2004 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments

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The 2004 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments consisted out of three tournaments, all played in May, 2004.

Contents 1 Porto, Portugal 1.1 Round Robin 1.2 Final Ranking 1.3 Awards 2 Tokyo, Japan 2.1 Round Robin 2.2 Final Ranking 2.3 Awards 3 Madrid, Spain 3.1 Round Robin 3.2 Final Ranking 3.3 Awards 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Porto, Portugal

The first qualifier was staged in Porto, Portugal from May 21 to May 23, 2004 with one Olympic spot at stake. Competing teams were Portugal, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, and Poland, as determined by drawing of lots held in Japan on February 23. The teams played a single round robin with six matches in total.

[edit] Round Robin

• Friday May 21, 2004

	Poland	3–0	Venezuela	(25-21 26-24 25-22)
	Portugal	3–0	Kazakhstan	(25-16 25-18 25-19)

• Saturday May 22, 2004

	Kazakhstan	0–3	Venezuela	(23-25 21-25 21-25)
	Portugal	2–3	Poland	(18-25 25-18 29-27 19-25 12-15)

• Sunday May 23, 2004

	Poland	3–0	Kazakhstan	(25-15 25-13 25-22)
	Venezuela	3–0	Portugal	(26-24 27-25 25-21)

[edit] Final Ranking

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	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

[edit] Awards

• Best Scorer:  Dawid Murek (POL)

• Best Spiker:  Dawid Murek (POL)

• Best Blocker:  Arkadiusz Golas (POL)

• Best Server:  Dawid Murek (POL)

• Best Digger:  Gustavo Valderrama (VEN)

• Best Setter:  Pawel Zagumny (POL)

• Best Receiver:  Gustavo Valderrama (VEN)

[edit] Tokyo, Japan

The World Olympic Qualifying tournament in Japan was held from May 22 to May 30, and also doubled as the Asian Continental Olympic Qualifying tournament. Competing nations were hosts Japan, Algeria, Canada, France, Australia, South Korea, PR China, and Iran, with one Olympic ticket going to the winner and then a second Olympic ticket being awarded to the top Asian team. In the event an Asian team would have won the tournament, the next best-Asian team would have claimed the second ticket as the Continental Olympic qualifier.

[edit] Round Robin

• Saturday May 22, 2004

	Canada	3–0	Iran	(25-20 25-20 28-26)
	South Korea	0–3	China	(19-25 23-25 22-25)
	Australia	0–3	France	(18-25 28-30 26-28)
	Algeria	0–3	Japan	(14-25 15-25 18-25)

• Sunday May 23, 2004

	Iran	3–0	South Korea	(25-18 25-21 25-16)
	France	3–0	Canada	(25-22 25-23 25-21)
	Algeria	0–3	Australia	(17-25 22-25 16-25)
	Japan	2–3	China	(25-27 25-20 22-25 25-22 16-18)

• Tuesday May 25, 2004

	China	3–1	Iran	(25-16 25-23 31-33 25-22)
	South Korea	0–3	France	(16-25 13-25 16-25)
	Canada	3–0	Algeria	(25-13 25-16 25-21)
	Australia	3–2	Japan	(21-25 25-17 25-14 19-25 15-13)

• Wednesday May 26, 2004

	France	3–0	China	(25-21 38-36 25-21)
	Australia	3–0	Canada	(25-19 25-19 26-24)
	Algeria	0–3	South Korea	(21-25 15-25 19-25)
	Japan	2–3	Iran	(22-25 29-27 25-18 21-25 12-15)

• Friday May 28, 2004

	South Korea	1–3	Australia	(21-25 15-25 25-21 19-25)
	Iran	0–3	France	(31-33 19-25 21-25)
	China	3–0	Algeria	(25-15 25-16 25-15)
	Canada	3–0	Japan	(25-15 25-17 27-25)

• Saturday May 29, 2004

	Algeria	0–3	Iran	(17-25 18-25 13-25)
	Canada	3–1	South Korea	(25-21 21-25 25-22 25-18)
	Australia	3–0	China	(25-21 25-20 25-19)
	Japan	2–3	France	(23-25 25-21 18-25 25-21 12-15)

• Sunday May 30, 2004

	Iran	3–0	Australia	(25-19 26-24 25-23)
	China	3–0	Canada	(25-22 25-19 25-17)
	France	3–0	Algeria	(25-16 25-11 25-13)
	South Korea	0–3	Japan	(20-25 21-25 23-25)

[edit] Final Ranking

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	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

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

[edit] Awards

• Best Scorer:  Takahiro Yamamoto (JPN)

• Best Spiker:  Daniel Howard (AUS)

• Best Blocker:  Daniel Howard (AUS)

• Best Server:  Behnam Mahmoudi (IRI)

• Best Digger:  Hubert Henno (FRA)

• Best Setter:  Daisuke Usami (JPN)

• Best Receiver:  Katsutoshi Tsumagari (JPN)

[edit] Madrid, Spain

The last qualifier was staged in Madrid, Spain from May 28 to May 30, 2004 with one Olympic spot at stake. Competing teams were former Olympic champion Netherlands, Cameroon, Cuba, and hosts Spain, as determined by drawing of lots held in Japan on February 23. Cameroon replaced Chinese Taipei. The teams played a single round robin with six matches in total.

[edit] Round Robin

• Friday May 28, 2004

	Cameroon	0–3	Netherlands	(21-25 25-27 18-25)
	Spain	1–3	Cuba	(17-25 25-14 23-25 16-25)

• Saturday May 29, 2004

	Cameroon	0–3	Spain	(14-25 17-25 20-25)
	Netherlands	3–1	Cuba	(25-19 30-28 25-27 25-20)

• Sunday May 30, 2004

	Cuba	3–0	Cameroon	(25-20 25-23 25-13)
	Spain	0–3	Netherlands	(20-25 20-25 24-26)

[edit] Final Ranking

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	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

[edit] Awards

• Best Scorer:  Raydel Corrales (CUB)

• Best Spiker:  Guillermo Falasca (ESP)

• Best Blocker:  José Luis Moltó (ESP)

• Best Server:  Osmany Juantorena (CUB)

• Best Digger:  Marko Klok (NED)

• Best Setter:  Nico Freriks (NED)

• Best Receiver:  Reinder Nummerdor (NED)

[edit] See also

• 2000 Men's Volleyball Olympic Qualifier

[edit] References

• FIVB Results