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Volleyball, Women

Date	14 – 28 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Eirinis kai Filias (SEF), Olympiako Syngrotima Papaliakis Zonis Falirou, Faliro
Participants	140 from 12 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

In the now standard format, 12 teams competed, separated into two pools of six, followed by elimination and medal/placement matches. The qualifying teams were selected as follows: host nation (Greece), World Cup (China, Brazil, United States), Continental qualifiers (Germany, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Kenya), and qualifying tournaments (Japan, Korea, Russia, Italy).

China had been the best women’s team in the 80s, while Cuba was dominant thru the 90s, winning three straight Olympic gold medals. But the tournament in 2004 was fairly open. The 2002 World Champions were Italy, Poland won the 2003 Europeans, and China won the 2003 World Cup. Brazil had been runner-up in the 2003 World Cup, and joined Cuba and China in the semi-finals, where they were joined by Russia, perennially on the podium at major events, including winning the 2001 Europeans.

In the first semi-final, Brazil won the first two sets over Russia, but Russia came back to win in five. In the other semi, China won the first two sets, Cuba won the third and fourth sets, but China came back to win the fifth set and end the Cuba gold medal streak. The final matched Russia and China and it again went to five sets, China winning 15-12 in the fifth. This was a great match, similar to the 1988 final. The Chinese lost the first two sets narrowly (2 points), then won the third. They were down 21-23 in the fourth (one point away from match point), but won 25-23, and then won the final set 15-12. The United States and Italy, the 2002 World Championship finalists, were both surprisingly eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio	Points
1	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	8	7	1	15	23-8	2.875	727-622	1.169	15	Gold
	2	Feng Kun		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	3	Yang Hao		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	4	Liu Yanan		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	6	Li Shan		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	7	Zhou Suhong		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	8	Zhao Ruirui		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	9	Zhang Yuehong		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	10	Chen Jing		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	12	Song Nina		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	15	Wang Lina		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	16	Zhang Na		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	18	Zhang Ping		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Chen Zhonghe
2	–	Russian Federation	RUS	8	5	3	13	19-13	1.462	721-672	1.073	13	Silver
	2	Irina Tebenikhina		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	4	Yelena Batukhtina-Tyurina		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	5	Lyubov Sokolova-Shashkova		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	8	Yevgeniya Artamonova-Estes		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	9	Yelizaveta Tishchenko		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	10	Olga Chukanova		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	11	Yekaterina Gamova		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	12	Marina Sheshenina		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	14	Yelena Plotnikova		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	16	Olga Nikolayeva		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	13	Aleksandra Korukovets DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	7	Nataliya Safronova DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Nikolay Karpol
3	–	Cuba	CUB	8	5	3	13	19-16	1.188	735-750	0.980	13	Bronze
	1	Yumilka Ruiz		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	3	Nancy Carrillo		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	5	Maybelis Martínez		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	6	Daimí Ramírez		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	8	Yaima Ortiz		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	10	Ana Ivis Fernández		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	11	Liana Mesa		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	12	Rosir Calderón		7	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	13	Anniara Muñoz		7	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	16	Dulce Téllez		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	17	Marta Sánchez		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	18	Zoila Barros		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Luis Calderón
4	–	Brazil	BRA	8	6	2	14	21-10	2.100	720-623	1.156	14
	1	Walewska		7	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	2	Elisângela		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	3	Kiki		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	5	Mari		7	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	7	Fofão		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	8	Valeskinha		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	9	Sassá		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	10	Virna		7	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	11	Bia		7	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	14	Fernanda		7	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	15	Arlene		8	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	16	Fabiana		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Zé Roberto
=5	–	Italy	ITA	6	4	2	10	16-6	2.667	491-406	1.209	10
	2	Simona Rinieri Dennis		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	3	Elisa Togut		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	4	Manuela Leggeri		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	8	Jenny Barazza		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	9	Nadia Centoni		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	10	Paola Paggi		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	12	Francesca Piccinini		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	13	Manuela Secolo		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	14	Eleonora Lo Bianco		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	15	Antonella Del Core		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	16	Francesca Ferretti		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	17	Paola Cardullo		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Marco Bonitta
