2004 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2004 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 15th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 4 June 4 to 18 July 2004. The Final Round was held in Rome, Italy.

Pools composition

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Brazil	24	12	0	36	6	6.000	1,031	822	1.254
2	Greece	17	5	7	22	25	0.880	1,030	1,016	1.014
3	Spain	16	4	8	19	26	0.731	953	1,015	0.939
4	Portugal	15	3	9	12	32	0.375	875	1,036	0.845

===Results (Pool A)===^[1]

Game	Date	Host	Visit	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Result (sets)	Result (Pts)
4	May 4, 2004	Greece	Brazil	19-25	22-25	22-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	63 - 75
6	May 5, 2004	Spain	Portugal	25-21	25-21	25-16	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 58
8	May 6, 2004	Spain	Portugal	26-24	13-25	18-25	17-25	NA	1 - 3	74 - 99
12	May 6, 2004	Greece	Brazil	25-21	13-25	19-25	26-24	09-15	2 - 3	92 - 110
13	June 11, 2004	Greece	Portugal	25-20	25-16	25-18	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 54
18	June 12, 2004	Brazil	Spain	26-28	25-14	25-19	25-20	NA	3 - 1	101 - 81
22	June 13, 2004	Brazil	Spain	25-16	25-22	25-16	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 54
24	June 13, 2004	Greece	Portugal	25-18	22-25	25-22	25-13	NA	3 - 1	97 - 78
28	June 18, 2004	Spain	Greece	26-24	15-25	17-25	16-25	NA	1 - 3	74 - 99
30	June 19, 2004	Brazil	Portugal	25-16	25-19	25-16	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 51
35	June 20, 2004	Brazil	Portugal	25-17	25-16	25-20	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 53
36	June 20, 2004	Spain	Greece	23-25	20-25	26-28	NA	NA	0 - 3	69 - 78
40	June 26, 2004	Brazil	Greece	25-20	25-22	25-21	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 63
42	June 26, 2004	Portugal	Spain	25-21	20-25	19-25	45962	NA	1 - 3	109 - 133
45	June 27, 2004	Brazil	Greece	25-21	25-19	25-22	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 62
48	June 27, 2004	Portugal	Spain	15-25	21-25	17-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	53 - 75
50	June 2, 2004	Spain	Brazil	20-25	21-25	25-23	36-34	04-15	2 - 3	106 - 122
54	June 3, 2004	Portugal	Greece	23-25	22-25	25-23	28-26	15-13	3 - 2	113 - 112
57	June 4, 2004	Spain	Brazil	15-25	23-25	19-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	57 - 75
60	June 4, 2004	Portugal	Greece	18-25	17-25	26-24	25-22	15-13	3 - 2	101 - 109
63	July 9, 2004	Greece	Spain	21-25	25-20	16-25	25-14	15-13	3 - 2	102 - 97
65	July 10, 2004	Portugal	Brazil	19-25	20-25	23-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	62 - 75
69	July 11, 2004	Portugal	Brazil	25-23	19-25	19-25	15-25	NA	1 - 3	78 - 98
72	July 11, 2004	Greece	Spain	23-25	25-20	13-25	17-25	NA	1 - 3	78 - 95

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	21	9	3	31	13	2.385	1,042	950	1.097
2	France	21	9	3	29	17	1.706	1,072	992	1.081
3	Poland	18	6	6	22	24	0.917	1,063	1,055	1.008
4	Japan	12	0	12	8	36	0.222	907	1,087	0.834

===Results (Pool B)===^[2]

Game	Date	Host	Visit	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Result (sets)	Result (Pts)
1	May 4, 2004	Bulgaria	France	25-20	17-25	22-25	29-27	13-15	2 - 3	106 - 112
5	May 5, 2004	Japan	Poland	25-22	27-29	16-25	22-25	NA	1 - 3	90 - 101
9	May 6, 2004	Japan	Poland	21-25	30-28	32-34	25-23	07-15	2 - 3	115 - 125
11	May 6, 2004	Bulgaria	France	25-21	25-23	25-22	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 66
16	June 11, 2004	Poland	Bulgaria	25-22	25-15	21-25	25-23	NA	3 - 1	96 - 85
17	June 11, 2004	France	Japan	25-19	25-19	25-16	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 54
19	June 12, 2004	Poland	Bulgaria	22-25	25-22	22-25	20-25	NA	1 - 3	89 - 97
21	June 12, 2004	France	Japan	25-19	25-18	25-18	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 55
26	June 18, 2004	Poland	Japan	29-27	25-19	25-20	NA	NA	3 - 0	79 - 66
29	June 18, 2004	France	Bulgaria	22-25	18-25	18-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	58 - 75
31	June 19, 2004	Poland	Japan	25-13	30-28	25-21	NA	NA	3 - 0	80 - 62
34	June 19, 2004	France	Bulgaria	24-26	30-28	25-20	25-20	NA	3 - 1	104 - 94
38	June 25, 2004	France	Poland	25-22	26-24	22-25	22-25	17-15	3 - 2	112 - 111
41	June 26, 2004	Japan	Bulgaria	27-29	21-25	25-23	23-25	NA	1 - 3	96 - 102
44	June 26, 2004	France	Poland	20-25	25-23	23-25	25-18	08-15	2 - 3	101 - 106
46	June 27, 2004	Japan	Bulgaria	15-25	18-25	25-21	25-22	10-15	2 - 3	93 - 108
49	June 2, 2004	Bulgaria	Poland	25-23	25-20	25-15	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 58
52	June 3, 2004	Japan	France	13-25	23-25	20-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	56 - 75
55	June 3, 2004	Bulgaria	Poland	25-23	25-15	25-22	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 60
58	June 4, 2004	Japan	France	27-25	19-25	16-25	29-27	11-15	2 - 3	102 - 117
61	July 9, 2004	Poland	France	25-22	25-27	22-25	25-27	NA	1 - 3	97 - 101
64	July 10, 2004	Poland	France	17-25	24-26	20-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	61 - 76
67	July 10, 2004	Bulgaria	Japan	25-22	25-17	25-19	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 58
71	July 11, 2004	Bulgaria	Japan	25-22	25-19	25-19	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 60

