Women’s Particip 10 ating Teams Greece Pool A Page 16 Korea Pool A Page 20 Japan Pool A Page 24 Brazil Pool A Page 28 Italy Pool A Page 32 Kenya Pool A Page 36 China Pool B Page 40 Dominican Republic Pool B Page 44 Cuba Pool B Page 48 Germany Pool B Page 52 Russia Pool B Page 56 USA Pool B Page 60 11 Olympic Records Olympic Medals Year Organizer Gold Silver Bronze 2000 Sydney (AUS) CUB RUS BRA 1996 Atlanta (USA) CUB CHN BRA 1992 Barcelona (ESP) CUB C.I.S.* 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-U.S.S.R (Commonwealth of Independent States) ** U.S.S.R. 12 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 Australia 1 – – – – – – – – – 9 Brazil 6 – – – – 7 7 6 4 3 3 Bulgaria 1 – – – – 3 – – – – – Canada 3 – – – 8 – 8 – – 9 – China 5 – – – – – 1 3 7 2 5 C.I.S.* 1 – – – – – – – 2 – – Croatia 1 – – – – – – – – – 7 Cuba 6 – – 6 5 5 – – 1 1 1 Czechoslovakia 2 – 6 7 – – – – – – – Germany (East) 3 – – – 6 2 – 5 – – – Germany (West) 2 – – 8 – – 6 – – – – Germany 2 – – – – – – – – 8 6 Hungary 3 – – 5 4 4 – – – – – Italy 1 – – – – – – – – – 9 Japan 8 1 2 2 1 – 3 4 5 9 – Kenya 1 – – – – – – – – – 11 Korea (Nth) 1 – – 3 – – – – – – – Korea (Sth) 6 6 5 4 3 – 5 8 – – – Korea 2 – – – – – – – – 6 8 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 2 – – – – – – – – 4 2 Spain 1 – – – – – – – 8 – – Ukraine 1 – – – – – – – – 11 – United States 7 5 8 – – – 2 7 3 7 4 USSR 6 2 1 1 2 1 – 1 – – – * Ex-U.S.S.R (Commonwealth of Independent States) 13 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 Baku, Azerbaijan 2. North and Central America: in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 3. South America: in Caracas, Venezuela 4. Africa: in Nairobi, Kenya. • The winner, the best Asian team, followed by the next two best ranked teams after the winner from the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo, Japan. World Cup 1 CHINA 7 TURKEY 2 BRAZIL 8 POLAND 3 U.S.A. 9 KOREA China 4 ITALY 10 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Brazil 5 JAPAN 11 ARGENTINA U.S.A. 6 CUBA 12 EGYPT Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments North and Central America (December 15-21, 2003, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) Preliminary Round Robin Final Ranking 15-Dec CUB-CAN 3-1 25-18 25-14 24-26 25-19 1 Cuba 15-Dec DOM-MEX 3-0 25-17 25-16 25-8 16-Dec PUR-CUB 0-3 18-25 18-25 20-25 2 Dominican Cuba 16-Dec DOM-CAN 3-1 25-27 25-17 25-21 25-20 Republic. 17-Dec MEX-CAN 0-3 25-27 8-25 20-25 3 Canada 17-Dec DOM-PUR 3-0 25-22 25-21 25-20 4 Puerto Rico 18-Dec MEX-PUR 0-3 19-25 20-25 21-25 18-Dec DOM-CUB 0-3 17-25 16-25 14-25 5 Mexico 19-Dec PUR-CAN 0-3 17-25 22-25 26-28 19-Dec MEX-CUB 0-3 11-25 13-25 9-25 Semi-final 20-Dec DOM-CAN 3-0 25-23 25-21 25-20 20-Dec CUB-PUR 3-1 20-25 25-17 25-20 25-11 Bronze Medal 21-Dec CAN-PUR 3-0 25-15 25-20 25-15 Gold Medal 21-Dec DOM-CUB 0-3 18-25 18-25 11-25 Europe (January 5-10, 2004, Baku, Azerbaidjan) Preliminary Round Final ranking Pool A 1 Germany 05-Jan RUS-AZE 3-1 25-20 26-24 26-28 25-21 06-Jan RUS-POL 1-3 22-25 17-25 25-22 20-25 2 Turkey Germany 06-Jan AZE-GER 0-3 20-25 14-25 15-25 