=5	–	Japan	JPN	6	2	4	8	6-13	0.462	408-418	0.976	8
	1	Tomoko Yoshihara		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	3	Ikumi Narita		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	4	Miki Sasaki		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	5	Kanako Omura		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	7	Yoshie Takeshita		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	9	Miyuki Takahashi		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	12	Sachiko Sugiyama		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	13	Ai Otomo-Yamamoto		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	14	Kana Oyama		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	16	Megumi Kurihara		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	18	Saori Kimura		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	2	Chie Tsuji DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Shoichi Yanagimoto
=5	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	6	3	3	9	9-10	0.900	409-427	0.958	9
	3	Gang Hye-Mi		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	4	Gu Min-Jeong		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	5	Kim Sa-Ni		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	6	Choi Gwang-Hui		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	8	Nam Ji-Yeon		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	9	Jang So-Yeon		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	11	Kim Mi-Jin		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	12	Park Seon-Mi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	13	Jeong Dae-Yeong		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	14	Han Song-I		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	15	Kim Se-Yeong		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	1	Lee Jung-Ok DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Kim Cheol-Yong
=5	–	United States	USA	6	2	4	8	13-13	1.000	572-579	0.988	8
	1	Keba Phipps		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	2	Danielle Scott-Arruda		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	3	Tayyiba Haneef-Park		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	4	Lindsey Berg		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	5	Stacy Sykora		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	6	Wiz Bachman		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	7	Heather Bown		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	9	Ogonna Nnamani		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	11	Robyn Ah Mow-Santos		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	12	Nancy Metcalf		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	13	Tara Cross-Battle		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	15	Logan Tom		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Toshiaki Yoshida
=9	–	Germany	GER	5	2	3	7	7-11	0.636	387-414	0.935	7
	3	Tanja Hart		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	4	Kerstin Tzscherlich		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	6	Julia Schlecht		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	8	Cornelia Dumler		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	9	Christina Benecke		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	11	Christiane Fürst		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	12	Olessya Kulakova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	13	Atika Bouagaa		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	14	Kathy Radzuweit		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	15	Angelina Grün		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	16	Judith Sylvester		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	17	Birgit Thumm		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Lee Hee-Wan
=9	–	Greece	GRE	5	1	4	6	5-12	0.417	349-383	0.911	6
	1	Zana Proniadou		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	2	Maria Gkaragkouni		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	4	Niki Gkaragkouni		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	6	Eleni Memetzi		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	8	Chara Sakkoula		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	9	Eleftheria Chatzinikou		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	10	Ioanna Vlachou		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	11	Viky Papazoglou		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	14	Sofia Iordanidou		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	15	Georgia Tzanakaki		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	16	Eleni Kiosi		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	18	Rouxi Ntoumitreskou		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Dimitrios Floros
=11	–	Dominican Republic	DOM	5	1	4	6	3-14	0.214	334-416	0.803	6
	1	Annerys Vargas		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	3	Yudelkis Bautista		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	5	Evelyn Carreras		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	6	Alexandra Caso		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	7	Sofía Mercedes		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	8	Juana Saviñón		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	10	Milagros Cabral		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	11	Juana González		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	12	Francia Jackson		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	14	Prisilla Rivera		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	15	Cosiris Rodríguez		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	16	Kenia Moreta		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Jorge Garbey
=11	–	Kenya	KEN	5	0	5	5	0-15	0.000	236-379	0.623	5
	1	Philister Jebet		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	4	Abigael Tarus		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	5	Nancy Nyongesa		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	6	Catherine Wanjiru		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	7	Janet Wanja		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	9	Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	11	Rose Obunaga		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	13	Leonidas Kamende		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	14	Violet Barasa		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	15	Gladys Nasikanda		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	17	Mercy Wesutila		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	18	Judith Serenge		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Abdulriman Kibet Muge

