Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

This article is about the indoor tournament. For the beach tournament, see Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

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]

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Peace and Friendship Stadium
Date	14–28 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
China (2nd title)  Russia  Cuba
← 2000 2008 →

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.

Competition schedule

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
P		P		P		P		P		¼				½			B	F

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	5 September 1997	Lausanne	1	Greece
2003 Women's World Cup	1–15 November 2003	Japan	3	China
				Brazil
				United States
European Qualification	5–10 January 2004	Baku, Azerbaijan	1	Germany
North American Qualification	15–21 December 2003	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1	Cuba
South American Qualification	9–11 January 2004	Caracas, Venezuela	1	Dominican Republic*
African Qualification	7–10 January 2004	Nairobi, Kenya	1	Kenya
Asian Qualification	8–16 May 2004	Tokyo, Japan	1	South Korea
2004 Olympic Qualification Tournament			3	Japan
				Russia
				Italy
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]

Format

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).

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking as of January 2004.^[4]

Pool A	Pool B
Greece (hosts)	Cuba (1st)
Brazil (3rd)	China (2nd)
Italy (4th)	Dominican Republic
Japan	Germany
Kenya	Russia
South Korea	United States

Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Venue

All matches
, Piraeus, Greece
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Capacity: 10,520

Preliminary round

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	410	326	1.258	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	14	3	4.667	392	305	1.285
3	South Korea	5	3	2	8	9	7	1.286	355	352	1.009
4	Japan	5	2	3	7	6	10	0.600	346	343	1.009
5	Greece	5	1	4	6	5	12	0.417	349	383	0.911
6	Kenya	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	236	379	0.623

Source: FIVB

14 August 2004 14:00	Japan	0–3	Brazil	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(21–25, 22–25, 21–25) Report

14 August 2004 16:00	Greece	3–0	Kenya	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–7, 25–22, 25–14) Report

14 August 2004 19:30	South Korea	0–3	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(17–25, 13–25, 19–25) Report

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16 August 2004 9:00	Kenya	0–3	Brazil	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(16–25, 27–29, 12–25) Report

16 August 2004 14:00	Italy	3–0	Japan	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–16, 25–13, 25–17) Report

16 August 2004 16:00	Greece	1–3	South Korea	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–20, 19–25, 15–25, 22–25) Report

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18 August 2004 11:50	South Korea	3–0	Kenya	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–16, 25–20, 25–19) Report

18 August 2004 16:35	Japan	3–1	Greece	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–10, 20–25, 25–21, 25–22) Report

18 August 2004 21:30	Brazil	3–2	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(19–25, 25–13, 22–25, 25–16, 15–13) Report

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20 August 2004 14:00	South Korea	3–0	Japan	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–21, 26–24, 25–21) Report

20 August 2004 16:00	Greece	0–3	Brazil	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(22–25, 22–25, 11–25) Report

20 August 2004 19:30	Kenya	0–3	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(17–25, 13–25, 14–25) Report

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22 August 2004 11:00	Japan	3–0	Kenya	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–8, 25–17, 25–14) Report

22 August 2004 16:00	Italy	3–0	Greece	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–19 ,25–19, 25–22) Report

22 August 2004 19:30	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–19, 25–18, 25–23) Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	5	4	1	9	14	4	3.500	429	346	1.240	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	426	388	1.098
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	11	10	1.100	443	460	0.963
4	United States	5	2	3	7	11	10	1.100	472	467	1.011
5	Germany	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	387	414	0.935
6	Dominican Republic	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	334	416	0.803

Source: FIVB

14 August 2004 9:00	Cuba	2–3	Germany	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–20, 26–24, 22–25, 15–25, 15–17) Report

14 August 2004 11:35	Dominican Republic	0–3	Russia	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(17–25, 13–25, 16–25) Report

14 August 2004 21:30	China	3–1	United States	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–21, 23–25, 25–22, 25–18) Report

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16 August 2004 11:00	China	3–0	Dominican Republic	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–20, 25–16, 25–16) Report

16 August 2004 19:30	United States	3–1	Germany	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–22, 25–22, 22–25, 27–25) Report

16 August 2004 22:05	Russia	2–3	Cuba	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(24–26, 25–19, 27–25, 19–25, 13–15) Report

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18 August 2004 9:00	Dominican Republic	3–2	United States	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(26–24, 22–25, 27–25, 23–25, 19–17) Report

18 August 2004 14:00	Cuba	3–2	China	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–19, 22–25, 15–25, 25–21, 15–13) Report

18 August 2004 19:30	Germany	0–3	Russia	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(29–31 ,11–25, 18–25) Report

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20 August 2004 9:00	China	3–0	Germany	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–18, 25–15, 25–16) Report

20 August 2004 11:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Cuba	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(23–25, 17–25, 23–25) Report

20 August 2004 21:30	United States	2–3	Russia	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–20, 17–25, 25–20, 18–25, 11–15) Report

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22 August 2004 9:00	Germany	3–0	Dominican Republic	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–16, 25–19, 25–21) Report

22 August 2004 14:00	Russia	0–3	China	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(15–25, 16–25, 26–28) Report

22 August 2004 21:30	Cuba	0–3	United States	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(22–25, 12–25, 19–25) Report

Final round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 August
	Brazil	3
					26 August
	United States	2
					Brazil	2
	24 August
					Russia	3
	South Korea	0
									28 August
	Russia	3
									China	3
	24 August
									Russia	2
	Italy	2
					26 August
	Cuba	3
					Cuba	2
	24 August
					China	3			Bronze medal match
	Japan	0
									28 August
	China	3
									Cuba	3
									Brazil	1

Quarterfinals

24 August 2004 14:00	Japan	0–3	China	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(20–25, 22–25, 20–25) Report

24 August 2004 16:00	South Korea	0–3	Russia	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(17–25, 15–25, 22–25) Report

24 August 2004 19:30	Italy	2–3	Cuba	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(23–25, 25–14, 25–22, 14–25, 12–15) Report

24 August 2004 21:55	Brazil	3–2	United States	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–22, 25–20, 22–25, 25–27, 15–6) Report

Semifinals

26 August 2004 19:30	Brazil	2–3	Russia	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(25–18, 25–21, 22–25, 26–28, 14–16) Report

26 August 2004 22:15	Cuba	2–3	China	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(22–25, 20–25, 25–17, 25–23, 10–15) Report

Bronze medal match

28 August 2004 18:00	Brazil	1–3	Cuba	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(22–25, 22–25, 25–14, 17–25) Report

Gold medal match

28 August 2004 20:10	Russia	2–3	China	Peace and Friendship Stadium
	(30–28, 27–25, 20–25, 23–25, 12–15) Report

Final standings

Place[5][6] 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 2nd title 12-woman roster 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 Chen Zhonghe

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
China (CHN) 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: Chen Zhonghe	Russia (RUS) 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: Nikolay Karpol	Cuba (CUB) 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: Luis Calderon

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)