2004 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament

Eight teams played in the 2004 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament from Saturday May 8 to Sunday May 16 in Tokyo, Japan, which also doubled as the Asian Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament, with the hosts joined by three Asian teams South Korea, Thailand and Chinese Taipei, and four non-Asian sides being the highest ranked non-qualified teams as per the FIVB World Rankings: Italy and Russia (Europe), Nigeria (Africa) and Puerto Rico (NORCECA). Nigeria replaced Argentina.

The competition system was a single round robin with 28 matches in total. There were four Olympic spots at stake for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Alle matches were played in the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

Round robin

• Saturday May 8, 2004

	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Puerto Rico	(23-25 21-25 25-21 21-25)
	South Korea	3–1	Thailand	(24-26 25-14 25-16 25-8)
	Russia	3–0	Nigeria	(25-10 25-10 25-7)
	Italy	2–3	Japan	(18-25 25-23 18-25 25-20 13-15)

• Sunday May 9, 2004

	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	(25-20 26-24 25-11)
	Puerto Rico	0–3	Russia	(17-25 13-25 23-25)
	Nigeria	0–3	Italy	(18-25 13-25 7-25)
	Thailand	0–3	Japan	(10-25 14-25 20-25)

• Tuesday May 11, 2004

	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Thailand	(21-25 23-25 20-25)
	Russia	2–3	South Korea	(25-15 20-25 25-23 22-25 13-15)
	Italy	3–0	Puerto Rico	(25-17 25-13 25-16)
	Japan	3–0	Nigeria	(25-10 25-9 25-19)

• Wednesday May 12, 2004

	South Korea	3–2	Italy	(17-25 10-25 25-17 25-18 18-16)
	Thailand	3–0	Nigeria	(25-16 25-10 25-13)
	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Russia	(10-25 14-25 17-25)
	Puerto Rico	0–3	Japan	(23-25 11-25 23-25)

• Friday May 14, 2004

	Nigeria	0–3	Puerto Rico	(17-25 18-25 16-25)
	Russia	3–0	Thailand	(25-15 25-18 25-12)
	Italy	3–0	Chinese Taipei	(25-15 25-19 25-16)
	Japan	3–0	South Korea	(25-19 25-19 25-15)

• Saturday May 15, 2004

	Thailand	3–0	Puerto Rico	(25-21 25-17 25-23)
	Russia	2–3	Italy	(25-18 25-22 15-25 17-25 14-16)
	South Korea	3–0	Nigeria	(25-17 25-14 25-13)
	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Japan	(27-25 11-25 19-25 22-25)

• Sunday May 16, 2004

	Puerto Rico	0–3	South Korea	(19-25 15-25 15-25)
	Nigeria	0–3	Chinese Taipei	(18-25 23-25 21-25)
	Italy	3–0	Thailand	(25-16 25-14 25-14)
	Japan	0–3	Russia	(20-25 18-25 19-25)

Final ranking

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Japan	13	6	1	18	6	3.000	565	445	1.270
2	South Korea	13	6	1	18	8	2.250	576	493	1.168
3	Russia	12	5	2	19	6	3.167	576	432	1.333
4	Italy	12	5	2	19	8	2.375	606	477	1.270
5	Thailand	10	3	4	10	12	0.833	422	488	0.865
6	Puerto Rico	9	2	5	6	16	0.375	437	516	0.847
7	Chinese Taipei	8	1	6	5	18	0.278	454	559	0.812
8	Nigeria	7	0	7	0	21	0.000	299	525	0.570

• South Korea is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team except the winner.

Awards

• Best Scorer:  Ekaterina Gamova (RUS)

• Best Spiker:  Miyuki Takahashi (JPN)

• Best Blocker:  Ekaterina Gamova (RUS)

• Best Server:  Ekaterina Gamova (RUS)

• Best Digger:  Ikumi Narita (JPN)

• Best Setter:  Yoshie Takeshita (JPN)

• Best Receiver:  Ikumi Narita (JPN)

References

• FIVB Results

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