Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

12th Volleyball Olympic Tournament Beijing 2008
Tournament details
Olympics	2008 Summer Olympics
Host nation	China
City	Beijing
Duration	August 9 – August 24
Men's teams	12
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Brazil
Bronze medalists	Russia
Women's teams	12
Women's medals:
Gold medalists	Brazil
Silver medalists	United States
Bronze medalists	China

4th Beach Volleyball Olympic Tournament Beijing 2008
Tournament details
City	Beijing
Duration	August 9 – August 22
Men's teams	24
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Brazil
Bronze medalists	Brazil
Women's teams	24
Women's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	China
Bronze medalists	China

Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women
Beach
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women

Volleyball competitions (beach and indoor) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Indoor volleyball events were held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. Beach volleyball competitions were held from August 9, 2008 to August 22, 2008, at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park.

The 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball competitions brought the introduction of the new ball with a new moulding design making it more softened compared to the Mikasa MVP200.^[1]

Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Qualification 2.1 Beach volleyball 3 Indoor Volleyball 3.1 Men 3.1.1 Pool A 3.1.2 Pool B 3.1.3 Medal round 3.1.3.1 Overview 3.2 Women 3.2.1 Pool A 3.2.2 Pool B 3.2.3 Medal round 3.2.3.1 Overview 4 Beach volleyball 4.1 Men 4.1.1 Pool A 4.1.2 Pool B 4.1.3 Pool C 4.1.4 Pool D 4.1.5 Pool E 4.1.6 Pool F 4.1.7 Lucky Loser 4.1.8 Finals 4.1.8.1 Overview 4.2 Women 4.2.1 Pool A 4.2.2 Pool B 4.2.3 Pool C 4.2.4 Pool D 4.2.5 Pool E 4.2.6 Pool F 4.2.7 Lucky Loser 4.2.8 Round of 16 4.2.9 Finals 4.2.9.1 Overview 5 Notes 6 External links

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's volleyball details	United States (USA)	Brazil (BRA)	Russia (RUS)
Women's volleyball details	Brazil (BRA)	United States (USA)	China (CHN)
Men's beach details	Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser United States (USA)	Fabio Luiz Magalhães and Marcio Araujo Brazil (BRA)	Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego Brazil (BRA)
Women's beach details	Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor United States (USA)	Wang Jie and Tian Jia China (CHN)	Zhang Xi and Xue Chen China (CHN)

Qualification

Beach volleyball

Men

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Automatic qualifiers
Angola	Brazil Argentina United States	Japan	Austria Estonia Georgia Germany Italy Latvia Netherlands Norway Russia Spain Switzerland	Australia	China – Olympic hosts

Women

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Automatic qualifiers
South Africa	Brazil Cuba Mexico United States	Japan	Austria Belgium Georgia Germany Greece Netherlands Norway Russia Switzerland	Australia	China – Olympic hosts

Indoor Volleyball

Men

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	United States	10	5	5	0	460	371	1.240	15	4	3.750
2	Italy	9	5	4	1	439	401	1.095	13	6	2.167
3	Bulgaria	8	5	3	2	446	440	1.014	10	9	1.111
4	China	7	5	2	3	445	492	0.904	9	13	0.692
5	Venezuela	6	5	1	4	421	451	0.933	8	12	0.667
6	Japan	5	5	0	5	392	448	0.875	4	15	0.267

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Brazil	9	5	4	1	427	373	1.145	13	4	3.250
2	Russia	9	5	4	1	499	444	1.124	14	7	2.000
3	Poland	9	5	4	1	434	404	1.112	12	6	2.000
4	Serbia	7	5	2	3	440	439	1.002	9	10	0.900
5	Germany	6	5	1	4	418	440	0.950	6	12	0.500
6	Egypt	5	5	0	5	267	379	0.704	0	15	0.000

Medal round

Overview

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Match
	2008-08-20 - Beijing
	A1  United States	3
					2008-08-22 - Beijing
	B4  Serbia	2
					United States	3
	2008-08-20 - Beijing
					Russia	2
	A3  Bulgaria	1
									2008-08-24 - Beijing
	B2  Russia	3
									United States	3
	2008-08-20 - Beijing
									Brazil	1
	A2  Italy	3
					2008-08-22 - Beijing
	B3  Poland	2
					Italy	1			Bronze Medal Match
	2008-08-20 - Beijing
					Brazil	3
	A4  China	0							Russia	3
	B1  Brazil	3							Italy	0
									2008-08-24 - Beijing

Women

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Cuba	10	5	5	0	426	371	1.148	15	3	5.000
2	United States	9	5	4	1	459	441	1.041	12	9	1.333
3	China	8	5	3	2	467	395	1.182	13	7	1.857
4	Japan	7	5	2	3	381	389	0.979	7	11	0.636
5	Poland	6	5	1	4	441	445	0.991	9	12	0.750
6	Venezuela	5	5	0	5	262	395	0.663	1	15	0.067

