2008 Beijing Olympic Volleyball Tournament for Women - Schedule announced

  • drawing of lots are now live...


    China as the Host Country directly goes into Pool A, with Cuba, USA, Japan, Poland and Venezuela, and the rest will go to Pool B


    China will face Venezuela and Poland in the first two matches (with the host priority to choose 2 opponents) on 9th and 11th of August...

    i may not be the tallest,
    the fastest, or the strongest,
    but at least i can do one thing better than anyone else,
    to be me...

  • the Result of the lot-drawing is announced at 15.50 pm (Beijing Time)


    Group A: China (OG), United States, Cuba, Poland, Japan, Venezuela
    Group B: Brasil, Russia, Algeria, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Italy


    PRELIMINARY ROUND SCHEDULE as follows:


    2008.08.09


    JPN x USA (A)
    ALG x BRA (B)
    VEN x CHN (A)
    SRB x KAZ (B)
    ITA x RUS (B)
    POL x CUB (A)


    2008.08.11


    BRA x RUS (B)
    USA x CUB (A)
    CHN x POL (A)
    KAZ x ITA (B)
    ALG x SRB (B)
    JPN x VEN (A)


    2008.08.13


    VEN x USA (A)
    SRB x BRA (B)
    POL x JPN (A)
    ITA x ALG (B)
    CUB x CHN (A)
    RUS x KAZ (B)


    2008.08.15


    USA x CHN (A)
    BRA x KAZ (B)
    JPN x CUB (A)
    ALG x RUS (B)
    VEN x POL (A)
    SRB x ITA (B)


    2008.08.17


    ITA x BRA (B)
    POL x USA (A)
    CUB x VEN (A)
    RUS x SRB (B)
    KAZ x ALG (B)
    CHN x JPN (A)


    (the order of all the Matches displayed per day may be changed by reasons, await for FIVB's final confirm)

    i may not be the tallest,
    the fastest, or the strongest,
    but at least i can do one thing better than anyone else,
    to be me...

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  • the rule of Quarterfinals is different from the previous Olympic Games:


    (1) the 2 winners from each Pool will face the 4th place teams from the other pool, like: A1 vs B4, B1 vs A4 (there is no change with this description);


    (2) the 2nd, 3rd place teams' opponents will be determined by drawing, even if the 2nd and 3rd place teams are from the same pool.
    which means: A2 can face either B3 or A3; and B2 can face either A3 or B3....everything is decided by an additional drawing of lots after the premilinary round.


    it is said this rule-modification is in order to avoid "picking out opponents" by performing a deceitful game during preliminary round.



    1/4 Finals, 2008.08.19


    Semi Finals, 2008.08.21


    Finals, 2008.08.23

    i may not be the tallest,
    the fastest, or the strongest,
    but at least i can do one thing better than anyone else,
    to be me...

  • Too bad, that we don't have any European team in our pool (China, Japan again :wacko: thanks God - not at home...). But generally, this pool is rather OK.

    The most important 3:
    POLAND-SZCZECIN-VOLLEYBALL


    5th place - Prediction Game - World League 2011 :D