Pool C

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Serbia and Montenegro	22	10	2	34	14	2.429	1,133	1,010	1.122
2	Italy	19	7	5	27	19	1.421	1,036	1,000	1.036
3	Cuba	16	4	8	18	29	0.621	1,017	1,078	0.943
4	China	15	3	9	14	31	0.452	968	1,066	0.908

===Results (Pool C)===^[3]

Game	Date	Host	Visit	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Result (sets)	Result (Pts)
2	May 4, 2004	Italy	China	25-17	25-22	25-20	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 59
3	May 4, 2004	Cuba	Serbia and Montenegro	21-25	17-25	25-23	29-31	NA	1 - 3	92 - 104
7	May 5, 2004	Cuba	Serbia and Montenegro	25-20	23-25	25-21	15-25	18-16	3 - 2	106 - 107
10	May 6, 2004	Italy	China	25-19	26-28	25-22	25-20	NA	3 - 1	101 - 89
14	June 11, 2004	Serbia and Montenegro	China	26-28	25-20	22-25	25-19	14-16	2 - 3	112 - 108
15	June 11, 2004	Italy	Cuba	27-29	25-23	25-23	19-25	13-15	2 - 3	109 - 115
20	June 12, 2004	Serbia and Montenegro	China	25-17	25-20	25-19	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 56
23	June 13, 2004	Italy	Cuba	25-19	25-23	25-14	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 56
25	June 18, 2004	Serbia and Montenegro	Cuba	25-17	25-22	15-25	25-15	NA	3 - 1	90 - 79
27	June 18, 2004	China	Italy	41633	21-25	23-25	21-25	NA	1 - 3	106 - 108
32	June 19, 2004	Serbia and Montenegro	Cuba	25-22	26-24	25-19	NA	NA	3 - 0	76 - 65
33	June 19, 2004	China	Italy	26-28	15-25	15-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	56 - 78
37	June 25, 2004	Italy	Serbia and Montenegro	25-21	30-32	25-17	24-26	08-15	2 - 3	112 - 111
39	June 25, 2004	China	Cuba	25-23	21-25	25-21	25-23	NA	3 - 1	96 - 92
43	June 26, 2004	China	Cuba	21-25	25-23	25-20	25-21	NA	3 - 1	96 - 89
47	June 27, 2004	Italy	Serbia and Montenegro	25-22	20-25	17-25	19-25	NA	1 - 3	81 - 97
51	June 2, 2004	Cuba	Italy	25-17	16-25	25-21	19-25	08-15	2 - 3	93 - 103
53	June 3, 2004	China	Serbia and Montenegro	25-27	27-25	20-25	25-20	11-15	2 - 3	108 - 112
56	June 3, 2004	Cuba	Italy	21-25	19-25	20-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	60 - 75
59	June 4, 2004	China	Serbia and Montenegro	20-25	23-25	20-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	63 - 75
62	July 9, 2004	Cuba	China	25-22	25-19	20-25	25-22	NA	3 - 1	95 - 88
66	July 10, 2004	Serbia and Montenegro	Italy	26-24	25-17	23-25	25-20	NA	3 - 1	99 - 86
68	July 10, 2004	Cuba	China	25-18	25-23	25-18	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 59
70	July 11, 2004	Serbia and Montenegro	Italy	25-20	25-16	25-18	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 54

Final round

• Venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

First final round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jul	18:37	Italy	3–0	Serbia and Montenegro	25–18	25–22	25–23			75–63	P2
16 Jul	21:07	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	25–17	32–30	18–25	25–21		100–93	P2

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	17 July
	Brazil	3
	Serbia and Montenegro	0
					18 July
					Brazil	3
					Italy	1
					3rd place match
	17 July			18 July
	Italy	3		Serbia and Montenegro	3
	Bulgaria	0			Bulgaria	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jul	18:37	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	25–21	25–18	25–21			75–60	P2
17 Jul	21:07	Brazil	3–0	Serbia and Montenegro	25–23	32–30	25–20			82–73	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	16:07	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Bulgaria	25–23	25–19	25–20			75–62	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jul	18:37	Brazil	3–1	Italy	27–25	25–19	25–27	25–17		102–88	P2

Final standing

Place Team 01 !  Brazil 02 !  Italy 03 !  Serbia and Montenegro 4.  Bulgaria 5.  France  Greece 7.  Cuba  Poland  Spain 10.  China  Japan  Portugal

2004 World League Champions  Brazil 4th title Team Roster Giovane Gávio, André Heller, Henrique Randow, Mauricio Lima, Gilberto Godoy Filho, Murilo Endres, André Nascimento, Sérgio Dutra Santos, Anderson Rodrigues, Gustavo Endres, Ricardo Garcia, Dante Amaral Head Coach Bernardo Rezende

Awards

• Best Scorer (Most Valuable Player)

Andrea Sartoretti

• Best Spiker

Samuele Papi

• Best Blocker

Luigi Mastrangelo

• Best Server

Matey Kaziyski

References

1. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2004/Results/resultsA.asp?sm=23
2. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2004/Results/resultsB.asp?sm=24
3. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2004/Results/resultsC.asp?sm=25

External links

• Official website