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12th Volleyball Olympic Tournament
12th Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Beijing, China 2008
	File:Beach Volleyball 2008.gif
Tournament details
City	Beijing, China
Dates	August 9 - August 22
Men's Medals(24 teams)
Gold	[[men's national volleyball team\|]]
Silver	[[men's national volleyball team\|]]
Bronze	[[men's national volleyball team\|]]
Women's Medals(24 teams)
Gold	[[women's national volleyball team\|]]
Silver	[[women's national volleyball team\|]]
Bronze	[[women's national volleyball team\|]]

12th Volleyball Olympic Tournament
12th Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Beijing 2008
	File:Volleyball 2008.gif
Tournament details
Olympics	2008 Summer Olympics
Host nation	China
City	Beijing
Dates	August 9 - August 24
Men's Medals(12 teams)
Gold	[[men's national volleyball team\|]]
Silver	[[men's national volleyball team\|]]
Bronze	[[men's national volleyball team\|]]
Women's Medals(12 teams)
Gold	[[women's national volleyball team\|]]
Silver	[[women's national volleyball team\|]]
Bronze	[[women's national volleyball team\|]]

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Volleyball competitions (beach and indoor) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Indoor volleyball events will be held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. Beach volleyball competitions will be held from August 9, 2008 to August 22, 2008, at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park.

The 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball competitions brought the introduction of the new ball with a new moulding design making it more softened compared to the Mikasa MVP200.^[1]

Events

4 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

Volleyball Men (12 teams)
Volleyball Women (12 teams)
Beach Volleyball Men (24 teams)
Beach Volleyball Women (24 teams)

Qualification

Volleyball

Men

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Automatic qualifiers
Egypt	Brazil United States Venezuela	Japan	Bulgaria Germany Italy Poland Russia Serbia		China – Olympic hosts

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Automatic qualifiers
Algeria	Brazil Cuba United States Venezuela	Japan Kazakhstan	Italy Poland Russia Serbia		China – Olympic hosts

Beach volleyball

Men

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Automatic qualifiers
Angola	Brazil Argentina United States	Japan	Austria Estonia Georgia Germany Italy Latvia Netherlands Norway Russia Spain Switzerland	Australia	China – Olympic hosts

Women

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Automatic qualifiers
South Africa	Brazil Cuba Mexico United States	Japan	Austria Belgium Georgia Germany Greece Netherlands Norway Russia Switzerland	Australia	China – Olympic hosts

Indoor Volleyball

Men

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	United States	10	5	5	0	460	371	1.240	15	4	3.750
2	Italy	9	5	4	1	439	401	1.095	13	6	2.167
3	Bulgaria	8	5	3	2	446	440	1.014	10	9	1.111
4	China	7	5	2	3	445	492	0.904	9	13	0.692
5	Venezuela	6	5	1	4	421	451	0.933	8	12	0.667
6	Japan	5	5	0	5	392	448	0.875	4	15	0.267

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Brazil	9	5	4	1	427	373	1.145	13	4	3.250
2	Russia	9	5	4	1	499	444	1.124	14	7	2.000
3	Poland	9	5	4	1	434	404	1.112	12	6	2.000
4	Serbia	7	5	2	3	440	439	1.002	9	10	0.900
5	Germany	6	5	1	4	418	440	0.950	6	12	0.500
6	Egypt	5	5	0	5	267	379	0.704	0	15	0.000

Knockout Stage

Overview

Quarterfinals	Semifinals		Gold Medal Match

2008-08-20 - Beijing

United States
	2008-08-22 - Beijing
Serbia
	2008-08-22 - Beijing	2008-08-24 - Beijing
2008-08-20 - Beijing
	2008-08-24 - Beijing
Bulgaria

Russia

2008-08-20 - Beijing

Italy

Poland

2008-08-20 - Beijing
			Bronze Medal Match
China

Brazil

Medals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's volleyball	Italy	Russia	Brazil

