2004 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament
# 2004 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament

The 2004 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament was a women's volleyball tournament to determine which four teams would compete in the women's event at the 2004 Athens Olympics. It was held on 8–16 May 2004 in Tokyo, Japan. The winning teams were Japan, South Korea, Russia and Italy.

## Round robin

* Saturday May 8, 2004

| Chinese Taipei | 1–3 | Puerto Rico | (23-25 21-25 25-21 21–25) |
| - | - | - | - |
| South Korea | 3–1 | Thailand | (24-26 25-14 25-16 25–8) |
| Russia | 3–0 | Nigeria | (25-10 25-10 25–7) |
| Italy | 2–3 | Japan | (18-25 25-23 18-25 25-20 13–15) |

* Sunday May 9, 2004

| South Korea | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | (25-20 26-24 25–11) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Puerto Rico | 0–3 | Russia | (17-25 13-25 23–25) |
| Nigeria | 0–3 | Italy | (18-25 13-25 7-25) |
| Thailand | 0–3 | Japan | (10-25 14-25 20–25) |

* Tuesday May 11, 2004

| Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | Thailand | (21-25 23-25 20–25) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Russia | 2–3 | South Korea | (25-15 20-25 25-23 22-25 13–15) |
| Italy | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | (25-17 25-13 25–16) |
| Japan | 3–0 | Nigeria | (25-10 25-9 25–19) |

* Wednesday May 12, 2004

| South Korea | 3–2 | Italy | (17-25 10-25 25-17 25-18 18–16) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Thailand | 3–0 | Nigeria | (25-16 25-10 25–13) |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | Russia | (10-25 14-25 17–25) |
| Puerto Rico | 0–3 | Japan | (23-25 11-25 23–25) |

* Friday May 14, 2004

| Nigeria | 0–3 | Puerto Rico | (17-25 18-25 16–25) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Russia | 3–0 | Thailand | (25-15 25-18 25–12) |
| Italy | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | (25-15 25-19 25–16) |
| Japan | 3–0 | South Korea | (25-19 25-19 25–15) |

* Saturday May 15, 2004

| Thailand | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | (25-21 25-17 25–23) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Russia | 2–3 | Italy | (25-18 25-22 15-25 17-25 14–16) |
| South Korea | 3–0 | Nigeria | (25-17 25-14 25–13) |
| Chinese Taipei | 1–3 | Japan | (27-25 11-25 19-25 22–25) |

* Sunday May 16, 2004

| Puerto Rico | 0–3 | South Korea | (19-25 15-25 15–25) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Nigeria | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | (18-25 23-25 21–25) |
| Italy | 3–0 | Thailand | (25-16 25-14 25–14) |
| Japan | 0–3 | Russia | (20-25 18-25 19–25) |

## Final ranking

| Rk | Team | Points | Won | Lost | SW | SL | Ratio | PW | PL | Ratio |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan | 13 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3.000 | 565 | 445 | 1.270 |
| 2 | South Korea | 13 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2.250 | 576 | 493 | 1.168 |
| 3 | Russia | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 3.167 | 576 | 432 | 1.333 |
| 4 | Italy | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 2.375 | 606 | 477 | 1.270 |
| 5 | Thailand | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0.833 | 422 | 488 | 0.865 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 0.375 | 437 | 516 | 0.847 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 0.278 | 454 | 559 | 0.812 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0.000 | 299 | 525 | 0.570 |

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