Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament qualification

The qualification for 2004 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from November 16, 2003 to May 30, 2004.

2003 World Cup

For more details on this topic, see 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup.

Venues: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan and six other venues
Dates: November 16–29, 2003

Final standing

Rank	Team
1 !	Brazil
2 !	Italy
3 !	Serbia and Montenegro
4	United States
5	France
6	South Korea
7	Canada
8	Venezuela
9	Japan
10	China
11	Tunisia
12	Egypt

Continental qualification tournaments

Africa

Venue: Menzah Hall, Tunis, Tunisia
Dates: January 5–10, 2004

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Tunisia	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	225	159	1.415
2	Egypt	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	211	201	1.050
3	Algeria	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	216	241	0.896
4	South Africa	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	196	247	0.794
WD	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
Jan 05	South Africa	1–3	Algeria	25–22	22–25	18–25	22–25	87–97
Jan 06	Tunisia	3–0	Algeria	25–21	25–18	25–16		75–55
Jan 07	South Africa	0–3	Egypt	20–25	22–25	20–25		62–75
Jan 09	Egypt	3–0	Algeria	25–22	29–27	25–15		79–64
Jan 09	Tunisia	3–0	South Africa	25–19	25–18	25–10		75–47
Jan 10	Tunisia	3–0	Egypt	25–19	25–16	25–22		75–57

NORCECA

Venue: Hector Sola Bezares Coliseum, Caguas, Puerto Rico
Dates: January 4–10, 2004

Preliminary round

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	333	266	1.252
2	Cuba	7	3	1	10	6	1.667	371	363	1.022
3	Puerto Rico	5	1	3	6	10	0.600	343	362	0.948
4	Canada	5	1	3	5	9	0.556	338	337	1.003
5	Mexico	5	1	3	4	11	0.364	302	359	0.841

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 04	Cuba	3–1	Canada	26–24	25–22	16–25	30–28		97–99
Jan 04	Mexico	3–2	Puerto Rico	25–22	17–25	25–23	23–25	15–13	105–108
Jan 05	United States	3–0	Mexico	28–26	25–14	25–16			78–56
Jan 05	Puerto Rico	3–1	Canada	23–25	25–21	25–23	25–21		98–90
Jan 06	Canada	3–0	Mexico	25–22	25–19	25–19			75–60
Jan 06	United States	3–1	Cuba	25–16	25–21	23–25	25–22		98–84
Jan 07	United States	3–0	Canada	27–25	30–28	25–21			82–74
Jan 07	Cuba	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–18	17–25	25–19	25–23		92–85
Jan 08	Cuba	3–1	Mexico	25–22	25–17	23–25	25–17		98–81
Jan 08	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–18	25–17	25–17			75–52

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals			Final

January 9 – Caguas
United States	3
Canada	0

			January 10 – Caguas
			United States	3
			Cuba	2


			3rd place
January 9 – Caguas		January 10 – Caguas
Cuba	3	Canada	3
Puerto Rico	1		Puerto Rico	2

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 09	United States	3–0	Canada	27–25	27–25	25–16			79–66
Jan 09	Cuba	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–18	17–25	25–19	25–23		92–85

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 10	Canada	3–2	Puerto Rico	23–25	25–23	23–25	25–18	15–10	111–101

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 10	United States	3–2	Cuba	21–25	25–18	24–26	25–22	15–13	110–104

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	United States
2	Cuba
3	Canada
4	Puerto Rico
5	Mexico

South America

Venue: Caracas Polyhedron, Caracas, Venezuela
Dates: January 9–11, 2004

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	225	149	1.510
2	Venezuela	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	210	165	1.273
3	Peru	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	182	242	0.752
4	Chile	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	183	244	0.750

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
Jan 09	Chile	0–3	Argentina	16–25	13–25	14–25		43–75
Jan 09	Peru	0–3	Venezuela	17–25	10–25	15–25		42–75
Jan 10	Argentina	3–0	Peru	25–13	25–15	25–18		75–46
Jan 10	Venezuela	3–0	Chile	25–13	25–16	25–19		75–48
Jan 11	Chile	1–3	Peru	25–15	27–29	22–25	18–25	92–94
Jan 11	Argentina	3–0	Venezuela	25–18	25–19	25–23		75–60

