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Volleyball At The 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Volleyball

Women's Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex between August 15 and August 29.

lign="center" bgcolor="gold"\|Gold:	!align="center" bgcolor="silver"\|Silver:	!align="center" bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze:
China, People's Republic of	Russia	Cuba

The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams.
Women's Pool A Brazil, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kenya and South Korea.
Women's Pool B China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Germany, Russia and United States.
Each team played all other teams in their pool with the winning team gaining 2 points and the losing side 1 point.
The top four teams from each pool progressed through to the quarter-finals.

Fixtures and Results Women's Pool A \| Women's Pool B \| Quarter-finals \| Semi-finals \| Bronze medal match \| Final

All winners of individual matches shown in bold.
Q denotes quailified for quarter-finals.
Medal winners appear highlighted on group tables in medal colour won.

Women's Volleyball Pool A

Team>

align="center" \|P:	!align="center" \|W:	!align="center" \|L:	!align="center" \|SF:	!align="center" \|SA:	!align="center" \|PF:	!align="center" \|PA:	!align="center" \|Pts:
Brazil Q	5	5	0	15	2	410	326	10
Italy Q	5	4	1	14	3	392	305	9
South Korea Q	5	3	2	9	7	355	352	8
Japan Q	5	2	3	6	10	346	343	7
Greece	5	1	4	5	12	349	383	6
Kenya	5	0	5	0	12	236	379	5

Pool A Results August 14>

9:00	align=center\|Japan	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center\|Brazil
\|16:00 \|align=center\|Greece \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|0 \|align=center\|Kenya
\|19:30 \|align=center\|South Korea \|align=center\|0 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|Italy
a href="/encyclopedia/August-16" title="August 16">August 16	09:00	align=center\|Kenya	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center\|Brazil
\|14:00 \|align=center\|Italy \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|0 \|align=center\|Japan
\|16:00 \|align=center\|Greece \|align=center\|1 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|South Korea
a href="/encyclopedia/August-18" title="August 18">August 18	11:00	align=center\|South Korea	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	align=center\|Kenya
\|16:00 \|align=center\|Japan \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|1 \|align=center\|Greece
\|21:30 \|align=center\|Brazil \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|2 \|align=center\|Italy
a href="/encyclopedia/August-20" title="August 20">August 20	14:00	align=center\|South Korea	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	align=center\|Japan
a href="/encyclopedia/August-20" title="August 20">August 20	16:00	align=center\|Greece	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center\|Brazil
a href="/encyclopedia/August-20" title="August 20">August 20	19:30	align=center\|Kenya	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center\|Italy
a href="/encyclopedia/August-22" title="August 22">August 22	11:00	align=center\|Japan	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	align=center\|Kenya
a href="/encyclopedia/August-22" title="August 22">August 22	16:00	align=center\|Italy	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	align=center\|Greece
a href="/encyclopedia/August-22" title="August 22">August 22	19:30	align=center\|Brazil	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	align=center\|South Korea

Women's Volleyball Pool B

Q denotes quailified for quarter-finals Team>

align="center" \|P:	!align="center" \|W:	!align="center" \|L:	!align="center" \|SF:	!align="center" \|SA:	!align="center" \|PF:	!align="center" \|PA:	!align="center" \|Pts:
China Q	5	4	1	14	4	429	346	9
Russia Q	5	3	2	11	8	426	388	8
Cuba Q	5	3	2	11	10	443	460	8
United States Q	5	2	3	11	10	472	467	7
Germany	5	2	3	7	11	387	414	7
Dominican Republic	5	1	4	3	14	334	416	6

Pool B Results August 14>

9:00	align=center\|Cuba	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center\|Germany
\|11:30 \|align=center\|Dominican Republic \|align=center\|0 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|Russia
\|21:30 \|align=center\|China \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|1 \|align=center\|United States
a href="/encyclopedia/August-16" title="August 16">August 16	11:00	align=center\|China	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	align=center\|Dominican Republic
\|19:30 \|align=center\|United States \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|1 \|align=center\|Germany
\|21:30 \|align=center\|Russia \|align=center\|2 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|Cuba
a href="/encyclopedia/August-18" title="August 18">August 18	09:00	align=center\|Dominican Republic	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	align=center\|United States
\|14:00 \|align=center\|Cuba \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|2 \|align=center\|China
\|19:30 \|align=center\|Germany \|align=center\|0 \|align=center\|- \|align=center\|3 \|align=center\|Russia
a href="/encyclopedia/August-20" title="August 20">August 20	09:00	align=center\|China	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	align=center\|Germany
a href="/encyclopedia/August-20" title="August 20">August 20	11:00	align=center\|Dominican Republic	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center\|Cuba
a href="/encyclopedia/August-20" title="August 20">August 20	21:30	align=center\|United States	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center\|Russia
a href="/encyclopedia/August-22" title="August 22">August 22	09:00	align=center\|Germany	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	align=center\|Dominican Republic
a href="/encyclopedia/August-22" title="August 22">August 22	14:00	align=center\|Russia	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center\|China
a href="/encyclopedia/August-22" title="August 22">August 22	21:30	align=center\|Cuba	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center\|United States

Quarter-finals

Teams below are highlighted in medal winning colour. August 24>

4:00	align=center\|Japan	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center bgcolor="gold"\|China
a href="/encyclopedia/August-24" title="August 24">August 24	16:00	align=center\|South Korea	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center bgcolor="silver"\|Russia
a href="/encyclopedia/August-24" title="August 24">August 24	19:30	align=center\|Italy	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"\|Cuba
a href="/encyclopedia/August-24" title="August 24">August 24	21:30	align=center\|Brazil	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	align=center\|United States

Semi-finals

August 26>

9:30	align=center bgcolor="silver"\|Russia	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	align=center\|Brazil
a href="/encyclopedia/August-26" title="August 26">August 26	21:30	align=center bgcolor="gold"\|China	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"\|Cuba