Women

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Pool A

Rk	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	Cuba	5	5	0	10
2	United States	5	4	1	9
3	China	5	3	2	8
4	Japan	5	2	3	7
5	Poland	5	1	4	6
6	Venezuela	5	0	5	5

Pool B

Rk	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10
2	Italy	5	4	1	9
3	Russia	5	3	2	8
4	Serbia	5	2	3	7
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	4	6
6	Algeria	5	0	5	5

Knockout Stage

Overview

Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Gold Medal Match

2008-08-19 - Beijing

A1 Cuba
	2008-08-21 - Beijing
B4 Serbia

2008-08-19 - Beijing

A2 United States
		2008-08-23 - Beijing
B2 Italy

2008-08-19 - Beijing

B3 Russia
	2008-08-21 - Beijing
A3 China

2008-08-19 - Beijing
		Bronze Medal Match
B1 Brazil
		2008-08-23 - Beijing
A4 Japan

Medals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's volleyball

Beach volleyball

Men

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Xu - Wu (CHN)	2	1	0	42	31	2	0
2	Herrera - Mesa (ESP)	2	1	0	44	39	2	0
3	Kais Kr. - Vesik (EST)	1	0	1	39	44	0	2
4	Gosch - Horst (AUT)	1	0	1	31	41	0	2

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Samoilovs - Pļaviņš (LAT)	5	2	1	139	134	4	3
2	Rogers - Dalhausser (USA)	5	2	1	121	93	4	2
3	Heyer - Heuscher (SUI)	4	1	2	120	139	2	4
4	Conde - Baracetti (ARG)	4	1	2	99	144	3	4

Pool C

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Ricardo-Emanuel (BRA)	4	2	0	84	57	4	0
2	Schacht - Slack (AUS)	4	2	0	84	60	4	0
3	Geor - Gia (GEO)	2	0	2	72	84	0	4
4	Fernandes - Morais (ANG)	2	0	2	45	84	0	4

Pool D

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	M. Araujo - Fabio Luiz (BRA)	2	1	0	42	36	2	0
2	Doppler - Gartmayer (AUT)	2	1	0	55	51	2	1
3	Barsouk - Kolodinsky (RUS)	1	0	1	51	55	1	2
4	Lione - Amore (ITA)	1	0	1	36	42	0	2

Pool E

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Nummerdor - Schuil (NED)	2	1	0	42	29	2	0
2	Klemperer - Koreng (GER)	2	1	0	56	48	2	1
3	Kjemperud - Skarlund (NOR)	1	0	1	48	56	1	2
4	Laciga M. - Schnider (SUI)	1	0	1	29	42	0	2

Pool F

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Gibb - Rosenthal (USA)	2	1	0	42	31	2	0
2	Brink - Dieckmann Ch. (GER)	2	1	0	42	36	2	0
3	Asahi - Shiratori (JPN)	1	0	1	36	42	0	2
4	Boersma E. - Ronnes (NED)	1	0	1	31	42	0	2

Finals

Overview

Quarterfinals		Semifinals	Gold Medal Match

2008-08-18 - Beijing

Klemperer - Koreng (GER)	0
		2008-08-20 - Beijing
Rogers - Dalhausser (USA)	2
		Rogers - Dalhausser (USA)
2008-08-18 - Beijing
		Geor - Gia (GEO)
Nummerdor - Schuil (NED)	0
			2008-08-22 - Beijing
Geor - Gia (GEO)	2

2008-08-18 - Beijing

Ricardo-Emanuel (BRA)	2
		2008-08-20 - Beijing
Gibb - Rosenthal (USA)	0
		Ricardo-Emanuel (BRA)
2008-08-18 - Beijing
		M. Araujo - Fabio Luiz (BRA)	Bronze Medal Match
M. Araujo - Fabio Luiz (BRA)	2
			2008-08-22 - Beijing
Gosch - Horst (AUT)	0

Medals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's beach volleyball

Women

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Tian - Wang (CHN)	6	3	0	146	126	6	2
2	Maaseide - Glesnes (NOR)	5	2	1	130	121	5	2
3	Van Breedam - Mouha (BEL)	4	1	2	135	134	3	4
4	Kuhn - Schwer (SUI)	3	0	3	93	126	0	6