Europe

Venue: Leipzig Arena, Leipzig, Germany
Dates: January 5–10, 2004
All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	230	180	1.278
2	Germany	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	248	249	0.996
3	Bulgaria	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	190	206	0.922
4	Poland	4	1	2	3	8	0.375	222	255	0.871

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 05	17:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Germany	19–25	19–25	18–25			56–75
Jan 06	15:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	20–25	20–25	19–25			59–75
Jan 06	20:00	Germany	2–3	Poland	25–22	16–25	27–25	24–26	13–15	105–113
Jan 07	17:30	Russia	3–0	Poland	25–19	25–16	25–18			75–53
Jan 08	15:00	Poland	0–3	Bulgaria	19–25	19–25	18–25			56–75
Jan 08	20:00	Germany	0–3	Russia	23–25	17–25	28–30			68–80

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	7	3	1	9	0	MAX	225	172	1.308
2	France	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	248	233	1.064
3	Spain	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	241	287	0.840
4	Finland	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	231	253	0.913

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 05	15:00	Spain	1–3	France	21–25	37–35	16–25	19–25		93–110
Jan 05	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	Finland	25–22	25–23	25–19			75–64
Jan 06	17:30	Finland	2–3	Spain	19–25	25–22	25–15	23–25	10–15	102–102
Jan 07	15:00	France	3–0	Finland	25–20	26–24	25–21			76–65
Jan 07	20:00	Spain	0–3	Netherlands	20–25	14–25	12–25			46–75
Jan 08	17:30	France	0–3	Netherlands	21–25	18–25	23–25			62–75

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

January 9 – Leipzig
Russia	3
France	0

		January 10 – Leipzig
		Russia	3
		Netherlands	0



January 9 – Leipzig
Netherlands	3
Germany	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 09	17:30	Russia	3–0	France	25–23	25–16	25–23			75–62
Jan 09	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	Germany	25–21	25–23	25–17			75–61

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jan 10	15:30	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–17	25–16			75–52

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Russia
2	Netherlands
3	France
3	Germany
5	Bulgaria
5	Spain
7	Finland
7	Poland

World qualification tournaments

Tournament 1

Venue: Matoshinos Sports and Congress Center, Matosinhos, Portugal
Dates: May 21–23, 2004
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	261	220	1.186
2	Venezuela	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	220	211	1.043
3	Portugal	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	248	241	1.029
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	168	225	0.747

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
May 21	18:00	Poland	3–0	Venezuela	25–21	26–24	25–22			76–67	P2
May 21	20:02	Portugal	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–16	25–18	25–19			75–53	P2
May 22	15:04	Kazakhstan	0–3	Venezuela	23–25	21–25	21–25			65–75	P2
May 22	17:15	Portugal	2–3	Poland	18–25	25–18	29–27	19–25	12–15	103–110	P2
May 23	14:00	Poland	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–15	25–13	25–22			75–50	P2
May 23	16:00	Venezuela	3–0	Portugal	26–24	27–25	25–21			78–70	P2

Tournament 2

Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
Dates: May 22–30, 2004
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
The Asian Qualification Tournament was combined with the World Qualification Tournament 2. The first place team of the tournament qualified as the winners of the World Qualification Tournament 2 while the best Asian team except the winners qualified as the Asian Qualification Tournament winners.

