Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	5 September 1997	Lausanne	1	Greece
2003 Women's World Cup	1–15 November 2003	Japan	3	China
				Brazil
				United States
European Qualification	5–10 January 2004	Baku, Azerbaijan	1	Germany
North American Qualification	15–21 December 2003	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1	Cuba
South and North American Qualification	9–11 January 2004	Caracas, Venezuela	1	Dominican Republic*
African Qualification	7–10 January 2004	Nairobi, Kenya	1	Kenya
Asian Qualification	8–16 May 2004	Tokyo, Japan	1	South Korea
2004 Olympic Qualification Tournament			3	Japan
				Russia
				Italy
Total			12	Source:FIVB[2]

* Dominican Republic is associated at the NORCECA (North America), but entered the South American Qualification as the invited country as winner of the 2003 Pan American Games.[3]

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the Preliminary round (first stage), the twelve participants were divided into two pools of six teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The four highest ranked teams in each pool advanced to the Final round (second stage) and the two lowest ranked teams took no further participation (with pool places 5th and 6th being ranked in the final standings as joined 9th and 11th, respectively).

The Final round was played in a single elimination format, starting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers were eliminated (ranked at standings as joined 5th).

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	410	326	1.258	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	14	3	4.667	392	305	1.285
3	South Korea	5	3	2	8	9	7	1.286	355	352	1.009
4	Japan	5	2	3	7	6	10	0.600	346	343	1.009
5	Greece	5	1	4	6	5	12	0.417	349	383	0.911
6	Kenya	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	236	379	0.623

Source: FIVB

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	14:00	Japan	0–3	Brazil	21–25	22–25	21–25			64–75	Report
14 Aug	16:00	Greece	3–0	Kenya	25–7	25–22	25–14			75–43	Report
14 Aug	19:30	South Korea	0–3	Italy	17–25	13–25	19–25			49–75	Report
16 Aug	9:00	Kenya	0–3	Brazil	16–25	27–29	12–25			55–79	Report
16 Aug	14:00	Italy	3–0	Japan	25–16	25–13	25–17			75–46	Report
16 Aug	16:00	Greece	1–3	South Korea	25–20	19–25	15–25	22–25		81–95	Report
18 Aug	11:50	South Korea	3–0	Kenya	25–16	25–20	25–19			75–55	Report
18 Aug	16:35	Japan	3–1	Greece	25–10	20–25	25–21	25–22		95–78	Report
18 Aug	21:30	Brazil	3–2	Italy	19–25	25–13	22–25	25–16	15–13	106–92	Report
20 Aug	14:00	South Korea	3–0	Japan	25–21	26–24	25–21			76–66	Report
20 Aug	16:00	Greece	0–3	Brazil	22–25	22–25	11–25			55–75	Report
20 Aug	19:30	Kenya	0–3	Italy	17–25	13–25	14–25			44–75	Report
22 Aug	11:00	Japan	3–0	Kenya	25–8	25–17	25–14			75–39	Report
22 Aug	16:00	Italy	3–0	Greece	25–19	25–19	25–22			75–60	Report
22 Aug	19:30	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–19	25–18	25–23			75–60	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	5	4	1	9	14	4	3.500	429	346	1.240	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	426	388	1.098
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	11	10	1.100	443	460	0.963
4	United States	5	2	3	7	11	10	1.100	472	467	1.011
5	Germany	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	387	414	0.935
6	Dominican Republic	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	334	416	0.803

Source: FIVB

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	9:00	Cuba	2–3	Germany	25–20	26–24	22–25	15–25	15–17	103–111	Report
14 Aug	11:35	Dominican Republic	0–3	Russia	17–25	13–25	16–25			46–75	Report
14 Aug	21:30	China	3–1	United States	25–21	23–25	25–22	25–18		98–86	Report
16 Aug	11:00	China	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–20	25–16	25–16			75–52	Report
16 Aug	19:30	United States	3–1	Germany	25–22	25–22	22–25	27–25		99–94	Report
16 Aug	22:05	Russia	2–3	Cuba	24–26	25–19	27–25	19–25	13–15	108–110	Report
18 Aug	9:00	Dominican Republic	3–2	United States	26–24	22–25	27–25	23–25	19–17	117–116	Report
18 Aug	14:00	Cuba	3–2	China	25–19	22–25	15–25	25–21	15–13	102–103	Report
18 Aug	19:30	Germany	0–3	Russia	29–31	11–25	18–25			58–81	Report
20 Aug	9:00	China	3–0	Germany	25–18	25–15	25–16			75–49	Report
20 Aug	11:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Cuba	23–25	17–25	23–25			63–75	Report
20 Aug	21:30	United States	2–3	Russia	25–20	17–25	25–20	18–25	11–15	96–105	Report
22 Aug	9:00	Germany	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–16	25–19	25–21			75–56	Report
22 Aug	14:00	Russia	0–3	China	15–25	16–25	26–28			57–78	Report
22 Aug	21:30	Cuba	0–3	United States	22–25	12–25	19–25			53–75	Report

• Official 2004 Olympic Games Volleyball website at FIVB
• Official results (pgs. 1–60)
• Results