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	5	0	377	226	1.668	15	0	MAX
2	Italy	9	5	4	1	372	315	1.181	12	4	3.500
3	Russia	8	5	3	2	353	312	1.131	10	6	1.667
4	Serbia	7	5	2	3	343	349	0.983	6	10	0.600
5	Kazakhstan	6	5	1	4	323	404	0.800	4	13	0.308
6	Algeria	5	5	0	5	230	392	0.587	1	15	0.067

Medal round

Overview

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Match
	2008-08-19 - Beijing
	A1  Cuba	3
					2008-08-21 - Beijing
	B4  Serbia	0
					Cuba	0
	2008-08-19 - Beijing
					United States	3
	A2  United States	3
									2008-08-23 - Beijing
	B2  Italy	2
									United States	1
	2008-08-19 - Beijing
									Brazil	3
	B3  Russia	0
					2008-08-21 - Beijing
	A3  China	3
					China	0			Bronze Medal Match
	2008-08-19 - Beijing
					Brazil	3
	B1  Brazil	3							Cuba	1
	A4  Japan	0							China	3
									2008-08-23 - Beijing

Beach volleyball

Men

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Xu - Wu (CHN)	6	3	0	135	104	6	1
2	Herrera - Mesa (ESP)	5	2	1	114	107	4	2
3	Gosch - Horst (AUT)	4	1	2	111	133	2	5
4	Kais Kr. - Vesik (EST)	3	0	3	133	149	2	6

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Samoilovs - Pļaviņš (LAT)	5	2	1	139	134	4	3
2	Rogers - Dalhausser (USA)	5	2	1	121	93	4	2
3	Heyer - Heuscher (SUI)	4	1	2	120	139	2	4
4	Conde - Baracetti (ARG)	4	1	2	99	144	3	4

Pool C

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Ricardo-Emanuel (BRA)	6	3	0	126	88	6	0
2	Schacht - Slack (AUS)	5	2	1	115	102	4	2
3	Geor - Gia (GEO)	4	1	2	114	111	2	4
4	Fernandes - Morais (ANG)	3	0	3	72	126	0	6

Pool D

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Doppler - Gartmayer (AUT)	6	3	0	156	144	6	2
2	M. Araujo - Fabio Luiz (BRA)	5	2	1	139	131	5	2
3	Barsouk - Kolodinsky (RUS)	4	1	2	132	130	3	4
4	Lione - Amore (ITA)	3	0	3	107	129	0	6

Pool E

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Nummerdor - Schuil (NED)	6	3	0	133	106	6	1
2	Laciga M. - Schnider (SUI)	5	2	1	113	102	4	2
3	Klemperer - Koreng (GER)	4	1	2	118	132	2	5
4	Kjemperud - Skarlund (NOR)	3	0	3	123	147	2	6

Pool F

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Gibb - Rosenthal (USA)	6	3	0	142	111	6	1
2	Asahi - Shiratori (JPN)	4	1	2	147	151	3	5
3	Boersma E. - Ronnes (NED)	4	1	2	125	137	3	4
4	Brink - Dieckmann Ch. (GER)	4	1	2	106	121	2	4

Lucky Loser

	Directly Advance to Round of 16
	Third-place/Lucky-Loser Playoffs
	Eliminated

3rd placed teams This table shows the results of the third placed teams after the pool play, and before the lucky loser matches.

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL
1	Geor - Gia (GEO)	4	1	2	114	111	1.027	2	4
2	Barsouk - Kolodinsky (RUS)	4	1	2	132	130	1.015	3	4
3	Heyer - Heuscher (SUI)	4	1	2	120	129	0.930	3	4
4	Boersma E. - Ronnes (NED)	4	1	2	125	137	0.912	3	4
5	Klemperer - Koreng (GER)	4	1	2	118	132	0.894	2	5
6	Gosch - Horst (AUT)	4	1	2	111	133	0.835	2	5

Lucky Loser

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Gosch - Horst (AUT)	2	1	0	42	30	2	0
2	Heyer - Heuscher (SUI)	1	0	1	30	42	0	2

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Klemperer - Koreng (GER)	2	1	0	48	41	2	0
2	Boersma E. - Ronnes (NED)	1	0	1	41	48	0	2

Finals

Overview

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Match
	2008-08-18 - Beijing
	Klemperer - Koreng (GER)	0
					2008-08-20 - Beijing
	Rogers - Dalhausser (USA)	2
					Rogers - Dalhausser (USA)	2
	2008-08-18 - Beijing
					Geor - Gia (GEO)	0
	Nummerdor - Schuil (NED)	0
									2008-08-22 - Beijing
	Geor - Gia (GEO)	2
									Rogers - Dalhausser (USA)	2
	2008-08-18 - Beijing
									M. Araujo - Fabio Luiz (BRA)	1
	Ricardo-Emanuel (BRA)	2
					2008-08-20 - Beijing
	Gibb - Rosenthal (USA)	0
					Ricardo-Emanuel (BRA)	0			Bronze Medal Match
	2008-08-18 - Beijing
					M. Araujo - Fabio Luiz (BRA)	2
	M. Araujo - Fabio Luiz (BRA)	2							Geor - Gia (GEO)	0
	Gosch - Horst (AUT)	0							Ricardo-Emanuel (BRA)	2
									2008-08-22 - Beijing