3 Italy 07-Jan POL-GER 3-2 25-21 29-27 22-25 17-25 16-14 2 Poland 08-Jan GER-RUS 3-2 25-21 16-25 23-25 25-16 15-13 08-Jan AZE-POL 3-0 25-18 25-21 25-23 5 Bulgaria Pool B 6 Russia 05-Jan NED-BUL 0-3 17-25 18-25 23-25 7 Azerbaïdjan 05-Jan ITA-TUR 1-3 25-23 21-25 23-25 19-25 8 The Netherlands 06-Jan BUL-ITA 1-3 25-21 21-25 24-26 21-25 07-Jan ITA-NED 3-0 25-14 25-18 25-15 07-Jan TUR-BUL 3-1 25-19 18-25 25-16 25-19 08-Jan TUR-NED 3-1 25-22 21-25 25-21 25-19 Semifinals 09-Jan GER-ITA 3-2 15-25 19-2 25-21 25-23 17-15 09-Jan TUR-POL 3-1 23-25 25-16 25-18 25-18 Final 10-Jan GER-TUR 3-0 25-22 25-16 25-7 14 South America (January 9-11, 2004, Caracas, Venezuela) Single Round Robin Final Ranking 09-Jan ARG-DOM 0-3 19-25 22-25 17-25 1 Dominican 09-Jan VEN-PER 3-2 25-20 24-26 25-17 19-25 18-16 Republic 10-Jan PER-ARG 3-1 30-28 19-25 25-15 25-18 2 Peru Dominican 10-Jan DOM-VEN 3-0 25-18 25-22 29-27 Republic 11-Jan PER-DOM 0-3 20-25 18-25 21-25 3Argentina 11-Jan VEN-ARG 1-3 25-21 22-25 18-25 19-25 4Venezuela Africa (January 8-10, 2004, Nairobi, Kenya) Single Round Robin Final Ranking 08-Jan SEY-KEN 0-3 19-25 14-25 12-25 1 Kenya 08-Jan NIG-EGY 2-3 25-21 19-25 25-23 16-25 8-15 2 Egypt Kenya 09-Jan NIG-SEY 3-0 25-15 25-20 25-22 3 Nigeria 09-Jan EGY-KEN 1-3 21-25 25-23 17-25 20-25 4 Seychelles 10-Jan EGY-SEY 3-0 25-06 25-20 25-14 10-Jan KEN-NIG 3-1 25-19 25-21 21-25 25-10 FIVB World Olympic Qualification tournament Combined with Asian Continental Qualification event (May 8-16, 2004, Tokyo, Japan) 08-May TPE-PUR 1-3 23-25 21-25 25-21 21-25 Final Ranking 08-May KOR-THA 3-1 24-26 25-14 25-16 25-8 1 Japan 08-May RUS-NGR 3-0 25-10 25-10 25-7 2 Korea Japan 08-May ITA-JPN 2-3 18-25 25-23 18-25 25-20 13-15 3 Russia 09-May KOR-TPE 3-0 25-20 26-24 25-11 Korea 4 Italy Russia 09-May PUR-RUS 0-3 17-25 13-25 23-25 5 Thailand 09-May NGR-ITA 0-3 18-25 13-25 7-25 Italy 6 Puerto Rico 09-May THA-JPN 0-3 10-25 14-25 20-25 7 Chinese Taipei 11-May TPE-THA 0-3 21-25 23-25 20-25 8 Nigeria 11-May RUS-KOR 2-3 25-15 20-25 25-23 22-25 13-15 11-May ITA-PUR 3-0 25-17 25-13 25-16 11-May JPN-NGR 3-0 25-10 25-9 25-19 12-May KOR-ITA 3-2 17-25 10-25 25-17 25-18 18-16 12-May THA-NGR 3-0 25-16 25-10 25-13 12-May TPE-RUS 0-3 10-25 14-25 17-25 12-May PUR-JPN 0-3 23-25 11-25 23-25 14-May NGR-PUR 0-3 17-25 18-25 16-25 14-May RUS-THA 3-0 25-15 25-18 25-12 14-May ITA-TPE 3-0 25-15 25-19 25-16 14-May JPN-KOR 3-0 25-19 25-19 25-15 15-May THA-PUR 3-0 25-21 25-17 25-23 15-May RUS-ITA 2-3 25-18 25-22 15-25 17-25 14-16 15-May KOR-NGR 3-0 25-17 25-14 25-13 15-May TPE-JPN 1-3 27-25 11-25 19-25 22-25 16-May PUR-KOR 0-3 19-25 15-25 15-25 16-May NGR-TPE 0-3 18-25 23-25 21-25 16-May ITA-THA 3-0 25-16 25-14 25-14 16-May JPN-RUS 0-3 20-25 18-25 19-25 15 AREA: 131,940 sq km INHABITANTS: 10,647,529 CAPITAL: Athens LANGUAGE: Greek 16 Greece Pool A As this is the first time in Olympic history that a Greek However, Floros is very experienced having coached the side team will have taken part in the women’s Volleyball tourna- since 1999 and he is familiar with the set up. Key players ment, it is guaranteed to be a landmark performance.