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Men’s Participatin 68 g Teams Tunisia Pool A Page 74 Argentina Pool A Page 78 Serbia and Montenegro Pool A Page 82 Poland Pool A Page 86 France Pool A Page 90 Greece Pool A Page 94 Brazil Pool B Page 98 Italy Pool B Page 102 Netherlands Pool B Page 106 Russia Pool B Page 110 USA Pool B Page 114 Australia Pool B Page 118 69 Olympic Records Olympic Medals Year Organizer Gold Silver Bronze 2000 Sydney (AUS) YUG RUS ITA 1996 Atlanta (USA) NED ITA YUG 1992 Barcelona (ESP) BRA NED USA 1988 Seoul (KOR) USA URS* ARG 1984 Los Angeles (USA) USA BRA ITA 1980 Moscow (URS*) URS* BUL ROM 1976 Montreal (CAN) POL URS* CUB 1972 Munich (BRD) JPN DDR URS* 1968 Mexico (MEX) URS* JPN TCH 1964 Tokyo (JPN) URS* TCH JPN * U.S.S.R. 70 Olympic Ranking Nb. of 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 Countries part. Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Algeria 1 – – – – – – – 12 – – Argentina 4 – – – – – 6 3 – 8 4 Australia 1 – – – – – – – – – 8 Belgium 1 – 8 – – – – – – – – Brazil 10 7 9 8 7 5 2 4 1 5 6 Bulgaria 6 5 6 4 – 2 – 6 – 7 – Canada 3 – – – 9 – 4 – 10 – – China 1 – – – – – 8 – – – – C.I.S.* 1 – – – – – – – 7 – – Cuba 6 – – 10 3 7 – – 4 6 7 Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 6 5 8 – – – – – Egypt 2 – – – – – 10 – – – 11 France 2 – – – – – – 8 11 – – Germany (East) 2 – 4 2 – – – – – – – Germany (West) 1 – – 11 – – – – – – – Hungary 1 6 – – – – – – – – – Italy 7 – – – 8 9 3 9 5 2 3 Japan 7 3 2 1 4 – 7 10 6 – – Korea 8 10 – 7 6 –5 11999 Lybia 1 – – – – 10 – – – – – Mexico 1 – 10 – – – – – – – – Netherlands 5 8 – – – – – 5 2 1 5 Poland 5 – 5 9 1 4 – – – 11 – Romania 3 4 – 5 – 3 – – – – – Russia 2 – – – – – – – – 4 2 Spain 2 – – – – – – – 8 – 9 Sweden 1 – – – – – – 7 – – – Tunisia 4 – – 12 – – 9 12 – 11 – United States 7 9 7 – – – 1 1 3 9 11 USSR 6 1 1 3 2 1 – 2 – – – Yugoslavia 3 – – – – 6 – – – 3 1 * Ex-U.S.S.R (Commonwealth of Independent States) 71 The Road to Athens The 12 teams participating in the Olympic Games were selected according to the following procedure: •Team from the host NOC: Greece. • The top three teams of the 2003 FIVB World Cup held in Japan. • The team finishing first in each Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament: 1. Europe: in Leipzig, Germany 3. South America: in Caracas, Venezuela 2. North and Central America: in Caguas, Puerto Rico 4. Africa: in Tunis, Tunisia. • The team finishing first in each World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Madrid, Spain and Porto, Portugal as well as the winner and the best Asian team at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo, Japan. World Cup 1 BRAZIL 7 CANADA 2ITALY 8 VENEZUELA 3 SERBIA & MONTENEGRO 9 JAPAN Brazil 4 U.S.A. 10 CHINA Italy 5 FRANCE 11 TUNISIA Serbia & 6 KOREA 12 EGYPT Montenegro Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments North and Central America (January 4-10, 2004, Caguas, Puerto Rico) Preliminary Round Robin Final Ranking 04-Jan CUB-CAN 3-1 26-24 25-22 16-25 30-28 1 USA 04-Jan MEX-PUR 3-2 25-22 17-25 25-23 23-25 15-13 05-Jan USA-MEX 3-0 28-26 25-14 25-16 2 Cuba U.S.A. 05-Jan PUR-CAN 3-1 23-25 25-21 25-23 25-21 3 Puerto Rico 06-Jan CAN-MEX 3-0 25-22 25-19 25-19 4 Canada 06-Jan USA-CUB 3-1 25-16 25-21 23-25 25-22 5 Mexico 07-Jan USA-CAN 3-0 27-25 30-28 25-21 07-Jan CUB-PUR 3-1 25-18 25-17 25-19 25-23 08-Jan CUB-MEX 3-1 25-22 25-17 23-25 25-17 08-Jan USA-PUR 3-0 25-18 25-17 25-17 Semi-Final 09-Jan CUB-PUR 3-1 25-18 17-25 25-19 25-23 09-Jan USA-CAN 3-0 27-25 27-25 25-16 Bronze Medal 10-Jan CAN-PUR 3-2 23-25 25-23 23-25 25-18 15-10 Gold Medal 10-Jan USA-CUB 3-2 21-25 25-18 24-26 25-22 15-13 Europe (January 5-10, 2004, Leipzig, Germany) Preliminary Round Final Ranking Pool A 1 Russia 05-Jan BUL-GER 0-3 19-25 19-25 18-25 2 The Netherlands 06-Jan BUL-RUS 0-3 20-25 20-25 19-25 Russia 06-Jan GER-POL 2-3 25-22 16-25 27-25 24-26 13-15 3 France 07-Jan RUS-POL 3-0 25-19 25-16 25-18 2 Germany 08-Jan POL-BUL 0-3 19-25 19-25 18-25 5 Bulgaria 08-Jan GER-RUS 0-3 23-25 17-25 28-30 3 Spain Pool B 7 Finland 05-Jan ESP-FRA 1-3 21-25 37-35 16-25 19-25 05-Jan NED-FIN 3-0 25-22 25-23 25-19 4 Poland 06-Jan FIN-ESP 2-3 19-25 25-22 25-15 23-25 10-15 07-Jan FRA-FIN 3-0 25-20 26-24 25-21 07-Jan ESP-NED 0-3 20-25 14-25 12-25 08-Jan FRA-NED 0-3 21-25 18-25 23-25 Semifinals 09-Jan RUS-FRA 3-0 25-23 25-16 25-23 09-Jan NED-GER 3-0 25-21 25-23 25-17 Final 10-Jan RUS-NED 3-0 25-19 25-17 25-16 72 South America (January 9-11, 2004, Caracas, Venezuela) Single Round Robin Final Ranking 09-Jan CHI-ARG 0-3 16-25 13-25 14-25 1 Argentina 09-Jan PER-VEN 0-3 17-25 10-25 15-25 2 Venezuela 10-Jan ARG-PER 3-0 25-13 25-15 25-18 Argentina 10-Jan VEN-CHI 3-0 25-13 25-16 25-19 3 Peru 11-Jan CHI-PER 1-3 25-15 27-29 22-25 18-25 4 Chile 11-Jan ARG-VEN 3-0 25-18 25-19 25-23 Africa (January 5-10, 2004, Tunis, Tunisia) Single Round Robin Final Ranking 05-Jan RSA-ALG 1-3 25-22 22-25 18-25 22-25 1 Tunisia 06-Jan TUN-ALG 3-0 25-21 25-18 25-16 2 Egypt 07-Jan RSA-EGY 0-3 20-25 22-25 20-25 Tunisia 09-Jan EGY-ALG 3-0 25-22 29-27 25-15 3 Algeria 09-Jan TUN-RSA 3-0 25-19 25-18 25-10 4 South Africa 10-Jan TUN-EGY 3-0 25-19 25-16 25-22 FIVB World Olympic Qualification Tournaments Portugal (May 21-23, 2004, Porto) 21-May POL-VEN 3-0 25-21 26-24 25-22 Final Ranking 21-May POR-KAZ 3-0 25-16 25-18 25-19 1 Poland 22-May KAZ-VEN 0-3 23-25 21-25 21-25 2 Venezuela 22-May POR-POL 2-3 18-25 25-18 29-27 19-25 12-15 Poland 3 Portugal 23-May POL-KAZ 3-0 25-15 25-13 25-22 23-May VEN-POR 3-0 26-24 27-25 25-21 4 Kazakhstan Spain (May 28-30, 2004, Madrid) 28-May CMR-NED 0-3 21-25 25-27 18-25 Final Ranking 28-May ESP-CUB 1-3 17-25 25-14 23-25 16-25 1 The Netherlands 29-May CMR-ESP 0-3 14-25 17-25 20-25 2 Cuba 29-May NED-CUB 3-1 25-19 30-28 25-27 25-20 Netherlands 3 Spain 30-May CUB-CMR 3-0 25-20 25-23 25-13 30-May ESP-NED 0-3 20-25 20-25 24-26 4 Cameroon Japan (May 22-30, 2004, Tokyo) 22-May CAN-IRI 3-0 25-20 25-20 28-26 Final Ranking 22-May KOR-CHN 0-3 19-25 23-25 22-25 1 France 22-May AUS-FRA 0-3 18-25 28-30 26-28 2 Australia 22-May ALG-JPN 0-3 14-25 15-25 18-25 France 3 China 23-May IRI-KOR 3-0 25-18 25-21 25-16 Australia 23-May FRA-CAN 3-0 25-22 25-23 25-21 4 Canada 23-May ALG-AUS 0-3 17-25 22-25 16-25 5 Iran 23-May JPN-CHN 2-3 25-27 25-20 22-25 25-22 16-18 6 Japan 25-May CHN-IRI 3-1 25-16 25-23 31-33 25-22 7 Korea 25-May KOR-FRA 0-3 16-25 13-25 16-25 8 Algeria 25-May CAN-ALG 3-0 25-13 25-16 25-21 25-May AUS-JPN 3-2 21-25 25-17 25-14 19-25 15-13 26-May FRA-CHN 3-0 25-21 38-36 25-21 26-May AUS-CAN 3-0 25-19 25-19 26-24 26-May ALG-KOR 0-3 21-25 15-25 19-25 26-May JPN-IRI 2-3 22-25 29-27 25-18 21-25 12-15 28-May KOR-AUS 1-3 21-25 15-25 25-21 19-25 28-May IRI-FRA 0-3 31-33 19-25 21-25 28-May CHN-ALG 3-0 25-15 25-16 25-15 28-May CAN-JPN 3-0 25-15 25-17 27-25 29-May ALG-IRI 0-3 17-25 18-25 13-25 29-May CAN-KOR 3-1 25-21 21-25 25-22 25-18 29-May AUS-CHN 3-0 25-21 25-20 25-19 29-May JPN-FRA 2-3 23-25 25-21 18-25 25-21 12-15 30-May IRI-AUS 3-0 25-19 26-24 25-23 30-May CHN-CAN 3-0 25-22 25-19 25-17 30-May FRA-ALG 3-0 25-16 25-11 25-13 30-May KOR-JPN 0-3 20-25 21-25 23-25 73 AREA: 163,610 sq km INHABITANTS: 9,974,722 CAPITAL: Tunis LANGUAGE: Arabic and French 74 Tunisia Pool A Tunisia is one of the leading nations in African They are undoubtedly Africa’s most celebrated country in Volleyball.