2004 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament

Eight teams played in the 2004 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament from Saturday May 8 to Sunday May 16 in Tokyo, Japan, which also doubled as the Asian Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament, with the hosts joined by three Asian teams South Korea, Thailand and Chinese Taipei, and four non-Asian sides being the highest ranked non-qualified teams as per the FIVB World Rankings: Italy and Russia (Europe), Nigeria (Africa) and Puerto Rico (NORCECA). Nigeria replaced Argentina.

The competition system was a single round robin with 28 matches in total. There were four Olympic spots at stake for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Alle matches were played in the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

Round Robin

*Saturday May 8, 2004----
*Wednesday May 12, 2004----
*Sunday May 16, 2004----

Final Ranking

* South Korea is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team except the winner.

Awards

*Best Scorer: flagathlete|Ekaterina Gamova|RUS
*Best Spiker: flagathlete|Miyuki Takahashi|JPN
*Best Blocker: flagathlete|Ekaterina Gamova|RUS
*Best Server: flagathlete|Ekaterina Gamova|RUS
*Best Digger: flagathlete|Ikumi Narita|JPN
*Best Setter: flagathlete|Yoshie Takeshita|JPN
*Best Receiver: flagathlete|Ikumi Narita|JPN

ee also

*2000 Women's Volleyball Olympic Qualifier

References

* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldOQT/WJPN2004/index.asp?sm=1 FIVB Results]