073 |
| 2 |
Greece |
8 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
9 |
1.333 |
475 |
454 |
1.046 |
| 3 |
Argentina |
8 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
9 |
1.333 |
471 |
457 |
1.031 |
| 4 |
Poland |
8 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
9 |
1.111 |
422 |
418 |
1.007 |
| 5 |
France |
7 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
10 |
0.800 |
405 |
394 |
1.028 |
| 6 |
Tunisia |
5 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
15 |
0.267 |
373 |
451 |
0.827 |
August 15, 2004
August 17, 2004
August 19, 2004
August 21, 2004
|
|
|
|
Tunisia  |
1–3 |
Poland |
18-25, 25-23, 19-25, 23-25 |
Argentina  |
1–3 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
25-21, 17-25, 21-25, 23-25 |
Greece  |
3–2 |
France |
25-22, 14-25, 26-24, 23-25, 15-10 |
August 23, 2004
|
|
|
|
France  |
3–1 |
Tunisia |
25-23, 18-25, 25-19, 25-19 |
Poland  |
3–2 |
Argentina |
25-19, 25-22, 23-25, 22-25, 20-18 |
Serbia and Montenegro  |
3–2 |
Greece |
21-25, 38-36, 25-13, 23-25, 15-12 |
[edit] Pool B
| Rk |
Team |
Points |
Won |
Lost |
SW |
SL |
Ratio |
PW |
PL |
Ratio |
| 1 |
Brazil |
9 |
4 |
1 |
13 |
7 |
1.857 |
483 |
431 |
1.121 |
| 2 |
Italy |
8 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
1.857 |
465 |
434 |
1.071 |
| 3 |
United States |
8 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
8 |
1.375 |
437 |
423 |
1.033 |
| 4 |
Russia |
8 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
9 |
1.222 |
452 |
430 |
1.051 |
| 5 |
Netherlands |
7 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
0.636 |
394 |
419 |
0.933 |
| 6 |
Australia |
5 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
0.133 |
331 |
422 |
0.784 |
August 15, 2004
|
|
|
|
Netherlands  |
3–2 |
Russia |
25-23, 19-25, 17-25, 27-25, 18-16 |
Brazil  |
3–1 |
Australia |
23-25, 25-19, 25-12, 25-21 |
Italy  |
3–1 |
United States |
25-21, 21-25, 25-17, 25-23 |
August 17, 2004
August 19, 2004
August 21, 2004
August 23, 2004
[edit] Final Round
August 25, 2004
|
|
|
|
Serbia and Montenegro  |
1–3 |
Russia |
27-29, 25-23, 25-27, 26-28 |
Argentina  |
1–3 |
Italy |
25-22, 22-25, 24-26, 26-28 |
Greece  |
2–3 |
United States |
20-25, 25-22, 27-25, 23-25, 15-17 |
Poland  |
0–3 |
Brazil |
22-25, 25-27, 18-25 |
August 27, 2004
August 29, 2004
[edit] Final Standings
|
|
| 2004 Men's Olympic Champions |

Brazil
Second title |
|
[edit] Medalists
[edit] Awards
[edit] External links