Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The qualification for 2004 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 7 September 2003 to 30 May 2004.

Means of qualification

2003 World Cup

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

Rank	Team
01 !	Brazil
02 !	Italy
03 !	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: Salle El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia
• Dates: 5–10 January 2004

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		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	Set 5	Total
05 Jan	South Africa	1–3	Algeria	25–22	22–25	18–25	22–25		87–97
06 Jan	Tunisia	3–0	Algeria	25–21	25–18	25–16			75–55
07 Jan	South Africa	0–3	Egypt	20–25	22–25	20–25			62–75
09 Jan	Egypt	3–0	Algeria	25–22	29–27	25–15			79–64
09 Jan	Tunisia	3–0	South Africa	25–19	25–18	25–10			75–47
10 Jan	Tunisia	3–0	Egypt	25–19	25–16	25–22			75–57

Asia and Oceania

The Asian Qualification Tournament combined with World Qualification Tournament 2. The hosts Japan and the top four ranked teams except Japan from the 2003 Asian Championship competed in the tournament. The top ranked among the five teams except the winners of the World Qualification Tournament 2 qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games as Asian Qualification Tournament winners.

Europe

• Venue: Arena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
• Dates: 5–10 January 2004

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

North America

• Venue: Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas, Puerto Rico
• Dates: 4–10 January 2004

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

South America

• Venue: Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
• Dates: 9–11 January 2004

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		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	Set 5	Total
09 Jan	Chile	0–3	Argentina	16–25	13–25	14–25			43–75
09 Jan	Peru	0–3	Venezuela	17–25	10–25	15–25			42–75
10 Jan	Argentina	3–0	Peru	25–13	25–15	25–18			75–46
10 Jan	Venezuela	3–0	Chile	25–13	25–16	25–19			75–48
11 Jan	Chile	1–3	Peru	25–15	27–29	22–25	18–25		92–94
11 Jan	Argentina	3–0	Venezuela	25–18	25–19	25–23			75–60

World qualification tournaments

Qualified teams

• Hosts
  •  Portugal
  •  Japan
  •  Spain
• Qualified through the 2003 Asian Championship.
  •  South Korea *
  •  China *
  •  Iran *
  •  Australia *
  •  Kazakhstan
  •  Chinese Taipei ¹
• Qualified through the Continental Qualification Tournament or the FIVB World Ranking as of January 2004.
  •  Egypt ¹ (as African Qualification Tournament 2nd place)
  •  France (as World Ranking for European Team)
  •  Netherlands (as World Ranking for European Team)
  •  Poland (as World Ranking for European Team)
  •  Cuba (as North American Qualification Tournament 2nd place)
  •  Canada (as North American Qualification Tournament 3rd place)
  •  Venezuela (as South American Qualification Tournament 2nd place)

* The top four teams from 2003 Asian Championship were predetermined to be in Tournament 2 in Japan.

^1 –  Cameroon and  Algeria replaced Chinese Taipei and Egypt, who withdrew from the tournament.

Tournament 1

• Venue: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
• Dates: 21–23 May 2004
• All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		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
21 May	18:00	Poland	3–0	Venezuela	25–21	26–24	25–22			76–67	P2
21 May	20:02	Portugal	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–16	25–18	25–19			75–53	P2
22 May	15:04	Kazakhstan	0–3	Venezuela	23–25	21–25	21–25			65–75	P2
22 May	17:15	Portugal	2–3	Poland	18–25	25–18	29–27	19–25	12–15	103–110	P2
23 May	14:00	Poland	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–15	25–13	25–22			75–50	P2
23 May	16:00	Venezuela	3–0	Portugal	26–24	27–25	25–21			78–70	P2

Tournament 2

• Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
• Dates: 22–30 May 2004
• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

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

Tournament 3

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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		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	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	17:00	Cameroon	0–3	Netherlands	21–25	25–27	18–25			64–77	P2
28 May	19:30	Spain	1–3	Cuba	17–25	25–14	23–25	16–25		81–89	P2
29 May	16:00	Cameroon	0–3	Spain	14–25	17–25	20–25			51–75	P2
29 May	18:30	Netherlands	3–1	Cuba	25–19	30–28	25–27	25–20		105–94	P2
30 May	10:00	Cuba	3–0	Cameroon	25–20	25–23	25–13			75–56	P2
30 May	12:30	Spain	0–3	Netherlands	20–25	20–25	24–26			64–76	P2

External links

• Results of the 2004 African Olympic Qualification Tournament at FIVB.org
• Official website of the 2004 European Olympic Qualification Tournament
• Results of the 2004 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament at FIVB.org
• Results of the 2004 South American Olympic Qualification Tournament at FIVB.org
• Official website of the 2004 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1
• Official website of the 2004 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2
• Official website of the 2004 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3

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