2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament

The 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament is a qualification tournament to determine the final four spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournament, The round-robin tournament through May 17–25 doubles up as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and so the best three teams plus the best Asian team (even if any of the best three teams are Asian) will book their tickets to Beijing. Hosts Japan will be joined by Thailand, Korea, Kazakhstan (best-ranked teams at the Asian Continental Championship), Serbia, Poland (best world-ranked teams from CEV), Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (best world-ranked teams from NORCECA).

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Teams

* The final place for tournament was to be decided by a Playoff between Peru and Kenya, the teams ranked second in the South American and African Qualifiers, but both teams dropped their applications. Uruguay (third in the World Rankings for South America) wasn’t ready to apply, while Egypt (third in the World Rankings among African countries) has not played in any Continental Qualification Tournaments. In these circumstances, the FIVB has chosen Puerto Rico, the best Norceca team in the World Rankings after Dominican Republic.

Squads

Results
May 17
Thailand 0 – 3 Dominican Republic24–26, 22–25, 24–2611:05
South Korea 3 – 1 Puerto Rico25–22, 25–16, 21–25, 25–2113:05
Serbia 3 – 1 Kazakhstan25–19, 25–12, 23–25, 25–1415:25
Poland 1 – 3 Japan20–25, 25–27, 25–19, 17–2518:00
May 18
Dominican Republic 1 – 3 Serbia25–23, 25–27, 21–25, 20–2511:05
South Korea 3 – 2 Thailand25–20, 28–26, 14–25, 21–25, 18–1613:25
Kazakhstan 0 – 3 Poland20–25, 15–25, 19–2516:00
Puerto Rico 1 – 3 Japan20–25, 18–25, 25–17, 24–2618:00
May 20
Thailand 3 – 0 Puerto Rico25–20, 25–20, 25–2011:35
Serbia 3 – 0 South Korea25–23, 25–23, 25–1913:35
Poland 3 – 1 Dominican Republic23–25, 25–19, 25–17, 25–2315:35
Japan 3 – 0 Kazakhstan25–21, 33–31, 25–2118:30
May 21
Thailand 0 – 3 Serbia16–25, 23-25, 15-2511:35
Puerto Rico 3 – 2 Kazakhstan25–19, 15–25, 25–22, 23–25, 15–1313:35
South Korea 0 – 3 Poland16–25, 19–25, 16–2516:00
Dominican Republic 1 – 3 Japan21–25, 25–18, 16–25, 21–2518:30
May 23
Kazakhstan 0 – 3 Dominican Republic20–25, 22–25, 17–2511:35
Serbia 3 – 0 Puerto Rico25–12, 25–18, 25–1813:35
Poland 3 – 1 Thailand18–25, 25–14, 25–19, 25–2315:35
Japan 3 – 1 South Korea25–20, 25–19, 21–25, 25–1318:30
May 24
Puerto Rico 0 – 3 Dominican Republic23–25, 14–25, 18–2511:05
Serbia 2 – 3 Poland18–25, 14–25, 25–18, 25–22, 10–1513:05
South Korea 0 – 3 Kazakhstan18–25, 21–25, 21–2515:25
Thailand 2 – 3 Japan30–28, 14–25, 27–25, 21–25, 11–1518:00
May 25
Dominican Republic 3 – 1 South Korea17–25, 25–20, 25–19, 25–1511:05
Kazakhstan 3 – 1 Thailand13–25, 25–18, 25–14, 25–2113:15
Poland 3 – 0 Puerto Rico25–22, 25–22, 25–2215:20
Japan 2 – 3 Serbia25–19, 25–21, 19–25, 19–25, 17–1918:00

Ranking
Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1  Poland 13 6 1 608 524 1.160 19 7 2.714
2  Serbia 13 6 1 624 538 1.160 20 7 2.857
3  Japan 13 6 1 684 619 1.105 20 9 2.222
4  Dominican Republic 11 4 3 577 554 1.042 15 10 1.500
5  Kazakhstan 9 2 5 523 572 0.914 9 16 0.563
6  South Korea 9 2 5 534 609 0.877 8 18 0.444
7  Thailand 8 1 6 573 617 0.929 9 18 0.500
8  Puerto Rico 8 1 6 503 593 0.848 5 20 0.250
  • Kazakhstan is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team outside the top 3.

Individual awards

References
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