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	14	7	0	21	2	10.500	586	475	1.234
2	Australia	12	5	2	15	9	1.667	565	510	1.108
3	China	12	5	2	15	9	1.667	581	538	1.080
4	Canada	11	4	3	12	10	1.200	512	485	1.056
5	Iran	11	4	3	13	11	1.182	567	545	1.040
6	Japan	9	2	5	14	15	0.933	626	622	1.006
7	South Korea	8	1	6	5	18	0.278	469	547	0.857
8	Algeria	7	0	7	0	21	0.000	341	525	0.650

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
May 22	11:00	Canada	3–0	Iran	25–20	25–20	28–26			78–66	P2
May 22	13:00	South Korea	0–3	China	19–25	23–25	22–25			64–75	P2
May 22	15:00	Australia	0–3	France	18–25	28–30	26–28			72–83	P2
May 22	18:00	Algeria	0–3	Japan	14–25	15–25	18–25			47–75	P2
May 23	11:00	Iran	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–21	25–16			75–55	P2
May 23	13:00	France	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–23	25–21			75–66	P2
May 23	15:00	Algeria	0–3	Australia	17–25	22–25	16–25			55–75	P2
May 23	18:00	Japan	2–3	China	25–27	25–20	22–25	25–22	16–18	113–112	P2
May 25	11:00	China	3–1	Iran	25–16	25–23	31–33	25–22		106–94	P2
May 25	13:10	South Korea	0–3	France	16–25	13–25	16–25			45–75	P2
May 25	15:00	Canada	3–0	Algeria	25–13	25–16	25–21			75–50	P2
May 25	18:00	Australia	3–2	Japan	21–25	25–17	25–14	19–25	15–13	105–94	P2
May 26	11:00	France	3–0	China	25–21	38–36	25–21			88–78	P2
May 26	13:00	Australia	3–0	Canada	25–19	25–19	26–24			76–62	P2
May 26	15:00	Algeria	0–3	South Korea	21–25	15–25	19–25			55–75	P2
May 26	18:01	Japan	2–3	Iran	22–25	29–27	25–18	21–25	12–15	109–110	P2
May 28	11:00	South Korea	1–3	Australia	21–25	15–25	25–21	19–25		80–96	P2
May 28	13:00	Iran	0–3	France	31–33	19–25	21–25			71–83	P2
May 28	15:00	China	3–0	Algeria	25–15	25–16	25–15			75–46	P2
May 28	18:00	Canada	3–0	Japan	25–15	25–17	27–25			77–57	P2
May 29	11:00	Algeria	0–3	Iran	17–25	18–25	13–25			48–75	P2
May 29	13:00	Canada	3–1	South Korea	25–21	21–25	25–22	25–18		96–86	P2
May 29	15:00	Australia	3–0	China	25–21	25–20	25–19			75–60	P2
May 29	18:00	Japan	2–3	France	23–25	25–21	18–25	25–21	12–15	103–107	P2
May 30	11:00	Iran	3–0	Australia	25–19	26–24	25–23			76–66	P2
May 30	13:00	China	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–19	25–17			75–58	P2
May 30	15:00	France	3–0	Algeria	25–16	25–11	25–13			75–40	P2
May 30	18:00	South Korea	0–3	Japan	20–25	21–25	23–25			64–75	P2

Tournament 3

Venue: Madrid Arena, Madrid, Spain
Dates: May 28–30, 2004
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	258	222	1.162
2	Cuba	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	258	242	1.066
3	Spain	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	220	216	1.019
4	Cameroon	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	171	227	0.753

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
May 28	17:00	Cameroon	0–3	Netherlands	21–25	25–27	18–25		64–77	P2
May 28	19:30	Spain	1–3	Cuba	17–25	25–14	23–25	16–25	81–89	P2
May 29	16:00	Cameroon	0–3	Spain	14–25	17–25	20–25		51–75	P2
May 29	18:30	Netherlands	3–1	Cuba	25–19	30–28	25–27	25–20	105–94	P2
May 30	10:00	Cuba	3–0	Cameroon	25–20	25–23	25–13		75–56	P2
May 30	12:30	Spain	0–3	Netherlands	20–25	20–25	24–26		64–76	P2

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Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament qualification

Contents

2003 World Cup

Final standing

Continental qualification tournaments

Africa

NORCECA

Preliminary round

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals

3rd place

Final

Final standing

South America

Europe

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals

Final

Final standing

World qualification tournaments

Tournament 1

Tournament 2

Tournament 3

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