| | Event type

Volleyball, Women

Date	9 – 23 August 2008
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	Games	Points	Side Outs	Service Points	Spike Points	Block Points	Serves	Spikes	Blocks	Digs	Sets	Receptions
1		Brazil	BRA	8	0	16	24–1	622–409	–	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Gold
	1	Walewska							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Carol							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Mari							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Paula							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Thaísa							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Fofão							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Valeskinha							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Fabiana							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Sassá							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Jaque							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Sheilla							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Fabi							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Zé Roberto
2		United States	USA	6	2	12	19–14	712–682	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Silver
	1	Ogonna Nnamani							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Danielle Scott-Arruda							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Tayyiba Haneef							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Lindsey Berg							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Stacy Sykora							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Nicole Davis							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Heather Bown							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Jennifer Joines							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Kim Glass							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Robyn Ah Mow-Santos							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Kim Willoughby							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Logan Tom							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Lang Ping
3		People's Republic of China	CHN	5	3	10	19–11	701–612	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Bronze
	1	Wang Yimei							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Feng Kun							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Yang Hao							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Liu Yanan							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Wei Qiuyue							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Xu Yunli							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Zhou Suhong							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Zhao Ruirui							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Xue Ming							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Li Juan							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Zhang Na							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Ma Yunwen							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Chen Zhonghe
4		Cuba	CUB	6	2	12	19–9	630–609	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Yumilka Ruiz							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Yanelis Santos							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Nancy Carrillo							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Daimí Ramírez							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Yaima Ortíz							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Rachel Sánchez							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Yusleynis Herrera							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Liana Mesa							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Rosir Calderon							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Kenia Carcaces							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Yusidey Silié							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Zoila Barros							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Antonio Perdomo
=5		Italy	ITA	4	2	8	14–7	467–419	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Paola Croce							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Nadia Centoni							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Martina Guiggi							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Jenny Barazza							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Manuela Secolo							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Paola Cardullo							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Serena Ortolani							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Francesca Piccinini							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Francesca Ferretti							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Eleonora Lo Bianco							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Tai Agüero							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Simona Gioli							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Massimo Barbolini
=5		Japan	JPN	2	4	4	7–14	429–464	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Megumi Kurihara							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Asako Tajimi							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Yoshie Takeshita							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Kanako Omura							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Miyuki Takahashi							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Yuko Sano							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Sachiko Sugiyama							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Yuka Sakurai							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Miyuki Kano							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Erika Araki							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Saori Kimura							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Yuki Kawai							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Shoichi Yanagimoto
=5		Russian Federation	RUS	3	3	6	10–9	419–389	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Mariya Borodakova							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Nataliya Alimova							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Olga Fateyeva							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Lyubov Shashkova							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Lena Godina							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Yevgeniya Estes							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Yekaterina Gamova							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Marina Sheshenina							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Yekaterina Kabeshova							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Aleksandra Pasynkova							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Yuliya Merkulova							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Marina Akulova							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Giovanni Caprara
=5		Serbia	SRB	2	4	4	6–13	410–426	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Jelena Nikolić							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Jovana Brakočević							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Ivana Đerisilo							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Nataša Krsmanović							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Brižitka Molnar							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Jovana Vesović							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Maja Ognjenović							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Vesna Čitaković							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Sanja Malagurski							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Stefana Veljković							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Suzana Ćebić							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Maja Simanić (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Zoran Terzić
=9		Kazakhstan	KAZ	1	4	2	4–13	323–404	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Nataliya Zhukova							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Tatyana Pyurova							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Olga Karpova							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Yuliya Kutsko							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Olga Nasedkina							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Korina Ishimtseva							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Kseniya Ilyuchshenko							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Yelena Ezau							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Olga Grushko							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Irina Zaitseva							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Yelena Pavlova							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Inna Matveyeva							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Viktor Zhuravlyev
=9		Poland	POL	1	4	2	9–12	441–445	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Katarzyna Skowrońska							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Mariola Zenik							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Katarzyna Gajgał							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Anna Podolec							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Małgorzata Glinka							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Agnieszka Bednarek							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Anna Barańska							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Milena Sadurek							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Milena Rosner							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Maria Liktoras							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Joanna Kaczor							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Katarzyna Skorupa							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Marco Bonitta
=11		Algeria	ALG	0	5	0	1–15	230–392	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Nassima Benhamouda							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Raouya Rouabhia							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Narimène Madani							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Fatima Zahra Oukazi							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Mouni Abderrahim							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Safia Boukhima							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Nawal Mansouri							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Faïza Tsabet							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Lydia Oulmou							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Tassadit Aïssou							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Melinda Hennaoui (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Sehryne Hennaoui (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Mouloud Ikhedji
=11		Venezuela	VEN	0	5	0	1–15	262–395	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Yessica Paz							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Genesis Franchesco							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	María Valero							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Amarylis Villar							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Jayce Andrade							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Desiree Glod							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Gheraldine Quijada							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Shirley Florian							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Aleoscar Blanco							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	María José Pérez							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Roslandy Acosta							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Wendy Romero (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Tomás Fernández

