Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics 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. It was held in Athens, Greece from 15 to 29 August 2004.

Competition schedule PPreliminary round¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match Sun 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19 Fri 20 Sat 21 Sun 22 Mon 23 Tue 24 Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29PPPPP¼ ½BF

Qualification

Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost country5 September 1997 Lausanne12003 World Cup16–30 November 20033African Qualifier5–10 January 2004 Tunis1European Qualifier5–10 January 2004 Leipzig1North American Qualifier4–10 January 2004 Caguas1South American Qualifier9–11 January 2004 Caracas11st World Qualifier21–23 May 2004 Matosinhos12nd World Qualifier22–30 May 2004 Tokyo1Asian Qualifier*13rd World Qualifier28–30 May 2004 Madrid1Total12

* 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.

Pool APool B (Hosts) (1) (3) (2) (4) (5) (8) (6) (9) (12) (22) (21)

Rosters

Venue All matches Piraeus, Athens, GreecePeace and Friendship StadiumCapacity: 10,520

Preliminary round All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00). The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals. Pool A

Pool B

Final round All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

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12–man rosterGiovane, André Heller, Maurício, Giba, André, Sérgio (L), Anderson, Nalbert (c), Gustavo, Rodrigão, Ricardinho, DanteHead coachBernardinho

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeGiovane GávioAndré HellerMaurício LimaGilberto Godoy FilhoAndré NascimentoSérgio Santos (L)Anderson RodriguesNalbert Bitencourt (c)Gustavo EndresRodrigo SantanaRicardo GarciaDante AmaralHead coach: BernardinhoLuigi MastrangeloValerio VermiglioSamuele PapiAndrea SartorettiAlberto CisollaVentzislav SimeonovDamiano Pippi (L)Andrea Giani (c)Alessandro FeiPaolo TofoliPaolo CozziMatej ČerničHead coach: Gian Paolo MontaliStanislav DineykinSergei BaranovPavel AbramovAleksey KazakovSergey TetyukhinVadim Khamuttskikh (c)Aleksandr KosarevKonstantin UshakovTaras KhteyAndrey EgorchevAleksey Verbov (L)Aleksey KuleshovHead coach: Gennady Shipulin

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

Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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