2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament

Volleyball tournament Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics 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). Teams Host: JPN Asia: KOR, KAZ and THA Europe: SRB, POL North America: DOM South America or Africa: PUR* * 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 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament Squads Results May 17THA 0 – 3 DOM 24–26, 22–25, 24–26 11:05KOR 3 – 1 PUR 25–22, 25–16, 21–25, 25–21 13:05SRB 3 – 1 KAZ 25–19, 25–12, 23–25, 25–14 15:25POL 1 – 3 JPN 20–25, 25–27, 25–19, 17–25 18:00May 18DOM 1 – 3 SRB 25–23, 25–27, 21–25, 20–25 11:05KOR 3 – 2 THA 25–20, 28–26, 14–25, 21–25, 18–16 13:25KAZ 0 – 3 POL 20–25, 15–25, 19–25 16:00PUR 1 – 3 JPN 20–25, 18–25, 25–17, 24–26 18:00May 20THA 3 – 0 PUR 25–20, 25–20, 25–20 11:35SRB 3 – 0 KOR 25–23, 25–23, 25–19 13:35POL 3 – 1 DOM 23–25, 25–19, 25–17, 25–23 15:35JPN 3 – 0 KAZ 25–21, 33–31, 25–21 18:30May 21THA 0 – 3 SRB 16–25, 23-25, 15-25 11:35PUR 3 – 2 KAZ 25–19, 15–25, 25–22, 23–25, 15–13 13:35KOR 0 – 3 POL 16–25, 19–25, 16–25 16:00DOM 1 – 3 JPN 21–25, 25–18, 16–25, 21–25 18:30May 23KAZ 0 – 3 DOM 20–25, 22–25, 17–25 11:35 SRB 3 – 0 PUR 25–12, 25–18, 25–18 13:35POL 3 – 1 THA 18–25, 25–14, 25–19, 25–23 15:35JPN 3 – 1 KOR 25–20, 25–19, 21–25, 25–13 18:30May 24PUR 0 – 3 DOM 23–25, 14–25, 18–25 11:05SRB 2 – 3 POL 18–25, 14–25, 25–18, 25–22, 10–15 13:05KOR 0 – 3 KAZ 18–25, 21–25, 21–25 15:25THA 2 – 3 JPN 30–28, 14–25, 27–25, 21–25, 11–15 18:00May 25DOM 3 – 1 KOR 17–25, 25–20, 25–19, 25–15 11:05KAZ 3 – 1 THA 13–25, 25–18, 25–14, 25–21 13:15POL 3 – 0 PUR 25–22, 25–22, 25–22 15:20JPN 2 – 3 SRB25–19, 25–21, 19–25, 19–25, 17–19 18:00 Ranking RkTeamPointsWonLostPWPLRatioSWSLRatio1POL13616085241.1601972.7142SRB13616245381.1602072.8573JPN13616846191.1052092.2224DOM11435775541.04215101.5005KAZ9255235720.9149160.5636KOR9255346090.8778180.4447THA8165736170.9299180.5008PUR8165035930.8485200.250 Kazakhstan is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team outside the top 3. Individual awards Best scorer Karina Ocasio PUR Yelena Pavlova KAZ Best spiker Małgorzata Glinka POL Best blocker Annerys Vargas DOM Best server Áurea Cruz PUR Best digger Yuko Sano JPN Best setter Yoshie Takeshita JPN Best receiver Yuko Sano JPN References FIVB Category:Volleyball qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic Qualification Women Volleyball Olympic Qualification FIVB