Preliminary Round

Date	14 – 22 August 2004

Group A

Date	14 – 22 August 2004
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Brazil	BRA	5	0	10	15-2	7.500	410-326	1.258
2	Italy	ITA	4	1	9	14-3	4.667	392-305	1.285
3	Republic of Korea	KOR	3	2	8	9-7	1.286	355-352	1.009
4	Japan	JPN	2	3	7	6-10	0.600	346-343	1.009
5	Greece	GRE	1	4	6	5-12	0.417	349-383	0.911
6	Kenya	KEN	0	5	5	0-15	0.000	236-379	0.623

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	14 Aug 14:00	Brazil	BRA	25-21, 25-22, 25-21	Japan	JPN
Match #2	14 Aug 16:00	Greece	GRE	25-7, 25-22, 25-14	Kenya	KEN
Match #3	14 Aug 19:30	Italy	ITA	25-17, 25-13, 25-19	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #4	16 Aug 9:00	Brazil	BRA	25-16, 29-27, 25-12	Kenya	KEN
Match #5	16 Aug 14:00	Italy	ITA	25-16, 25-13, 25-17	Japan	JPN
Match #6	16 Aug 16:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	20-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-22	Greece	GRE
Match #7	18 Aug 11:50	Republic of Korea	KOR	25-16, 25-20, 25-19	Kenya	KEN
Match #8	18 Aug 16:35	Japan	JPN	25-10, 20-25, 25-21, 25-22	Greece	GRE
Match #9	18 Aug 21:30	Brazil	BRA	19-25, 25-13, 22-25, 25-16, 15-13	Italy	ITA
Match #10	20 Aug 14:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	25-21, 26-24, 25-21	Japan	JPN
Match #11	20 Aug 16:00	Brazil	BRA	25-22, 25-22, 25-11	Greece	GRE
Match #12	20 Aug 19:30	Italy	ITA	25-17, 25-13, 25-14	Kenya	KEN
Match #13	22 Aug 11:00	Japan	JPN	25-8, 25-17, 25-14	Kenya	KEN
Match #14	22 Aug 16:00	Italy	ITA	25-19, 25-19, 25-22	Greece	GRE
Match #15	22 Aug 19:30	Brazil	BRA	25-19, 25-18, 25-23	Republic of Korea	KOR

Group B

Date	14 – 22 August 2004
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	People's Republic of China	CHN	4	1	9	14-4	3.500	429-346	1.240
2	Russian Federation	RUS	3	2	8	11-8	1.375	426-388	1.098
3	Cuba	CUB	3	2	8	11-10	1.100	443-460	0.963
4	United States	USA	2	3	7	11-10	1.100	472-467	1.011
5	Germany	GER	2	3	7	7-11	0.636	387-414	0.935
6	Dominican Republic	DOM	1	4	6	3-14	0.214	334-416	0.803

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	14 Aug 9:00	Germany	GER	20-25, 24-26, 25-22, 25-15, 17-15	Cuba	CUB
Match #2	14 Aug 11:35	Russian Federation	RUS	25-17, 25-13, 25-16	Dominican Republic	DOM
Match #3	14 Aug 21:30	People's Republic of China	CHN	25-21, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18	United States	USA
Match #4	16 Aug 11:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	25-20, 25-16, 25-16	Dominican Republic	DOM
Match #5	16 Aug 19:30	United States	USA	25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 27-25	Germany	GER
Match #6	16 Aug 22:05	Cuba	CUB	26-24, 19-25, 25-27, 25-19, 15-13	Russian Federation	RUS
Match #7	18 Aug 9:00	Dominican Republic	DOM	26-24, 22-25, 27-25, 23-25, 19-17	United States	USA
Match #8	18 Aug 14:00	Cuba	CUB	25-19, 22-25, 15-25, 25-21, 15-13	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #9	18 Aug 19:30	Russian Federation	RUS	31-29, 25-11, 25-18	Germany	GER
Match #10	20 Aug 9:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	25-18, 25-15, 25-16	Germany	GER
Match #11	20 Aug 11:20	Cuba	CUB	25-23, 25-17, 25-23	Dominican Republic	DOM
Match #12	20 Aug 22:30	Russian Federation	RUS	20-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-18, 15-11	United States	USA
Match #13	22 Aug 9:00	Germany	GER	25-16, 25-19, 25-21	Dominican Republic	DOM
Match #14	22 Aug 14:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	25-15, 25-16, 28-26	Russian Federation	RUS
Match #15	22 Aug 21:30	United States	USA	25-22, 25-12, 25-19	Cuba	CUB

Quarter-Finals

Date	24 – 25 August 2004
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Aug 14:00	Brazil	BRA	25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 25-27, 15-6	United States	USA
Match #2	24 Aug 16:00	Russian Federation	RUS	25-17, 25-15, 25-22	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #3	24 Aug 19:30	Cuba	CUB	25-23, 14-25, 22-25, 25-14, 15-12	Italy	ITA
Match #4	24 Aug 21:55	People's Republic of China	CHN	25-20, 25-22, 25-20	Japan	JPN

Semi-Finals

Date	26 – 27 August 2004
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Aug 19:30	Russian Federation	RUS	18-25, 21-25, 25-22, 28-26, 16-14	Brazil	BRA
Match #2	26 Aug 22:15	People's Republic of China	CHN	25-22, 25-20, 17-25, 23-25, 15-10	Cuba	CUB

Final Round

Date	28 August 2004
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	28 Aug 20:10	People's Republic of China	CHN	28-30, 25-27, 25-20, 25-23, 15-12	Russian Federation	RUS
Match 3/4	28 Aug 18:00	Cuba	CUB	25-22, 25-22, 14-25, 25-17	Brazil	BRA