Preliminary Round (9 – 17 August 2008)

Round-robin pool.

Group A (9 – 17 August 2008)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Sets	Points
1	CUB	5	0	10	15–3	426–371
2	USA	4	1	8	12–9	459–441
3	CHN	3	2	6	13–7	467–395
4	JPN	2	3	4	7–11	381–389
5	POL	1	4	2	9–12	441–445
6	VEN	0	5	0	1–15	262–395

Match #1	09 Aug 14:30	CUB	3 – 1	POL
Match #2	09 Aug 20:00	CHN	3 – 0	VEN
Match #3	09 Aug 22:00	USA	3 – 1	JPN
Match #4	11 Aug 12:35	CUB	3 – 0	USA
Match #5	11 Aug 20:00	CHN	3 – 1	POL
Match #6	11 Aug 22:15	JPN	3 – 0	VEN
Match #7	13 Aug 12:00	USA	3 – 1	VEN
Match #8	13 Aug 20:00	CUB	3 – 2	CHN
Match #9	13 Aug 22:30	JPN	3 – 2	POL
Match #10	15 Aug 12:30	POL	3 – 0	VEN
Match #11	15 Aug 20:00	USA	3 – 2	CHN
Match #12	15 Aug 22:45	CUB	3 – 0	JPN
Match #13	17 Aug 12:00	CUB	3 – 0	VEN
Match #14	17 Aug 12:30	USA	3 – 2	POL
Match #15	17 Aug 20:00	CHN	3 – 0	JPN

Group B (9 – 17 August 2008)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Sets	Points
1	BRA	5	0	10	15–0	377–226
2	ITA	4	1	8	12–4	372–315
3	RUS	3	2	6	10–6	353–312
4	SRB	2	3	4	6–10	343–349
5	KAZ	1	4	2	4–13	323–404
6	ALG	0	5	0	1–15	230–392

Match #1	09 Aug 10:00	ITA	3 – 1	RUS
Match #2	09 Aug 12:15	SRB	3 – 1	KAZ
Match #3	09 Aug 12:30	BRA	3 – 0	ALG
Match #4	11 Aug 10:00	SRB	3 – 0	ALG
Match #5	11 Aug 12:00	ITA	3 – 0	KAZ
Match #6	11 Aug 14:30	BRA	3 – 0	RUS
Match #7	13 Aug 10:00	ITA	3 – 0	ALG
Match #8	13 Aug 12:30	RUS	3 – 0	KAZ
Match #9	13 Aug 14:30	BRA	3 – 0	SRB
Match #10	15 Aug 10:00	RUS	3 – 0	ALG
Match #11	15 Aug 12:00	BRA	3 – 0	KAZ
Match #12	15 Aug 14:30	ITA	3 – 0	SRB
Match #13	17 Aug 10:00	KAZ	3 – 1	ALG
Match #14	17 Aug 15:15	BRA	3 – 0	ITA
Match #15	17 Aug 22:00	RUS	3 – 0	SRB

Quarter-Finals (19 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match #1	19 Aug 10:00	CUB	3 – 0	SRB
Match #2	19 Aug 12:00	BRA	3 – 0	JPN
Match #3	19 Aug 20:00	CHN	3 – 0	RUS
Match #4	19 Aug 22:00	USA	3 – 2	ITA

Semi-Finals (21 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to final round.

Match #1	21 Aug 12:35	USA	3 – 0	CUB
Match #2	21 Aug 20:00	BRA	3 – 0	CHN

Final Round (23 August 2008)

Medal round.

Match 1/2	23 Aug 20:00	BRA	3 – 1	USA
Match 3/4	23 Aug 12:30	CHN	3 – 1	CUB

Rankings

Points