- Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball
The Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium located at the
Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex fromAugust 15 toAugust 29 ,2004 .The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams. 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.
Qualification
Greece qualified as the host nation, Brazil, Italy and Serbia & Montenegro qualified by finishing in the top-three at the
2003 FIVB Men's World Cup , while Russia (Europe), the United States (NORCECA), Argentina (South America) and Tunisia (Africa) won their continental qualifying tournament. Netherlands, France, Australia and Poland each came through by one of the three Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, held inMadrid, Spain (May 28 –May 30 ),Tokyo, Japan (May 22 –May 30 ) andPorto, Portugal (May 21 –May 23 ).Teams
;Pool A
*vb|ARG
*vb|FRA
*vb|GRE
*vb|POL
*vb|TUN
*vb|SCG ;Pool B
*vb|AUS
*vb|BRA
*vb|ITA
*vb|NED
*vb|RUS
*vb|USAquads
Preliminary Round
Pool A
August 19 ,2004 Pool B
August 19 ,2004 Final Round
Round8-with third
RD1=Quarterfinals
RD2=Semifinals
RD3=Gold Medal Match
Consol=Bronze Medal Match2004-08-25 |vb|SCG|1|vb|RUS|32004-08-25 |vb|ARG|1|vb|ITA|32004-08-25 |vb|GRE|2|vb|USA|32004-08-25 |vb|POL|0|vb|BRA|32004-08-27 |vb|RUS|0|vb|ITA|32004-08-27 |vb|USA|0|vb|BRA|32004-08-29 |vb|ITA|1|vb|BRA|32004-08-29 |vb|RUS|3|vb|USA|0August 25 ,2004 Final Standings
Medalists
Awards
* Most Valuable Player
** flagicon|BRA Gilberto Godoy Filho
* Best Scorer
** flagicon|ITAAndrea Sartoretti
* Best Spiker
** flagicon|BRADante Amaral
* Best Blocker
** flagicon|RUSAlexey Kuleshov
* Best Server
** flagicon|ITAAndrea Sartoretti
* Best Digger
** flagicon|BRASérgio Dutra Santos
* Best Setter
** flagicon|BRARicardo Garcia
* Best Receiver
** flagicon|BRASérgio Dutra Santos
* Best Libero
** flagicon|BRASérgio Dutra Santos External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/volleyballplus/og_m04.htm Results]
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