The qualification for 2004 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 7 September 2003 to 30 May 2004.

Means of qualification

Host country

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

host country to participate in the tournament. *

2003 World Cup

*Venues: *Dates: 16–29 November 2003 *The top three teams qualified for the

Continental qualification tournaments

Africa

*Venue:

El Menzah Sports Palace El Menzah Palace of Sports, Sport Palace ( ar, قصر الرياضة بالمنزه) is an Indoor arena, indoor sports arena situated in El Menzah, a district in the north of Tunis. It is located in the heart of the Olympic City of El Menzah, nea ...

, Tunis, Tunisia *Dates: 5–10 January 2004 *The winners qualified for the

. The runners-up qualified for the 2004 World Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

Asia and Oceania

The 2004 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament combined with 2004 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament. The hosts Japan and the top four ranked teams except Japan from the 2003 Asian Championship competed in the tournament. The top ranked among the five teams except the 2004 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament winners qualified for the

as the 2004 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament winners.

Europe

*Venue:

Arena Leipzig The Arena Leipzig is a multipurpose indoor arena located in Leipzig, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 8,000 people for sporting events and up to 12,200 for shows and concerts. It is part of the Sportforum Leipzig, which also contains Red Bu ...

, Leipzig, Germany *Dates: 5–10 January 2004 *The winners qualified for the

North America

*Venue:

Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares Coliseo Héctor Solá Besares (English: ''Hector Sola Bezares Coliseum'') is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Caguas, Puerto Rico. It is used mostly for basketball and was the home arena of Caguas Creoles (bask ...

, Caguas, Puerto Rico *Dates: 4–10 January 2004 *The winners qualified for the

. The second and third ranked teams qualified for the 2004 World Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

South America

*Venue: Poliedro de Caracas,

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

, Venezuela *Dates: 9–11 January 2004 *The winners qualified for the

. The runners-up qualified for the 2004 World Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

World qualification tournaments

;Qualified teams *Hosts ** ** ** *Qualified through the 2003 Asian Championship. ** * ** * ** * ** * ** ** *Qualified through the Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament or the

FIVB World Ranking The FIVB Senior World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in volleyball. The teams of the member nations of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on thei ...

as of January 2004. ** (as African Olympic Qualification Tournament 2nd place) ** (as World Ranking for European Team) ** (as World Ranking for European Team) ** (as World Ranking for European Team) ** (as North American Olympic Qualification Tournament 2nd place) ** (as North American Olympic Qualification Tournament 3rd place) ** (as South American Olympic Qualification Tournament 2nd place) * The top four teams from 2003 Asian Championship were predetermined to be in 2nd tournament in Japan. : – and replaced Chinese Taipei and Egypt, who withdrew from the tournament.

1st tournament

*Venue:

Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos Centro may refer to: Places Brazil *Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil *Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Duq ...

Matosinhos Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal () is a city and a municipality in the northern Porto district of Portugal, bordered in the south by the city of Porto (8 km from the city centre). The population in 2011 was 175,478, and covered an area of approx ...

, Portugal *Dates: 21–23 May 2004 *All times are Western European Summer Time ( UTC+01:00). *The winners qualified for the

2nd tournament

*Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

*Dates: 22–30 May 2004 *All times are Japan Standard Time ( UTC+09:00). *The winners and the best Asian team except the winners qualified for the

3rd tournament

*Venue:

Madrid Arena Madrid Arena is an indoor arena located in the city of Madrid, in the fairgrounds in the Casa de Campo, just minutes from the city centre. Built from the old Rocódromo, the pavilion was designed by Spanish architects Estudio Cano Lasso who desi ...

, Madrid, Spain *Dates: 28–30 May 2004 *All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00). *The winners qualified for the

External links

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...