Date | 9 – 23 August 2008 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Beijing Ligong Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing / Shoudu Tiyguan, Beijing | |
Participants | 140 from 12 countries | |
Format | Round-robin pool advanced teams to classification matches. |
In the now standard format, 12 teams competed, separated into two pools of six, followed by elimination and medal/placement matches. The qualifying teams were selected as follows: host nation (China), World Cup (Italy, Brazil, United States), Continental qualifiers (Algeria, Kazakhstan, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela), and qualifying tournaments (Poland, Serbia, Japan).
Brazil’s women’s team had won seven FIVB World Grand Prix’s since 1993 and was ranked number one coming in to Beijing. But the Brazilians had never won a gold medal in women’s volleyball. At the 2006 World Championships, they had been runners-up behind Russia. The semi-finals saw Brazil playing the hometown Chinese, the defending gold medalists, and the United States playing the formerly dominant Cuban team. But neither team was a match for Brazil and the United States as both won easily in three sets. The United States had not won a major international event in women’s indoor volleyball, but in Beijing, US teams won the men’s indoor volleyball gold, and both beach volleyball gold medals. But Brazil was too strong, and the US could not sweep the volleyball gold medals, losing in four sets, 25-15, 18-25, 25-13, 25-21.
Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | W | L | Pts | Sets | Points | |||
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1 | Brazil | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 16 | 24–1 | 622–409 | Gold | |||
2 | United States | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 12 | 19–14 | 712–682 | Silver | |||
3 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19–11 | 701–612 | Bronze | |||
4 | Cuba | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 12 | 19–9 | 630–609 | ||||
=5 | Italy | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14–7 | 467–419 | ||||
=5 | Japan | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7–14 | 429–464 | ||||
=5 | Russian Federation | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10–9 | 419–389 | ||||
=5 | Serbia | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6–13 | 410–426 | ||||
=9 | Kazakhstan | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4–13 | 323–404 | ||||
=9 | Poland | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9–12 | 441–445 | ||||
=11 | Algeria | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1–15 | 230–392 | ||||
=11 | Venezuela | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1–15 | 262–395 |
Round-robin pool.
Round-robin pool.
Pos | NOC | W | L | Pts | Sets | Points | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15–3 | 426–371 | |||
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12–9 | 459–441 | |||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13–7 | 467–395 | |||
4 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7–11 | 381–389 | |||
5 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9–12 | 441–445 | |||
6 | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1–15 | 262–395 |
Match #1 | 09 Aug 14:30 | ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 09 Aug 20:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #3 | 09 Aug 22:00 | ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
Match #4 | 11 Aug 12:35 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #5 | 11 Aug 20:00 | ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
Match #6 | 11 Aug 22:15 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #7 | 13 Aug 12:00 | ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
Match #8 | 13 Aug 20:00 | ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
Match #9 | 13 Aug 22:30 | ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
Match #10 | 15 Aug 12:30 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #11 | 15 Aug 20:00 | ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
Match #12 | 15 Aug 22:45 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #13 | 17 Aug 12:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #14 | 17 Aug 12:30 | ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
Match #15 | 17 Aug 20:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Round-robin pool.
Pos | NOC | W | L | Pts | Sets | Points | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15–0 | 377–226 | |||
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12–4 | 372–315 | |||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10–6 | 353–312 | |||
4 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6–10 | 343–349 | |||
5 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4–13 | 323–404 | |||
6 | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1–15 | 230–392 |
Match #1 | 09 Aug 10:00 | ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 09 Aug 12:15 | ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
Match #3 | 09 Aug 12:30 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #4 | 11 Aug 10:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #5 | 11 Aug 12:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #6 | 11 Aug 14:30 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #7 | 13 Aug 10:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #8 | 13 Aug 12:30 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #9 | 13 Aug 14:30 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #10 | 15 Aug 10:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #11 | 15 Aug 12:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #12 | 15 Aug 14:30 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #13 | 17 Aug 10:00 | ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
Match #14 | 17 Aug 15:15 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #15 | 17 Aug 22:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.
Match #1 | 19 Aug 10:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 19 Aug 12:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #3 | 19 Aug 20:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #4 | 19 Aug 22:00 | ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
Winner of each match advanced to final round.
Match #1 | 21 Aug 12:35 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 21 Aug 20:00 | ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
Medal round.
Match 1/2 | 23 Aug 20:00 | ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
Match 3/4 | 23 Aug 12:30 | ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |