Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball

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Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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The Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex from August 15 to August 29, 2004.

The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams. Each team played all other teams in their 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 Qualification 2 Teams 3 Squads 4 First Round 4.1 Pool A 4.2 Pool B 5 Final Round 6 Final Standings 7 Medalists 8 Awards 9 External links

[edit] Qualification

Greece qualified as the host nation, Brazil, Italy and Serbia & Montenegro qualified by finishing in the top-three at the 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup, while Russia (Europe), the United States (NORCECA), Argentina (South America) and Tunisia (Africa) won their continental qualifying tournament. Netherlands, France, Australia and Poland each came through by one of the three Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, held in Madrid, Spain (May 28–May 30), Tokyo, Japan (May 22–May 30) and Porto, Portugal (May 21–May 23).

[edit] Teams

Pool A  Argentina  France  Greece  Poland  Tunisia  Serbia and Montenegro

Pool B  Australia  Brazil  Italy  Netherlands  Russia  United States

[edit] Squads

Further information: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - men's team squads

[edit] First Round

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

[edit] Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Serbia and Montenegro	9	4	1	12	6	2.000	427	398	1.073
2	Greece	8	3	2	12	9	1.333	475	454	1.046
3	Argentina	8	3	2	12	9	1.333	471	457	1.031
4	Poland	8	3	2	10	9	1.111	422	418	1.007
5	France	7	2	3	8	10	0.800	405	394	1.028
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	4	15	0.267	373	451	0.827

August 15, 2004

Serbia and Montenegro	0–3	Poland	21-25, 17-25, 16-25
Argentina	3–0	France	25-15, 25-23, 25-22
Tunisia	0–3	Greece	20-25, 14-25, 17-25

August 17, 2004

Tunisia	2–3	Argentina	20-25, 25-23, 16-25, 25-22, 10-15
France	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	21-25, 28-30, 22-25
Greece	3–1	Poland	21-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-20

August 19, 2004

Poland	0–3	France	15-25, 18-25, 17-25
Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Tunisia	25-16, 25-18, 25-21
Argentina	3–1	Greece	16-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-22

August 21, 2004

Tunisia	1–3	Poland	18-25, 25-23, 19-25, 23-25
Argentina	1–3	Serbia and Montenegro	25-21, 17-25, 21-25, 23-25
Greece	3–2	France	25-22, 14-25, 26-24, 23-25, 15-10

August 23, 2004

France	3–1	Tunisia	25-23, 18-25, 25-19, 25-19
Poland	3–2	Argentina	25-19, 25-22, 23-25, 22-25, 20-18
Serbia and Montenegro	3–2	Greece	21-25, 38-36, 25-13, 23-25, 15-12

[edit] Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Brazil	9	4	1	13	7	1.857	483	431	1.121
2	Italy	8	3	2	13	7	1.857	465	434	1.071
3	United States	8	3	2	11	8	1.375	437	423	1.033
4	Russia	8	3	2	11	9	1.222	452	430	1.051
5	Netherlands	7	2	3	7	11	0.636	394	419	0.933
6	Australia	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	331	422	0.784

August 15, 2004

Netherlands	3–2	Russia	25-23, 19-25, 17-25, 27-25, 18-16
Brazil	3–1	Australia	23-25, 25-19, 25-12, 25-21
Italy	3–1	United States	25-21, 21-25, 25-17, 25-23

August 17, 2004

Australia	0–3	Russia	17-25, 24-26, 23-25
United States	3–0	Netherlands	26-24, 25-20, 25-18
Brazil	3–2	Italy	25-21, 15-25, 25-16, 21-25, 33-31

August 19, 2004

Italy	3–0	Australia	25-20, 25-18, 25-21
Netherlands	1–3	Brazil	22-25, 26-24, 21-25, 19-25
Russia	3–1	United States	22-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-23

August 21, 2004

Australia	1–3	United States	19-25, 25-23, 13-25, 19-25
Italy	3–0	Netherlands	25-19, 25-21, 25-20
Brazil	3–0	Russia	25-19, 25-13, 25-23

August 23, 2004

Russia	3–2	Italy	25-16, 25-22, 22-25, 23-25, 15-13
Netherlands	3–0	Australia	25-22, 25-17, 25-16
United States	3–1	Brazil	25-22, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22

[edit] Final Round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Match
	2004-08-25
	Serbia and Montenegro	1
					2004-08-27
	Russia	3
					Russia	0
	2004-08-25
					Italy	3
	Argentina	1
									2004-08-29
	Italy	3
									Italy	1
	2004-08-25
									Brazil	3
	Greece	2
					2004-08-27
	United States	3
					United States	0			Bronze Medal Match
	2004-08-25
					Brazil	3
	Poland	0							Russia	3
	Brazil	3							United States	0
									2004-08-29

August 25, 2004

Serbia and Montenegro	1–3	Russia	27-29, 25-23, 25-27, 26-28
Argentina	1–3	Italy	25-22, 22-25, 24-26, 26-28
Greece	2–3	United States	20-25, 25-22, 27-25, 23-25, 15-17
Poland	0–3	Brazil	22-25, 25-27, 18-25

August 27, 2004

Russia	0–3	Italy	16-25, 17-25, 16-25
United States	0–3	Brazil	16-25, 17-25, 23-25

August 29, 2004

Russia	3–0	United States	25-22, 27-25, 25-16
Italy	1–3	Brazil	15-25, 26-24, 20-25, 22-25

[edit] Final Standings

Place Team  Brazil  Italy  Russia 4.  United States 5.  Argentina  Greece  Poland  Serbia and Montenegro 9.  France  Netherlands 11.  Australia  Tunisia

2004 Men's Olympic Champions  Brazil Second title

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Brazil (BRA) Dante Amaral Nalbert Bitencourt Gustavo Endres Ricardo Garcia Gilberto Godoy Filho André Heller Mauricio Lima Andre Nascimento Anderson Rodrigues Rodrigo Santana Sergio Dutra Santos Giovane Gavio	Italy (ITA) Matej Cernic Alberto Cisolla Paolo Cozzi Alessandro Fei Andrea Giani Luigi Mastrangelo Samuele Papi Damiano Pippi Andrea Sartoretti Venceslav Simeonov Paolo Tofoli Valerio Vermiglio	Russia (RUS) Pavel Abramov Sergei Baranov Stanislav Dinyekin Andrei Egorchev Alexei Kazakov Vadim Khamuttskikh Taras Khtey Alexei Kosarev Alexei Kuleshov Sergei Tetyukhin Konstantin Ushakov Alexey Verbov

[edit] Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Gilberto Godoy Filho
• Best Scorer
  • Andrea Sartoretti
• Best Spiker
  • Dante Amaral
• Best Blocker
  • Alexey Kuleshov
• Best Server
  • Andrea Sartoretti
• Best Digger
  • Sérgio Dutra Santos
• Best Setter
  • Ricardo Garcia
• Best Receiver
  • Sérgio Dutra Santos
• Best Libero
  • Sérgio Dutra Santos

[edit] External links

• Results

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