Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Greece
Date	14–29 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
China  Russia  Cuba

Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women
Beach
Tournament		men		women

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 14 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.

Qualification

Volleyball Women	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Greece
2003 Women's World Cup	3	China  Brazil  United States
European Qualification	1	Germany
North American Qualification	1	Cuba
South American Qualification	1	Dominican Republic*
Asian Qualification	1	South Korea
African Qualification	1	Kenya
Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	3	Japan  Russia  Italy
Total	12

* Dominican Republic is associated at the NORCECA, but was invited to participate the South American Qualification by the FSV.

Teams

Group A  Brazil  Greece  Italy  Japan  Kenya  South Korea

Group B  China  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Germany  Russia  United States

Rosters

Venue

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

Preliminary round

Pool A

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

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

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

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	12	4	1	14	4	3.500	429	346	1.240
2	Russia	9	3	2	11	8	1.375	426	388	1.098
3	Cuba	9	3	2	11	10	1.100	443	460	0.963
4	United States	6	2	3	11	10	1.100	472	467	1.011
5	Germany	6	2	3	7	11	0.636	387	414	0.935
6	Dominican Republic	3	1	4	3	14	0.214	334	416	0.803

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

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

Final round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				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			2004-08-28
	Japan	0
									Brazil	1
	China	3
									Cuba	3

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

Bronze medal match

August 28, 2004

Brazil	1–3	Cuba	22-25, 22-25, 25-14, 17-25

Gold medal match

28 August 2004

Russia	2–3	China	30-28, 27-25, 20-25, 23-25, 12-15

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

Medalists

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

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)

References

• Results