Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's volleyball

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Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Women's Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex between August 15 and August 29.

The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams. Each team played all other teams in its 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.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Squads 3 First Round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 4 Final Round 5 Final Standings 6 Medalists 7 Awards 8 References

[edit] Teams

Group A  Brazil  Greece  Italy  Japan  Kenya  South Korea

Group B  China  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Germany  Russia  United States

Greece qualified as the host nation, PR China, Brazil and the United States qualified by finishing in the top-three at the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup, while Germany (Europe), Cuba (NORCECA), Dominican Republic (South America) and Kenya (Africa) won their continental championship. Japan, South Korea, Russia and Italy ended up in the top-four at the last Olympic Qualifying Tournament, held from May 8 to May 16, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.

[edit] Squads

[edit] First Round

All winners of individual matches shown in bold.
Highlighted teams moved on to the Final Round.

[edit] Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	10	5	5	0	15	2	7.500	410	326	1.258
2.	Italy	9	5	4	1	14	3	4.667	392	305	1.285
3.	South Korea	8	5	3	2	9	7	1.286	355	352	1.009
4.	Japan	7	5	2	3	6	10	0.600	346	343	1.009
5.	Greece	6	5	1	4	5	12	0.417	349	383	0.911
6.	Kenya	5	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	236	379	0.623

August 14, 2004

Japan	0–3	Brazil	21-25, 22-25, 21-25
Greece	3–0	Kenya	25-7, 25-22, 25-14
South Korea	0–3	Italy	17-25, 13-25, 19-25

August 16, 2004

Kenya	0–3	Brazil	16-25, 27-29, 12-25
Italy	3–0	Japan	25-16, 25-13, 25-17
Greece	1–3	South Korea	25-20, 19-25, 15-25, 22-25

August 18, 2004

South Korea	3–0	Kenya	25-16, 25-20, 25-19
Japan	3–1	Greece	25-10, 20-25, 25-21, 25-22
Brazil	3–2	Italy	19-25, 25-13, 22-25, 25-16, 15-13

August 20, 2004

South Korea	3–0	Japan	25-21, 26-24, 25-21
Greece	0–3	Brazil	22-25, 22-25, 11-25
Kenya	0–3	Italy	17-25, 13-25, 14-25

August 22, 2004

Japan	3–0	Kenya	25-8, 25-17, 25-14
Italy	3–0	Greece	25-19, 25-19, 25-22
Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25-19, 25-18, 25-23

[edit] Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	China	9	5	4	1	14	4	3.500	429	346	1.240
2.	Russia	8	5	3	2	11	8	1.375	426	388	1.098
3.	Cuba	8	5	3	2	11	10	1.100	443	460	0.963
3.	United States	7	5	2	3	11	10	1.100	472	467	1.011
5.	Germany	7	5	2	3	7	11	0.636	387	414	0.935
6.	Dominican Republic	6	5	1	4	3	14	0.214	334	416	0.803

August 14, 2004

Cuba	2–3	Germany	25-20, 26-24, 22-25, 15-25, 15-17
Dominican Republic	0–3	Russia	17-25, 13-25, 16-25
China	3–1	United States	25-21, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18

August 16, 2004

China	3–0	Dominican Republic	25-20, 25-16, 25-16
United States	3–1	Germany	25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 27-25
Russia	2–3	Cuba	24-26, 25-19, 27-25, 19-25, 13-15

August 18, 2004

Dominican Republic	3–2	United States	26-24, 22-25, 27-25, 23-25, 19-17
Cuba	3–2	China	25-19, 22-25, 15-25, 25-21, 15-13
Germany	0–3	Russia	29-31, 11-25, 18-25

August 20, 2004

China	3–0	Germany	25-18, 25-15, 25-16
Dominican Republic	0–3	Cuba	23-25, 17-25, 23-25
United States	2–3	Russia	25-20, 17-25, 25-20, 18-25, 11-15

August 22, 2004

Germany	3–0	Dominican Republic	25-16, 25-19, 25-21
Russia	0–3	China	15-25, 16-25, 26-28
Cuba	0–3	United States	22-25, 12-25, 19-25

[edit] Final Round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Match
	2004-08-24
	Brazil	3
					2004-08-26
	United States	2
					Brazil	2
	2004-08-24
					Russia	3
	South Korea	0
									2004-08-28
	Russia	3
									Russia	2
	2004-08-24
									China	3
	Italy	2
					2004-08-26
	Cuba	3
					Cuba	2			Bronze Medal Match
	2004-08-24
					China	3
	Japan	0							Brazil	1
	China	3							Cuba	3
									2004-08-28

August 24, 2004

Brazil	3–2	United States	25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 25-27, 15-6
South Korea	0–3	Russia	17-25, 15-25, 22-25
Italy	2–3	Cuba	23-25, 25-14, 25-22, 14-25, 12-15
Japan	0–3	China	20-25, 22-25, 20-25

August 26, 2004

Brazil	2–3	Russia	25-18, 25-21, 22-25, 26-28, 14-16
Cuba	2–3	China	22-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-23, 10-15

August 28, 2004

Brazil	1–3	Cuba	22-25, 22-25, 25-14, 17-25
Russia	2–3	China	30-28, 27-25, 20-25, 23-25, 12-15

[edit] Final Standings

Place Team China Russia Cuba 4. Brazil 5. Italy Japan South Korea United States 9. Germany Greece 11. Dominican Republic Kenya

2004 Women's Olympic Champions  China Second title

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
China (CHN) Lina Wang Nina Song Jing Chen Yuehong Zhang Ruirui Zhao Suhong Zhou Shan Li Yanan Liu Hao Yang Kun Feng Ping Zhang Na Zhang	Russia (RUS) Alexandra Korukovets Olga Nikolaeva Elena Tyurina Olga Chukanova Elizaveta Tishchenko Evgenya Artamonova Marina Sheshenina Elena Plotnikova Natalya Safronova Lioubov Chachkova Irina Tebenikhina Ekaterina Gamova	Cuba (CUB) Zoila Barros Rosir Calderon Nancy Carrillo Ana Fernandez Maybelis Martinez Liana Mesa Aniara Muñoz Yahima Ortiz Daymi Ramirez Yumilka Ruiz Marta Sanchez Dulce Tellez

[edit] Awards

Most Valuable Player  Feng Kun (CHN) Best Scorer  Ekaterina Gamova (RUS) Best Spiker  Zhang Ping (CHN) Best Blocker  Ekaterina Gamova (RUS) Best Server  Zoila Barros (CUB)

Best Digger  Stacy Sykora (USA) Best Setter  Feng Kun (CHN) Best Receiver  Zhang Na (CHN) Best Libero  Paola Cardullo (ITA)

[edit] References

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