2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament
# 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament

The 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament is a qualification tournament to determine the final four spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournament, The round-robin tournament through May 17–25 doubles up as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and so the best three teams plus the best Asian team (even if any of the best three teams are Asian) will book their tickets to Beijing. Hosts Japan will be joined by Thailand, Korea, Kazakhstan (best-ranked teams at the Asian Continental Championship), Serbia, Poland (best world-ranked teams from CEV), Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (best world-ranked teams from NORCECA).

## Teams

* Host: Japan
* Asia: South Korea, Kazakhstan and Thailand
* Europe: Serbia, Poland
* North America: Dominican Republic
* South America or Africa: Puerto Rico*
* The final place for tournament was to be decided by a Playoff between Peru and Kenya, the teams ranked second in the South American and African Qualifiers, but both teams dropped their applications. Uruguay (third in the World Rankings for South America) wasn’t ready to apply, while Egypt (third in the World Rankings among African countries) has not played in any Continental Qualification Tournaments. In these circumstances, the FIVB has chosen Puerto Rico, the best Norceca team in the World Rankings after Dominican Republic.

## Squads

* Main article: 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament Squads

## Results

| May 17 | May 17 | May 17 | May 17 | May 17 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Thailand | 0 – 3 | Dominican Republic | 24–26, 22–25, 24–26 | 11:05 |
| | South Korea | 3 – 1 | Puerto Rico | 25–22, 25–16, 21–25, 25–21 | 13:05 |
| | Serbia | 3 – 1 | Kazakhstan | 25–19, 25–12, 23–25, 25–14 | 15:25 |
| | Poland | 1 – 3 | Japan | 20–25, 25–27, 25–19, 17–25 | 18:00 |
| May 18 | May 18 | May 18 | May 18 | May 18 | |
| | Dominican Republic | 1 – 3 | Serbia | 25–23, 25–27, 21–25, 20–25 | 11:05 |
| | South Korea | 3 – 2 | Thailand | 25–20, 28–26, 14–25, 21–25, 18–16 | 13:25 |
| | Kazakhstan | 0 – 3 | Poland | 20–25, 15–25, 19–25 | 16:00 |
| | Puerto Rico | 1 – 3 | Japan | 20–25, 18–25, 25–17, 24–26 | 18:00 |
| May 20 | May 20 | May 20 | May 20 | May 20 | |
| | Thailand | 3 – 0 | Puerto Rico | 25–20, 25–20, 25–20 | 11:35 |
| | Serbia | 3 – 0 | South Korea | 25–23, 25–23, 25–19 | 13:35 |
| | Poland | 3 – 1 | Dominican Republic | 23–25, 25–19, 25–17, 25–23 | 15:35 |
| | Japan | 3 – 0 | Kazakhstan | 25–21, 33–31, 25–21 | 18:30 |
| May 21 | May 21 | May 21 | May 21 | May 21 | |
| | Thailand | 0 – 3 | Serbia | 16–25, 23-25, 15-25 | 11:35 |
| | Puerto Rico | 3 – 2 | Kazakhstan | 25–19, 15–25, 25–22, 23–25, 15–13 | 13:35 |
| | South Korea | 0 – 3 | Poland | 16–25, 19–25, 16–25 | 16:00 |
| | Dominican Republic | 1 – 3 | Japan | 21–25, 25–18, 16–25, 21–25 | 18:30 |
| May 23 | May 23 | May 23 | May 23 | May 23 | |
| | Kazakhstan | 0 – 3 | Dominican Republic | 20–25, 22–25, 17–25 | 11:35 |
| | Serbia | 3 – 0 | Puerto Rico | 25–12, 25–18, 25–18 | 13:35 |
| | Poland | 3 – 1 | Thailand | 18–25, 25–14, 25–19, 25–23 | 15:35 |
| | Japan | 3 – 1 | South Korea | 25–20, 25–19, 21–25, 25–13 | 18:30 |
| May 24 | May 24 | May 24 | May 24 | May 24 | |
| | Puerto Rico | 0 – 3 | Dominican Republic | 23–25, 14–25, 18–25 | 11:05 |
| | Serbia | 2 – 3 | Poland | 18–25, 14–25, 25–18, 25–22, 10–15 | 13:05 |
| | South Korea | 0 – 3 | Kazakhstan | 18–25, 21–25, 21–25 | 15:25 |
| | Thailand | 2 – 3 | Japan | 30–28, 14–25, 27–25, 21–25, 11–15 | 18:00 |
| May 25 | May 25 | May 25 | May 25 | May 25 | |
| | Dominican Republic | 3 – 1 | South Korea | 17–25, 25–20, 25–19, 25–15 | 11:05 |
| | Kazakhstan | 3 – 1 | Thailand | 13–25, 25–18, 25–14, 25–21 | 13:15 |
| | Poland | 3 – 0 | Puerto Rico | 25–22, 25–22, 25–22 | 15:20 |
| | Japan | 2 – 3 | Serbia | 25–19, 25–21, 19–25, 19–25, 17–19 | 18:00 |

## Ranking

| Rk | Team | Points | Won | Lost | PW | PL | Ratio | SW | SL | Ratio |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Poland | 13 | 6 | 1 | 608 | 524 | 1.160 | 19 | 7 | 2.714 |
| 2 | Serbia | 13 | 6 | 1 | 624 | 538 | 1.160 | 20 | 7 | 2.857 |
| 3 | Japan | 13 | 6 | 1 | 684 | 619 | 1.105 | 20 | 9 | 2.222 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 11 | 4 | 3 | 577 | 554 | 1.042 | 15 | 10 | 1.500 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 9 | 2 | 5 | 523 | 572 | 0.914 | 9 | 16 | 0.563 |
| 6 | South Korea | 9 | 2 | 5 | 534 | 609 | 0.877 | 8 | 18 | 0.444 |
| 7 | Thailand | 8 | 1 | 6 | 573 | 617 | 0.929 | 9 | 18 | 0.500 |
| 8 | Puerto Rico | 8 | 1 | 6 | 503 | 593 | 0.848 | 5 | 20 | 0.250 |

* Kazakhstan is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team outside the top 3.
