2004 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament

The 2004 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament was a women's volleyball tournament to determine which four teams would compete in the women's event at the 2004 Athens Olympics. It was held on 8–16 May 2004 in Tokyo, Japan. The winning teams were JPN, KOR, RUS and ITA. Round robin Saturday May 8, 2004 TPE1–3PUR (23-25 21-25 25-21 21–25)KOR3–1THA (24-26 25-14 25-16 25–8)RUS3–0NGR (25-10 25-10 25–7)ITA2–3JPN (18-25 25-23 18-25 25-20 13–15) Sunday May 9, 2004 KOR3–0TPE (25-20 26-24 25–11)PUR0–3RUS (17-25 13-25 23–25)NGR0–3ITA (18-25 13-25 7-25)THA0–3JPN (10-25 14-25 20–25) Tuesday May 11, 2004 TPE0–3THA (21-25 23-25 20–25)RUS2–3KOR (25-15 20-25 25-23 22-25 13–15)ITA3–0PUR (25-17 25-13 25–16)JPN3–0NGR (25-10 25-9 25–19) Wednesday May 12, 2004 KOR3–2ITA (17-25 10-25 25-17 25-18 18–16)THA3–0NGR (25-16 25-10 25–13)TPE0–3RUS (10-25 14-25 17–25)PUR0–3JPN (23-25 11-25 23–25) Friday May 14, 2004 NGR0–3PUR (17-25 18-25 16–25)RUS3–0THA (25-15 25-18 25–12)ITA3–0TPE (25-15 25-19 25–16)JPN3–0KOR (25-19 25-19 25–15) Saturday May 15, 2004 THA3–0PUR (25-21 25-17 25–23)RUS2–3ITA (25-18 25-22 15-25 17-25 14–16)KOR3–0NGR (25-17 25-14 25–13)TPE1–3JPN (27-25 11-25 19-25 22–25) Sunday May 16, 2004 PUR0–3KOR (19-25 15-25 15–25)NGR0–3TPE (18-25 23-25 21–25)ITA3–0THA (25-16 25-14 25–14)JPN0–3RUS (20-25 18-25 19–25) Final ranking RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatioPWPLRatio1JPN13611863.0005654451.2702KOR13611882.2505764931.1683RUS12521963.1675764321.3334ITA12521982.3756064771.2705THA103410120.8334224880.8656PUR9256160.3754375160.8477TPE8165180.2784545590.8128NGR7070210.0002995250.570 South Korea is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team except the winner. Awards Best scorer: Ekaterina Gamova RUS Best spiker: Miyuki Takahashi JPN Best blocker: Ekaterina Gamova RUS Best server: Ekaterina Gamova RUS Best receiver: Ikumi Narita JPN Best setter: Yoshie Takeshita JPN Best digger: Ikumi Narita JPN References FIVB Results Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball, Olympic Qualification Qualification Olympic Qualification 2004 Women's Olympic