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FIVB confirms match schedules for Men’s World Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Korea and Australia will face each other on June 4 in the Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo, Japan

Lausanne, April 1, 2008 – The FIVB has set the match schedules for the Men’s World Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Düsseldorf, Germany, Espinho, Portugal and Tokyo, Japan, that will decide the remaining four places up for grabs in the Beijing Olympics Men’s Volleyball Tournament.

The winner of each round-robin tournament will qualify for Beijing. In Tokyo, the winner of the tournament plus the best Asian team (even if the winner is Asian) will qualify for the Games as the Japan event doubles up as the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Australia, Korea, Iran and Thailand, as the four best-ranked teams at the Asian Continental Championship, complete the line-up in Tokyo alongside hosts Japan, Algeria, Argentina and Italy.

In Espinho, hosts Portugal are joined by Indonesia, Poland and Puerto Rico. In Düsseldorf, hosts Germany are joined by Chinese Taipei, Cuba and Spain.



Düsseldorf, Germany (May 23-25)

Friday, May 23
Chinese Taipei vs. Germany (17:00)
Spain vs. Cuba (20:00)

Saturday, May 24
Spain vs. Chinese Taipei (17:00)
Cuba vs. Germany (20:00)

Sunday, May 25
Chinese Taipei vs. Cuba (12:00)
Germany vs. Spain (15:00)

Espinho, Portugal (May 30 to June 1)

Friday, May 30
Indonesia vs. Portugal (18:00)
Poland vs. Puerto Rico (20:00)

Saturday, May 31
Indonesia vs. Poland (15:00)
Portugal vs. Puerto Rico (17:00)

Sunday, June 1
Puerto Rico vs. Indonesia (15:00)
Portugal vs. Poland (17:00)

Tokyo, Japan (May 31 to June 8)

Saturday, May 31
Australia vs. Thailand (11:05)
Korea vs. Argentina (13:05)
Algeria vs. Iran (15:05)
Italy vs. Japan (18:00)

Sunday, June 1
Thailand vs. Algeria (11:05)
Argentina vs. Australia (13:05)
Italy vs. Korea (15:05)
Japan vs. Iran (18:00)

Monday, June 2 – Rest Day

Tuesday, June 3
Algeria vs. Argentina (11:35)
Australia vs. Italy (13:35)
Iran vs. Thailand (15:35)
Korea vs. Japan (18:30)

Wednesday, June 4
Argentina vs. Iran (11:35)
Korea vs. Australia (13:35)
Italy vs. Algeria (15:35)
Japan vs. Thailand (18:30)

Thursday, June 5 – Rest Day

Friday, June 6
Thailand vs. Argentina (11:35)
Iran vs. Italy (13:35)
Algeria vs. Korea (15:35)
Australia vs. Japan (18:30)

Saturday, June 7
Korea vs. Iran (11:05)
Australia vs. Algeria (13:05)
Italy vs. Thailand (15:05)
Japan vs. Argentina (18:00)

Sunday, June 8
Thailand vs. Korea (11:05)
Iran vs. Australia (13:05)
Argentina vs. Italy (15:05)
Algeria vs. Japan (18:00)
         
Brazil, Russia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Serbia, USA and Venezuela have already booked their tickets to Beijing through the FIVB 2007 World Cup or Continental Qualification Tournaments, while China have qualified as the host country.

  
 

 
  
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