Women

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Tian - Wang (CHN)	6	3	0	146	126	6	2
2	Maaseide - Glesnes (NOR)	5	2	1	130	121	5	2
3	Van Breedam - Mouha (BEL)	4	1	2	135	134	3	4
8	Kuhn - Schwer (SUI)	3	0	3	93	126	0	6

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)	6	3	0	126	85	6	0
2	F. Grasset - L. Peraza (CUB)	5	2	1	116	116	4	2
3	Håkedal - Tørlen (NOR)	4	1	2	108	111	2	4
4	Teru Saiki - Kusuhara (JPN)	3	0	3	88	126	0	6

Pool C

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Barnett - Cook (AUS)	6	3	0	143	113	6	1
2	França - Connelly (BRA)	5	2	1	156	139	4	4
3	Saka - Rtvelo (GEO)	4	1	2	120	154	3	5
4	Uryadova - Shiryaeva (RUS)	3	0	3	140	157	3	6

Pool D

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Xue - Zhang (CHN)	6	3	0	139	105	6	1
2	Goller - Ludwig (GER)	5	2	1	119	102	4	2
3	Koutroumanidou - Tsiartsiani (GRE)	4	1	2	127	120	3	4
4	Augoustides - Nel (RSA)	3	0	3	68	126	0	6

Pool E

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Branagh - Youngs (USA)	6	3	0	139	129	6	1
2	Pohl - Rau (GER)	5	2	1	117	115	4	2
3	Esteves Ribalta - M. Crespo (CUB)	4	1	2	130	117	3	4
4	Kadijk - Mooren (NED)	3	0	3	107	132	0	6

Pool F

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Antunes - Ribeiro (BRA)	6	3	0	139	121	6	1
2	Schwaiger - Schwaiger (AUT)	5	2	1	121	105	4	2
3	Candelas - Garcia (MEX)	4	1	2	124	146	3	5
4	Karantasiou - Arvaniti (GRE)	3	0	3	125	137	1	6

Lucky Loser

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Van Breedam - Mouha (BEL)	2	1	0	42	32	2	0
2	Saka - Rtvelo (GEO)	1	0	1	32	42	0	2

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Håkedal - Tørlen (NOR)	2	1	0	56	45	2	1
2	Candelas - Garcia (MEX)	1	0	1	45	56	1	2

Round of 16

Team	Points	Points	Team
Van Breedam - Mouha (BEL)	0	2	Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)
Branagh - Youngs (USA)	2	0	F. Grasset - L. Peraza (CUB)
Tian - Wang (CHN)	2	0	Håkedal - Tørlen (NOR)
Barnett - Cook (AUS)	2	1	Koutroumanidou - Tsiartsiani (GRE)
Goller - Ludwig (GER)	1	2	Schwaiger - Schwaiger (AUT)
Esteves Ribalta - M. Crespo (CUB)	0	2	Xue - Zhang (CHN)
Maaseide - Glesnes (NOR)	1	2	Antunes - Ribeiro (BRA)
França - Connelly (BRA)	2	0	Pohl - Rau (GER)

Finals

Overview

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Match
	2008-08-17 - Beijing
	Tian - Wang (CHN)	2
					2008-08-19 - Beijing
	Schwaiger - Schwaiger (AUT)	0
					Tian - Wang (CHN)	2
	2008-08-17 - Beijing
					Xue - Zhang (CHN)	1
	Branagh - Youngs (USA)	0
									2008-08-21 - Beijing
	Xue - Zhang (CHN)	2
									Tian - Wang (CHN)	0
	2008-08-17 - Beijing
									Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)	2
	França - Connelly (BRA)	0
					2008-08-19 - Beijing
	Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)	2
					Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)	2			Bronze Medal Match
	2008-08-17 - Beijing
					Antunes - Ribeiro (BRA)	0
	Barnett - Cook (AUS)	0							Xue - Zhang (CHN)	2
	Antunes - Ribeiro (BRA)	2							Antunes - Ribeiro (BRA)	0
									2008-08-21 - Beijing

Notes

• FIVB: The road to Beijing after the FIVB World Cup
• Olympic Volleyball Tournaments matches schedule in Beijing for Men's and Women's are confirmed

External links

• Official Site of Beijing 2008 Olympics
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball
• Full Coverage of Volleyball events
• Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Women, Men

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