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RUSSIA AND ITALY ACQUIRE LAST-MINUTE TICKET TO THE OLYMPICS
Final Olympic Qualification Tournament
Luxembourg, 17th May 2004. The ladies’ national teams of Italy and Russia have qualified for the Olympic Summer Games in Athens 2004. They will join the already qualified European teams of Greece and Germany .
Italy and Russia are the last two women's European teams to qualify for
the Olympic Games in Athens, which will take place during the month of
August 2004. At the end of the Olympic Qualification tournament in
Tokyo, Japan, where each country played a total of seven matches, Russia
and Italy both achieved 12 points, thus trailing behind the host and
winner of the tournament, Japan, and the runner-up Korea with 13 points
each. Even though Italy beat Russia in the all European encounter (3:2),
they had to concede to fourth position behind Russia (rank 3) having
lost two sets more in total. The best European team of the tournament
surprised in their last match against Japan who was holding the leading
position, only needing three sets to achieve victory in front of a
sold-out arena seating approximately 10,000 spectators (25:20, 25:18,
25:19).
Between the 21st and the 30th May
2004, the European men’s teams of France, Poland, Portugal, the
Netherlands and Spain will be provided with an opportunity to qualify
for the Summer Games in three separate Olympic Qualifications
tournaments for men taking place in Porto (POR), Tokyo (Japan) and
Madrid (ESP).
Qualified European women’s teams for
Olympic Games in Athens : Germany, Greece, Italy and Russia.
Results:
|
8th May |
TPE - PUR |
1:3 |
23:25, 21:25, 25:21, 21:25 |
|
KOR - THA |
3:1 |
24:26, 25:14, 25:16, 25:8 |
|
|
RUS - NGR |
3:0 |
25:10, 25:10, 25:7 |
|
|
ITA - JAP |
2:3 |
18:25, 25:23, 18:25, 25:20, 13:15 |
|
|
9th May |
KOR - TPE |
3:0 |
25:20, 26:24, 25:11 |
|
PUR - RUS |
0:3 |
17:25, 13:25, 23:25 |
|
|
NGR - ITA |
0:3 |
18:25, 13:25, 7:25 |
|
|
THA - JPN |
0:3 |
10:25, 14:25, 20:25 |
|
|
11th May |
TPE - THA |
0:3 |
21:25, 23:25, 20:25 |
|
RUS - KOR |
2:3 |
25:15, 20:25, 25:23, 22:25, 13:15 |
|
|
ITA - PUR |
3:0 |
25:17, 25:13, 25:16 |
|
|
JPN - NGR |
3:0 |
25:10, 25:9, 25:19 |
|
|
12th May |
KOR - ITA |
3:2 |
17:25, 10:25, 25:17, 25:18, 18:16 |
|
THA - NGR |
3:0 |
25:16, 25:10, 25:13 |
|
|
TPE - RUS |
0:3 |
10:25, 14:25, 17:25 |
|
|
PUR - JAP |
0:3 |
23:25, 11:25, 23:25 |
|
|
14th May |
NGR - PUR |
0:3 |
17:25, 18:25, 16:25 |
|
RUS - THA |
3:0 |
25:15, 25:18, 25:12 |
|
|
ITA - TPE |
3:0 |
25:15, 25:19, 25:16 |
|
|
JPN - KOR |
3:0 |
25:19, 25:19, 25:15 |
|
|
15th May |
THA - PUR |
3:0 |
25:21, 25:17, 25: 23 |
|
RUS - ITA |
2:3 |
25:18, 25:22, 15:25, 17:25, 14:16 |
|
|
KOR - NGR |
3:0 |
25:17, 25:14, 25:13 |
|
|
TPE - JAP |
1:3 |
27:25, 11:25, 19:25, 22:25 |
|
|
16th May |
PUR - KOR |
0:3 |
19:25, 15:25, 15:25 |
|
NGR - TPE |
0:3 |
18:25, 23:25, 21:25 |
|
|
ITA - THA |
3:0 |
25:16, 25:14, 25:14 |
|
|
JPN - RUS |
0:3 |
20:25, 18:25, 19:25 |
Final ranking:
|
Rk |
Code |
Country |
Points |
Matches |
Sets |
Points |
|||||
|
Won |
Lost |
Won |
Lost |
Ratio |
Won |
Lost |
Ratio |
||||
|
1 |
JPN |
Japan |
13 |
6 |
1 |
18 |
6 |
3.000 |
565 |
445 |
1.270 |
|
2 |
KOR |
Korea |
13 |
6 |
1 |
18 |
8 |
2.250 |
576 |
493 |
1.168 |
|
3 |
RUS |
Russia |
12 |
5 |
2 |
19 |
6 |
3.167 |
576 |
432 |
1.333 |
|
4 |
ITA |
Italy |
12 |
5 |
2 |
19 |
8 |
2.375 |
606 |
477 |
1.270 |
|
5 |
THA |
Thailand |
10 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
12 |
0.833 |
422 |
488 |
0.865 |
|
6 |
PUR |
Puerto Rico |
9 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
16 |
0.375 |
437 |
516 |
0.847 |
|
7 |
TPE |
Chinese Taipei |
8 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
18 |
0.278 |
454 |
559 |
0.812 |
|
8 |
NGR |
Nigeria |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
21 |
|
299 |
525 |
0.570 |
More on the web at www.cev.lu
Enjoy & Be There:
21 May-11 July 2004: European
League, Various.
4-6 June 2004: Qualification Tournaments
Women’s European Championships 2005, Various.
10-13
June 2004: Beach Volleyball European Championships Final, Timmendorfer
Strand, Germany.
8-11 July 2004: Under 20 European Beach
Volleyball Championships, Lendava, Slovenia.
9-11 July 2004:
Final Four European League,Opava, Czech Republic.
29 July-1
August 2004: Under 23 European Beach Volleyball Championships, Brno,
Czech Republic.
5-8 August 2004: Under 18 European Beach
Volleyball Championships, Myslowice, Poland.
2 September
2004: Drawing of lots 2004-2005 Indesit European Champions’ League,
Vienna, Austria.
3-11 September 2004: Women’s Under 19
European Championships, Bardejov, Presov, Slovakia.
4-12
September 2004: Men’s Under 20 European Championships, Zagreb, Croatia.
17-19 September 2004: Qualification Tournaments Men’s European Championships
2005, Various.
17-19 September 2004: Qualification
Tournaments Women’s European Championships 2005, Various.
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