www.fivb.org Women’s Participating Teams

The final players’ list for each team is published on www.fivb.org

10 Algeria Pool B Page 16

Brazil Pool B Page 20

China Pool A Page 24

Cuba Pool A Page 28

Italy Pool B Page 32

Japan Pool A Page 36

Kazakhstan Pool B Page 40

Poland Pool A Page 44

Russia Pool B Page 48

Serbia Pool B Page 52

USA Pool A Page 56

Venezuela Pool A Page 60

11 www.fivb.org Olympic Records

Women’s Olympic Medals

Year Organizer Gold Silver Bronze

2004 Athens (GRE) CHN RUS CUB 2000 Sydney (AUS) CUB RUS BRA 1996 Atlanta (USA) CUB CHN BRA 1992 Barcelona (ESP) CUB CIS* USA 1988 Seoul (KOR) URS** PER CHN 1984 Los Angeles (USA) CHN USA JPN 1980 Moscow (URS**) URS** DDR BUL 1976 Montreal (CAN) JPN URS** KOR 1972 Munich (GER) URS** JPN PRK 1968 Mexico (MEX) URS** JPN POL 1964 Tokyo (JPN) JPN URS** POL

* Ex-USSR (Commonwealth of Independent States) ** USSR

12 Women’s Olympic Ranking Nb. of 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 Countries part. Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Australia 1 – – – – – – – – – 9 – Brazil 7 – – – – 7 7 6 4 3 3 4 Bulgaria 1 – – – – 3 – – – – – – Canada 3 – – – 8 – 8 – – 9 – – China 6 – – – – – 1 3 7 2 5 1 CIS* 1 2 Croatia 1 – – – – – – – – – 7 – Cuba 7 – – 6 5 5 – – 1 1 1 3 Czechoslovakia 2 – 6 7 – – – – – – Dominican Rep. 1 – – – – – – – – – – 11 Germany (East) 3 – – – 6 2 – 5 Germany (West) 2 – – 8 – – 6 – Germany 3 – 8 6 9 Greece 1 – – – – – – – – – – 9 Hungary 3 – – 5 4 4 – – – – – – Italy 2 – – – – – – – – – 9 5 Japan 9 1 2 2 1 – 3 4 5 9 – 5 Kenya 2 – – – – – – – – – 11 11 Korea (North) 1 – – 3 – – – – – Korea (South) 6 6 5 4 3 – 5 8 – Korea 3 6 8 5 Mexico 1 – 7 – – – – – – – – – Netherlands 2 – – – – – – – 6 5 – – Peru 7 – 4 – 7 6 4 2 – 11 11 – Poland 2 3 3 – – – – – – – – – Romania 2 4 – – – 8 – – – – – – Russia 3 4 2 2 Spain 1 – – – – – – – 8 – – – Ukraine 1 11 – – United States 8 5 8 – – – 2 7 3 7 4 5 USSR 6 2 1 1 2 1 – 1

* Ex-USSR (Commonwealth of Independent States)

13 www.fivb.org The Road to Beijing The 12 Women’s National Teams participating in the Olympic Games qualified as follows:

Team from the host National Olympic Committee: China The top three teams of the 2007 FIVB World Cup held in Japan. The team finishing first in each Continental Olympic Qualificationournament: T 1. Europe, in Halle, Germany 2. North and Central America, in Monterrey, Mexico 3. South America, in Lima, Peru 4. Africa, in Alger, Algeria

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