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)	6	3	0	126	85	6	0
2	F. Grasset - L. Peraza (CUB)	5	2	1	116	116	4	2
3	Håkedal - Tørlen (NOR)	4	1	2	108	111	2	4
4	Teru Saiki - Kusuhara (JPN)	3	0	3	88	126	0	6

Pool C

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Barnett - Cook (AUS)	6	3	0	143	113	6	1
2	França - Connelly (BRA)	5	2	1	156	139	4	4
3	Saka - Rtvelo (GEO)	4	1	2	120	154	3	5
4	Uryadova - Shiryaeva (RUS)	3	0	3	140	157	3	6

Pool D

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Chen - Zhang (CHN)	6	3	0	139	105	6	1
2	Goller - Ludwig (GER)	5	2	1	119	102	4	2
3	Koutroumanidou - Tsiartsiani (GRE)	4	1	2	127	120	3	4
4	Augoustides - Nel (RSA)	3	0	3	68	126	0	6

Pool E

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Branagh - Youngs (USA)	6	3	0	139	129	6	1
2	Pohl - Rau (GER)	5	2	1	117	115	4	2
3	Esteves Ribalta - M. Crespo (CUB)	4	1	2	130	117	3	4
4	Kadijk - Mooren (NED)	3	0	3	107	132	0	6

Pool F

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Antunes - Ribeiro (BRA)	6	3	0	139	121	6	1
2	Schwaiger - Schwaiger (AUT)	5	2	1	121	105	4	2
3	Candelas - Garcia (MEX)	4	1	2	124	146	3	5
4	Karantasiou - Arvaniti (GRE)	3	0	3	125	137	1	6

Lucky Loser

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Van Breedam - Mouha (BEL)	2	1	0	42	32	2	0
2	Saka - Rtvelo (GEO)	1	0	1	32	42	0	2

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Håkedal - Tørlen (NOR)	2	1	0	56	45	2	1
2	Candelas - Garcia (MEX)	1	0	1	45	56	1	2

Round of 16

Team	Points	Points	Team
Van Breedam - Mouha (BEL)	0	2	Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)
Branagh - Youngs (USA)	2	0	F. Grasset - L. Peraza (CUB)
Tian - Wang (CHN)	2	0	Håkedal - Tørlen (NOR)
Barnett - Cook (AUS)	2	1	Koutroumanidou - Tsiartsiani (GRE)
Goller - Ludwig (GER)	1	2	Schwaiger - Schwaiger (AUT)
Esteves Ribalta - M. Crespo (CUB)	0	2	Chen - Zhang (CHN)
Maaseide - Glesnes (NOR)	1	2	Antunes - Ribeiro (BRA)
França - Connelly (BRA)	2	0	Pohl - Rau (GER)

Finals

Overview

Quarterfinals		Semifinals	Gold Medal Match

2008-08-17 - Beijing

[[File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] Tian - Wang (CHN)	2
		2008-08-19 - Beijing
Schwaiger - Schwaiger (AUT)	0
		Tian - Wang (CHN)
2008-08-17 - Beijing
		Chen - Zhang (CHN)
Branagh - Youngs (USA)	0
			2008-08-21 - Beijing
Chen - Zhang (CHN)	2

2008-08-17 - Beijing

França - Connelly (BRA)	0
		2008-08-19 - Beijing
Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)	2
		Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)
2008-08-17 - Beijing
		Antunes - Ribeiro (BRA)	Bronze Medal Match
Barnett - Cook (AUS)	0
			2008-08-21 - Beijing
Antunes - Ribeiro (BRA)	2

Medals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's beach volleyball

References

^ "New Volleyball Set For Olympics".

External links

Official Site of Beijing 2008 Olympics
Federation Internationale de Volleyball
Full Coverage of Volleyball events
Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Women, Men

[1] "New Volleyball Set For Olympics".

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