The men's tournament in
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
was the 11th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the
FIVB in conjunction with the
IOC
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. It was held in
Athens
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,
Greece
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from 15 to 29 August 2004.
Competition schedule
Qualification
* The Asian Qualifier was combined with the 2nd World Qualifier. The first place team of the tournament qualified as the 2nd World Qualifier winners, while the best Asian team except the 2nd World Qualifier winners qualified as the Asian Qualifier winners.
Pools composition
Teams were seeded following the
serpentine system according to their
FIVB World Ranking as of January 2004. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts.
Rosters
Venue
Preliminary round
*All times are
Eastern European Summer Time
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(
UTC+03:00).
*The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.
Pool A
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Pool B
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Final round
*All times are
Eastern European Summer Time
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(
UTC+03:00).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
Medalists
Awards
*Most valuable player
*:
Gilberto Godoy Filho
*Best scorer
*:
Andrea Sartoretti
*Best spiker
*:
Dante Amaral
*Best blocker
*:
Aleksey Kuleshov
*Best server
*:
Andrea Sartoretti
*Best digger
*:
Sérgio Santos
*Best setter
*:
Ricardo Garcia
*Best receiver
*:
Sérgio Santos
*Best libero
*:
Sérgio Santos
References
External links
Official websiteFinal StandingAwards
{{DEFAULTSORT:Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament
Men's tournament
Men's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004
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