Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification

The European qualification for the 2004 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 7 September 2003 to 10 January 2004.

Elimination round edit

  • Dates: 7–21 September 2003
  • All times are local.
  • In case of an aggregate set tie, teams compare an aggregate point to determine the winner.
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hungary   6–1   Azerbaijan 3–1 3–0
Denmark   1–6   Slovenia 1–3 0–3
Latvia   2–6   Croatia 2–3 0–3
Estonia   3–31   Turkey 3–0 0–3

1 Estonia won 133–130 on the aggregate point.

First leg edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
7 Sep 13:00 Estonia   3–0   Turkey 25–16 25–21 25–18     75–55
7 Sep 17:00 Latvia   2–3   Croatia 25–20 25–18 23–25 23–25 13–15 109–103
7 Sep 19:00 Denmark   1–3   Slovenia 19–25 25–19 21–25 22–25   87–94
17 Sep 18:00 Hungary   3–1   Azerbaijan 25–13 23–25 25–19 25–19   98–76

Second leg edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
18 Sep 18:00 Hungary   3–0   Azerbaijan 25–13 25–18 25–18     75–49
20 Sep 14:00 Turkey   3–0   Estonia 25–17 25–18 25–23     75–58
20 Sep 17:00 Croatia   3–0   Latvia 25–15 25–20 25–18     75–53
21 Sep 18:00 Slovenia   3–0   Denmark 25–22 25–15 25–20     75–57

Pre–qualification tournament edit

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Ukraine 2 2 0 4 6 2 3.000 196 170 1.153 Semifinals
2   Slovenia 2 1 1 3 4 5 0.800 193 198 0.975
3   Croatia 2 0 2 2 3 6 0.500 182 203 0.897
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
19 Nov 20:30 Ukraine   3–1   Slovenia 25–27 25–21 25–20 25–18   100–86
20 Nov 18:00 Croatia   1–3   Ukraine 25–21 17–25 19–25 23–25   84–96
21 Nov 20:30 Slovenia   3–2   Croatia 25–17 25–21 23–25 19–25 15–10 107–98

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Hungary 2 2 0 4 6 2 3.000 182 147 1.238 Semifinals
2   Finland 2 1 1 3 5 5 1.000 203 206 0.985
3   Estonia 2 0 2 2 2 6 0.333 148 180 0.822
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
19 Nov 18:00 Finland   3–2   Estonia 25–19 18–25 22–25 25–22 15–8 105–99
20 Nov 14:30 Estonia   0–3   Hungary 13–25 16–25 20–25     49–75
21 Nov 18:00 Hungary   3–2   Finland 18–25 24–26 25–21 25–20 15–6 107–98

Final round edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
22 November
 
 
  Ukraine1
 
23 November
 
  Finland3
 
  Finland3
 
22 November
 
  Slovenia1
 
  Slovenia3
 
 
  Hungary0
 

Semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Nov 14:00 Ukraine   1–3   Finland 19–25 28–26 23–25 23–25   93–101
22 Nov 16:30 Slovenia   3–0   Hungary 25–17 25–18 25–15     75–50

Final edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
23 Nov 15:00 Finland   3–1   Slovenia 23–25 25–17 25–21 25–21   98–84

Final standing edit

Rank Team
1   Finland
2   Slovenia
3   Hungary
  Ukraine
5   Croatia
  Estonia
Qualified for the Qualification tournament

Qualification tournament edit

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Russia 3 3 0 6 9 0 MAX 230 180 1.278 Semifinals
2   Germany 3 1 2 4 5 6 0.833 248 249 0.996
3   Bulgaria 3 1 2 4 3 6 0.500 190 206 0.922
4   Poland 3 1 2 4 3 8 0.375 222 255 0.871
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
5 Jan 17:30 Bulgaria   0–3   Germany 19–25 19–25 18–25     56–75
6 Jan 15:00 Bulgaria   0–3   Russia 20–25 20–25 19–25     59–75
6 Jan 20:00 Germany   2–3   Poland 25–22 16–25 27–25 24–26 13–15 105–113
7 Jan 17:30 Russia   3–0   Poland 25–19 25–16 25–18     75–53
8 Jan 15:00 Poland   0–3   Bulgaria 19–25 19–25 18–25     56–75
8 Jan 20:00 Germany   0–3   Russia 23–25 17–25 28–30     68–80

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 6 9 0 MAX 225 172 1.308 Semifinals
2   France 3 2 1 5 6 4 1.500 248 233 1.064
3   Spain 3 1 2 4 4 8 0.500 241 287 0.840
4   Finland 3 0 3 3 2 9 0.222 231 253 0.913
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
5 Jan 15:00 Spain   1–3   France 21–25 37–35 16–25 19–25   93–110
5 Jan 20:00 Netherlands   3–0   Finland 25–22 25–23 25–19     75–64
6 Jan 17:30 Finland   2–3   Spain 19–25 25–22 25–15 23–25 10–15 102–102
7 Jan 15:00 France   3–0   Finland 25–20 26–24 25–21     76–65
7 Jan 20:00 Spain   0–3   Netherlands 20–25 14–25 12–25     46–75
8 Jan 17:30 France   0–3   Netherlands 21–25 18–25 23–25     62–75

Final round edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
9 January
 
 
  Russia3
 
10 January
 
  France0
 
  Russia3
 
9 January
 
  Netherlands0
 
  Netherlands3
 
 
  Germany0
 

Semifinals edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
9 Jan 17:30 Russia   3–0   France 25–23 25–16 25–23     75–62
9 Jan 20:00 Netherlands   3–0   Germany 25–21 25–23 25–17     75–61

Final edit

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
10 Jan 15:30 Russia   3–0   Netherlands 25–19 25–17 25–16     75–52

Final standing edit

Rank Team
1   Russia
2   Netherlands
3   France
  Germany
5   Bulgaria
  Spain
7   Finland
  Poland
Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

External links edit